Well family, here I am in Managua. A lot has changed since I last wrote.

1. Tuesday was my last day in Chinandega Oeste. We had our baptism and we didnt think that either of us were going to have cambios but at 7 we got a call that I was going to be changed. I cant describe the emotions that I was feeling. First things first, I began to cry, dont ask me why, the mission is making me soft...jeje....and I love the Hermana Monrroy and am really going to miss her as a companion. At the same time, I was also pretty excited because you know how we Mannings like change and I knew that I was going to get a new area. We spend the next 2 and half hours visiting our recient converts and investigators and saying goodbye, which is not an easy thing to do when you know you will probably never see them again in this life. When I visited the Romero family there 8 year old Franklin started sobbing ... there arent really words to describe how that made me feel. Hermana Monrroy and I spent part of the night packing and then woke up at 3 to finish the rest. Where we headed to Managua for cambios.

 

2. Well cambios were a little different this time and we always recieve our new comp and area the very last. All of the other hermanas recieved theirs first. Finally my name flashed up on the screen next to the photo of Hermana Rodriguez. She is from Panama and we are opening an area. I am senior comp. Well, I cant tell you how I was feeling in that moment, but the word overwhelmed is pretty accurate, excited is also right up there.

 

3. Entonces, here I sit in Manangua, my area is called Las Americas and my companion is a champion. We spent the whole first few days completely lost and loved every minute of it. We found a woman named carla that has been going to church but never felt the need to baptized. We have her baptism programmed for this weekend so please keep her in your prayers.

 

Well family, I guess all I can say is the Lord works in mysterious ways, but his way is the best way, the only way. I can feel his hand directing my life at every turn and I know that he is in control and has a future planned for all of us if we will only accept it. I am feeling pretty humbled but hopeful right now so please keep me and my companion in your prayers. As always you are in mine.

 

Hermana Manning