GIANT PIÑATA🍬🍭
Hola!
Ok. Imagine you are a state-side Spanish speaking missionary. You can't do normal door-to-door missionary knocking because most doors you come across won't be having spanish-speakers behind it. So, how do you know which ones to knock? Where do you find the latinos? Well, I'm happy to tell you that there are many signs. When looking for the right door to knock, check if:
1) They have out-of-date holiday decorations. So, as of right now, any apartment with Halloween art, Christmas lights, etc.
2) The welcome mat is faced towards the door instead of towards you. (So that "welcome" looks upside down to you)
3) There's paint cans and/or worker boots on the side of the door.
I promise you, I have never not had a spanish speaker behind one of these doors. Buena suerte con sus hallazgos🫡
Liberar la ira (Release the Anger)
I forgot to mention this in my last email, and I figured that I probably should explain for all the confused people in my Google photos album.
For some background for the people who aren't state-side missionaries, we have this little thing called Tiwi. She's a robot that hangs from the front of every missionary vehicle, and is meant to make sure that we drive correctly and not stupidly.
Which essentially means that she's the world's worst backseat driver.
She remarks on just the smallest little things, like, "Driver not wearing seatbelt correctly." When the driver is obviously wearing the seat belt correctly. And we have have to log into her everytime we get into the car, but she never actually scans the frigging code but keeps hounding us for it and-
Ok, suffice it to say, it's the most hated thing in the mission. Enough so that one Elder literally punched it.
Anyways, little did we know that throughout all of last transfer, Elder Barlow (in our district) had secretly been making a GIANT PIÑATA TIWI and on P-day he sent the District this message:
"Everyone come to the church and bring a bat or something to smack with. We're gonna have some fun."
And fun we did have. Nothing felt better than beating the crap out of piñata tiwi! And Elder Barlow? He's our DL now jaja.
Fecha bautismal
Now, what I'm most excited for: we got 2 people on bap-date this week!! In one day!! Adriano (who's been on and off bap-date, but we're really hoping this time🤞) and my spanish namesake, Noemi!!!
Noemi is an awesome miracle! Last Sunday she came to church unexpected from any of us. The other Hermanas said that she was some random number that texted them out of the blue asked to learn more about church. They got her name and address and found out that she lived in our area. Then we looked her up and it turned out that she was a stop-teach who was barely taught anything.
So we happily brought her to the chapel, and we asked what her experience was with church. She said that it was her FIRST TIME coming to a church EVER.
Then, during Sacrament Meeting, all the talks were just full of amazing conversion stories! And Noemi was so moved with the spirit that she started crying!
After church, we scheduled a lesson with her for Thursday. When we were figuring out what to teach her, we both felt spiritually impressed that we should put her on Bap-date! Then we had the most amazing lesson with her EVER! She asked amazing questions, listened, and shared a beautiful story for why she wanted to come to church!
We invited her to get baptized July 25th, and she asked specifically why that date in a way that said "Why not earlier?"
We explained that that's what we prayed on and that it was a good amount of time to prepare her for baptism. She happily accepted! Yay!
We also invited our friend, Jose Manuel *cough* my favorite friend *cough* to get baptized, but he said no 😭 He says that he doesn't feel worthy right now and we tried explaining to him that you 100% don't have to be perfect to be baptized, but... ugh. We'll really be working on helping him see his self worth this transfer.
So yeah, if y'all could, pray for Adriano, Noemi, and Jose Manuel!
Pensamiento Espiritual
"And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master: How comest thou hither to plant this tree, or this branch of the tree? For behold, it was the poorest spot in all the land of thy vineyard.
22 And the Lord of the vineyard said unto him: Counsel me not; I knew that it was a poor spot of ground; wherefore, I said unto thee, I have nourished it this long time, and thou beholdest that it hath brought forth much fruit.
... Look hither; behold I have planted another branch of the tree also; and thou knowest that this spot of ground was poorer than the first. But, behold the tree. I have nourished it this long time, and it hath brought forth much fruit." (Jacob 5:21-23)
It doesn't matter what our circumstances are in life, if we let God nourish us, we can bring forth good fruit. We can become more incredible than we ever thought we could be! And I have seen it more than ever on my mission.
It doesn't matter where you start. God will help you finish.
El Fin
Sorry it's long again! No sé porque! But if y'all could, please pray for Venezuela rn. We have many friends here who's family members have either died or are currently homeless right now due to the earthquakes.
But I love you guys!! Stay majestic!
Las quiero!
Hna Perkins
Horse of the Week:
Great letter! You have a good sense of humor!!
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On Jun 29, 2026, at 11:27 AM, Naomi Perkins <naomi.perkins@missionary.org> wrote:
Hola!Ok. Imagine you are a state-side Spanish speaking missionary. You can't do normal door-to-door missionary knocking because most doors you come across won't be having spanish-speakers behind it. So, how do you know which ones to knock? Where do you find the latinos? Well, I'm happy to tell you that there are many signs. When looking for the right door to knock, check if:1) They have out-of-date holiday decorations. So, as of right now, any apartment with Halloween art, Christmas lights, etc.2) The welcome mat is faced towards the door instead of towards you. (So that "welcome" looks upside down to you)3) There's paint cans and/or worker boots on the side of the door.I promise you, I have never not had a spanish speaker behind one of these doors. Buena suerte con sus hallazgos🫡Liberar la ira (Release the Anger)I forgot to mention this in my last email, and I figured that I probably should explain for all the confused people in my Google photos album.For some background for the people who aren't state-side missionaries, we have this little thing called Tiwi. She's a robot that hangs from the front of every missionary vehicle, and is meant to make sure that we drive correctly and not stupidly.Which essentially means that she's the world's worst backseat driver.She remarks on just the smallest little things, like, "Driver not wearing seatbelt correctly." When the driver is obviously wearing the seat belt correctly. And we have have to log into her everytime we get into the car, but she never actually scans the frigging code but keeps hounding us for it and-Ok, suffice it to say, it's the most hated thing in the mission. Enough so that one Elder literally punched it.Anyways, little did we know that throughout all of last transfer, Elder Barlow (in our district) had secretly been making a GIANT PIÑATA TIWI and on P-day he sent the District this message:"Everyone come to the church and bring a bat or something to smack with. We're gonna have some fun."And fun we did have. Nothing felt better than beating the crap out of piñata tiwi! And Elder Barlow? He's our DL now jaja.<71692.jpg>Fecha bautismalNow, what I'm most excited for: we got 2 people on bap-date this week!! In one day!! Adriano (who's been on and off bap-date, but we're really hoping this time🤞) and my spanish namesake, Noemi!!!Noemi is an awesome miracle! Last Sunday she came to church unexpected from any of us. The other Hermanas said that she was some random number that texted them out of the blue asked to learn more about church. They got her name and address and found out that she lived in our area. Then we looked her up and it turned out that she was a stop-teach who was barely taught anything.So we happily brought her to the chapel, and we asked what her experience was with church. She said that it was her FIRST TIME coming to a church EVER.Then, during Sacrament Meeting, all the talks were just full of amazing conversion stories! And Noemi was so moved with the spirit that she started crying!After church, we scheduled a lesson with her for Thursday. When we were figuring out what to teach her, we both felt spiritually impressed that we should put her on Bap-date! Then we had the most amazing lesson with her EVER! She asked amazing questions, listened, and shared a beautiful story for why she wanted to come to church!We invited her to get baptized July 25th, and she asked specifically why that date in a way that said "Why not earlier?"We explained that that's what we prayed on and that it was a good amount of time to prepare her for baptism. She happily accepted! Yay!We also invited our friend, Jose Manuel *cough* my favorite friend *cough* to get baptized, but he said no 😭 He says that he doesn't feel worthy right now and we tried explaining to him that you 100% don't have to be perfect to be baptized, but... ugh. We'll really be working on helping him see his self worth this transfer.So yeah, if y'all could, pray for Adriano, Noemi, and Jose Manuel!Pensamiento Espiritual"And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master: How comest thou hither to plant this tree, or this branch of the tree? For behold, it was the poorest spot in all the land of thy vineyard.22 And the Lord of the vineyard said unto him: Counsel me not; I knew that it was a poor spot of ground; wherefore, I said unto thee, I have nourished it this long time, and thou beholdest that it hath brought forth much fruit.... Look hither; behold I have planted another branch of the tree also; and thou knowest that this spot of ground was poorer than the first. But, behold the tree. I have nourished it this long time, and it hath brought forth much fruit." (Jacob 5:21-23)It doesn't matter what our circumstances are in life, if we let God nourish us, we can bring forth good fruit. We can become more incredible than we ever thought we could be! And I have seen it more than ever on my mission.It doesn't matter where you start. God will help you finish.El FinSorry it's long again! No sé porque! But if y'all could, please pray for Venezuela rn. We have many friends here who's family members have either died or are currently homeless right now due to the earthquakes.But I love you guys!! Stay majestic!Las quiero!Hna Perkins
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