I really like this new area. There are
about 116 people that went to the church the other week and the members
are so nice. This ward is like 2 times the size of my other one. And
well we are just starting to get references which is good. This last
week we did not have many people to teach so we just kept visiting less
actives. We had 15 lessons this week with less actives which will
hopefully pay off in retention. But we are always pushing the members to
do a little bit more in the work of the Lord. I think General Conference will help many people and like you said dad, Elder Holland is
always a good help to get the work moving forward. He is my
favorite apostle and Bednar follows closely behind him. I really admire
Elder Holland because he always says it like it is. Direct but with
Love at the same time. I love his passion for doing what is right and
not caring about who thinks otherwise. I really like Elder Bednar
because just by the way he talks and presents hisself I can tell he is a
man of God. His knowledge and insights about the doctrine make me want
to study. But yeah I really love this area and I am glad it is
starting to cool off a little bit. I had to wash my clothes for the
first time without a washer or a drier. We hand washed it in this
cement block thing. Makes me really appreciate what we have at our
house and how foolish I was for not wanting to help more with the
laundry. Also I had 2 experiences this week that were pretty funny I
thought!
1) We visited a less active family. Family Soccoro
is their names. And they are just a family that likes to joke around
a lot and as well have not gone to church for a very long time. We had to
give them the Book of Mormon again because earlier their house burnt
down and they no longer have theirs with them. But during our lesson the
mom of about 40 something years of age said this to me "My daughter
here has 17 years of age and if you want you can marry her".. I had no
idea what to say so I just did what every smart Gringo would do... I
pretended to not understand her and then avoided the situation and asked
her to say a prayer instead haha. Sometimes being White among all of the
others is a benefit :)
2) My companion and I were walking to visit a less
active lady but on the way there was a really mean dog that stuck his
head as far as he could out of the fence barking his head off like he
had mad cow disease. So my companion and I walked around him in the
street. After our lesson my companion remembered and went in the street
but I had forgotten and I walked close to the fence. The next thing I knew I saw this head lunge out of the cage and bit my scripture case
really hard (Thankfully!) But the thing is I had my deodorant in my
scipture case as well and the dog bit through the case, through the can,
resulting in a huge explosion! So I had no idea what happened. It was
like dog, fireworks, and a lovely Old Spice smell all together in one
small event. My companion could not stop laughing and I screamed like a
girl. But I think it is funny but my scripture case was destroyed but
luckily not my scriptures.
Anyways this week was a day of progress and my
companion and I will hopefully have a bit more lessons with
investigators this week to come. I hope the family is doing good and I
really enjoy all the updates. I couldn't believe how big Ryan looks in
his video that he showed me. :O Anyways I hope that we can all leave our
ships and our nets and follow Christ in the work of the Lord this week
like Elder Holland said. This is the way we can really show Christ that
we in fact do Love Him.
Love you all and I hope all is well!
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