Hey Mom!
It is good to hear that everything
is going good in Iowa! Sucks though about your job. I am starting to
feel like I am getting the hang of it here. I feel like I am a lot more
comfortable and not so nervous about talking to people. My companions
really help me out, which makes me more comfortable to ask questions. I
will be in this same area for at least 5 more weeks. Transfers happened
on Thursday and the 2 new Elders that came to the Bike area (my old
area) are really cool. Elder Shour and Jossie. From what I hear they are
really good workers.
Make sure to tell Mason I said Happy Birthday. Aunt
Gloria too. Tell dad that I won't be able to get him a present for a
while. Today we didn't have much time to go shopping because we went to
go play soccer today and that really messed up the day. Plus with the
missionaries living 2 miles away, driving to pick them up takes a while.
Tell him I said Happy Birthday too! I'll write him today if I can. Plus
if you know of any places that could engrave on a hard cover book let
me know. There is a place here that could do it but it is out of our
area and is a pretty good 45 min drive.
We watch the district a lot here. We watch it to get ideas on
how we can teach. Spanish and English work are a lot different though.
There is no doubt about it, we take what we think might work and try it
out for the day. Here it has been a little hard to get new
investigators. They probably think we are immigration. From watching the
district though we figured something out. The baptisms were the people
who were referred by members except for 1. So we are working a lot with
members so they trust us to give us addresses.
Speaking of investigators. Friday was starting out as a really good
day. We went to district meeting and then went to this Hermana's house
for lunch. We call her Hermanita and she knows how to cook really well.
She is without a doubt one of my favorite people I have met here so far,
I really like everybody. Anyways, after that we go to our best
investigators house she has her interview for baptism and
PASSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll talk about her later. After that we went to
this kids house to try to teach him. We know that he is an Athiest, but
he tells us that he is willing to work to see if God exists. This is our
3rd time teaching him. We are in the lesson and he basically tells us
that God doesn't exist because there are contradictions in the Bible. He
thinks that the Bible was created by man so that they could control
people and he wants proof to prove that it is a book of God. I want to
tell him to read the Book of Mormon because that is proof that you can
hold in your hands. Then my companion shares his testimony that he knows
God exists and this kid is like "I believe you believe in God." Oh
man!! Dont worry I did not say a single thing in that lesson, but my
companion said again "WE KNOW that God exists." He shut up after that
and we ended with a prayer. We even explained to him that the Bible has
been translated many times and that the Book of Mormon clarifies things.
We know that he was even looking things up online to try to stump us.
Anyways after we left, this little kid comes up to the fence and saw
that we were with a church and says "I'm Satan! Hail Satan." I just kept
my mouth shut and kept walking because I know I would have gotten sent
home for saying some words to that kid. lol. Don't worry it is common to
hear Hail Satan and 666 and all this dumb stuff. I have heard it a lot
of times and nothing ever happens, lol. But after that happened we went
to this Part member/ Less active family to try to teach the kids who
aren't members. Again the girl says "I believe in science. I want
proof." That night I was upset! I'm over it though. I look back and
laugh for how I was feeling.
Back to the baptism. It is this lady who's records were
lost. She is from Honduras and is here (legally) and her husband got
baptized about 4 months ago. I absolutely love that family. Hugo and
Suyapa Arce. They have a daughter named Bridgett and a son named Blake.
Hugo also has a son who is 17 from another marriage named Jonathan. All
of them are Strong members, except Jonathan. We are really working with
Jonathan to get baptized just because it would be great to see his dad
baptize him. Jonathan kind of fights it but we aren't about to let him
win, lol. Anyways Suyapa is awesome. She kept on forgetting that she
"wasn't" a member at church so she would sign up to come out with the
missionaries to teach. Technically she can't because she is really a
member.
Yes I got the box. Thank you and thank you for the
pictures. My scrapbook that I brought with me has turned into nothing
but pictures of Isabel. I talk about her any chance I get! I even talked
about her when I gave a chasity lesson in Gospel Principles. And yes
that was my first time giving the Chasity lesson. Overall it was a
really good lesson though.
That is probably it though for this week. Nothing too
big happened this week except for the baptism. Anyways I love you mom
and it is always good to hear from you. Keep taking care of the family
and tell dad I said Happy Birthday. LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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