Hey Mom!
It is good to hear that you had a good time in Texas. When you said
that you and dad went to eat at the Marriotte I got a little jealous
haha. Well this week was pretty fun. Monday nothing really happened and
the same with Tueday but Wednesday was a fun day. We helped this lady
move A LOT of stuff into a truck to take to the swap meet. It is all
good though because every Monday she gives us food, and a lot of it.
After that we had a lesson with this guy that we found knocking. He is a
cool guy that is pretty religious. We were walking there though when
this lady (Black) says to us, "Hey are you guys going to the strip
club." My companion says "no" we are going to the opposite. And of
couse my first thought is don't say that! She is going to turn it around
on us and be like OH you guys are going to the chip and dales. Anyway,
she tried telling us that missionaries tried to go over to her mom's
house . She said that they couldn't convert the missionaries though.
DUH!!! Your church isn't true! We just kept walking.
We get to our appointment and it is going well. This week it was my
job to ask people to be baptized, so I asked him and he said ya. He
didn't get the whole Priesthood thing though so we had to explain that
to him. We also had to explain that even after he gets baptized, he
still has to come to church. I had no clue what to say to the guy. I
don't think that we explained it very well, but luckily we have a return
appointment for tomorrow. I have thought a lot about what to say to him
and I finally figured it out. It's annoying that I can't think of the
things to say to them in the moment. That happened to me again after
that because we went and taught these 2 guys who are 15 and 17. We asked
them to be baptized and again I had no clue what to say to them.
Luckily my companions were there and talked to them. They didn't commit,
but I felt better about them than with the other guy.
Oh yea I also got dragged into the Choir, so I will be singing. And
also on Tuesday, I finished the Book of Mormon!!!! I read it for 12
weeks and read it cover to cover. Before I never read the Testimonies
but that is included. Now I am reading the New Testament. Thanksgiving
was fun. We didn't get much done but we did what we needed to. We found
this lady who's husband died less than a year ago and it was her first
holiday season without him, so we decided to make her cookies and take
them over to her. She wasn't there but we are going to see tonight if
she got them or not because we left them in front of her door. The thing
that stinks is that she speaks English so we can't teach her. The good
thing is that we are going over tonight to introduce her to the English
sisters and she also has a roomate who speaks Spanish that we are going
to try to teach again tonight. Back to Thursday, we planned for this
week then went to dinner. Man, Hermana Garcia can cook!!! She also
loaded up my plate with food but nobody elses so I ate more than
everyone else. She cooked Turkey but Mexican style, Jamon, Sphaghetti,
Salsa. IT was good! The other Elders made Cheese cake and some bread
thing and I made cookies. Her family was impressed. It was kind of wierd
because they don't celebrate Thanksgiving so the guys were watching
soccer, the girls were in their room, and the Hermana sat with us. It
was nice that she ate with us though, because she never does. Her older
son came over with his friends and they were drunk, but they were scared
of us or Hermana Garcia. Nobody messes with her haha. But I have never
heard Guey used so much. "Hey guey!" "Que guey?" "Ven pa qua guey"
"Porque guey?" "No mas guey" "Ok guey." I gave up listening to them
after that. It was fun though. Finally everybody started to eat and
everybody was impressed with the desserts we brought.
Friday I was Zone Leader for the day. One of them got called to be
Assistant to the President so they took him to the temple with all the
missionaries that are leaving. Saturday was a service day. We helped the
Hermano put sod down and that took a lot longer than expected. We
helped him from 9 to 3:30 P.M. Lets just say that my whole body is sore.
It is all good though because that guy knows how to cook and he cooked
us breakfast and lunch. Sunday was a crazy day. We go to church and
during sacrament meeting I get a txt from the other Elders saying that
this Elder from another area is there. He has 3 days left on his mission
and his parents are helping him break the rules. He has a phone and is
hugging all of these girls and I am thinking to myself "WOW" this guy is
suppose to be this great missionary who has had a ton of baptisms and
is suppose to be a good example to the new missionaries. Then the sister
missionaries had a baptism which was really nice so that made up for
what happened at church.
I found out that I am staying here with one of my companions and
the other one is leaving. We still have no clue who is the new district
leader. We should be getting a call sometime today.
Well that
was my week. It was good to hear that you made it back home safely and
that you had a good time in Texas. Eventhough it sounds like a pretty
crazy time. Love you mom and take care!
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