Hello, hello, hello anybody there? Oh right you guys don’t talk you just
listen. Luckily I’m still here in
Formosa I didn’t leave. We had another
great transfer and will have lots of baptisms with Elder Tapia. Nothing really changed, same old same old
which is always great. How are you
doing? I hope everything went well this
week I hope Logan had a great birthday.
I hope he gets his driver’s license and I hope he’s already gone on a
date. I hope Paige advanced in
state. I hope Thacker and Eli are doing well. I hope grandma is still super super super
excited for her mission. I hope my parents are great as always. Last Sunday was mother’s day here in
Argentina so happy mother’s day mom.
Woot, I love you.
Last Monday
after I wrote you guys, we went to an activity with the other elders and we
played soccer tennis. We ate a ton of
sausage. We played a little ping
pong. It was fun but it was hot. Tuesday last week we had to pay for the
apartments here. Our mission is getting
smaller so we have a lot of extra apartments that we have to shut down.
This week we found a few new people. We are really looking a lot for new people
because we always need new people to teach.
The references from the members are slowing down. Last transfer and the transfer before we
hardly contacted at all so we decided this transfer to contact more. I don’t know if its working but we are
contacting more. We are meeting new
people and we are also getting rejected a few times. Some people are a little cold but that’s OK
if they don’t want to accept it they don’t have to. We found a girl named G A and she
is a spiritualist. Basically I could say
that her beliefs don’t have boundaries.
She believes whatever she wants.
She’s very receiving to the gospel; she already believes the Book of
Mormon is true. We don’t understand
completely but her son talked to some missionaries from 3 years ago and he
wants to get baptized. It’s kind of hard
because this last week people didn’t come to church for mother’s day. It’s OK because there’s always next
week.
This week we also went to Lisse,
the little city, it’s like a city between Payson and St George. It’s in the middle of nowhere and there’s
nothing there. There’s a church there
because 10 years ago there was a really strong group of 70 people but a lot of
them have died and now there’s about 15 people.
We go there to help them because they aren’t the strongest of
members. Last Thursday went there; we
walked in the sun a little and tried to see people. The problem is there literally are no investigators
that live close. We have to walk 20
minutes to find someone to teach. The Elders here before us went and taught
some people close to the church and some people called the police and said they
were disturbing the peace. The church
there is made of wood and some bees got in the walls and there are 1000s of
bees and it’s also infested with bats. It's a pretty hard situation there but we do
what we can to help them and hope that the Lord helps them too.
We found another lady Sister A. She's close to a member and she sells second
clothes. Every time we go by she says
Ola Elder. She knows the word Elder so
we kind of talk to her. We sat down and
gave her a Book of Mormon. She believes
it's true. The only problem is that she
wakes up about 11 or 12 every day and so that's rough to get to church. That's going to be an obstacle. We can help her work through it. It's a bit hard for her to change churches
but that's OK.
We're going to set some
goals for this transfer. We are praying
that we have some success. We have high hopes
for G and A. We had a lesson
with them last Saturday. They aren't
sure they want to get married. We
seriously had a lesson for an hour and a half and talked about marriage and
marriage and marriage and finally at the end she said yes I'll get married but
not right now. She said in the future
she would get married. Little does she
know that little in the future she means next week but she doesn't know that
yet. When we bring the marriage papers
to her house that's when she's going to know.
We are sooooo close with them.
They came to church this last week, but little by little. We are just hoping the spirit touches their
hearts so they know what we are teaching them is true. It's better if the spirit converts them.
Last week
we had a member ,H M.
The dude is a machine, he's retired and he was a hippie He went to the Hare Krishnas church, he was
in a rock and roll band and he's done every drug you can think of. The dude's has been everywhere. He decided to get baptized a few years back
and now he's so dedicated to the gospel.
He tells us he's retired so whenever we need him, call him and we can
visit people. We didn't abuse him this
week but we kind of over used him. He
came with us 3 or 4 days in the week.
He's a great guy and honestly the missionary work is always better with
a member. Thacker, Eli, Logan, Paige,
Gma and Mom and dad when you guys serve missions, always work with the members. I'll repeat that for you to make a
dramatic effect. Now I'm going to say it in Spanish just in
case you didn't understand.
This week
our ward also took a trip to the temple in Asuncion Paraguay. The family C went to the temple, the
converts of one month, their whole
family went to the temple. Last night we
had a lesson with them and all they talked about was their trip to the
temple. Wow, They loved it so much. The only thing they were sad about is that
they couldn't be sealed yet because they've only been members for a month but
they'll go again. They went and did
baptisms for the dead. They did 15
baptisms for the dead. This past Sunday
the family C are honestly the dream team family. They are perfect for the gospel of Jesus
Christ. They are a great example of how
the gospel of Jesus Christ should be lived, kind of like my family.
This past Sunday was crazy, after church we
ran to the bus terminal. We took the bus
to Lissee to go do the Sacrament meeting there, then we came back on the bus
and we got back about 6PM. We didn't eat
the whole day and I almost died of hunger.
Wow! We worked all day and got
home about 9PM and finally we ate and wow it was a good feeling. Yesterday was transfers so we went to the bus
terminal and waited for missionaries to come from other places. It was pretty hot sitting in the shade it was
110 degrees. We were just sweating and
wet but it's all good. It's actually
a lot easier this year because I was here last year and I know what to
expect. You just have to keep
working. We got a little bored at the
bus station so someone else had brought their UNO cards and we were playing
UNO. Then the security guard came and he
told us we weren't allowed to play poker.
We said we're playing UNO and he said no betting here. So we put the cards away. That ended the UNO cards. We don't bet we're Mormon.
Love you guys thanks for all of your support. The church is true, Jesus is the Christ and
missionary work is the best. It's hard
and it's hot but it's the best. Yep see
you later, best of luck this week. Chao chao.
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