Dear Mom, Dad, Lauren, and Ian,
Well, this week has been interesting! It started with
getting my new companion, Elder Peña. He's a Guatemalan elder that has 14
months on the mission and he's a cool and funny guy. A little quiet during the
lessons, but I'm sure that when he gets to know everyone he'll open up. I also
got to meet the new sisters in my district. They are both trainees, Hermana
Pichardo from the DR and Hermana Cuevas from Florida. Her parents are Dominican
and she already knows Spanish. They're both super excited to work! I noticed that
that Spirit has lifted up and encouraged and motivated the sisters already in my
district too! So that's good! We’re
helping them with a service project tomorrow.
Now for the week. We still haven't visited with Kelvin;
he's still mourning a bit for his grandma who passed away, but he said we can
continue teaching him tomorrow. He's been pretty out of it lately, and we totally
understand. When we first started teaching him, we told him that even though
he's seeing changes in his life, it won't always be any easier, in fact, it
would be a little harder. I'm glad I said it then because he's still willing to
be taught. But I also feel horrible because his grandma passed away, which can
be extremely hard for anyone. We'll see what happens with his progression.
Oh! Funny story! My companion and I were kinda tricked
into going to a bible study group. XD We contacted this lady who said she'd love
to hear about what the Mormons are all about but when we came back on the day
of the appointment, there were 7 or 8 people sitting in a circle with all their
bibles out. I thought, ´´It's a Trap!!´´ So, we sat down and started to listen,
and boy, they had some interesting interpretations of who God is and other
things. Usually, during a lesson, we would try to humbly correct people about
the scriptures if it was necessary, to teach them something about our lesson,
but my companion and I both felt that it wouldn't be wise. Mostly because the
environment of the appointment was not conducive to learning. If we said
something, a person would pull out a scripture trying to prove us wrong with
his or her interpretation, and if we answered, another person would do the
same. However, if somebody directly asked us a question, we answered it with
scripture, sometimes not along the lines of their beliefs, bore our testimony,
and let them continue. They seemed satisfied with our answers though. But boy,
they said some pretty funky stuff, like God is Knowledge and that baptism
shouldn't be by immersion because water isn't knowledge or something like that.
XD Other than that, we didn't say much. It was actually pretty funny how it all
happened! Haha!
Well, hopefully this week we'll get to visit and find
some more people. This week all the people we found are either part of another
church or aren't interested. But we will keep looking! Anyway, that's all for
this week. I'll write you more stories and send more pictures! Talk to you guys
later! Love you!
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