Dear Mom, Dad, Lauren, and Ian,
This week has been a little bit better than the last.
We're starting to find better people to teach after dropping quite a few last
week. Unfortunately, our baptism that was supposed to be this Saturday has
fallen through. The little girl, Mirella, that we were teaching told us she
wanted to be baptized so that she could have the Priesthood. Now we don't know
who told her she could have it or if it was just a plain misunderstanding, but
my companion and I decided that it was best to start over the lessons with her.
That is, if she still has the desire to be baptized because we aren't sure if
she knows why she's taking the lessons or why she goes to church. Her brothers
all tell her to be baptized and, of course, they mean well but she almost never
talks herself. Or rather, she relies a lot on her older siblings for answers.
We'll see what happens with her this week.
On the positive, we found a man named Kelvin who, right
now, is studying very carefully the Book of Mormon. We met him a few days ago
and he was really interested in the first lesson, especially the Book of
Mormon. We gave it to him the next day and since then he has been reading it a
lot and marking stuff! We have an appointment with him tomorrow and we'll see
what kinds of questions he has. So far, he's had really good questions!
Aside from the work, we went to the mall again today for
P-Day. It wasn't the same mall, it was one closer to home, but a little
smaller. We met up with awesome missionaries there, one of them going home
soon! Actually, a few of them now that I think about it. But it's always a nice
break from the work to just hang out with some fellow missionaries and sharing
stories. We didn't do anything spectacular; we just ate and walked around a bit
then went home. A lot of them actually went to play soccer in the parking lot,
where there's an indoor soccer field. I didn't play because my companion
couldn't and I didn't wanna make him wait. I'd rather not play anyway, not
because I don't like soccer, but because we were already planning on hanging
out with an Elder who wanted to chill with us one last time before he finished
his mission. His name is Elder Peterson, and he's been a really good friend of
mine and Elder Pronk.
Before I forget, thank you so much for the 2 birthday packages!
The treats were delicious! Except we can't make the brownies cause our oven
doesn't work. We're thinking about cooking it in a member’s
house who would really appreciate it. She doesn't have a whole lot of money. The shirts fit! And my birthday was like
another day in the office, lol! But we went to a frozen yogurt place at night
called Sweet Frog, it’s like Big Spoon. Other than that, everything was ok!
Well, that's all for this week. Hopefully, we'll put some
baptismal dates this week, but first they have to start coming to church!
Praying and crossing my fingers! Talk to you all next week! Love you! Thanks
for everything! I may not mention it much but I really do appreciate yours and
dad's words of encouragement. It really goes a long way!
-Elder Froude
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| Birthday goodies from Mom and Dad! |
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| Food court! |
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