Dear Mom, Dad, Lauren, and Ian,
Tis the season! People here have already started
decorating their houses and put up their Christmas trees. I'd be more excited
for the holidays here but people here celebrate Christmas like they do any
other holiday, with a ton of alcohol and large speakers attached to their cars
blasting Dimbo and Bachata music. Also, as far I know, we aren't allowed to go
teaching on Christmas or New Year’s for safety reasons. I think we can visit with
a member close by, but for now, it's that way, like last year. At least I'll be
with other missionaries! If I get transferred to an area with 2 other
missionaries that is, lol!
So this week was pretty good! We found a ton of new
people to teach, finally, and more people are starting to progress! We had to
postpone Pedro's date to the next week so that we can prepare him better for
his interview. But we had a pretty cool lesson just yesterday! We're teaching a
woman named Idalia and her neighbor, Julio. Idalia had a lesson with
missionaries before but she says she likes us a lot more. Yesterday, we
introduced to her the Book of Mormon and during the lesson she had to tell us
that she liked our form of teaching. When we asked what she meant, she said
that she could feel that we really believe what we were teaching her, which
makes her want to learn more. She said the last missionaries a long time ago
that gave her a book of Mormon didn't explain it well and didn't make her want
to read it. That was the first time anyone has ever told us that they like the
way we teach. It made me feel all fuzzy inside! Thankfully, it didn't puff me
u, because I know who's the real one teaching during the lessons. Haha!
So here, the mission has started the initiative He is the
Gift, in Spanish, El es la Dadiva. I'm sure you guys already know about it.
They asked that we really apply this to our work and report certain numbers
along with this initiative. We just started so we don't know much for now, but
as the month goes on we'll see how well this works, and I'm sure that it will!
Btw, I got a little fever last night, but I woke up fine
this morning. I don't know where it came from. At church I was fine, but the
rest of the day I just started getting really tired. When I got home at like 9
pm, I laid down and I felt warmer under the sheets than usual, then I told
myself, Yep, I got a fever. Haha! I took some Tylenol and went to sleep.
Man, Christmas is coming on way too fast! This will be my
last one here... I have so much to do here and so little time! I'll take
advantage of every minute I have here. I'll write you all next week! More
progress on the investigators and Operation: He is the Gift! Thank you so much
for all your love and support! Love you
guys!
-Elder Froude
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