Dear Mom, Dad, Lauren, and Ian,
Transfers are over and the new one has begun! I'm going
to be sticking around to finish Elder Tillmond's training. Hermana Petersen is
going to finish her mission tomorrow, so for our last Zone Meeting we had her
share her testimony. Really nice meeting.
As for our week, we definitely have some stuff to do now.
Joel didn't make it to church this Sunday because of something he had to do
with his family. It has actually been pretty hard to meet up with him lately.
We've seen him but he's always doing sports or something. But there's a pretty
big need to teach him the Word of Wisdom though. We saw him at his friend's birthday party and
they were ALL drinking alcohol. It's actually so normal here that a lot of
parents buy it for the teens at parties and nobody bats an eye. He isn't binge
drinking, of course, but that's our next lesson for him, lol!
On the subject of drinking, my companion and I met one of
the cleanest drunkards I have ever met. This Seventh Day Adventists kid called
us over to ''preach'' to a man that is always drunk and always says pretty
awful stuff to people whenever they try to preach to him. Honestly, I first
thought, ''Oh boy... this should be fun.'' So, we went to him on the street and
introduced ourselves as the Mormon missionaries. Surprisingly from the beginning,
he didn't swear or anything. He just tried to shrug us off by saying he was
Atheist. We said that was all good, we don't try to change people's beliefs or
lack thereof. But for some little thing, he quoted a scripture. I asked him if
he was with a religion at one point because it's pretty weird for an Atheist to
know the Bible. He said no, but he knew the bible. After more talking, he said he was Agnostic,
and then with more talk, he said believed in the Living Christ and the Eternal
Father. We then opened up with the Restoration and he actually listened! It was
a really interesting experience, but now that I think about it, these are the
exact kind of people that Jesus Christ would preach to and heal. His name is
Haibe, and he also invited himself to church with us on Sunday. We'll be with
him this week to try and prepare him well to come. My companion and I have a
good feeling about this one.
On the negative side of things, I learned that one of my
old companions, who was in Pueblo Bavarro with me, was sent home early. Not for
anything he did bad, but all I heard was family issues. I sure hope everything
is ok.
Apparently, I still have something to do in this area,
whether it be to finish Elder Tillmond's training or finding somebody or I
don't know what. But I'll keep working hard. We're starting to see the fruits
of our determination and your prayers. Thank you for everything! I'll write
next week! Love you all! Have fun at Apple
Hill!
-Elder Froude
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| With Bishop handing out vests. |
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| With Hermana Narda and her youngest, Aylin. |
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| With Oliver, the bishop's son. |
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| Some of the youth in our ward. |
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| Mormon Helping Hands. Some ward members. |
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| My District |
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| Selfies during Zone meeting. |
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| Our Zone. |
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| Elder Garcia |
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| Elders Montero & Ruiz |
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| Hermana Santos & Hermana Peterson who is leaving tomorrow. |
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| Hermana Pichardo |
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| Elder Kirk |
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| Dominican grasshopper called Esperanza, or Hope. |
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