so i have to go to the bathroom, like my subject says. but
im going to try to not to think about that too much as i write you this here
email.
thanks to alll of you who wrote me this week. twas the greatest, as always.
welp. another week has gone by. i cawn´t(british) believe it. im trying to remember what all has happened this week. hmmmm....
ok. so this week we have worked super super hard. both of the compis have been a bit sick, so the work hasnt been super great--but i feel as though my attitude about the mission has finallllllly taken a change for proactivity(?)(is that a word?) i feel as though before, i was allowing myself to be led by my 2 previous comps. because i didnt understand very well at the beginning and i haaaaad to just blindly follow. but then i think i got into the habit of just following and being passive about making decisions and what not. and so in the beginning of this change i was super stressed because the 2 companions were looking to me to make the decions and i wasnt used to that. and i think i may have slumped into a little bit of a depression for a bit because i was feeling super stressed. but now, i have been feeling more logical about things and ive realized how much i need to study preach my gospel so that iiii know for myself what needs to be going on and not rely on what others say. i pray all the time that we will be able to find the people who are ready to hear the gospel.
thats something else that has been difficult. -- so we are doing pretty well with talking with people and finding new people to teach. but to have people who are progressing and keep their committments--thatttss whats hard. in the end of lessons(most of the time) i feel that we explained well and the spirit was there(of course there is always room for improvement) and then we invite them to baptism, and no one is accpting!! we exteneded 4 invitations in the beginning of this week and NONE of them accpeted. so for that reason the week felt hard. BUT. the good news. on saturday we were teaching jose and maria laura. maria laura is the mom and is super great. she works as the serenazgo, which is like a rank below police, and her son is jose. jose is 23 and has had reallllllly serious problems with drugs in his past. but a while back he submitted himself to a rehab senter and decided that he had to change. and now he is back living with his mom and doing way better. but he is around some of his old friends and slips back into old habits at times. so his mom wanted us to talk with him(she´s nott a member) so that he could recieve some spiritual help. in the 1st 2 lessons maria didnt show much interest in listening and what there more of a support for jose. butttttt then on saturday we taught the restaruacion and she and jose were BOTH listening. super intently. and the part with the 1st vision, the spirit was SUPER strong. and both of their eyes were fixed on the picture of joseph smith in the sacred grove. and then at the end of the lesson, we invited thme to be baptzed, and they both said yes!!! finallllllly!!! and then yesterday we invited stefano--the cute(even though he scratches him self if you know what i mean), chubby, freckeled-faced, 12 yr old with glasses, who kind of resembles the chubby kid from big green--to be baptized for this saturday and HE said yes, too!!! haleilujah!!! now we just have to get permission from his mom...eeeek!!! but its soooo great to finally begin to see some the "fruits of our labor." so thanks to all you and your prayers. i know they are helping :)
i told the zone leaders about how i was feeling and how ididnt know what to do to help the pepole progress. and they told me that a lot of times we take for granted the power of prayer--that its US communicating with the all-knowing, all-powerful God. if we´re living faithfully, God will answer our prayers as specifically as we have asked him. so the compis and i fasted this weekend and boy oh boy! weve definitely seen the results already!! yayyyy!!!!
ok. so that is some of what has been going on. Also--
something i forgot to tell you guys about my sector--there are alwyas guys(usually drunk) who just stop and pee on a wall in the middle of the sidewalks. help. me. when brandt was 4 he would have fit in quite nicely here, eh? hahaha only, brandt is cute. these little nasties definitely are notttttt. also, speaking of pee, yesterday we were talking to the patriarch, and he told us about this medicine he had to take one time that made his pee turn different colors. it was one of the strangest conversations...
well, that just about wraps it up for this week. also, one of my companions has the same stomach problem that my first companion had, and she had to get her stomach scoped today. wooo! i send my comps to the doctor?? yikes. sorry.
okay, well i love and miss you all soooooooooo much!!!!! love,
me
thanks to alll of you who wrote me this week. twas the greatest, as always.
welp. another week has gone by. i cawn´t(british) believe it. im trying to remember what all has happened this week. hmmmm....
ok. so this week we have worked super super hard. both of the compis have been a bit sick, so the work hasnt been super great--but i feel as though my attitude about the mission has finallllllly taken a change for proactivity(?)(is that a word?) i feel as though before, i was allowing myself to be led by my 2 previous comps. because i didnt understand very well at the beginning and i haaaaad to just blindly follow. but then i think i got into the habit of just following and being passive about making decisions and what not. and so in the beginning of this change i was super stressed because the 2 companions were looking to me to make the decions and i wasnt used to that. and i think i may have slumped into a little bit of a depression for a bit because i was feeling super stressed. but now, i have been feeling more logical about things and ive realized how much i need to study preach my gospel so that iiii know for myself what needs to be going on and not rely on what others say. i pray all the time that we will be able to find the people who are ready to hear the gospel.
thats something else that has been difficult. -- so we are doing pretty well with talking with people and finding new people to teach. but to have people who are progressing and keep their committments--thatttss whats hard. in the end of lessons(most of the time) i feel that we explained well and the spirit was there(of course there is always room for improvement) and then we invite them to baptism, and no one is accpting!! we exteneded 4 invitations in the beginning of this week and NONE of them accpeted. so for that reason the week felt hard. BUT. the good news. on saturday we were teaching jose and maria laura. maria laura is the mom and is super great. she works as the serenazgo, which is like a rank below police, and her son is jose. jose is 23 and has had reallllllly serious problems with drugs in his past. but a while back he submitted himself to a rehab senter and decided that he had to change. and now he is back living with his mom and doing way better. but he is around some of his old friends and slips back into old habits at times. so his mom wanted us to talk with him(she´s nott a member) so that he could recieve some spiritual help. in the 1st 2 lessons maria didnt show much interest in listening and what there more of a support for jose. butttttt then on saturday we taught the restaruacion and she and jose were BOTH listening. super intently. and the part with the 1st vision, the spirit was SUPER strong. and both of their eyes were fixed on the picture of joseph smith in the sacred grove. and then at the end of the lesson, we invited thme to be baptzed, and they both said yes!!! finallllllly!!! and then yesterday we invited stefano--the cute(even though he scratches him self if you know what i mean), chubby, freckeled-faced, 12 yr old with glasses, who kind of resembles the chubby kid from big green--to be baptized for this saturday and HE said yes, too!!! haleilujah!!! now we just have to get permission from his mom...eeeek!!! but its soooo great to finally begin to see some the "fruits of our labor." so thanks to all you and your prayers. i know they are helping :)
i told the zone leaders about how i was feeling and how ididnt know what to do to help the pepole progress. and they told me that a lot of times we take for granted the power of prayer--that its US communicating with the all-knowing, all-powerful God. if we´re living faithfully, God will answer our prayers as specifically as we have asked him. so the compis and i fasted this weekend and boy oh boy! weve definitely seen the results already!! yayyyy!!!!
ok. so that is some of what has been going on. Also--
something i forgot to tell you guys about my sector--there are alwyas guys(usually drunk) who just stop and pee on a wall in the middle of the sidewalks. help. me. when brandt was 4 he would have fit in quite nicely here, eh? hahaha only, brandt is cute. these little nasties definitely are notttttt. also, speaking of pee, yesterday we were talking to the patriarch, and he told us about this medicine he had to take one time that made his pee turn different colors. it was one of the strangest conversations...
well, that just about wraps it up for this week. also, one of my companions has the same stomach problem that my first companion had, and she had to get her stomach scoped today. wooo! i send my comps to the doctor?? yikes. sorry.
okay, well i love and miss you all soooooooooo much!!!!! love,
me
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