Ok so Tuesday we had 5 lessons which we were going to eat
at, because Elder N was leaving the next morning. They were all right after the
other. I thought I was going to explode. But it ended ok.
Wednesday Elder Buckway came and the other new Elder in
Chiclana, Elder Reynolds too. We had a meeting with our new Ward Mission
Leader. His name is I…. he´s 22 and served his mission in Salt Lake Central.
He´s a good guy and seems like he´s gonna help us a lot.
We had a reference that we hadn´t been able to go by, but
finally on Thursday we did. Her name is M, and she´s a bit older. Her son just
recently killed himself and so a friend of her´s who´s a member told us to go
by. Her son was 28 I think and was a police officer. I guess his wife had left
him and taken their two young kids, so he just shot himself one day at work.
She hadn´t spoken to anyone about it, and refused to let anyone come and talk
with her about it. But she opened the door for us and let us in. We had no clue
what to talk with her about. But we just talked about how we can find peace in
Christ and that now is the time for her to strengthen her faith. She knows a
bit about the Church. Her son had read the Book of Mormon several times she
said. Right now we´re just trying to help her regroup.
Our convert S went to another Church this week. So I´m not
sure if we can count her inactive or not yet...
We were at the house of one of our investigators, and her
mom was there. We talked briefly and I realized that she was a member. She told
us she wasn´t anymore. She told us she was active many years ago and had had a
rough life and had been excommunicated. I asked her if she still believed the
Church was true. I expected her to say no way and blow me off, but she paused
for a second and said yes, and then started crying a bit. I invited her to come
to Church Sunday. She said she was in AA and wants to come back to Church, but
wants to wait until she´s fully recovered. We tried to tell her she could start
her return now, but she said in a month we can talk with her again. It was a
cool experience.
There´s an inactive family that some members told us we
should go visit. They lived like 5 miles away in the middle of nowhere but we
walked there one night when everything else failed us. We got there and they
were just shocked that we had shown up. They said in 10 years living there
missionaries had never been to there house. They let us in and we talked for a
while. The husband served a mission in Denver, so he was excited to talk with
us. They´ve been inactive for at least 3 years, but he prayed at the end of the
lesson and then gave us a ride home. Hopefully we can get them to come back to
Church.
We had the primary program at Church which was really fun. A
ton of people were there for it. Including two of our investigators. We weren´t
expecting them, but they came and had a good time. One of them was a kid and he
sang in the program too. The husband was crying during sacrament meeting. He´s
a nice guy, but he smokes, and he´s not married to the woman he lives with, who
is a less active member. So he´s got a ways to go.
Then last night we went by the inactive older couple that we
go buy every week. they´re really nice, but have been inactive for about 15
years They were really strong members at one point. I knew that P…., the
husband, hadn´t prayed in years and years because he thought God was mad at him
and didn´t want to listen. But he didn´t know I knew, so I just casually asked
if he would pray at the end of the lesson. He got really flustered and said no.
So i poked at his pride a bit and asked if he knew how to pray, and pulled out
a little bookmark thing that has the 4 steps to prayer. He said I KNOW HOW TO
PRAY!! And then offered the prayer. I could hear in his voice he was nervous,
but it was a great prayer. After he asked if I believed God would listen to a
guy like him. I said of course! He listens to everyone. He acted really goofy
afterwards. He obviously felt very awkward about it. But I feel like he´s felt
the love that God has for him. I really think now is the time for them to
return. I had thought the members had been visiting them still, but they told
us last night that no one had gone by in years. And they seemed pretty annoyed
by it.
the areas alright. we have the high goals to find people
this week. im excited. buckways good. im excited to work with him. district
leader doesnt mean much. sunday nights i have to call the two other
companionships and get there numbers for the week, and then give them all to
the zone leaders. and lead a meeting once a week. it sucks.
why do you always want to know who is in my zone? there are
like a million people. hermana blake is a new hermana in my district. elder
berrett too.
yes that pic was in cadiz. and its a destination for cruise
ships i think. i dunno.
spanish is good. understanding can still be a little
difficult sometimes, but its not too much of an issue anymore.
yeah everythings good!
love ya
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