I’ll be honest, today was rough. I woke up early in a great mood and was that
way until it came time to clean. Part of
the reason why the other elders didn’t want me cleaning the other day was that
it wasn’t p-day and they said that it wasn’t “time” to do it. Well, today was the “time” to do it and I
cleaned for almost 2 hours before bothering the other missionaries about
joining me. They didn’t, so I ended up
cleaning for another 2 hours. Towards
the end of my cleaning day, they pitched in for about 20 minutes. I got unreasonably (well maybe it was
reasonable) mad at their laziness. It
really ticked me off to work for 6 hours in one week cleaning this house. I never cleaned this much at home…(sorry Mom,
I am repenting for the slob that I used to be.) Anyway, I was ticked all day
long. ALL DAY. There was one point today where I was so fed
up that I am pretty sure that for the first time in my living memory, I didn’t
talk for more than 60 minutes. I
couldn’t let it go and it was eating me up. So at the end of the day I texted
my zone leaders to get their advice on how to control my anger and handle the
situation in our house.
Miracle #107: Our amazing zone leaders, Elder Gomez
and Elder Turley showed their concern for us by walking over a mile to come and
see us/me to help me out.
January 8, 2015
Today was really really long. It started with a four hour service project
in the morning. I forgot to put
sunscreen on so I kindof fried in places usually covered by missionary
attire. The sun also sapped up all of my
energy for the rest of the day. After
lunch, and a shower, it was already 4:00 pm so we got right to work. I was all right except I have been plagued by
a phlegmy cough for all of this week and it was worse today. The miracle today was pretty cool though.
Miracle #108: Santiago (our investigator) went with us
to an appointment with another investigator and he loved it.
I wasn’t feeling to hot so when our 9:00 cita fell through,
we came home 30 minutes early so that I could get to bed early. The best part of the day was when someone
thought that I was from Colombia because of my accent. It was funny because Elder Leon’s jaw dropped
and his face was shocked. He has been working hard to get me to have a
Colombian accent. It was a sweet moment.
January 9, 2015
Today was a division and Elder Ware and I felt like crap
after morning divisions, so we just stayed in the house and rested with the
recommendation from the zone leaders. I
was coughing up my lungs and he was hurting too. We got to talk a lot when we weren’t sleeping
and it was really nice. He gave me some advice as a district leader and it
really helped me. I feel so much better
now that I rested today. I think that it
was way worth it.
Miracle #109 I got to do personal study for more than
2 hours today.
January 10, 2015
Today was crazy. We only had 3 lessons but is was still
good. We visited a great new
investigator and she told us about her crazy story of drug addiction and her
desire to change her life. We basically
did contacts of apartment buildings for about 3 hours until we taught English
class. My comp and I taught the class
and I thought it turned out really well.
My miracle happened in our last lesson.
Miracle #110: Our new investigator gave me a hunting
knife. I don’t know why, but it is cool
and my zone leaders said that I could have it as long as I didn’t take it outside
of the house.
We found out that one of the people we are going to visit
tomorrow had an exorcism last night…this should be interesting.
January 11, 2015
Today was pretty good.
It was HOT and I had a headache all day not to mention that my companion
was grumpy for some unknown reason. But
I am really happy today so I just ignored all his rude and insensitive
comments.
Miracle #111: We had 2 divisions with members which is
a miracle that rarely happens down here.
It is very hard to arrange any divisions and today we had 2!
I can’t think of any specific funny things that happened
today. I remember laughing a lot while
Elder Leon did not. There is nothing I could do to help him other than stay
upbeat and hope that it is contagious.
January 12, 2015
Today was great. In contrast
to yesterday, elder Leon was in a great mood and we has a great time. We had a painting service project today in
the morning and we got to talk to some Chileans who spoke English practically
perfectly and it was a blast. We had 3
average lessons which were only meh because for some reason we were both
exhausted today. We actually went to a
store to get a bit of sugar to wake us up and our miracle happened.
Miracle #112: I
put on my gringo charm with the lady in the Almacen and she gave us juice and a
chocolate bare for free! We needed that
boost!
I am finally not irritated with the elder’s in my house
anymore and it is WAY more fun. We were
joking all day today and it was one of the better days in this mission.
January 13, 2015
Today was a pretty good day!
We had some decent lessons today but is was odd. The worst lesson was in a house with no
circulation so essentially we taught this kid in a sauna for 30 minute. I just about suffocated. Our miracle of the day was with a less active
grandmother of one of the youth in our ward.
She has not accepted the missionaries in 8 years or so. Today we had a division planned with her
grandson.
Miracle #113:
When we called the grandson, the grandmother answered and was very
happy. She said that something had
happened in her life that made her want to talk to the elders. We went over right away and she told us all
about her experience. It was a great
experience for me!
This afternoon, Elder Diaz taught a self defense class and it
was a blast. I was the dummy and LOVED
doing a bit of that stuff again.
A few Missionary Terms for
you:
· Investigator: Someone who is learning about the church
· Cambio/change: A 6 week period of time where you are
with a companion that you are assigned to.
The companionship can last more than one cambio.
· Snake: a flirtatious girl ages 14-30ish.
· Dragon: a flirtatious woman ages 30-dead usually has
kids of her own.
· Worm: a flirtatious girl ages 1-14
· Dead: A missionary who just straight up wants to go
home.
· Cuadrado: A ridiculously strict missionary who tried
to follow the rules almost to a fault, meaning they follow the letter but
forget the spirit of the law.
· Chueco: A missionary who no esta ni alli with the
rules. (couldn’t care less about the rules.)
· Machine: kindof applies everywhere but someone who
just gets the work done!
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