February
18, 2015
Today was yet another relaxed and
refreshing p-day. Basically we just
relaxed, bought stuff we need to survive, and of course the other elders let me
clean the house again…yep, just trying to let that not bother me.
I had a fat Levi day eating lots of
mashed potato balls, bread and bratwurst type foods. Not gonna lie, I feel so awful about eating
stuff like that, until I remember that I do insanity which burns like 1000
calories nearly every day. I am
convinced that I would get obese eating the delicious and unhealthy foods here
if I didn’t workout.
Miracle # 149: We finally found
out what our investigator really needs help with and that will hopefully help
him to progress.
The fun part of the day was doing my
insanity workout. It was also the
highlight of my day with the exception of emailing my family.
February
19, 2015
Today wasn’t bad. We had some great lessons and a really good
miracle. We had to leave one of our investigators because he won’t follow
through with any commitments, especially coming to church. It is so hard to get people, even members, to
come to church. This guy is always
complaining about one physical ailment or another. I bore my testimony to him of the importance
of attending church and the great Spirit that can be felt there. I even shared with him the example of my
father who went to church every Sunday even when he had to use a walker when
his back was broken and he was so sick with cancer. Unfortunately, our investigator just ignored
me and complained some more.
We met with another investigator and
had the opposite experience:
Miracle #150: All of S.
reservations about baptism have been resolved and he is now ready to be
baptized.
The funny part of the day was in our
lesson with S. He has a cat that makes
the funniest surprised face when you pick it up. I looked just like the cat memes that you
always see online, except it was real.
February
20, 2015
Today we went on divisions with the
zone leaders and I left the sector with Elder Turley. The really nice thing about our mission is
that wen we do divisions, it is really relaxed and easy. We walk 20 minutes to the stake center and
meet up with the zone leaders and then walk about 10 minutes to their
house. I barely takes any time out of your
day. My division with Elder Turley was a
blast! We had a lot of citas and talked
to each other quite a bit.
Miracle #151: I got to go with the zone leaders when they
had an appointment where they cooked empenadas, AND a family home evening with
a family that made us a ton of delicious food.
YUM = so tasty!
The fun part of the day was talking to
one of the ZLs families. They started
asking me nerdy questions and I could answer all of them. They asked about books, movies, music, and so
on. It was kind of odd to see the kids bedrooms plastered with posters of the
band – 1 Direction.
February
21, 2015
Today was just one of those days. We got absolutely nothing done today. By the end of the day I was a little fed up
with my companion. He just didn’t have
any interest in working. So all day I
contacted and put up posters for a class that we are teaching. I was supremely
annoyed when we went teaching with a brother from our ward and my companion
just talked with the brother the whole time while I did all the
contacting.
Miracle #152: We got free ice
cream today and a sister, Hermana Donoso, fed us lunch when our lunch fell
through.
The funniest part of the day happened
simultaneously with the most annoying part of the day. I was talking with a lady, while my companion
was busy chatting with the member, and this lady was telling me all about her
reincarnations. She has been
reincarnated 56 times and she remembers all of them. One of the times she was dirt poor and
homeless drug addict eating garbage in the street. Another time she was Italian. Another time she was a King and had 47
concubines. She told me some of the
other ones, but honestly I zoned out after the fornicating king reincarnation.
February
22, 2015
Today started out rough, but ended up
good. I was irritated with my lazy companion but then I realized that I needed
to repent and stop letting him affect how I work. I have decided to just suck it up and work
hard anyway. After that, my very first
contact was with an incredible future investigator.
Miracle #153: Realizing that hard work and obedience will
help me to keep myself from losing my temper.
Every time that I get irritated with my comp, I am just going to work harder
to find people to teach.
The funny part of the day was talking
to a drunk man who pretended to only talk in sign language, at least for the
first 5 minutes. When he did finally
start talking, he just talked about how great we are for the work that we
do. He wanted me to give him a blessing,
so I said, “Que Dios le bendiga,” or “God bless you.” By his reaction you would have thought I just
gave him a lamborghini. He was so happy
he almost cried.
February
23, 2015
Today just flew by. I am really grateful for that because it
wasn’t the best day. It wasn’t the worst
either. In district meeting a doctrinal
question came up and basically everyone disagreed with me. I tried to “argue” my point, which didn’t
work at all. I finally gave up and told
them that I would have to study some more about that topic on my own, which of
course I did as soon as the meeting was over.
As it turns out, I was right.
Even though I was right, I feel bad about the way that I was trying to
prove myself to the other missionaries.
Miracle #154: Missionary
resource, True to the Faith is a miraculous tool to teach correct doctrine.
Every missionary should study it and know it.
Today was depressingly, not funny at
all. We did have pizza though.
February
24, 2015
Today was pretty good. We had some good fun with contacting and
talking and telling stories. I finally
got Elder Leon to share more about who he is.
He has never really told be about his experiences or any of his
background. We also had a really good
moment tonight where we talked about what we have learned from each other and
it was nice because we really said a lot of good stuff.
Miracle #155: We were given a
reference that we went to meet for the first time and she is 100% receptive and
invited us back to teach her on Sunday.
Throughout all the lessons that I have
taught, one lesson is the most common and that is the Plan of Salvation. It is an amazing and miraculous plan, but I
would really like to be able to find someone to teach where we can move on to
teach other lessons. That being said,
teaching the same thing over and over really strengthens your testimony about
the topic you teach. I have a strong
testimony of God’s great plan of mercy.
I have been able to actively participate in helping others to understand
this plan and I consider it a huge privilege and a blessing.
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