September 9, 2015
Well things are not going so well with my companionship. Elder C. is often irritated with me. He got to choose the p-day activity today
which was going to Cerro San Cristobal with the district. I have been there before and it is kindof a kids
activity, so I wasn’t too thrilled about going, but we agreed to take turns with
p-days and it was his choice. It was a huge
time waster. I really feel like I need to use my p days to
“prepare” for the coming week, but my comp looks at them as a day off. I can’t
even get him to study on p-days. Oh
well.
Miracle #366: My companion is starting to open up to
me about what is bothering him so we can hopefully fix it and be more unified.
The funny part of the day was going to a restaurant that was
ridiculously expensive, but we didn’t realize it until after we had already
bought a bottle of water. We ended up
leaving after paying for the drinks. The
other funny part of the day was when one of the elders came home from divisions
wearing tights….seriously. Literally,
the only pants he wore while walking through the streets was a pair of thermal
underwear. Then, worse than that, after
the divisions he went to the street vendors without putting any pants on
either. It is a big rule here that we
have to wear proselyting clothes when we shop anywhere. Oh well…just thought that was weird.
September 10, 2015
Well tomorrow is some delinquent day again where we have to
stay in the house because of Independence Day celebrations. We had to return home early today as well,
which was not a bad thing because Elder C. and I got in an argument. It is good that we didn’t have to work
together this afternoon.
Miracle #367: We get a little break from each other today.
The funny part of the day was when Elder T. taught me how to
play poker…that’s right, the elders here play poker. I think that it is funny that the very first
time in my life that I have ever played poker was on my mission. It just seems
like we as missionaries shouldn’t be doing that.
September 11, 2015
Today
really sucked. All we did all day long was play games and it was just such an
enormous waste of time. I should have studied more or worked out or cleaned or
done ANYTHING productive, but I didn’t.
There isn’t much to say about the day. I actually feel bad about the
fact that I chose to squander my entire day with useless wastes of time.
Miracle #368: Even though we were stuck in the house,
a member provided a lunch for us!
There were various fun parts of the day. One was when we played water/juice pong. The other fun part of the day included
learning how to play another card game, flying kites, and stuffing ourselves
with ridiculous amounts of food. My
personal favorite part of the day was watching a movie called “God’s
Army”. It had some really good spiritual
points, but probably shouldn’t be on the missionary watch list.
September 12, 2015
Ugh! I woke up late so I wasn’t able to do my exercises
today. That is two days in a row. I think that when I don’t work out, I am more
tired during the day. Anyways, today was
a decent day other than that. Nothing super exciting happened. We did
meet one of our investigator’s mother in the street and she thanked us for
helping him. Sadly, later on that day we
found him in the street where he sells drugs. It really hurts to see people
that you care about continue to screw up their lives.
Miracle #369: We were able to help someone out today
just by jumping in and doing spontaneous service helping them move.
The funny part of the day, nothing really. Overall it wasn’t a depressing day, it just
wasn’t fun. I spent a TON of my day just thinking about our investigators and
praying to know how to help them. I
haven’t really received any answers yet.
September 13, 2015
Today was alright. It
was Elder Tornow’s birthday so we ate a ton of crap. That made me super hyper. Church was decent today except for the fact
that not very many of the people we teach showed up. The other not-so-great part of church was the
fact that 5 minutes before the gospel principles class we realized that the
teacher wasn’t there. I had to scramble
to read the lesson so that I could teach. I still struggle, even after a whole
year as a missionary to teach solely by the spirit. In the end, it turned out well.
Miracle #370: One of the members of the ward mad a
giant dinner for Elder T. birthday, and the lesson turned out really well.
The funny/lame part of the day was the dinner because we had
an appointment right before the dinner that we had to rush because Elder T. had
a member come to the house where we were teaching to pick us up. Then we also missed out on a potential lesson
after the dinner because it went long.
September 14, 2015
Well my comp and I are still having issues, but I am not
letting it affect my desire to be here and work. The main complaint that he has
about me is that I act as if everything depends on me, and my main complaint
about him is that he doesn’t help me do anything.
Miracle #371: I go to talk to Elder White today and he
helped me feel a million times better.
I am really grateful to have a great friend in the mission
and it is going to be hard for me when he goes home (soon.) Talking to him was
a much needed stress reliever. It makes
a huge difference in the work to have a friend as a companion. Tomorrow is a new day.
September 15, 2015
Today wasn’t the best.
We still are not getting along very well. This morning we did a painting service
project which meant that we couldn’t study. We had a decently fun time. After a semi-nasty lunch, we went out to
work. Within the first 5 minutes I had
an accident with a rebar and my eye. I was
walking down a street that I have walked down a million times, and I was looking
at the other side of the street, when I walked right into a rebar that must have
been recently placed at eye level. It really hurt for a long time.
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Miracle #372: The bar didn’t do any serious damage to
my eye that I know of.
We had a super frustrating lesson this afternoon with a
family where everyone was really receptive except for the mother. We had a super good lesson and in the end,
she started asking us challenging questions.
Every response that we gave she challenged to the point of mocking
us. I was pretty frustrated in the end I
shared Alma 30:44 and said that she needed to search for spiritual answers
rather than seeking for signs.
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