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| There was a strong breez (with elder jones) |
September 30, 2015
Today was a
pretty rough pday. We didn’t go anywhere
so we sat in the house. My comp was
pissed all day long and just spewed BS that I ignored all together. Today was MY pday and I worked out, studied
extra, and threw in an extra nap in the afternoon. My comp was under the impression that all of
the pdays that we have done were my choice….seriously frustrating since 5 of
the 7 we have been together we have done what he wants to do. Anyway, my comp ran out of money (typical of
all Latin comps I have had) so we had to leave to take out more.
Miracle #387: The
Primary president and her daughter accidentally locked themselves out of their
house so they happened to be in the street when we passed by. They had nothing else to do, so they went
visiting with us and it went very well.
The funny
part of the day was probably going out with a member and TRYING to teach the
restoration. The member talked so so so
much and never testified not did he let us testify. Elder Corbo got ticked but I just let it
slide and moved on. I was really proud
of my patience with my really grumpy comp today. The other thing that happened
today is that my old bishop, Bishop Cifuentes, came and visited for lunch. He had a dream that I was going to be
transferred and he wanted to see me before that happened. It was nice to see him again.
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| Jolie the dog and one of my favorite families (perez sotelo) |
October 1, 2015
Well today
was another overall decent day. This
morning we had a rough visit with R. where I decided that whether I stay or
leave, we are going to have to stop passing by.
After that, Elder Corbo confessed in our weekly planning that he
genuinely ‘hates” me and that this has been the worst time of his mission. All I said in return (and I actually said it
calmly) was that I didn’t hate him and that it hasn’t even been close to the
worst time of my mission. I told him
that I learned tons from being his companion that I am thankful for.
Miracle # 388: We went
to a future investigator who we didn’t visit when we were supposed to. She remembered the appointment so I felt
badly, but the miracle was that she set up a new appointment with us.
The funny part of the day was just running
into 2 investigators in the street randomly.
It was funny because these two people don’t know each other but were
walking down the street together when we ran into them. We also got invited to dinner and my comp
wanted to go, so I just rolled with it.
I couldn’t get him out of the dinner appointment and we ended up getting
home 20 minutes late. I was ticked. I am supposed to let people/companions make
their own decisions, but when it affect me too, it is really really hard to do. I will just have to figure it out if I stay
here another transfer.
October 2, 2015
Today has
been a little sucky. This morning we
went to a cita and it fell through. My
comp and I got into an argument where he was intentionally trying to irritate
me. It didn’t work very well because I
just have learned how to not let things bother me like they used to. He is
really helping me get a hold of my anger a LOT more. I have still been letting him be the big boss
man of the sector and it’s not working so well, but I haven’t criticized him
and I don’t plan to. The miracle of the
day was pretty lame because it didn’t really help that much, but is showed that
someone cares and sometimes that is all that you need to get through the day.
Miracle # 389: The
other elders did a house inventory with us and really tried to help us
out. It was a nice gesture which I
appreciated.
The funny
part of the day was calling president to let him know that we have to leave the
mission boundaries to take my comp to an eye exam. Prior to this call, I hadn’t written the
president for a couple of weeks, but then yesterday I wrote him a long
email. Unfortunately, I messed up the
address and sent the email to myldsmail instead of ldschurch, so he hadn’t
received my email this week. He chewed
me out, but when I explained the situation he just laughed and said, “Dang it,
so close! Well some Elder Cook is going to have a really weird email this
week.” We got a good laugh out of it.
October 3, 2015
Today was
decent. It started with an early morning
visit to the eye doctor for my comp. He
has to use glasses for reading now. After
finding out that he needed +1.00 glasses, we went to interviews with the
president where we learned that we both are going to get “assignments.” I am going to leave the sector and be a
district leader with a missionary that is just finishing his training, in a
zone where I have never been. I was a
little bit bummed. My two bits of advice
from the president were judge less and calm down.
Miracle #390: We got
my comp his glasses and they have fixed his headaches. Maybe that will help him to be happier.
The funny
part of the day was either trying and failing to stay awake in general
conference, or playing darts with Steven (the kid who is getting baptized next
week.) I learned a lot in general
conference despite sleepiness. I keep feeling like I am missing something. I know that I need to humble myself and ask
for the Lord’s help and forgiveness a lot more than I already do.
October 4, 2015
Today was a
long day of packing and general conference with very little times for much
else. My comp is completely sick of me
and won’t take any last minute advice so in the street he got pissed at me this
morning. He was trying to argue with me
about our new investigator M. who he has no faith is sincere. I told him that I
thought she would go to conference, but he is sure that she won’t.
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| María at general conference. |
Miracle #391: My hopes
were realized when M. was ready to go when we passed by to get her for
conference. Even though she appears to be a snake, her interest in the gospel
is undeniable. She told me that she
wishes that she would have learned the
gospel sooner in life so that she could have been a missionary. She is awesome.
The funny
part of the day was when Elder T. invited M. to come to their baptism and she
thought he was asking her if she wanted him to baptize her. She said, “No, my baptism is going to be in
November.” That was cool for us because
that means that she remembers her commitment and is sticking to it! Another funny part of the day was when the other elders filled the font they
screwed up by thinking that they were turning the water off when really they
turned it all the way to cold and left it.
Of course it overflowed and flooded the church. There was a little panic and a LOT of
mopping. It was funny. After that I got chewed out by the bishopric
for doing their job in preparing for the baptisms next week. Yeah it wasn’t very pleasant. I did their job
because they I needed to make sure that it got done before I leave on Tuesday.
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| The dying missionary Elder Ahlstrom. |
October 5, 2015
Well today
was the last day in this sector and it was so inconvenient. My comp had to go to the new trainers meeting
because he is going to be training a new missionary (bless this sector.) My comp has not learned how to get around
this sector at all because he just doesn’t try.
Today was a lot of goodbyes and especially awkward with our investigator
M. She gave me 2 hugs as we were getting
ready to take pictures…my first real snake.
Good thing that I am leaving.
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| Saying goodbye to the Perez Guzman fanily. |
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| familia cortez rubio |
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| my flaite friend |
Miracle #392: We had a
really good last lesson with M who is committed to study and prayer in
preparation for her baptism.
The funny
and really annoying part of the day was when the ZLs who are in a trio, asked
us who also are in a trio since Ahlstrom went home, if we could do a division
with them because one of them is sick and needs to stay in the house while the
other two wanted to say their goodbyes.
It was annoying because we got home super late and I still had to
pack. Luckily the ZL gave us money to
take a taxi back to the house and we made it home just a little late.
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| Georgina |
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| byes to Maria |
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| Violeta and Jorge |
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| Vera Flores family |
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| Soledad |
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| perez sotelo |
October 6, 2015
I remind
myself all the time that the mission isn’t real life. Today I got to my new
sector (Portezuelo) and my new house is a little box attached to a members
house. My new comp is Elder Martinez
from Uruguay. My district has elders
who I have lived with before and their trainees. (Elder Ware and Elder Valle),
and also two sisters.
Miracle #393: My
mission dream came true! I got into the
one of the 4 bike sectors in the mission.
This sector is huge! Too bad the bikes are all broken.
Yep my bike
is broken so we walked for about 2 ½ hours just chatting and getting to know
each other. My companion is pretty chill
and nice. You can tell that he is a new
missionary, but he is stellar. I am
officially what is called a greenie breaker in the mission, but we are also so
co-district leaders. This tells me that
he is a good missionary (usually) so I am excited to work with him. Our house was a pigsty when I arrived. The kitchen was the most disgusting I have
seen and the rooms also need help. My
comp actually suggested taking some of our pday to clean it….whoopeee! It is worth it to have a clean living
space. We ate so much today, that I
think I might get fatter here unless we get our bikes fixed. Tomorrow we are going to at least get the
bikes functional so that we can ride them on Thursday.
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| Oh how I have missed the great outdoors! |
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