January 6, 2016
Today was a lame p-day. We decided to go to Santa Lucia hill
with some other missionaries and it was all right, but it could have been way
better. We didn’t even have time to go
do the ONE thing that I actually wanted to do today, which was buy new shoes
for my workouts. Mine are getting
wrecked once again. I love the beginning of the month because I have money to
buy food and experiment with new dietary habits. We had to end our p-day early to be able to
get out to the edge of our sector to teach some lessons. We went all the way out there with a member
who lent me his BMX bike. You can’t sit
down on a BMX bike, so the 10 km were exhausting!
Miracle #515: Somehow we managed to get everything
done 20 minutes early on p-day.
The funny part of the day was going to meet up at the other
elder’s house to go to the hill with Elder Anderson. Supposedly, they were all going to be ready,
but all of them were laying around in bed…at 10:15! It was hard to get back to the house on
time. I rode like the wind. Even though
my bike is a mountain bike and his is a road bike, I totally wrecked him. I was
proud of him though because he really pushed himself.
January 7, 2016
Today
was a good day but ended with a flop. In the morning we had our 2 week capacitation
and it was pretty interesting. With all of the trainers together, we just
talked about issues and when I mentioned what happened yesterday with the DLs
sleeping in, the assistants reaction surprised me. They told me that that kind of thin should be
reported immediately to either them or the zone leaders. I don’t think that it is that big of a deal
and have never ratted someone out for that kid of stuff that goes on all the
time. The rest of the day we taught lessons and contacted and my kid kicked butt.
He is a boss of a missionary! I still
have to remember that he has only been on his mission for 2 weeks.
Miracle #516: I told my kid that he was going to do a
contact and lead the discussion and he did a great job!
The funny part of the day was the flop at the end in the
lesson with V. and V. We were reviewing
the requirements for baptism with them and we realized that they had not
understood the law of chastity lesson.
Turns out that they are not married.
It was super uncomfortable to work through that lesson again.
January 8, 2016
So today was interesting. We started with an early-bird
painting service project where a Peruvian Elder and I were the only ones
working. Interestingly, we both had been
trained by the same Elder, so he must have taught us well. After that, we got home and I made bread
while my companion was in the shower. It
turned out a lot better than last time, but it still came out a little dense. By the tie we finished our personal study, we
had to go to lunch, which ended up being tiny, so I was glad that I made
brad. We returned to the house after
lunch to do our weekly planning, then we had a great lesson with S.
Miracle #517: We didn’t have anything planned for
today, but we managed to keep ourselves occupied. We ended up teaching 2X more lessons than we
planned.
The funny part of the day was when the sisters told is that
one of them had a bad foot so they weren’t going to be able to leave. This meant that we needed to take their lunch
to them. Remember that we ride bikes so we really do put that much strain on
our feet. Later on that day we saw them
riding their bikes and working. I think
that they just didn’t want to ride the extra far distance to the lunch
appointment.
January 9, 2016
Today was decent, but very tiring. This morning was filled with studies and
computer work at the church. After
eating lunch we did our 12 week training studies and headed out to work. We went out to visit some investigators out
in the fields, but the lady wasn’t there.
It turns out that she is kind of hard on her husband. He is a very kind
and soft spoken man and we love him. His
wife returned while we where there and she just treated him like dirt. I felt bad for him.
Miracle #518: On a whim, we went to a recent contact
and we taught a really good lesson. He
was very interested and even committed to baptism if he gets an answer that the
church is true.
The funny part of the day was using the bathroom after my
comp. and other elders used the bathroom.
I realized that guys are just disgusting when it comes to aiming and
flushing. Funny bathroom day. The weird part of my day was that EVERYONE I
met gave me a peach. I love fruit and
especially peaches, so this was a nice treat for me. Today was also a great day because I managed
to stay awake all day long. I impressed myself.
January 10, 2016
I’m tired, so so so tired. On top of that, today was a very
disappointing Sunday. Of about 15 people
who said that they were going to come to
church., we had 2 show up. I was a
little bit low on energy so a few people started to chew me out. I just completely ignored them. Everything was running really late today
(Latin timing). The sisters had a
baptism so lunch and everything got postponed about 2 hours. My comp was in charge of the day and didn’t
have much planned. We attempted to do
contacts this afternoon, but my comp was also feeling off so they weren’t the
best contacts he has done.
Miracle #519:
In the beginning of our lesson with V. he said he wasn’t interested in
getting married, but by the end he said that he would think more deeply about
it.
The funny part of the day was probably trying to teach about
the law of Chastity in a way that was more direct and clear and yet still
reverent.
January 11, 2016
Today was a pretty decent day. We had a good morning of
studies until lunch, where we had to wait outside for 15 minutes for a man to
arrive. When the man got there, we ate a
shepherds pie type thing that was made with soy meat. It was surprisingly good. The rest of the day went pretty well. We ended up being busy all day long. Our lessons were all really good except for
one. He last lesson took the cake. We taught the lesson about the atonement with
the pushup object lesson. After doing
250 push-ups my companion read D&C 19 and I bore my testimony. The spirit was strong.
Miracle #520: One of our investigators accepted a date
for baptism.
The funny part of the day was when the family who we taught
the atonement lesson to, practically forced me to eat fried empanadas. The other funny part of the day was telling
lame jokes during a very awkward meal.
January 12, 2016
Everything kindof fell through today. Our first lesson was the only one that worked
out. It was very uneventful day and I
got pretty frustrated with the situation.
I tried to really help my companion take initiative in contacting, but
at times it was really hard. This week
he is supposed to lead the contacting efforts, but his is still not quite
ready. I have to remember that he is so
new to the mission without having had the MTC experience. We sure did contact in a lot of different
ways.
Miracle #521: I was kind of sick of contacting, but
decided to be a good example and keep going.
I started a contact just by asking about some art hanging in a window.
Not only was the man receptive, but he also gave me the picture.
The funny part of the day was probably contacting every
possible way I could think of. There
were times where I kind of threw my companion under the bus. For example, we started to help a guy dig out
trenches around some trees and I just waited for my comp to contact him. When he didn’t, I said in English, “contact
him” and then only helped him a little bit.
He struggled quite a bit, but it turned out all right in the end. I am not sure why I let myself get bothered
by some of the stupidities that happen, but I do. I am getting better at just moving on.
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