Well family, it was a pretty good
week I think. :)
Mom - Well I'm glad to hear that
things are going pretty well. People will be people, that's all I can say. Compassion
is, after all, a Christlike attribute.
But then again, it's not really possible to make people learn that either; it's
all personal and up to them.
Dad - Just a preference of mine
for the housing - I would prefer a private room haha.. I don't mind sharing the
kitchen and the bathrooms or whatever, but after 2 years of sharing a room, and
before sharing a room for the eternities, it'd be nice to have my own room. Anyways,
just letting you know. :) I'm glad to hear that the Jazz finally got a win!
Every team goes through this, and they'll be fine in a few years. That's a
pretty hysterical story you shared... funny people. It's good to hear though
that BYU's doing really well! J
Anyway, it was a good week.
:)
First off, we had a baptism!! The
oldest son of the family we've been teaching was ready to get baptized, and so
we did! It was awesome. Before I share the next thing, let me share a bit of
how we found this family. We had been contacting for a couple of hours in this
caserio, and we got to a point where we didn't know if we wanted to keep
contacting or not, because we had been rejected all morning. However, we
decided to knock on a couple more doors. With that being said, here's a story
that Elder Frampton (the missionary who did the interview) was told by this kid
during his interview. So on that same day we were contacting, the whole family
got into a huge fight. Everybody was basically at each other's throats, and he
just walked out, went to his room, and knelt down and said a prayer. He asked God
to send help, because his family needed help. When he walked out of his room,
we were sitting there in their living room.
It's interesting, these are the
kind of stories that you hear about all the time from missionary work, but to
actually be a part of it, is really a great blessing. I'm so thankful that we
were able to be a part of that, and it's truly been an incredible experience to
work with this family. They're golden, and he is really progressing well. His
mother and sister will also be baptized, but that will come with a bit more
time. We're hoping to get his sister baptized this weekend, so that's our goal
there.
Besides that, we've been working
with this less-active for a while, and we took a leaf out of Ammon's book, and
just have been serving him. We've painted probably about half of his house for
him, and he's really been very grateful for that. He promised us that he'd come
to church, and he finally did this past Sunday!!! It was SO awesome, and he was
so happy to see all the members that know him and remember him, and they were
so good to him and greeted him and showed him love. I really hope and pray that
he'll remember how that felt, and that he'll come back consistently. He's a
really great guy, and I'm so thankful to have gotten to know and serve him and
his wife. They're awesome.
Also, there were a couple of
jovenes that got their mission calls this week! One is a Dominican and he's
going to Des Moines, Iowa! CRAZY! Poor kid is going to freeze to death haha.
The other one is a sister and she's going to San Diego, California.
But yeah. :) Transfers this week,
and it looks like I'm staying in Guaynabo until the bitter end! It'll be a
blast. Transfers are bound to be crazy, they always are. Then we start zone
conferences this weekend with Elder Cornish in town. Fun stuff.
Thanks for everything. :) I hope
you're all doing well. I love you all! Stay true to the gospel!!
See you soon.
"The
hardest thing I've ever come to see
is a Man
down on His knees in agony.
A drop of
blood falls down on olive leaves,
And for a
moment, He suffers there for me . . ."
--
Elder Kimball Ray Gardner
Puerto
Rico San Juan Mission
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