Well this week has gone pretty good.
We have been working hard here in Teziutlán, with a few handicaps but we're here workin'. =P
This
week has been interesting because on Tuesday the new missionaries for
Ahuateno got here and we showed them around some and had them get to
know our old investigators and all that. Then, we got a call from the
secretaries saying that our stuff (beds, plates, ironing board, etc.)
for our new house wasn't going to get to us until Wednesday, and so we'd
have to stay the night in the same old house sleeping on the floor with
a few old mattresses, but, being good christians, we accepted with lots
of groaning. Haha
Afterward on Wednesday we showed the Elders where they were going
to eat that day and we were off to our area. Then, the secretaries
called us again and told us that our stuff wasn't going to get there
until Friday. So, we kept working and such.
We made it to Friday, very tired, getting to know the other part of
the area that we hadn't known before, not sleeping too well, and on top
of that with the whole mess of 4 people that need to shower, brush
their teeth, etc. all at the same time in a small space, well, you can
imagine our thoughts when we got a call telling us that our stuff wasn't
going to arrive to the house until Monday. Heh.
But yeah, we kept truckin' along. This week we were almost falling
asleep walking in the street and such, but we made it to Monday. Now at
any minute they should call us to tell us that the stuff will finally
get here... On Wednesday. Haha just kidding, we'll hope for today.
Well, the week went pretty good for us as well. At first it was
really hard because we hadn't worked much in this part of the area, and
we had a couple days of all of our appointments falling through. But
then one day we got contacted by a nice old lady, now that we can't
contact ourselves, and she said she really wanted to learn, so we went
the next day and found out that the pamphlet we had left her in the
street had been thoroughly studied by her and that she believed it all
because she felt it strongly and knew and recognized that she was being
guided by the Spirit.
So, we re-taught her the Restoration (seeing as how she had
apparently taught herself already), and committed her to baptism right
there for the 28th of October. She accepted and went to church on Sunday
with all the desire to follow through.
As well, when we were looking for less active members, we
accidentally ran into a member-referral that we hadn't been able to find
in the new house where she lives now. So we taught her as well and
commited her to baptism, which she accepted with joy and came to church
on Sunday with her two sisters as well. So that was really cool.
I don't have a lot of time to write, but I'm sure seeing lots of
miracles here. I know every mission is different and don't get me wrong,
there are lots of trials as well, but if we look for the miracles in
our lives we'll all see God's hand. It isn't hard, we just have to be
humble and not compare ourselves to others, realizing that we're all
different and learn differently.
Anyway, I love you all!
¡Muchos saludos a los espanglish speakers!
Elder DeFreese
1. Here's a nice view from inside the bathroom of
our new house. How nice of the owners of the apartment to take in mind
our missionary manual that says that we have to be within ''sight and
sound'' always of our companion. =P
2. Today we cleaned and swept the stairs with the other Elders in
the apartment building. Of course they gave me the broom the suited me
most.
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