Hola Mamá, muy bien, y tu? Well it wasn’t the best week last week but this week is a new week and that’s what matters! Tuesday in the district meeting, we talked about, and had practices for, how during the week we were going to focus on teaching very clearly and as many times as is necessary about the Sabbath Day. We were also going to verify with them as many times as we can throughout the week about coming to church. It was a good district meeting.
After the meeting we had an appointment with Edith but she told us she is busy and has other things going on and asked if we could give her a month or more before calling her again or passing by. She wasn’t progressing anyways, so now we can use that time to look for and contact other people.
Wednesday we had quite a few appointments but when we would pass by they would say they were busy and ask if we could come back later. Only when we went back, they weren’t home. We were able to reschedule a lesson with one guy for another day so that was good. One of the best parts of the day was when we were contacting, we knocked on a door and talked to a guy who once lived in Salt Lake City! He knows about the church, temples and the Book of Mormon and happily told us we could come back another day to talk to him and his family.
Thursday was another day of life and learning but not much happened in the progression of missionary work because all but 2 of the appointments we had fell through. The two we had didn’t go as planned either. I realized I have been starting to not be motivated as much because the appointments we set are always falling through, or they tell us after a couple of lessons, they don’t want us to come by anymore for x reason. I’m trying to keep going and not give up but it’s hard. I know it’s not supposed to be easy but I’m trying to figure out what the Lord wants me to learn from this.
Friday we had intercambios. I was with Elder Hidalgo for the day and was able to learn some things from him to help me improve myself and think about how to contact and do things differently. I feel like my companion and I are stuck in a rut so it was good to change companions and see how other missionaries work so I can learn more. Of course it’s also good to figure out what’s not working in my companionship to see what things we need to change and do differently too. I did learn some new things from Elder Hidalgo that I’m going to apply with Elder Cruz so we can improve our area and investigators.
Saturday was a big trial day. We went to visit Jackeline and her family to have a lesson about eternal marriage and temples and to confirm that they were going to come to church but that didn’t happen. They told us they don’t want us to passby anymore and that they aren’t going to church because they aren’t ready to change their religion or lives yet. In part for their little daughters who recently did their first communion so they don’t want to confuse them. We did our best to show them love and be understanding and not ruin at least our friendship but yeah the decision is final. We just have to wait and hope that missionaries in the future will be able to help them and teach them. One good part of the day is when we were walking in the street, we found Eduardo’s girlfriend, Karla, who is a really sweet and great girl but who has also had lots of problems in her life. We were able to talk to her and she opened up to us about difficulties she’s had. We were able to talk to her about how the gospel, the scriptures, prayer, and going to church can help her and then invited her to be baptized to which she accepted! She is a great girl with lots of potential. I just pray and hope she isn’t playing with us and that we can actually help her.
As of Sunday we have 3 investigators: Fernando, Joselin and Karla. None of them came to church but at least they told us beforehand they wouldn’t be there. Church was really good though and helped me not worry so much about the not so good week we had. Later, we talked with various groups of drunk guys in the streets that were actually really cool. One of the groups of people we talked to were super cool and bought us coke and told us that if we ever have problems with anyone or anyone gives us crap that we can tell them and they will take care of the situation. I don’t know how but it’s super awesome that if we have problems they will help us out.
(One of the quotes was from Gordon B. Hinckley: "Believe in yourself. Believe in your capacity to do great things. Believe that no mountain is so high that you cannot climb it. You are a child of God, of infinite capacity." Tom was definitely inspired to pick that quote this week 😀. And, despite the hard week he had, when I talked to him on the phone he sounded good and was looking forward to a new week ahead so that was good.)
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| From intercambios! |
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