So... The letters reflect how i feel the day that i write them.
My great companion gets down on himself alot. He knows he doesn't speak spanish well amidst many other things he is dealing with and so he usually just gets depressed. I thinks it good he's my companion becuase i dont really get depressed. Most of the time i am pretty happy and last night. I wanted to Run home. 1 becuase we were a little late. and two i have just felt like running a lot lately. Why walk when running is faster. I sweat a ton anyway so that doesn't make a difference. So i started to run then after a little while i noticed he was still walking. He really didn't want to run. so i started walking. Then we were going up a big hill. and i still just wanted to run so i was doing high knees up the hill. It felt great. Then it started to pour So i was doing high knees up the hill in the rain stomping in all the puddles. Making my companion a little more impatient. Then we got home (we were on time even though we didn't run) the zone leaders called and asked to talk to him. He was telling them how his day was and he said his day wasn't good becuase he knew he could have done more. So i tried to brighten his night up by being a normal retard throwing my nice new beach ball around jumping up and off things in our house and blowing my conch shell. =) I think it helped a little. But
Today the sisters last week were emergency transfered out of Lares. so there are no more sisters and this morning we rode our bikes to the grocery store. It was fun. I liked it. The whole ride was down hill all the way home. Great! I got these Damprid things that they sell. They suck up the moisture and make it so my books and clothes don't get moldy. I am excited. PRETZEL M&M's ARE DELICIOUS! Thank you!!! i have placed two poppits on the toilet seat. =) Grand Fun that package is.
Spiritual side.
We had a great district meeting that taught me alot of trusting more in my companion. I realized i was starting to fall into another routine of talking a lot because its harder and slower for him to spit it out. But i need to trust in the holy ghost and really realized that he has been called here by the Lord to preach the gospel just as much as i have. I need to give him the same opportunity to fulfill with his calling.
but i realized something this morning in the Grocery store. i need to go grocery shopping with potential Novias. He is so slow... XP
on monday we went teaching with a recent convert Carlos. While we were out with him we were talking about him going on a mission because he was baptized a month ago and is 18 turns 19 next june. He is a fabulous young man. We went to another young man recent convert less actives house and watched on the way home. The person didn't have a remote control so we played it in english and i translated again in spanish. Ugh. =) it turned out interesting. The less active recent convert we were visiting got a phone call at the beginning of the video. It was his girlfriend and he was outside on the phone with her the whole time. It made me very sad. Teenage relationships really are dañinas. He is another one we are trying to prepare for a mission. ...we will see. some days he's way for it others its on the back burner.
We continued with carlos to our family home evening we had planned. We had planned to watch the same video with them. They fed us some delicous food. and carlos was talking with them the whole time. Great. he was talking and talking and talking. then he invited them to church before we even started teaching. Then we started watching the video and then family started talking and didn't even know what was going on. They talked through the whole thing.
When we had left he had invited them to church about 4 times. Fabulous missionary! That same night we were with him a car had rolled off the side of the curb. So we helped them push it back. Then there was a nice old lady that when we pass her house we usually sing for her. This time while passing by we were distracted and forgot to stop. as we walked by she came out "Hey Hey" we turned and saw her and felt bad we had just walked on by. So we ran back and sang for her. It felt great. and especially becuase he was able to see some of the small reasons why i love being a missionary. Our Time is dedicated to helping people. What a great blessing. Then we were walking by a bar. and his dad was in the bar. he came out and gave carlos a hug and shook our hands. It made me very sad to see carlos look at his drunken Father. almost in embarassment. he bought us water then told us "my son tells me that he wants to go to utah to be like you. I dont know about that. If the Lord wants him there i guess he can go"
Earlier we had a fabulous talk with his mom and told her that She has to let her son go on a mission, that their fmaily needs the blesings and the Lord needs the humble servants especially like her son.
She loves him very much becuase he really is a special son to them. He is obedient and loves to serve people. He was just like an immediate friend when i got here. and i told that to her and that God has given him that gift to bring people into the Gospel. Hes a great young man. Honestly felt like a brother the first time and continued till now. He is one of the most responsible youth i have met. Fabulous missionary.
His mom cares about him so much she called him 4 times in our appointment. Here the cultures is when a phone rings people answer it. so he got up and left 4 times. i wanted to tell her. You're sons with two Strippling Warriors ;) dont worry. =)
Mom i would appreciate it if you could write a letter to his mom. I will translate it. But a letter about the importance of him serving a mission. Mom to Mom. Heart to Heart. i would greatly appreciate it.
That was the majority of our week. just walking and talking a lot. I wish i had a scale to see how much i weigh now. we'll have to see when i get home. i am still Chunky Feliz
Carlos' little brother Abraham calls me Gordito. litteraly translated a little fat.
This is a great area. I can't believe today is the halfway mark of this transfer. my second to last is winding down.
Well i love you!
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