It
was a great week this week. I've been doing well health-wise but I'm
wondering about the chilaquil that I ate for lunch today... hahaha I'll
survive :D Everything is well in Honduras.
This
week we had a special conference with Elder Alonso. We were excited to learn more about opening our mouths more
to find more people to teach. Elder Guillen and I will be singing more
to soften the hearts of the people in order to teach them, and hopefully,
they can feel the Spirit and invite us to come back.
The
surprise investigator last week accepted our invitation to listen to
the missionary discussions and she had a friend there when we went. Her
name is Helen and the friend's name is Nefi. But Nefi isn't a member and
neither are his parents. He doesn't know why his name is Nefi but he's
interested in learning about who Nefi is. :D
We
also had some normal divisions with the AP's. We had a
normal day and worked hard. We had been contacting for two hours and had a
lot of rejections and so I wanted to say a little prayer with Elder
Padilla (AP) but then someone interrupted us and we got a phone call,
etc, and forgot to say the prayer. I just learned that when things
aren't working, stop doing them and do something different. If we keep
doing the same thing then we'll keep getting the same outcome.
Erika
C. is doing alright. She didn't like the conference last week
and so she said she didn't want to go this week either. Next Sunday
she wants to go because we won't be in a stake conference and it'll be
more interesting. Her dad basically told us that we talked to much about
the new prophets and the Book of Mormon than about the Apostles and the
Bible. I told him to hold his horses and relax and that we hadn't
talked about anything else because they hadn't understood the basics and
so we couldn't teach him the other. He told us, "You're saints of the
latter-days, so you guys think your holy or something?" To which we
responded, "Have you read the Bible?" He said he hadn't. "Would you take
some time this week to read the letters of Paul that are found in the
New Testament. We promise you'll understand why we are saints of the
latter-days if you study those on your own." We are hoping that he will
do something of his own free will instead of ask us
interrogating questions before we return. We also hope to find Erika and
her mom at home so we can visit with just them briefly.
Cleymer is doing
alright as well. She doesn't want to pray with us because she feels shy
and she always promises that she will the next time, but never does.
While we visited her this week, we asked her how she was and she said,
"Bad. I've tried to be good for so long that I'm going to be a bad-girl
now. It's easier to be bad than good." We sensed that there was
something that had happened because she's not usually like that and we
found out that some people had done some bad things to her and so she
felt that it wasn't worth it to be good. She felt like bad people always
get what they want and she wants to be bad to get what she wants too.
So we said a prayer with her and sang a song and everything just calmed
down. Then her daughter (Estefany) says, "Mom, you need to say the
prayer. You never say the prayer and you lie to the missionaries." In
the end she promised to practice saying prayers and we're going to call
her today to remind her to practice and tomorrow, she's doing the first
prayer before the lesson.
We also found a new
apartment but we want to get it approved. It's close to where we are
currently and it's bigger. However, it's humble and humble is good.
I
just wanted you guys to check the bank account and see if you could put
more in money, in case of another emergency or to buy little gifts for
you all before I come home. Just a little something.
Dad,
President just told me to Open the Mouth more. I'm trying, and
changing things EVERY day to be able to Open the Mouth but nothing ever
goes exactly as planned. We're working on it.
Elder
Guillen is really great. I woke up this morning with a crick in my neck
and he massaged most of it out of me. I feel better thanks to him.
Stuard
is doing great and I'll be asking for permission to go to the temple
with him as soon as he submits his papers and sets a date to go. I'm
really excited.
Love, Spencer James
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