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Time is
short again. I'm super sorry if this letter is not so great. I'll pack it full
of all the important stuff.
I learn so
often that when missionaries are working hard, they are happy. But it’s
important for them to keep themselves happy of their own accord otherwise they
can’t work as hard. It can be a viscous cycle for those who don’t take control
of it.
This
Church is true. Read the Book of Mormon to find out.
Monday! I
got a haircut which was good because it was getting pretty long. We had a
lesson with an investigator today that was really hard for me. She says to us
that she's as happy as she can be and she doesn’t need to make any changes. Oh
that’s tough to hear especially when she's suffering because most of her family
has died in the last week. I think she just says that, but doesn’t really
believe it.
Tuesday!
I went on exchanges with the fabulous Elder Sullivan which was a great
experience. He's so great. This is his 3rd transfer out in the field and he has
a fiery attitude and is not afraid to be bold with anyone and everyone. It was
really fun and we talked with and met with a lot of really cool people. One of
them was a man who had recently just got out of prison after being in for 25
years. He went in young and came out ancient. He was talking about how it’s
hard to adapt to a society different than the one he grew up in. Keep the
commandments. It will save you a lot of heartache and trouble later. We talked
to a lot of other cool people. That night we had a very powerful lesson about The
Book of Mormon with one of those elder’s solid investigators. It was a
discussion with her fellowshipping family. She’s a younger woman and she wants
to be baptized and it was bomb. I think she came away with firmer faith in Christ
and a stronger resolve to read and study and learn. The Book of Mormon has
helped her get to where she is and its going to help her take the last steps to
prepare her for covenant keeping. It was a cool opportunity to do a little one
on one training and it went well.
Wednesday!
We had another lesson with the same investigator from Monday and we explained
that we are here to help those who want to follow the example of Jesus Christ
and if she's not willing to do so, we can’t continue to meet with her. We said
it less rude than that though. It was bold and she felt it. She said she'd start
reading and praying. Then two other lessons flaked and an investigator switched
to English which was pretty hard on EJ. But it’s all good. We found some cool
people we talked to as well; one who asked us a lot of questions, not to
question but to learn. That was cool. I love the people that come to us because
they want to improve their lives and follow Christ. Then we visited some more
members.
Thursday!
I got to give my first formal training as district leader which went well. I
was kind of rushed because I didn't allot my time properly but it was good and
people said they liked it and learned. It was about the PMG principle of We
Invite - They Commit - We Follow Up. Then we did service for a less active and
we visited members. Then we had a good lesson there too.
Friday!
We planned. We did lots of service. NO lessons. We visited members
Saturday!
We did service. We drove two hours to give a kid a blessing. Still in the
branch... that was crazy.
Sunday!
Great day. Awesome church. Visited
members. Taught a good lesson to our most solid investigator, Carolina. She's
awesome. She told us how she was bragging to her coworkers about getting
baptized. Earlier in the week she texted us and told us that she read and
prayed and felt the spirit. It was a sick experience.
Sorry!
Life is
good.
I love
you all so much.
Sam
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| Belated picture of Sam's birthday cake. He writes about it, "This is what my cake looked like. I love Elder Crespo. That's Elder Beers eating it and Elder Alvarez holding it." |
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