i think i write this in every email, but how crazy that another week has
already passed. i dont know how it happens. i feel like the more i want time
to slow down the faster it goes. its crazy because i feel like im in the area
where im supposed to be. like every day i have like 5 ideas of things that we
could do in the branch to really get things moving. but sometimes i worry that i
havent been diligent enough in going and doing them. in three weeks are changes
again. its never sure, but generally when someone is training they are together
two changes, then the trainer leaves. it scares me that i will leave here
without doing what i was supposed to do. i guess in the end thoughts like those
are just satan trying to convince me that there isnt enough time, but i still
tend to worry. nevertheless i had a cool Book of mormon experience. i read of
the success of ammon and the sons of mosiah, and i was trying to figure out what
made them so successful. i found a key in the part where the king of all the
lamanites sends a proclamation to everyone saying that they couldnt touch the
nefites and basically that they had to listen to them. i compared that to my
situation here, and with the leaders of the branch. like i said i have like 100
ideas of things i want to do, but sometimes when we say them to the president he
says its better if we wait or do something else. i remembered that what started
it all was when ammon chopped the arms off. i thought, i need some kind of
opportunity like that to show the leaders that we can be good effective
leaders. the opportunity came yesterday, despite our work to bring up the
attendance, it fell again to an all time low of 28 people. after church was
over everyone had left except the counseler (who basically is the president
because the president has a stake calling and is never there) after everyone
left he sat down and said "we went down again" he put his face in his hands
obviously stressed out, and just said "what more can we do" ha its funny that
in the book of mormon when all of the servents of the king are crying, ammon was
happy for an opportunity. i felt the same way. i saw my opportunity, and
started blasting him with all the things i thought we should do. we talked for
a long time and came to a conclusion. when we were done he was smiling and
obviously full of ANIMO. ha its cool how the book of mormon will always apply
to us. there is only like 50 stories in there, but some how or other they
always unlock the window to revelation. how cool.
in other news we found
a posotive family last night. they dont go to any church, but the husband
freddy has already been baptized. his wife marta hasnt. they were accepting
and expressed their desire to have the whole family together in a church. were
gonna give it all weve got with them, and continue looking for others. there is
still time to do alot of good things.
well what more can i say. we talked
to a man on the streets that was conviced that the united states are about 1000
times better than guatemala. the reason behind his thinking is that everyone in
the states only flies airplanes every where they go. hahaha. we tried to tell
him that guatemala has alot of good things too. i told him the people were
really nice and he asked when someone in guatemala had done something nice for
me. i told him that in the last house we were in someone had given me juice to
drink. he said juice is nothing. if you were in the states instead of juice
someone would have given you an airplane. ha its hard to say how funny it was
talking to this guy. its officially rainy season. its really beautiful when it
rains. but i hate having wet feet all day. but its inavoidable. the members
say that it sometimes rains super hard. we havent seen it too hard yet, but i
imagine the worst is yet to come.
i started reading the new testament.
its crazy that i had always heard the stories that are in there, but never
really read them. its cool to learn about the saviors life and all he did. it
really makes me want to be a better person. well i cant wait to talk to you all
in about a month. things are going fast. i love you all. have a good week.
sorry i cant write alot, but im low on time. talk to you next week
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