Hey guys. 15th p-day in the field, and next week ill have 5 months in the mission! Hopefully I can start getting a lot better with the language now that im getting used to it. I think what would really help me is to get a latin comp whose first language is spanish! (Unlike my first comp, from paraguay who spoke guarantee! Some weird native american language or something).
For p-day today we went out into the country and had a big BBQ, but we didn't know we were supposed to bring our own cups, knives, forks, and plates. It would've been nice to know. After we ate we played soccer in a really muddy field, It was still fun though.
Another frustrating week with the investigators. The Rivaderas were progressing really well, and they even accepted a baptismal date for the 16th. But for them to be baptized, they have to attend church one more time. They promise us every week that they are going to come to church, so we make arrangements to pick them up sunday morning, or afternoon according to their schedule. This sunday, they promised us they would attend at 9 am sunday, in our ward. ( there is another ward that starts at 6 pm that we have tried to get them to also). So we show up there at 8:30, and they are all sleeping. We knock on their door for 15 mins and they never answer. So we came back in the afternoon to invite them to the6 pm ward but by that time it was the siesta again and they were sleeping, again...we knocked for 20 mins and they never opened the door. We are going to have to get serious with them i think! When they break their promise they aren't only lying to us they are also lying to God. I try not to get frustrated when they don't come to church because as long as we do our part, its up to them and their agency and we have to respect that.
We have a promising investigator named rodrigo. He is a teenager, and he really really wants to come to church! He's curious, and he said he wants to come closer to God. But he has no way to get to the chapel, so we also have to rely on members to get him to church. Its not the most secure way because either the members or the investigators always seem to sleep in. What is with this country and sleeping 24/7?
Yesterday was fast and testimony sunday. Its kinda funny in our branch because there are so few of us! Normally about 20-30 attend each week, so basically we just wait for every single person to share their testimony and once everyone has gone the president closes the meeting early haha! There is a recent convert in our ward named Gonzalo, and I sat with him during the testimony meeting. The missionaries are supposed to disperse and sit with new members or investigators during meetings. Gonzalo asked me what he should say in his testimony, and then he went up and did exactly what i said and he was soooo excited when he came back! I love Gonzalo, he is learning so much and he comes to church every week.
We had to get rid of the illegal tortoise :( Teancum was his name. We asked many members if they wanted to take him in but almost all of them gave us a hard no. But finally someone said yes! Its the family that washes our clothes for us, they are the best. They actually aren't even in our branch, they are in the other ward. We made sure to tell them that it was illegal but they seemed to be okay with that haha.
I read a little bit in D and C this week. There are a lot more good scriptures in there, more than I remember . In chapter 15 verse 6 it says;
6 And now, behold, I say unto
That says quite plainly that missionary work is the most important thing we can be doing, and not just for missionaries, for everyone. Missionary work is scary sometimes, that's true, but imagine how happy we will be in heaven with those people who we shared the gospel with! I still get homesick all the time, but that's why i'm here. I know its important.
The picture attached is the last picture We took with the tortoise, and the elder with me is morales, from Guatemala.
Love, Elder Christensen
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