May 16, 2011
Week 12
Buenas tardes,
Life is good, a little hectic but still good. President Torres gave us a goal of getting 5 baptism dates this last week. Sadly we failed. People just need to get married ugh. We have 2 who are set up for the 28th who are already married (the ones we married) Marvin y Soila. We have Oscar y Olga who need to get married and after that we can baptize them because they have been to church a ton.
We have Alexander who has a date for next month the 21st I think. But he needs to get married too. It is such a pain in the butt. This past Saturday we had a district activity where we shined shoes for free to get contacts. I learned how to do it finally haha. It’s pretty easy and surprisingly kinda relaxing.
I totally forgot to tell you guys about the mission rules, so here they are. We cant play basketball or soccer. No coke. Have to have a Book of Mormon in our hands at all times. Man not playing basketball is gonna be tough but hopefully with the new Mission president that will change. Heads up! Next week I wont have PDay till the Wednesday the 25th. So don’t freak out when I dont email on Monday. The reason why is because we have Interviews and Zone conference next week.
Haha it is so funny walking around in this part of San Jose called Nueva San Jose its to the NW of San Jose. But anyways there is an evangelico church there that is so annoying. They have speakers set up on top of it so it just blasts everywhere. So everyone can be enriched by the good word they are spreading, it is really bad. Evangelicos are the major religion here, just super annoying.
On Sunday we had a lesson with a new guy and on the corner in front of his house were a pair of Protestant missionaries. They were taking turns yelling into a megaphone haha that was funny but super annoying. Yesterday night we were teaching Marvin y Soila and they ended up giving us a bunch of mangos from their mango tree. Man they are soo good!
I love the mission, I am appreciating the small things a lot more now. That is so true about the whole faith thing and trial of faith. I see that everyday a lot. A lot of people just are really scared to pray. There are many trials of faith for our investigadors. But with enough love and help from the Lord they are able to get over their trial of faith.
It was a good week and the work is coming along. We had 15 new investigators last week so we are finding a lot, just gotta get them progressing now. Well you guys are awesome thank you for everything.
Love,
Elder White
