(received Dec. 25, 2015.
Zack said he tried to send it on P-day and thought it went through but
then when he got on the computer on Christmas he saw that it hadn’t sent)
December 21, 2015
Hey guys this week was really long and hard and it kinda
sucked so I really don't want to talk much about it but I will anyway wooooooo!
Basically the best part of the week was on Monday when we
met with the family that had 2 baptismal dates. We had only talked with the dad
and the daughter previously but this night we got to talk with the mom too. We
had a really good lesson and watched a video about the Plan of Salvation. After
the movie I asked the wife if she would commit to be baptized just like her
husband and daughter had last week. Super cool because she accepted without
hesitation! This family is so ready! The only problem is that the dad is a meat
vender and has like his own independent distribution company. And he works a
ton especially in the Christmas season, because Puerto Ricans buy a lot of meat
for Christmas. So it's really hard to get into their house to teach them. But
this family is so ready to be baptized!
The rest of the week was rough. We had a ton, and I mean a
ton, of appointments. But like luck would have it, they all fell through. We
barely even got to talk to our investigators this week because everyone seems
to be in this Christmas mode which is understandable but makes the mission work
really hard during this time.
Wednesday we walked into an urbanization and found a car
accident. The guy was trying to commit suicide and ran his tiny Toyota Yaris
into a wall. The suicide didn't really work because it kinda just deflected and
got jammed between the wall and a tree, and the guy was fine he just had to go
to the hospital. Like all the people in the area were around this tiny car and
some nutty guy who was probably high tried to pull it out with his tiny truck
and he couldn't do it hahahaha. The druggies in Vega Baja are super funny. One
guy came up to me and asked me if I have the pics of his brother. I had no idea
what he was talking about and then he said "you know my older
brother?" Somehow I figured out that he was talking about Jesus Christ and
he wanted one of our passalong cards! So I pulled out all the different cards I
had in my bag and he was like "no I have that one. No I have that one. Oh
dame eso! (give me that one!)". The druggies are weird man but they make
the work interesting.
Friday we got to go to the Mission President's house for a
Christmas party with the entire zone of Toa Baja. It was super fun and Hermana
Boucher makes such good food my goodness she cooks so well. It was super fun to
get the gifts from our families and gifts from President and stuff and then
take pictures with everybody and yeah. And we got to watch the video that
Sister Boucher made of all the missionaries (which if you haven't seen or want
to see you can email my mom) and it was really funny to watch all the
missionaries from my group with like 6 weeks in the field trying to speak Spanish
and repeat a phrase from a quote. It was just a really fun night. But then the
drive home was sooooo long we didn't get home until like 11 because of a
traffic jam like 20 miles long on the freeway.
And that was the week. Super super long. Not a lot of
success. But we're just really hoping we can keep working with this family to
get them baptized! They're just super humble and you can tell these people are
ready to change their lives.
Actually here is the link to the video!
If you have a chance, watch the video that talks about
Christ and all that he did for us. As we celebrate the Christmas season take
the time to remember why we celebrate. I know that Christ suffered for me and
you, each and every person and all of their afflictions. He is our Savior. Our
Redeemer, and we owe it all to Him.
While you're watching that video, go to navidad.mormon.org (that's what it is in Spanish,
I'm assuming it's christmas.mormon.org
in English but I have no idea) and watch the videos there on that site about
Christ and the reason for the season!
Espero que todo puedan disfrutar de esta epoca de navidad
con sus familias!
Love,
Elder Nelson
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