Hey guys!
This week was super long.
Really long because tons of our appointments fell through. Like always. We
contacted a ton because a lot of the people we thought would have potential
have really fallen flat and let us down. But it was rough because we contacted
pretty far away from the house and this whole area is full of Pentecostal
people, so we really didn't find many people that will have potential.
Our investigator Michelle is
having a really rough time with the trials in her life. We've told her lots of
times that now that she has a baptismal date, Satan is going to work even
harder to get her to fall away from this date and the things she has come to
know are true. So this week her kids have been fighting (like really fighting)
and she's been really sick in the hospital with migraines and stuff. So we only
got to meet with her on Saturday because of all the things that have been going
on in her life. And she was just crying and seemed to be giving up on herself.
Luckily we brought a member with us and he was able to talk her down and really
helped her to understand why she has so many trials in her life right now. It was seriously a really spiritual lesson
even though we didn't actually teach anything that we had planned. The spirit
definitely guided that lesson. At the end, we had gone over the time she gave
us by like 30 minutes, I was able to give Michelle a priesthood blessing so
that she would feel better. And my Spanish sucked. Like it's a whole different
form of talking when you give a blessing. So I did it and I think everyone
could understand the things I said, but it was rough. All I know, is that I could feel the spirit.
So the next day Michelle came
to church, which surprised me because she was so sick. But she told me that she
felt better and wasn't stressed out, and didn't have her headache anymore! I
know that Heavenly Father completed that blessing, no matter how badly it was
spoken. He answers our prayers and knows our intentions and is always there to
fill in where we lack. Honestly the mission is the best example of that. We as
missionaries lack in so many things, but the spirit will always fill in what
the people need.
Also a little tempo change
here- the nutty guy that trapped us in his house to paint it, HE FOUND US
AGAIN. He calls like every other day and we ignore it because he doesn't
understand that we're missionaries and not for hire to paint his house. HE
FOUND US IN A LIBRARY ON PDAY AND SAID "HEY NELSON, WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU
CAN COME PAINT AGAIN?" Ha, I was like no way Jose and it's funny because
his name is Jose. I think. At least that's what he told me but Suero doesn't
trust that that is his real name.
Ummmmm what else happened....
Sunday night we had a ward fireside and a guy from Cayey (which is in the
middle of the island basically) came and talked to us and he's super cool and
funny. It was a super cool night with him. Hermano Zayas is the seminary
coordinator for all of the Caribbean islands. Super cool guy.
Um, but yeah that's about it.
I turn 19 in like a week and a half so that's cool.
Love you all!
Elder Nelson(transfers coming up so don't mail anything to the house address until you hear from me)
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