New Year´s was just like how it was for my family: Quiet. New Year´s Eve was just a normal day for us, and then we had to be in our apartments at 9:00. So Elder Josec and I played some games for a little bit, until midnight, and then went up to our roof to watch the fireworks. And then I went to sleep. Fun right? Honestly, for me it was. I was dead tired, so I just wanted to rest. So yeah...
Actually, thinking about it, that´s how our week went for us. This week was really slow. We had a really low number of lessons taught, and some things just didn`t go our way. It definitely was a week of really thinking about the mission, and how it has blessed my life. I know I`ve said it before, but I know I was sent here in Quetzaltenango not just for the people here, but for myself. And it`s been great.
Anyways, we have had some problems with Cruz and Sharon. Sharon ran away from home to go live with her boyfriend... So we haven`t seen here for about a week. And Cruz isn`t feeling that good about his fecha. So we pushed it back to the 18th. But we really need to work with him to have him gain a testimony about the Gospel. Without a testimony, we aren`t getting anywhere. So we are really working on that.
Wosvelí has been in Momos all week, so we haven`t seen him yet. But we`ve started the process to divorce him. We haven`t been informed on how long it is going to take, but we are shooting for about 3 weeks. But we`ll see how that goes.
Because a bunch of people didn`t want to follow through with their citas, we had the opportunity to find 15 new investigators this week, one of the highest I`ve ever had. Now we just need to make sure that we follow through with them so that they can all progress.
I just want to tell you guys a really cool experience that happened yesterday. We were having one of those days, where no one comes to church, and every single thing that we had planned fell through. It was 7:30, and we were so tired. We had just walked through a bunch of guys making fun of us, and went so far as to kick a soccer ball that hit me in the back. Needless to say I was really frustruated. I was thinking, "Let`s just go home, nothing good is coming out of today." But we decided to go visit one more person. We decided to keep on going.
When we got to the house that we had planned to go, some little kid answered and informed us that the person we were looking for wasn`t there. But then some older lady came to the door, and started talking to us. We presented ourselves, and she almost sent us away. But then something changed. It was like the whole atmosphere got calmer. She suddenly just said to come in, and she gave us some leftover tostadas from their dinner. We chatted, and figured out that she is really in need of the Gospel. We left her house with plans to stop by this Wednesday. I left that house thanking God for giving me the strength to keep going. If I would`ve just given up and gone home, we never would have found that lady. But we did. God works in mysterious ways, and I am just now starting to see that.
(That ended up being longer than I thought...)
So yeah, Happy New Year´s to all. Here`s to 2014! Until next time!
- Elder Stuart
P.S. John 15:2 and 4
No comments:
Post a Comment