So there is saying in the mission that "the days feel like weeks, and the weeks feel like days", and I definitely felt that this week. We have just been scrambling to get to appointments. The thing is normally everyday we have a ton of appointments, but no one actually shows up to them, so then we are just like. "Ok, what do we do now?". On a daily basis, we get up at 6:30am and get ready, exercise and study and get out the door.
This week we have been teaching a lot of people, we have been teaching that lady from last week, that offered me the cocaine, and she has actually really been wanting to change her life and come to church. The only problem is that she's on house arrest and wears an ankle monitor, which makes it so she can't go further than 50 meters from her house.
We have also been teaching a kid named Rodrigo, whose 13, and we have a baptism date scheduled with him for this Saturday, which was supposed to be last Saturday, but I'll elaborate on that later.
We are also have been teaching a guy named Lucas, where more in reality Elder Telis has been teaching him, because this guy already has like a super-deep knowledge of the Bible, but is actually super into the Book of Mormon. Sometimes they'll stray into super-deep topics and I get very lost in the Spanish.
Friday we had a Zone Conference in San Fernando, which is like 2 hours away, and that was really fun. We just listened a bunch to President and Hermana Smith and the Assistants and Zone Leaders. I finally got to give Elder Byers his package! Anyway, the lunch was super-good there, which was my favorite part. After the Zone Conference we were supposed to have a Baptismal Interview with Rodrigo, as mentioned before. So, we went to our area and I went off with Elder Moss and Elder Telis and Elder Vasquez, the District Leader, went to go do the interview. So Elder Moss and I were just contacting in his area for a while. But, it turns out Telis and Vasquez didn't make it to Rodrigo's house in time to do the interview, so we have to do it next week.
On Sunday, we went to church, as usual everything is good. And after we went to Ward Council, and like I don't know why you're always complaining about Ward Council, Dad, that was awesome. We had empanadas, Coke, and popcorn, it was sweet. And the ward is really good about helping us teach and giving us references because it's really hard to get street contacts because people are kind of mean, to be honest.
Elder Telis wants me to add the fact that he continues to meg me (when your opponent kicks the ball between your legs, and then runs around and gets it again) and break my ankles when we play soccer, but after this, we are about to go play Basketball at the Chapel, so that will quiet him down.
For Family:
This week was good, but a little harder, I miss you guys a lot. It was fine in the CCM, because I had a bunch of people to talk to, and i really liked my district, but now nobody speaks English, and I feel a little alone sometimes. But the work is good and exciting, love you guys!
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| Elder Telis (Trainer, from Montevideo, Uruguay), Brother & Sister Echaverria, Elder Christensen |
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| Apartment in Boulogne Area |
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| Apartment in Boulogne Area |
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| View from the apartment in Boulogne Area |
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| Boulogne Area |
You keep a wonderful Blog. And you are having fun in your mission. Belief is the reason we go on a mission. It is the motive for preaching about Christ and sharing/Proclaiming his love. Faith is understanding we are children of God and our Heavenly Father. May this defined and explained and Meaning of faith bless you on your mission bless your companion on their mission. Faith is defined again and because faith has an inherent joy it gives us a solid foundation that we finally have the peace we have been searching For. \
ReplyDelete"Many believer's feed themselves on what God hasn't done. When I dwell on what hasn't happened, I create the atmosphere for the spirit of offense to arise and to thrive. When I dwell on what hasn't happened, I legitimize unbelief. I live with a sense of justification, for not believing God.
Faith in the purest sense is the ceasing of resistance. even when there's no physical evidence, when the other evidence is present. Not feeding ourselves on what God hasn't done Faith in it's purest form is the absence of resistance
Heaven is a place where everyone is celebrated, some are more honored but everyone is celebrated. All men and all women shall be judged on the light which they have received. Heaven is a permissible culture. God's nature is eternally permissible. These statements protect us from credit.
Faith in the purest sense is the ceasing of resistance, even when there's no physical evidence, when the other evidence is present. Not feeding ourselves on what God hasn't done. Faith in it's purest form is the absence of resistance. Faith doesn't deny a problems existence, it denies it's influence. He or she was someone whom aridity and desolation never disturbed for he or she had a deeply rooted, and a vigorous faith.
Now we can act as we have always dreamed. Now we can act as we have always been. Now we can step into the light and gather the sunlight instead of blocking out our possibilities. Instead of blocking out our joy. Variety will bloom in/under the sun. We can show off our best, we can enjoy other people's gifts. We can blossom where we stand upon the joy that faith provides us. Upon the joy that faith inherently has, which blossoms the entire field of flowers"
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDYaxabUfkA - The Definition of Faith