Ohhh say can you SEEEE, BYY --
Oh, sorry, my good friends, I was
just singing the national anthem because I found the English hymn book in the
house of a member and it reminded me of how fortunate I am to be American :)
For now, though, I feel good soaking up the Mexican culture and working harder
than the sun is hot. This week was great. Here's the review.
LECCIÒN DE LA SEMANA: FASTING HAS
REAL POWER. If I were to choose a commandment that I have historically
minimalized, it would probably be that one. The fast. What's the point? Does it
REALLY REALLY make a difference if we fast on top of all our urgent prayers?
After this week, I can honestly tell you that yes, it does.
We had a special fast last Sunday
for lots of things, and among these things was the plea that one of our beloved
less-actives, Hna. Dulce, could find a job to support her and her family. She
had been going through a faith-crisis when the hotel she worked for suddenly
decided to drop her, but she agreed to fast with us, and we just found out that
she got her dream position in one of the most pretigious hotels in Cancùn! She
was so happy when she told us (and so proud of her ability to go without her
husbands Veracruzano food). Now I just have to teach her a little English to
help her stay put in the job X).
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- We had exchanges this week! I
stayed in our area and received Elder Reyes, one of the Zone Leaders. We had
lots of laughs and worked hard to find new people to teach.
- During exchanges, we were having a
language study in the park when a Jehovah's Witness came up to us and started
chewing us out about our beliefs (specifically, that Jehovah and Jesus Christ
are the same person). Elder Reyes had the ganas to scripture-battle, but
together, we managed to defuse the situation and invite her to act on her
doubts.
- We had a Stake Conference
yesterday where an area seventy spoke! It was cool, and he had some heated
words for those who had supposedly been openly rebellious against church
leaders. That's the kind of stuff we like to hear, as missionaries ;D.
- We found a young man, Isaac (16
years old) who was living on his own with his brothers for a while, inactive in
the church. He has a lot of interest to return and even accompanied us to
various appointments!
- I feel more and more confident
speaking in our zone conferences each time. We had a conference this week, and
I was able to speak out about some issues I had noticed among the missionaries.
I heard lots of sounds of agreement, so I know I didn't ONLY say goofball things
:)
- We found a young investigator
named Leyvi, and she is awesome! She does all her homework, and immediately
retains the things we teach. She couldn't attend church this week, but its
because she already had plans made for Sunday... This next week, she committed
to go.
- One of our investigators, Lizbeth,
couldn't attend our ward because she went with her husband to Tizimin to visit
family. But, like the dedicated and COMMITTED investigator she is, she attended
church in TIZIMIN so that she can keep with her goal of being baptized the 14th
of April! Woohoo!
That's all for this week, my
wonderful friendlies. Keep your heads up and remember that you've got an
omnipotent God to turn to if you need help with the stuff life throws at
you.
Much love from the tropics.
Elder Carson
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.. AHA!! taking notes during a meeting.....
Thinking...
... More thinking...
In the house of Marvel and Paul with Elder
Reyes. COCHINITA BAYBAY :D
An iguana standing proudly in front of a local
supermarket.
Playing volleyball with the Hermanas.... they
told us to go easy on em, but they forgot to tell the hermanas that we`re also
human.... O.O
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