Sept. 30, 2013

So...about last weeks email...

 

Talk about prideful... haha! sorry about that... I´ve been kinda thinking about what i said last week about other the other missionaries and its kinda been bothering me... so yea... just wanted to say a quick apology. it wasnt super professional.

ANYWAY!!! now that thats out of the way this week has been pretty cool. We had a baptism this week too!! it was way awesome! and of course it has a story. So we meet this youth thats been going to the ward for about 3 weeks now and really likes what he´s been feeling and learning. so we taught him all last week. and invited him to be baptized in the followng weekend. (last saturday) he accepted slightly hesitantly but we promised him that every thing would be fine and that he would start something in his life that would change his life if he would allow it to.

so friday comes and we have the DL come by (for the first time i´m not with a DL) =) and do the interview and everything is going great. the interview finishes and he´s telling us that everything is fine. Then the next morning (the day of the babtism) comes and we get a call from his uncle (who´s a member) and tells us that he doesnt want to be baptized now... so we just about flip a brick and pretty much throw out our entire plan to go and find him and talk to him about the baptism. He told us that he just doesnt want to do it and he doesnt feel prepared... So we start looking for him about 2:00 and finally find him about 5:30.

We start by asking him about why he doesnt feel prepared. and he just tells us that he doesnt feel it. not really anything more than that. so we remind him about the interview. and asked him again if he had any problems with the interview. he told us that he didnt. and we asked him what might hinder him from being baptized. and he said nothing really. we asked him if he had a testimony about joseph smith and he answered with the affirmative. after this Elder Patricio and I bore testimony of the church and told him that this is one of the greatest decisions in his life that he could make. we promised him that this would help him on his path to be closer to his savior jesus christ. and he was once again a little hesitant but told us that he would like to be baptized. so I had the opportunity to baptize him. he was so happy about it after he was baptized. he recognized that he felt slightly different right after the baptism. it really wasnt anything grand but he felt it. it was so cool how he was able to recognize that for himself.

So that was the cool part of my week. Our ward also split and so we had to do a lot of work helping out with that to. we have one of the best bishops in the mission i think becuase he so involved with everyone. he really likes everyone and almost everyone likes him. he´s super trustworthy and makes the work a lot easier when he gives us some stuff to do in the ward. I also was able to eat something really strange this week. three things actually... this thing call Sururu, which is kinda like a strange type of mini clam... I had Chicken Heart... and Turkey intestine... yea the chicken heart was gross... but the rest of it actually tasted really good. i cant lie... haha!

by the way just to answer a quick question my area is I think Marcos Freira II and the other side of my area is Piebeta. if you look for Nossa Senhora do Socorro, you should be able to find it.

but hey I just want to say thanks for all the prayers to wrap up. I really enjoy reading the emails always. it always boosts my spirit a little bit during the week. =) I must say it its very interesting hearing about how you guys are cleaning out the shed. because against all my common sense it makes me crave helping my parents with these things. moving the boxes and the wood and all the stuff too and from the shed. I never thought that those memories would be cherished ones. haha! Its certainly funhearing about how the house is changing.

Dad thanks for the bit about the obediance. I´ve actually been concerned with that too. becuase many times i´ve reflected on the rules of the mission that in all honesty some i dont agree with. but i´ve reallied on the testimony of adam when he was asked why he sacrificed animals. and he responded, I know not, save god commanded me. but what ive never thought about is how the angel actually responded to him. and answered why he did it. So after that point it wasnt "Blind" obeidence. but more of and "Exact" obediance. I´ve come to apreciate the scripture line upon line and precept upon precept. becuase more often then not we dont know the whys of everything from the beginning but as we continue faithful we understand little by little.

Thanks so much for the prayers and support. I´m still going strong! i´m more excited every day to be a missionary! thanks for everything! till next week.

Elder Corny-vah-ool