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| This is a picture of Lafe on our computer on Christmas Day. |
So much happens every week but as soon as I sit down to write about it I just forget everything. Oh well.
So I'll just talk about a couple of
the things that I remember really well,
1. On Tuesday we had a return
appointment with a Spanish Investigator but he did not end up being home so we
just started walking without talking to each other about where we were going
and the next thing we know we have walked to this apartment complex that we
have knocked every door and had no clue why we had both just walked there but
we kept on walking and then the next thing we know we have this lady who flags
us down (this never happens usually they walk the other way) and the first
thing that she says is " Are you from the latter day saints and if so do
you have on of your books that I can have?" and of course Elder Ogle and I
were shocked because that never happens but we gave her a book of Mormon and
came to find out that her grandma was a member of the church and had just
recently passed away a couple weeks prior and she said that her grandma was so
at peace and happy with her life when she died that it had made Felicia want to
have that same thing in her life and her grandma said it was because of the
church that she was happy. So Felicia wanted to know more and we just happened
to walk right into her right after all this had happened. In the right place at
the right time. I am excited to see how this goes with Felicia and I am
grateful for a loving heavenly father that knows all of us personally.
2. Christmas! Getting the opportunity
to talk with everyone and see my family was awesome! I was worried before hand
that it would make me homesick for the next couple of days but it actually made
me more excited to be on a mission and that I am doing exactly what I need to
be doing at this point in my life. I am grateful for such amazing people that
support me and I am grateful for a loving family and great examples.
I am also grateful for ward members
who are kind enough to let us come over on Christmas and spend it with them.
Christmas Night we went out as a district and went caroling. Overall I would
say it was one of my favorite Christmas days.
3. We had a baptism in the ward this
week that we as missionaries were put in charge of getting everything ready
for... that was interesting. But it ended up all working out and being a really
awesome experience! Elder Strickland and I were in the font to help the lady
get baptized and both times that I have been able to do that it has been a
really spiritual experience. Elder Ogle and I had to sing a song in front of
everyone which surprisingly I wasn’t to freaked out about... If I had been
asked 3 months ago to sing in front of 30 people alone I would have probably
tried to find some kind of excuse as to why I couldn’t do it but now it wasn’t
even a problem. I don’t know where the change of attitude came from but I guess
I will just go with it!
4.Spanish! So a couple weeks ago I
rededicated myself to doing all that I can to learn more Spanish and find more Spanish
investigators so now when ever I see someone who I think might speak Spanish I
will go and talk to them, even if they are across the street ha-ha. But ever
since I started doing this I have seen my Spanish grow a lot and we have been
teaching so many more Spanish lessons! I know that the gift of tongues is real
and it is one of the coolest things I have experienced in my life. I love
talking to the Spanish people in their language and being able to just talk to
them about themselves and get to know them for 15 minutes standing at their
doorstep and then teaching them something about the gospel or teaching them the
short version of the restoration. Plus we Met this one guy who invited us to
come to a Spanish AA meeting and said we could sit in and just listen if we
wanted to and we got permission from the mission president to do this and so
now during the week when we don’t have any appointments for the last hour of
the night we go to this Spanish AA meeting and we have made some really good
friends from this and It helps with learning and understanding Spanish.
5. We met with the bishop and talked
about the ward mission plan this week and he has agreed to let us make some
changes and to give the missionaries a 5th Sunday lesson to help the ward to
get going with the new plan. I hope that this will help the members to see that
they can be missionaries as well and can help the missionaries more than any
other tool we have.
Well it was a good week. I love it
here in the Cleveland Ohio mission. I love the people. I love my companion. I
love the gospel.
Stay Classy
Con Amor
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