Congrats on the rain!
For my year mark I bought myself a Mcflurry, but that’s all. I got the pictures and didn’t even recognize the girls at all. Mom and Dad haven’t changed in the slightest, but the girls sure have.
So when is Dolly gonna go visit you guys in AZ! Tell her I say hi!
So as district leader everything’s pretty much the same. Just that now I do all the baptismal interviews of the district (except my own). I have 10 that I have to do this week... my district is gonna baptize 13 this weekend. Nuts, huh?
Time really has flown by this year, but not in this area (where I will be a full 6 months.) They say it’s all downhill from here, but I guess we’ll see.!
Love you guys!
P.S. So where is BYU at what with the win over the Sooners?
Monday, September 7, 2009
August 31, 2009
In few words: I’m a dad (training a new missionary), I’m a district leader.
Definitely things I’ve been afraid of pretty much my whole mission. My new comp is from Nevada named Elder Sylvester and speaks very little Spanish. He’s brand new and excited to work. I’m also a district leader. I’ve already done several baptismal interviews ‘cause one area of my district baptized 7 and confirmed 7 yesterday.
It’s quite a humbling experience and a little frustrating to be training someone because, where Clinger knew what to do and how to do it, the new guy knows nothing. If I don’t tell him something to do he just stands there and waits... really awkward.
We had 13 investigators in church yesterday-- 3 people that we are getting married to be baptized and 2 others with confirmed baptismal dates. Everything’s going good there.
We just changed houses today for a really nice one. I think I may end up doing that in every area from now on. The Spirit can’t dwell in a dump...
For the year mark its tradition to burn a shirt (6 months burn tie; 18 burn pants; 24 burn everything you aren’t taking home) but I’ll probably just burn a tie again cause i already am down 2 shirts that got robbed along with my baptismal pants in Roatan so...
Elder Clinger is in my first zone right smack next to the ruins. I miss him. He’s basically my best friend.
This change is gonna be a rough one, but we'll see how it goes. I’m not sure I can handle another change in this area...
casi ya no aguanto a la victoria. ya tiempo para el cambio mio verdad? solo quiero que todo vaya bien, y bien rapido para que siga la mision en otro lado. no creo que me entiendan pero a mi no me importa jajaja.
nos vemos
Definitely things I’ve been afraid of pretty much my whole mission. My new comp is from Nevada named Elder Sylvester and speaks very little Spanish. He’s brand new and excited to work. I’m also a district leader. I’ve already done several baptismal interviews ‘cause one area of my district baptized 7 and confirmed 7 yesterday.
It’s quite a humbling experience and a little frustrating to be training someone because, where Clinger knew what to do and how to do it, the new guy knows nothing. If I don’t tell him something to do he just stands there and waits... really awkward.
We had 13 investigators in church yesterday-- 3 people that we are getting married to be baptized and 2 others with confirmed baptismal dates. Everything’s going good there.
We just changed houses today for a really nice one. I think I may end up doing that in every area from now on. The Spirit can’t dwell in a dump...
For the year mark its tradition to burn a shirt (6 months burn tie; 18 burn pants; 24 burn everything you aren’t taking home) but I’ll probably just burn a tie again cause i already am down 2 shirts that got robbed along with my baptismal pants in Roatan so...
Elder Clinger is in my first zone right smack next to the ruins. I miss him. He’s basically my best friend.
This change is gonna be a rough one, but we'll see how it goes. I’m not sure I can handle another change in this area...
casi ya no aguanto a la victoria. ya tiempo para el cambio mio verdad? solo quiero que todo vaya bien, y bien rapido para que siga la mision en otro lado. no creo que me entiendan pero a mi no me importa jajaja.
nos vemos
August 24, 2009 E-mail
I don’t have a change... I’m gonna stay here for another 6 weeks which will be 6 months in total... a lot of time.
Elder Clinger’s leaving and it’s really sad, so is another buddy of mine, Elder Hilton (but he’s dying on Thursday, so it’s a little more intense).
We got another family married last week (the wife will be getting baptized on Saturday), and we have two more that are getting married in two weeks. And in church on Sunday we set a new record of investigators at church--14. Tha’ts a ton!!!! I’ve never gotten higher than 11 before.
It’s gonna be a struggle to stay here for 6 weeks more since I was feeling ready to leave already, but it means that the Lord wants me to learn, and I guess I’ll just have to learn it... no big news.
Elder Clinger’s leaving and it’s really sad, so is another buddy of mine, Elder Hilton (but he’s dying on Thursday, so it’s a little more intense).
We got another family married last week (the wife will be getting baptized on Saturday), and we have two more that are getting married in two weeks. And in church on Sunday we set a new record of investigators at church--14. Tha’ts a ton!!!! I’ve never gotten higher than 11 before.
It’s gonna be a struggle to stay here for 6 weeks more since I was feeling ready to leave already, but it means that the Lord wants me to learn, and I guess I’ll just have to learn it... no big news.
August 17, 2009 E-mail
We had another baptism of a man named Henry. He’s 31 and is really cool. We taught him in English a lot too (he also lived in the states and served some jail time and got deported). Work is definitely paying off--not by number, but by quality. We had interviews this week with Prez and everything’s going good. There are 16 gringos coming here in a few weeks, so we're gonna be loaded up again! My time here is most likely winding down, and I will most likely be changed in a week and a half's time, but we have three families we are getting married this week So there’s lots of work to be done here.
Tell Dyston he’s dumb for not going on a mission ( I tell him quite often.
Well for convert baptisms you have to wait to confirm the person til church on Sunday, but while the people are changing sometimes we'll sing, and other times I'll teach a quick lesson (to try and find new people that may have showed up for the first time).
Yes, my package got here. thanks sooo much!!!
Love you guys!
Tell Dyston he’s dumb for not going on a mission ( I tell him quite often.
Well for convert baptisms you have to wait to confirm the person til church on Sunday, but while the people are changing sometimes we'll sing, and other times I'll teach a quick lesson (to try and find new people that may have showed up for the first time).
Yes, my package got here. thanks sooo much!!!
Love you guys!
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