Story of the week--Since last Monday I have worked with my companion in my area only yesterday. We went on splits with other missionaries every day. Mostly just ‘cause there’s a new elder who wants to go home. So I wanted to help him a little bit to figure things out. But he’s pretty determined to get out of here. He’s only been in the country for a month... I didn’t get bit by a dog this week, but almost. There was this huge dog that looked really calm (a house dog, not street dog), so I extended my hand for him to smell, and he almost took it off (the bars on the fence were a lot wider than I thought—haha).
Yeah, we heard about Haiti. That’s nuts.
That’s about all. Talk to you all later.
Love ya!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
January 11, 2010 E-mail
"What is your mission policy about parents coming to the country to pick up missionaries? Is it done? Would you want us to?”
Yeah it’s done here and there, but to be honest I would prefer not. Especially if I’m gonna come home a few weeks earlier. Because you will want to go to Roatan, and I will not be allowed to swim or scuba so I’d miss out on all of the attraction of the island that I already missed out on. If you want to we can come down here for Christmas time to meet everybody? That´d be fun.
Thank you, dad, for the wonderful sports update and the great recap of the cards game. I’m delighted to hear that old man Kurt still has his heat. (And people say he should have retired after he won a Superbowl, and in the meantime the Rams haven’t had a winning season since he left......)
Congratulations, Caitlin for the shut out on the varsity game.
And now for the story of the week—I have two words for you--dog bite. Oh, yeah, it happened. Don’t worry; it wasn’t anything big, no blood, no rabies (it’s a members dog), and, yes, I kicked it very hard several times.
This dog tries to attack us when we walk in the house, but they held it back. Then, while in the house, it snuggles up next to me and lets me pet it, but when we leave they forgot about the dog. As I was opening the gate it came up behind me and bit me on my left calf just below the knee (ripped my pants a little). I screamed out (without cussing, I might add), and then tried to kick it. It dodged the first, but I faked on the second and waited for it to dodge and followed through hard to the chin. It kept barking so I repeated, kicking it once again in the bottom of the head. It kept barking so I did the same thing, but this time hit it in the sternum knocking it over so that it cried and ran away. Yes, it’s true.
Other than that, nothing to report. It’s been really cold lately (for Latinos and gringos alike), but I’m no longer sick. I’m on some antibiotics still and some allergy pill. We still don’t know what the cause of the huge lips could be, so we went to the doctor a few weeks ago and he said, "bueno de verdad podría ser cualquier cosa en mi opinion como profesional..." which, interpreted means, "well, it could be anything in my professional opinion." Thanks, doc..... big help.
Just working hard and trying to be like Jesus.
Love you guys!!! Peace!
Yeah it’s done here and there, but to be honest I would prefer not. Especially if I’m gonna come home a few weeks earlier. Because you will want to go to Roatan, and I will not be allowed to swim or scuba so I’d miss out on all of the attraction of the island that I already missed out on. If you want to we can come down here for Christmas time to meet everybody? That´d be fun.
Thank you, dad, for the wonderful sports update and the great recap of the cards game. I’m delighted to hear that old man Kurt still has his heat. (And people say he should have retired after he won a Superbowl, and in the meantime the Rams haven’t had a winning season since he left......)
Congratulations, Caitlin for the shut out on the varsity game.
And now for the story of the week—I have two words for you--dog bite. Oh, yeah, it happened. Don’t worry; it wasn’t anything big, no blood, no rabies (it’s a members dog), and, yes, I kicked it very hard several times.
This dog tries to attack us when we walk in the house, but they held it back. Then, while in the house, it snuggles up next to me and lets me pet it, but when we leave they forgot about the dog. As I was opening the gate it came up behind me and bit me on my left calf just below the knee (ripped my pants a little). I screamed out (without cussing, I might add), and then tried to kick it. It dodged the first, but I faked on the second and waited for it to dodge and followed through hard to the chin. It kept barking so I repeated, kicking it once again in the bottom of the head. It kept barking so I did the same thing, but this time hit it in the sternum knocking it over so that it cried and ran away. Yes, it’s true.
Other than that, nothing to report. It’s been really cold lately (for Latinos and gringos alike), but I’m no longer sick. I’m on some antibiotics still and some allergy pill. We still don’t know what the cause of the huge lips could be, so we went to the doctor a few weeks ago and he said, "bueno de verdad podría ser cualquier cosa en mi opinion como profesional..." which, interpreted means, "well, it could be anything in my professional opinion." Thanks, doc..... big help.
Just working hard and trying to be like Jesus.
Love you guys!!! Peace!
January 4, 2010 E-mail
Yeah, man 2010. And in the year 2009 my feet never touched American soil.... weird, huh.
So the work-- my companion has got me a tad down, but we are working pretty hard, even though he doesn’t want to. We had 2 confirmations yesterday (of the two kids that couldn’t come last Sunday), and right now we have an amazing investigator named Helsy. I think I may have mentioned her to you before. She is a newlywed of a less active member and has lots of questions. Her big doubt is the Book of Mormon as scripture. But this week we had a really good lesson with her. She expressed to us her doubt, and we told her she needs faith and to ask. She understands, but wants proof. I told her that the bible is full of proof, but it doesn’t mean a whole lot unless you receive an answer from God first. But in the end I shared Ezekiel 35:16 and 17. She really understood and said she feels like she’s closer to an answer. She told us that that night she knelt and prayed for the first time in her life. Then she read the first 3 chapters of the Book of Mormon. Her favorite part was when Lehi named the river and valley for his sons. She said the poetry was very familiar. So I asked her if she had ever read the Psalms (it’s the most read part of the Bible here), and she realized herself that the way the Psalms are written is with the same type of language. She is awesome.
We were Zona Celestial of the month of December with 44 baptized and confirmed. And so we got to play soccer with President today. Ttomorrow we have to go to San Pedro and also on Wednesday for meetings. That’s how prez wants it.
Hope all is well with you guys! Love ya!
So the work-- my companion has got me a tad down, but we are working pretty hard, even though he doesn’t want to. We had 2 confirmations yesterday (of the two kids that couldn’t come last Sunday), and right now we have an amazing investigator named Helsy. I think I may have mentioned her to you before. She is a newlywed of a less active member and has lots of questions. Her big doubt is the Book of Mormon as scripture. But this week we had a really good lesson with her. She expressed to us her doubt, and we told her she needs faith and to ask. She understands, but wants proof. I told her that the bible is full of proof, but it doesn’t mean a whole lot unless you receive an answer from God first. But in the end I shared Ezekiel 35:16 and 17. She really understood and said she feels like she’s closer to an answer. She told us that that night she knelt and prayed for the first time in her life. Then she read the first 3 chapters of the Book of Mormon. Her favorite part was when Lehi named the river and valley for his sons. She said the poetry was very familiar. So I asked her if she had ever read the Psalms (it’s the most read part of the Bible here), and she realized herself that the way the Psalms are written is with the same type of language. She is awesome.
We were Zona Celestial of the month of December with 44 baptized and confirmed. And so we got to play soccer with President today. Ttomorrow we have to go to San Pedro and also on Wednesday for meetings. That’s how prez wants it.
Hope all is well with you guys! Love ya!
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