On
Sunday we
didn't have nearly the
families we wanted but that just made the "house cleaning" for this week that much easier. We ended up
dropping a lot of
families so we can focus on others and make better use of our time. Missionaries that can manage their time are probably the most successful, so we are
recognizing here. It's good also
because we have three good solid families in preparation and one of them was in a little trouble this week (more on that in a bit). These families have been prepared and it's good to see the change they are having in their lives. For starters,
Antonio and Enies just got one step closer to the marriage process and we figured something out yesterday in a meeting with them.
Antonio, without knowing about the word of wisdom, just up and quit drinking two or three days after we visited him. He said, "It just
didn't feel right so I quit". That was ridiculous! That was a proof of his faith to us and it made my day yesterday. We were asking him what changes he had seen in in his life so we could help him to give us a
reference. We
didn't get a
reference, but we did get that sweet bit of information (testimony builder). Next was an issue we had earlier with
Oscar and
Claudia. They were having marriage problems to the point where they thought they were going to leave one another. So Elder Poyfair and I introduced a few gospel
principles like charity, forgiveness, repentance and faith. Then we visited them last night to see how things went and at the end of our lesson about the gospel of
Jesus Christ, Claudiaopened up and realized that the problems she was having in her marriage were trials and she needed to have the faith to push through. Her favorite scripture is Ether 12: 27. Take a look at that one and try to understand how that applies in her situation. After that lesson Elder Poyfair and I felt much like marriage counselors and
that's a draining job, let me tell you! It brings a whole new perspective to what the Savior said, "Come unto me all ye that are burdened and heavy
laden and I shall give you rest." I
don't know how the majority of marriages exist without the gospel, it's just insane. Also, as we went to the register this week and when we finally talked to the lady and got the papers figured out (two and a half hours later) we handed her a bill of 500 meticais. C
onvenientlyenough she
didn't have change. Grrrrrrrr. So we went to go get change, but it
didn't seem like any one could help us out, it was crazy! I have never seen anything like it and all just to get some papers done. Eventually we got some change, but we were onemetical short! I know, right???!!!! It was dumb and so we decided to sell one of Elder Poyfair's
American candies so we could have the right amount. When we tried to sell it to this guy, he start joking with us, saying, "
OK, so if I buy this candy, where will I go?" I had to fight the urge top tell him he would go to the celestial kingdom if he just helped us out. It was really kinda funny. So, after he bought the candy from us we were able to go get the marriage
documents. It's just funny the blessings that come about as a result of trying to do the Lord's will. (Nephi 3:7).
That is more or less how my week has been and I hope your's is going well too. Dad said you did great on your talk, Mom. I knew you would and congratulations on the calling, this should be fun!!! As for your questions.... the Primaries here are huge, but not many kids show up because their parents don't show up, so it's hard to have a full room. None the less, lots of Primary kids. As for plans when I return, I know I want to go to college again, but I also really, really want to fly planes. It just makes me trunky to think about all this. I would really like to have a job real soon after I get back, so if you guys could help me with that, it would be great.
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