Hi everyone!!
Well this week really passed by fast! I almost have 9 months in the mission now hahaha and boy has it passed by. That is great news for Ethan Pike and Mark (Scanlan)!! Why does his companion remind him of me lol? Do you have his mission email, Mom? Oh and it's Aogosto in Spanish, hahaha :) That is crazy that you guys sold the Wii, but I am glad you bought the hoop :) Just dont dunk on it!! I would like to play on it when I get home.
Well in this past week I got a little lazy with my studies and working. I have been trying so hard with Elder Rojas but I am really disappointed that I have not been able to help him out. We do have transfers in 2 weeks and I really hope I stay in this area. This area has so much potential and I know that we could Baptize every week, but this area just needs 2 missionaries with the same purpose...help people come unto Christ. I really hope the President and the Lord keep me here. I really need to get back on my studies again though.
Speaking of President Reeves, he has been changing alot here in the mission. Every house now in the mission has a portable DVD player and the Preach My Gospel videos so that we can watch them as comps and study and practice. I love that he did that. I just hope Missionaries don't abuse that privilege. He has also come out and said that we must not eat with or teach a woman unless there is a man present. I have been waiting for someone to give out that rule and finally he did it! He has also given the commandment that we must contact at least 10 people a day in the street so that we can find new investigators. That will be hard for Rojas because he hates contacting. Whenever I want to contact I do it by myslef as he stands off in the distance, lol but its all good. So little by little the President is changing the Mission :)
Well this past week I had a sweet experience with Hermana Sandra. She still has not accepted a date for Baptism so we have been thinking about dropping her, but we just love her too much. The other day she brought us pancakes to our house! She also signed up on the member food list....where we go and eat for the day...and we ate with her. She is amazing and really loves listening to the lessons. She wants to get Baptized but wants to wait a little longer because she doesn't know if she is ready to make a big committment with God yet. Well anyways my experience was cool. We had splits again with some young men in the ward and I went to teach Hna Sandra and the plan was to watch the movie "The Testaments" with her, but something told me to bring the movie "The Moutain of the Lord", and so I did. Well it kept coming into my mind to watch that movie with her so we did it. After the movie she got excited and asked...When can I go into the temple? Hahahaha I told her that she has to get Baptized first and then wait a year but she got to thinking and later told us that she wants to get Baptized but she is going to pray for a date. Well we have not been there since, but tomorrow we have an appt with her and we hope that she has a date. The experience was sweet as I learned again of the importance of listening to the Spirit. I don't know what will happen because we watched that movie and it was neat as I got to bear my testimony about the Temple and the blessings that she can receive if she enters.
Other than that, the week was normal. We did not have much success and I got sick with diarreha again hahaha. Also the other day it rained really hard and I left my window open next to my desk so all my books got a little wet and my Preach My Gospel in Spanish, with all my notes from my studies, got destroyed and soaked! I just bought a new one from the mission but I won't see it for 2 weeks hahaha. Also, our water got clogged so it comes out really slow now. The pipe needs to be cleaned or changed. Tomorrow we have the owner coming to fix that out.
Well this week really passed by fast! I almost have 9 months in the mission now hahaha and boy has it passed by. That is great news for Ethan Pike and Mark (Scanlan)!! Why does his companion remind him of me lol? Do you have his mission email, Mom? Oh and it's Aogosto in Spanish, hahaha :) That is crazy that you guys sold the Wii, but I am glad you bought the hoop :) Just dont dunk on it!! I would like to play on it when I get home.
Well in this past week I got a little lazy with my studies and working. I have been trying so hard with Elder Rojas but I am really disappointed that I have not been able to help him out. We do have transfers in 2 weeks and I really hope I stay in this area. This area has so much potential and I know that we could Baptize every week, but this area just needs 2 missionaries with the same purpose...help people come unto Christ. I really hope the President and the Lord keep me here. I really need to get back on my studies again though.
Speaking of President Reeves, he has been changing alot here in the mission. Every house now in the mission has a portable DVD player and the Preach My Gospel videos so that we can watch them as comps and study and practice. I love that he did that. I just hope Missionaries don't abuse that privilege. He has also come out and said that we must not eat with or teach a woman unless there is a man present. I have been waiting for someone to give out that rule and finally he did it! He has also given the commandment that we must contact at least 10 people a day in the street so that we can find new investigators. That will be hard for Rojas because he hates contacting. Whenever I want to contact I do it by myslef as he stands off in the distance, lol but its all good. So little by little the President is changing the Mission :)
Well this past week I had a sweet experience with Hermana Sandra. She still has not accepted a date for Baptism so we have been thinking about dropping her, but we just love her too much. The other day she brought us pancakes to our house! She also signed up on the member food list....where we go and eat for the day...and we ate with her. She is amazing and really loves listening to the lessons. She wants to get Baptized but wants to wait a little longer because she doesn't know if she is ready to make a big committment with God yet. Well anyways my experience was cool. We had splits again with some young men in the ward and I went to teach Hna Sandra and the plan was to watch the movie "The Testaments" with her, but something told me to bring the movie "The Moutain of the Lord", and so I did. Well it kept coming into my mind to watch that movie with her so we did it. After the movie she got excited and asked...When can I go into the temple? Hahahaha I told her that she has to get Baptized first and then wait a year but she got to thinking and later told us that she wants to get Baptized but she is going to pray for a date. Well we have not been there since, but tomorrow we have an appt with her and we hope that she has a date. The experience was sweet as I learned again of the importance of listening to the Spirit. I don't know what will happen because we watched that movie and it was neat as I got to bear my testimony about the Temple and the blessings that she can receive if she enters.
Other than that, the week was normal. We did not have much success and I got sick with diarreha again hahaha. Also the other day it rained really hard and I left my window open next to my desk so all my books got a little wet and my Preach My Gospel in Spanish, with all my notes from my studies, got destroyed and soaked! I just bought a new one from the mission but I won't see it for 2 weeks hahaha. Also, our water got clogged so it comes out really slow now. The pipe needs to be cleaned or changed. Tomorrow we have the owner coming to fix that out.
Well I hope you all have a great week! You are all in my prayers and I love you all very much! I love Missionary work!! I hope things get really good soon here! Thank you mom and kids for the package!! I loved it!
Love,
Elder Brady Lester
PS: Dad....Hace 2 semanas por escribirme una carta o correo. ¿Estas bien? ¿Que paso?
Love,
Elder Brady Lester
PS: Dad....Hace 2 semanas por escribirme una carta o correo. ¿Estas bien? ¿Que paso?
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