I got a lot of emails this week that I never thought I would have!
I
am learning a lot here and it is actually really funny to see how
everyone reacts. I just hope that I can live up to what
people and more so what God expects from me!
I
had my ¨Welcome to the office¨ interview with President Whitesides. I
asked him a little more about why I am here. He explained to me that at
one point in the mission the office was a place where the President put
all the disobedient missionaries to keep an eye on them but then a
Seventy told them that it is not ever supposed to be like that. He said
that he thinks the office missionaries are the examples as to what a
missionary should be like. That when other missionaries see the
missionaries here that they should see servants of the Lord.
So
I guess somewhere along the line God told President that I was one of
them. I actually asked President if he double checked with God to make
sure it was me. He just laughed and said it was an undeniable feeling.
As
for this week. I have learned a lot about what I do. I have gone to
immigration twice to deal with these things called cedulas. It is like
the Colombian version of a drivers license/ID.
I
have gone to the notary as well to get some passport papers stamped and
signed and learned a lot of new words that I have never had to use in
the last 8 months or really my whole life.
I spend all my time in front of a computer or updating physical files that we have here in the office.
This week I have to call all the families of the missionaries that are going home to make sure they are okay with everything.
I
was going through the list to see who I will have to call and I was
reading their countries: Peru, USA, Bolivia, Ecuador, Brazil.....BRAZIL.
They speak PORTUGUESE.
I am now taking little crash courses of Portuguese to be able to talk with Elder Costas family this week so wish me luck.
The investigators are great. We have a baptismal date, His name is D. He has had a rough go at things as of late.
He
had problems with alcohol and his wife kicked him out and sent him on a
potato truck to Cali from Pompayan which is about 3 hours. He got here
with just the clothes on his back and an electrician background. He has
stopped drinking and he just goes around asking people if they need help
with their things and that is how he is earning money.
We
went to his house 2 days ago. It was the first time I had been there
and it was about the size of a small classroom in a school. The floor is
not even cement it is just rock. We sat
down and he said ¨Hey can I buy you guys some bread and a coke?¨ We
politely declined and he did it anyways. He took this 5000 peso bill and
left.
As we were talking we asked how his
work was going. He said ¨I know that with time God will help me in the
part of my life but I made 5000 today.¨
The
bread and coke we had just drank got a lot heavier in our stomachs as
we realized that everything he made that day he just spent on us. All of
us had tears in our eyes as we realized how much he was willing to
sacrifice just to know God.
Now we have to wonder if we can do the same.
Anyways, he should be baptized the December 2nd. I will keep you updated on that.
Uncle Scott did email me and I am very grateful. Who knew that he still speaks Spanish huh?
Love you guys! Have a great week!!
Con Amor,
P.S. That goes on all my emails now. Please don't call the mission!
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