"But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully."
(2 Corinthians 9:6)
So first off, I am exactly 1 year and one day
from being home. So that’s pretty exciting. But in the meantime, I have a lot
of work to do.
So this week was good. On Thursday we had an
English class. So as you all well know, I'm fluent in English, but I have no
clue how to teach it. So I started by just teaching the basics, but it was
really boring. But then one of my friends came in. His name is Ivan and he is
not a member or an investigator, just one of those friends. Any ways he is also
an English teacher here, so he came in and just completely took over, which was
so amazing. He definitely embarrassed me, but within seconds everyone was
smiling and laughing and learning English. It was great. So to thank him afterwards
we went across the street and I bought him a burrito. And honestly the hardest
part about the class was that nobody there knew Spanish. They were all Haitians.
So it was super hard to communicate. And it was kind of funny because
afterwards they all come up to us and nobody said thank you. They where just
asking if we could make it longer and 2 or 3 times a week. And I said no,
because we have an actual purpose here and teaching English is just a way to
serve. But this guy kept saying, “no, we'll take about it later.” Like, I
already said no, and you didn't say thank you.
So yesterday this random Haitian dude just
came into church and started talking to me in almost perfect English. I am not
really sure why this guy decided to show up yet, but he is super cool. After
the first hour of the church he went all the way to his house and back to get
his phone so we can take a picture in front of the church sign together. And
this is the second time this has happened. So now I’m teaching 2 different Haitian
dudes in English and they can barely understand what is going on in church, but
I’m sure they feel a definite spirit there, and are willing to go through that
to be a part of the church. And plus, I learned Spanish sitting in a church not
knowing what was going on, so I know that they will be able to too.
There was also this dude last week in the street
who pulled me over and asked to see my Bible. So I took it out and handed it to
him (just so you know most missionaries here don't carry a bible with them, but
I found that it’s handy). He was like, “wow this bible is super thick”. And I
said, "yeah but this book is a lot smaller" as I showed him my Book of
Mormon. (I just had to plug that in there) Then he started talking about Armagedden
with China, Russua, and the USA, and the book of Revelations and I was like, “oh,
not one of these guys”. And my comp was just standing there trying to
ignore the guy. But I decided to put one more plug in there about the authority
of God. And now he is progressing and has read the phamplet I left him. So that’s
cool.
Also we had 2 baptisms planned for
this weekend, but we thought they where going to fall though because one of
them didn't have his answer yet. But, we sat him down on Saturday and went over
the baptism interview questions with him and he knew everything. He even said
that he believes Joseph Smith to be a prophet of God. And when I asked how he
knew that, he said that it was because of how he felt when he was reading the
scriptures and at the Church. And I told him that that was his answer and that
that was how I also received mine; not through just one moment of feeling the
Holy Ghost, but as it slowly testified to me throughout my life and I never
really noticed until I started looking back. So now both feel ready and if
everything goes well we will be having two baptisms this Saturday.
Well that’s pretty much it. Love
you all.
Me being a Pana (Guatamalan for
boss)
Switerland
That’s super cool about Josh going to Mexico. Its about time
he learns Spanish, haha. McKee just sent me an email saying that Josh, Winder,
and I will be able to talk together and he and Reed and Dylan will have no idea
what we are saying. Yep. Haha
Hey, I gotta go.
Love you a lot.
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