Well I'm starting to realize how easy it would be to put on
a ton of weight in this area. We get fed by members so much! The other night we
had dinner with some members and there is a tradition of having an eating
competition between the missionaries on who can eat the most wings. I was the
lightweight only eating 40 while my companion had 42 and the Spanish Elders had
45 and 51. Only problem was we played basketball with some investigators right
after and we were all super sick. Good times.
The work is going well. It's funny because this week felt a
little slow in terms of how many lessons we got to teach but we still had way
more than we'd ever had in Dartmouth. It was interesting to see how my
expectations have changed for myself as I've come into this area and we've been
so blessed. I'm so thankful for this area, for my companion, for the members
and for the other missionaries we get to work with. It's so sweet.
It's wild how many trials the people we meet with are going
through. I feel so much love for them and I can see just how much of a blessing
it will be in their life if they will just accept the gospel. We were meeting
with one investigator that has to be out of her house by December 1st and has
no place to stay and it's a trial for her and we shared Mosiah 24:13-14 with
them
13 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came to them in their afflictions, saying: Lift up your heads and be of good comfort, for I know of the covenant which ye have made unto me; and I will covenant with my people and deliver them out of bondage.14 And I will also ease the burdenswhich are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions.
She didn't embrace it completely but we are praying for a miracle for her so
that the Lord can lighten her burdens.
I love each one of you. Thank you for the letters, emails, packages, etc. It's cool to feel so supported as I'm trying to keep focused on the work.
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