Hello!!
So, I dont know how, but another 6 weeks has passed. Not
only that, but 18 months has passed. Tomorrow is changes, and i aint going
anywhere. I am perfectly content where im at and whom im with. I will get
another 6 weeks here in santa fe. In other words, Im all good. So this week has
been a very interesting week. For a few months now we have been planing
something called a Noche Blanca, or Night of White. Essentially, the plan was
that every companionship of misionaries in the stake would have a baptism, and
were would baptize everyone all on the same night. Everyone would be dressed in
baptism cloths, white clothes, for the baptisms. In theory, great idea, in
reality, kinda worked haha. So a week ago, we had more than 22 baptisms planed
for this saturday. Due to certain problems, we had 12 baptisms. Unfortunatly,
not every companionship had baptisms, but honestly, the majority did. Me and
Elder Martinez had the baptism of Samuel Aplicano. Samuel is great. Hes 12
years old, and almost all his family is members. Hes just a good kid haha. This
past week we have sacrificed alot of time to plan and organize the baptisms. We
had to give various interveiws, various meeting with stake leaders, various
everything. We really didnt have a whole lot of time to do normal misionary
work, but yet the lord provides. When all was said and done, we had a baptism,
so no complaints. Other crazy things, as I mentioned, we have been really
ocupied doing other things than normall misionary work. We were really worried
yesterday that no investagator was going to show up to church, because we
honestly didnt teach or visit much investagators. The lord provides and 6
investagators showed up out of nowhere. Through sacrifice comes blessings.
So also sometimes crazy things happen. So yesterday
showed up to church an investagator named Angel. We have been teaching
this guy for a few weeks. The only thing is that this guy is super odd, like
weirdo. Hes in his 40s, lives with his wife, 2 daughters, and his two cats. I
can not explain why, but everytime we teach this guy, something has to happen.
He belives in everything that has do with christianity, like most honduras, but
he is just a lilttle confused with his beliefs. For example, this last week we
tried teaching him about prayer, something super simple for almost anyone that
believes in Christ and the Blible. We taught him how to pray, and everything
was just great, but.. then he was like, "I dont like the idea of praying.
I dont like having to rely and depend on God. I think God wants us to be
independent. Look, America is the most powerfull country because it is the most
independent." We were like dude, its not like that... Angel is just
like that, just a little lost with his beliefs. Well yesterday after church we
wanted to visit him. he told us to come by at 5, but we showed up a little
early at 4. We knocked his door, and he let us in, and sitting on his couch was
a jehovas witness, cool. The witness finished quicly and left, actully this guy
was pretty chill. So we start to teach Angel, we sing a hymn, pray, and then he
says he has a question. ok. He said that he heard in church about a war between
the Nephites and the Lamanites, and he wanted to know what was that. The most
random thing.. We were trying to explain the whole story behind the book of
mormon, and then someone knocked on his door. Angel let him the guy in, and it
was another freaking jehovas witness.. hahaha, but this guy wasnt as chill as
the other, the secund witness was some old crazy man.. THis freaking man tried
for an hour in front of our investagator to prove us wrong, and he couldnt do
it.. We got talking about the spirit world, and the witness just got furios
that we would believe that. The craziest thing is that he tried to respond to
our doctrine by teaching what happens to dogs when they die.. He was so lost.
Angel was so lost. And the worst part is that for an hour straight, in the same
freaking room was Angels daughter in the corner making out haha It was
literally the oddest lession that i have ever had in my mission. Sometimes the
mission just gives you lemons when you dont want nor expect to get lemons.
hahaha. The mision sometimes..
So, hopelly you all get the vibe, that im dong great,
becausse im doing great.
Love yall
Elder High
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