So this last week was pretty good, the
weekend kind of sucked though cuz it was like independence day here and
absolutely EVERYONE was drunk out of their minds and the streets were
kind of sketchy and we didnt end up getting into too many houses on
Saturday. Sunday was also kind of lame too, cuz a lot of our
investigators fodged us and we only had 1 person come to church. So our
next baptisms have all kind of fallen for at least this week. But its
all good! We´ll recover and help those people to church this week! oh
yeah, and there was this white dude and his kid that came down here and
theyre both from Logan utah. Apparently the dad, Brother Parkinson,
served here in Perico 24 years ago, and his son is about to go on the
mission in 3 weeks to nicaragua, so hes showing him around and kind of
getting him adapted to Spanish. Turns out brother parkinsons wife is
from aurora and he knows exactly where monroe is and stuff, so it was
kind of cool talking to him. Small world huh?
So yeah, last monday, we went to this less active
familys house and one of their daughters told us a really cool story
about prayer. She said she was sitting there reading the scriptures one
day and just wondering if she did the right thing getting baptized and
all that and she decided to ask heavenly father for a sign. We hadnt
been by their house in a long time, and so in her prayer she told God if
the church was true, that she wanted us to come to her house a certain
day at a certain time. So that day came, and lo and behold, we showed
up on her porch at 8 o clock sharp! It was super cool to hear that, cuz i
remember me and my comp talking about whether we should go to their
house, or a different house at that time, and we just kinda felt like we
should visit them. So We were able to help answer a girls prayer!
We had interviews with the President the next day
and they went really well. He said that hes really satisfied with the
work me and my comp are doing here in Perico and that he trusts me a
lot, so that made me feel awesome. I also asked him about the whole
coming and looking for me thing, and he said the thing on the website is
the church putting something on there so that families dont feel like
theyre obligated to come and look for their child at the end of their
mission. They know its a huge expense, and said if you can afford it,
youre more than welcome to do it, but its in no way an obligation. So
you guys are free to come and get me if you can make the funds meet!
President said that he loves meeting the parents, and that at least one
time a transfer kids parents will come to get them. The only thing he
doesnt like is when parents try to come to church on the last sunday of
their kids mission to see them in action or whatever, so if you come,
just know you cant see me until that monday haha
So after interviews, i got to go and do divisions
with my papis current companion in his area, and it was pretty fun. It
was good to take a break from my comp, and i got to go there and help
them out with their current work situation. it sounds like they kept
going back to investigators who werent progressing and kind of beating a
dead horse with a stick. so we found some new people while i was
there, and hopefully everythings better over there now! haha sounds like
my comp worked Elder Mori to death here in our area too, so hopefully
he takes back a better work ethic. Also while i was there, i got to help
one of their investigators get permission from her mom to get baptized
last weekend. Im getting dang good at fighting with parents haha.
I also got a letter last week from Ashley Smart!!!
Long story short, shes had some awesome experiences at Ephraim and has
decided to get baptized into the church! Can you please get on Facebook
for me and tell her congratulations and that i wrote her a letter and
its on its way? She was supposed to get baptized the 19th of may, so
tell her congrats for me!!!
Right now, were also teaching a less active ladys
kids and theyre awesome. Their names are Mauricio and Agustin. They
both love church cuz they came yesterday, and want to get baptized, but
were gonna have problems with the dad. We learned yesterday that they
told him they want to get baptized, and he got super pissed and left the
house. His main concern is that them going to church every week takes
away from his father son time taking them to their weekly soccer
matches. So we´ll see how it goes with him.
And lastly, we went back to the Choque Family again,
the less actives, on Friday, and we watched Joseph Smith, the Prophet
of the Restoration with them. We also brought one of our recent
converts along, Juan Chavez. The Spirit was INCREDIBLY strong, and i
loved it so much! It made me miss home, cuz as soon as we stepped
outside of that house we got hit in the face with the real world, with
everyone drinking and partying right outside. I definitely miss the
Utah bubble, and i realized why i always had trouble recognizing the
spirit before. Its because our house really is like a temple and we can
always feel the spirit there, and thats why going to the temple wasnt
that much different for me. So that made me a little trunky, but i know
i gotta be here to make that sacrifice so other peoples homes can feel
like that too! Thanks mom and dad for keeping a home like that where the
Spirit really can be there, and its about as close to a temple as you
can get without actually going to one.
But yeah, those were my experiences for the week! I
hope to hear from you soon, and love you all! Your in my thoughts and
prayers always! Love you!!!
Con amor,
Elder Sirrine
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