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| Working the Streets of Rosario, Colonia, Uruguay |
Elder Limachi and I
have been having a lot of fun here in Colonia. I don't think I mentioned too
much about my companion in my last letter, but he is from Bolivia, and we are
from the same group in the CCM. He is really funny and we always joke around with each
other and so even on the hard days when everything falls through, I never
really feel discouraged or anything, because it´s just been fun. He is a great
missionary and I think we are both learning things from each other.
Anyway, we found a new investigator named [...] this
week. She is really receptive, and the restoration lesson went well. We came back for
a second visit and she had read a few chapters already in the Book of Mormon!
Pretty awesome. We are also working with a 13 year old kid named [...]. We
played soccer with him and a few of his friends on Saturday, and he came over
to tell us that he read the introduction to the Book of Mormon and was
interested to keep learning from us and reading. He also came with us to church
on Sunday, so that was really awesome! [...] came again as well :)
Elder
Limachi and I gave talks in sacrament meeting for Mother's Day. We had a
special music number prepared too- we were going to sing love is spoken here.
But our branch president forgot to announce it haha.
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| Service Project |
We had a funny experience contacting this week. We clapped (knocked on) a
door and a Jehovah Witness lady opens up and shouts at us, ´DO YOU KNOW HOW
MANY PEOPLE DIE PER SECOND?!?´ We were just like ´uhhhhh no se´ (uh, we don't know) and then she
shot her hand out at us and said ´DOS´ and just kind of stood there like
that.
I also have discovered something very funny about my
companion- he talks in his sleep. Last Monday, I woke up in the middle of the
night and heard him saying something. I was confused because at first I thought
he was reciting scriptures, but then I heard something like, ´...porque se que
su Padre Celestial le entiende y quiere lo mejor... (I know that your Heavenly Father understands you and wants the best for you)´ After a minute or so he
stopped and I said, ´Elder Limachi?... Elder Limachi?´ Then he woke up and
asked me what in the world I was talking about haha. My great companion has
such a powerful testimony he practices it in his sleep. Now we always say
´Nunca deja de testificar!! (Never stop testifying)´ Haha, now I always catch him bearing his testimony
in the middle of the night :) Such a stud.
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| Elder Limachi |
Elder Layton
(Note from dad: Our phone call allowed us to learn quite a bit more about his area, companion and the work in this area. The area has been closed for two months and Elders Limachi and Layton are just trying to re-establish it. There are only a small handful of members in the area and so the missionaries are probably going to speaking in church - a lot. They DO have a member who was called to be the Branch President, but beyond that, not much structure exists.
We were also able to find out where he lives and of course, I ended up stalking his house out on Google Earth. It's a very modest place but it's clean and they have hot water -- so he's in great shape there.
He forcefully told us how much he loves the mission and particularly the Book of Mormon. He bore testimony of it. He said the only thing he doesn't like about his mission is the limited time he gets to study the scriptures.)
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