03/30/2015
Well, hello people! I’m still alive! I think just a little bit
dried up and leathery after the heat this week. It was a killer.... and it’s
still going to get hotter. This week begins “Semana Santa,” or basically
a week where everyone goes on vacation and it’s really, really hot! But the week ends with one of the coolest
things ever…General Conference, and Easter too. So I think it will be a really
good week, even though we might not have anyone to teach, ha ha.
This week things were good.
I’m on a mess load of pills to take care of last weeks run to the doctor’s
offices. I should have to go back and have a scan thing to make sure things are
good on Wednesday or something like that.
This week we did an awesome service project that involved a lot
of wood and machetes and axes. So I was pleased. We split and cut
and stacked a bunch of wood and I about sweated my brains out. It’s like when
you are in the wrestling room with three sweatshirts on to lose weight and you’re
completely soaked in sweat, except I was in a t-shirt and pants. So
afterwards I was dead. And then we fasted the next day... so I was pretty
dead that day. But the Lord blessed us with rain to cool us off the past
two days. So it’s been nice.
As for the investigators, we had a lot of appointments fall this
week, but as always, Hermano Chema has come through! He went to church yet again this week. We’ve been reviewing lessons to prepare him
for his baptismal interview and he’s remembering what he needs to. He even went to church in a white shirt
yesterday. And the best of all! He
said a perfect prayer! He’d always end in the name of the father and the
spirit and something else like that, but he finally did it right!
La hermana Bertha didn’t come to church this Sunday, and I
honestly don’t know why. She still has to get married... so we will see
what happens with that. We were also able to find a few men that were
legitly interested in our message. One of them actually contacted us as
we were buying dinner. So we were able to get a few solid people to teach
the gospel to.
Also this morning, I heard something that really made me happy.
We were talking to our cocinera (our cook), and she said she backed us up in
ward council. She told us that she told everyone in council meeting that
we walk and work our tails off, and she said that the council is fasting for
us. Her son had gone with us one day to visit and all the appointments
fell and we walked a ton. He told her about it. So it’s good to
know the ward is backing us up. We also had a presentation on the area
plan that will help members participate more in the work and the members seemed
to like it. So now they all know and we are going to help them out and I
hope the work will grow!
So not much else, love you all, keep working hard, and I’ll do
the same!
Elder
Ollis
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| A view from our hike to the Rock of Merendon |
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| Reunited with Elder Moeno, my MTC Companion! |
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