This week wasn't super eventful, but we saw a lot of progression with our recent converts. :)
First
off, Leonardo passed the sacrament in church!!! Oh I was so happy! It
was like seeing his bautismo again. He was dressed up in his white shirt and tie, and did everything perfectly. He was so happy that he did
it. And I was super happy for him.
And
Luis, my old man Luis paid his tithing yesterday!! He doesn't really
have a job, but almost as a hobby - sells tires. So with the money he
made from that, he paid his tithing! Ya! :D
That
is why I am here. It's small moments like these that really help you realize why you're on a mission ...to help bring people to Christ. It's one thing to watch baptisms, but to view genuine progression post
conversion is another. Activity in the church blesses lives. I love seeing what the Gospel
does in the lives of others. I love my mission!
Also
this week we had family night with the Micheli and Agonils at the
Micheli's home. And the father was there also! :D It was perfect! We opened
up with a hymn and prayer, and then after shared the message of the
restoration. The father had some questions for us such as, "what motivates you to go out and work?" and "how did you come to know that
this was true?" We both shared stories and experiences we had had, and the
room filled with the spirit. Everyone felt the power of the message and
testimonies. We then invited him to church.........but he said no. :P
...wait for it
...because he had a cold. :P But he said that he would go to church next week! So we will see if he keeps rule number 2 of President Juchau's Rules of Manhood: keep all commitments. So pray that he does. :)
...wait for it
...because he had a cold. :P But he said that he would go to church next week! So we will see if he keeps rule number 2 of President Juchau's Rules of Manhood: keep all commitments. So pray that he does. :)
Well
this week I got sick, remember how last week I got a cold? It just
got super worse throughout the week. On Tues it was bad, but I
ignored it and went out and worked, which was a super bad idea because
made everything worse. On Wed I ended up having to stay in. We didn't leave the
apartment, and I didn't even leave my bed. I felt SO sick ...didn't eat anything
that day. On Thursday, I felt like I did back on Tues, so I went out and tried to
work. It was pretty hard, but by the time Friday came around, I
felt decent once again. Hey, and I lost a good 6 pounds this week. Sweet!!
Oh
hahahah this is a funny story. Every Friday night we have activities in
the church hosted by the missionaries. And this week we had planned to
play volleyball with water balloons and towels. But our branch mission
leader didn't really want to run it. We told him we'd take care of it. Anyways, we set
everything up and he announced that instead of playing volleyball with
water balloons, we would watch The Testaments, which is like over 1 hr long. Errrr
what?
So all the missionaries got together like a little huddle during the movie
and discussed our options. We all had investigatores and inactives at
the activity, and we didn't want to bore them with the movie. So we had
to figure out a way to turn the movie off so we could go outside and
play. So long story short, turns out that if you turn on a lot of the appliances in the
Church all at the same time, the power cuts. And that's what we did. A few of us went out of the room
and turned everything on so the power would cut. Hahaha... after that
everyone went outside, and we played water balloon volleyball. Everybody loved it ...including the branch Mission Leader. So our plan worked out great, and everyone went
home happy. ;)
Today for P-day we got to go
play some basketball. We still can't play an actual
game, but we can play Pig and shoot hoops for a while. So all the missionaries in the apartment got together to play some b-ball. Pretty fun.
Well that is about all this week! I love you all so much and I hope everything is cool up there!
Love Elder Clemons!
