Dear Family,
We had a very good week. Monday we had a “Noche de
Hogar”, or family home evening, at a member’s house and because my companion is
Mexican, they made enchiladas that were really good. Super cheesy and full of
chicken; it was super yummy and made me happy. Anyway, we had a really good
message about how even though the world changes, our standards shouldn’t. It
was a great message, especially because they have an 18-year-old niece living
there who is a bit of a tiger (tiger meaning a rebel). She is also menos
activa. But anyway, the message must have gotten through because she came to
church.
Then the next day we walked all the way out to Jenova,
which is about an hour and a half away, so that kind of stunk, but it was was a
good time to talk. So we got to Jenova (after an hour and a half of walking),
and the lady who we had a cita (appointment) with wasn’t there... so it was an
hour plus hike back. The last bit of the hike our feet were hurting so bad we
decided just to hitch hike... que vergüenza... but yeah, it was a fun
day. Elder J and I got to talk quite a bit!
Wednesday we met a really cool girl named C. She was
very interested in our message and so we shared a lesson with her. I got a very
cool impression from the lesson. So the next day, we went and met up with this
really cool joven (kid) named E, who we had found a week earlier. He is the
sobrino (nephew) of a recent convert and he seems really interested. As we were
talking with him, his younger brother started trying to argue with us about
prophets. It was really annoying, but eventually E told his brother to shut up,
which was really funny and awesome!
Thursday was another great day with one of our
progressing investigators, M. She’s 23 and is engaged to an inactive returned
missionary, who is living in a different country, and they have a kid together.
So we were talking to her about the law of chastity, because she is preparing
for baptism and her boyfriend is coming in about 2 weeks. As we were talking to
her and saying that she needs to talk with her boyfriend… guess who calls? The
boyfriend. And M tells him that she is with the missionaries and then asks him
if he knows what the law of chastity is! It was one of the most awkward moments
of my life sitting there, because we weren’t expecting her to talk to her
boyfriend right then and there! Then this Sunday C came to church, so I was
super happy about that. Also, the same day we were contacting houses, and we
contacted this Italian guy who was shouting and telling us that we need to look
for work and stop begging for money! Super rude, but it was a funny experience.
Anyway, I ran out of time, but next week I’ll write more.
I love you all and take care,
Elder Stark
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