Dear Family,
Well this has
been a very good week. We have been doing a ton of tracting, which I’m actually
starting to enjoy. Ha-ha. In some areas it’s easy to tract because people are
very accepting, but in my area it’s pretty tough. But now when I’m tracting I
take it as a personal challenge. “Challenge accepted.” I think of it as a test
to see if I can be charming enough to get a return visit. It’s funny to see
these people all cold when they answer the door, but then you crack a joke or
ask a question and they just open up. It’s pretty fun and I’m getting quite
good at it. You also meet some really interesting people. Like the other
day we met this lady who was talking about how she had great grandchildren!!! Anyway,
it blew my mind because she looked like she was only 55 (really she was 67),
but then we invited her to church and she said that she couldn’t come because
she was going to visit her mom. And when she said that I almost freaked out. That
means that her mom has great-great grandchildren!!!
This week we
had a farewell party for the branch president here because he got transferred
to Santo Domingo for his work. This is terrible because he is one of the few
truly converted members here in the branch, but we will see what happens. I’m nervous
for the future of this branch though. But we shall see.
Also, it’s
really weird right now because I almost never speak English. I live in a house
and district with all Latinos. It’s really interesting that I am the only
person in this branch that speaks even a tiny bit of English. I’ve been teaching an English class to try to
find investigators, but it’s really weird explaining my own language in a
different language.
But yeah, I
love you all and hope you have a good week and I’ll see you soon!
Elder Stark
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