Hola todos! Ojala que todos esten bien. Solo tengo 3.5
semanas aqui! Entonces, oren para que mi visa llegue a tiempo.
(Hi everyone! I hope you are all well. I only have 3-1/2 weeks here. Therefore, pray so that I will receive my visa in time.)
(Hi everyone! I hope you are all well. I only have 3-1/2 weeks here. Therefore, pray so that I will receive my visa in time.)
It was a pretty good week. As prophesied, our district is
changing again. Last Friday night, the two Elders living with
Elder Plowman and Elder Woodward got a third companion, so those
two moved in with us. Holy party! Also, Elder Bonner got his
visa and he heads to the Peru MTC on Tuesday. Obviously, he's
super excited. I'm going to miss that guy. He'll be great,
though.
Speaking of leaving, Elder Brimley left me this week. For
the first time since like 1st grade, we're not in the same ward.
But not to worry, we've started an ultimate tic-tac-toe game. I'm
sending him my first move today. This will probably last our
whole missions, so that'll be fun. Yes, it is true, Austin's visa
didn't come and he is still here. I haven't heard from him since
Wednesday, though, so maybe it has come since then.
The lessons have been going well. We had an AWESOME
lesson with Nicolas this week and learned a lot more about his
testimony and what he needs. He told us he really liked the story
of Enos (the man's already read past Enos in the past two weeks!)
so we used that to kind of segway into faith. It was fantastic.
He wants to be baptized, he just wants to learn the commandments
before he'll commit. Understandable, right? So we'll teach him
those next week and hopefully he'll be ready to be baptized next
Saturday. Wilmer is getting baptized tomorrow if all goes
according to plan. He's completely off coffee and very excited to
be baptized. He has his interview tonight, so hopefully that goes
well.
We had an awesome fireside last Sunday with Jenny Oaks
Baker, daughter of Dallin H. Oaks and professional violinist. She
pretty much just performed songs for us and talked a little bit in
between. She was pretty amazing. Also, she had her children
perform "I Am A Child Of God" for us. She has 4 kids, all under
the age of like 11. The oldest two played cello and violin, the
next youngest daughter, who was about 7, played piano and was just
ridiculously good, and her 5 year old son played classical
guitar. He was just plucking one string at a time, but still,
you've got to give the kid props. It made me really miss playing
music, which, surprisingly, is the first time I've really felt
like that my whole mission.
Elder Ringer is feeling much better. Going to the doctor
really does help. Who would've thought? I forgot how funny that
guy is when he actually has energy. Oh man.
Speaking of Elder Ringer and funny, he made possibly the
funniest Spanish mistake I've ever heard in my life. We were
practicing inviting someone to church, and Hermano Miller was
pretending to be our investigator. He told us that he has to work
on Sundays and he wouldn't be able to come. Elder Ringer was
trying to explain the blessings of coming to church, and that God
understands that he needs to work to feed his family, but instead
of using the word for feed (alimentar), he used the word for eat
(comer), so he really ended up saying "God understands that you
need to eat your family." The practice pretty much stopped
there. Hermano Miller and I couldn't hold it in. Too funny.
Yesterday was Hermano Lee's (teacher) birthday. So
obviously we wrote a rap for him (in Spanish) and performed it for
him when he walked in the classroom, complete with drum solo from
Elder Rice. It was Hermano Miller's (teacher) idea. Elder Ringer
rapped, Elder Duncan, Bonner, and Rice laid down a beat, and I
played triangle on a metal coat hanger while Elder Woodward danced
in a rolly-chair. Two other teachers heard us practicing it
earlier, so they came in and watched too. Everyone was dying
laughing. It was great.
Well, that's about it for this week. Mom and Emily, I'm
glad you had a good time at girl's camp and that you had a home to
come back to when it was over. It sounds like that Michael McLean
fellow really made an impact on everyone's testimony. Heavenly
Father really does love you so much. One of the best things about
being a missionary is that he lets you see that and feel that for
each person you talk to, no matter who they are or where they come
from, you can really feel the love their Heavenly Father has for
them. He loves us SO much, regardless of what we've done, and
that's why he sent His Son--so that we can become like Him and
live with Him some day. I know He lives, that Jesus Christ is our
Savior and that this is his true church. I love you all! See you
in 22.5 months!
-Elder Pew
Quotes of the week:
"I hate it when I shoot my friend in the face on my
birthday!" -Hermano Lee
"According to a recent study done by myself..." -Hermano
Miller
