Hi
guys-
This
week went by pretty quick I think time is starting to pick up alittle.
Christmas really isn’t a big deal here, most people have a little plastic trees
and that’s about it - nothing compared to home. That’s crazy that Austin is
married already, that was really fast! Thank you Kendall for setting up Skype
for us - you is the best!
It
was super hot at the beginning of the week and then it cooled down. Man does it get hot here and I’m
fried! We found 5 new
investigators this week – this is pretty awesome!! Two of those investigators have a baptism date for the 1st
of January. So hopefully while you
all are celebrating Justin and Kendall’s wedding I will be celebrating a couple
baptisms! I am able to get more involved
with the lessons, speaking isn’t really that hard it’s understanding that’s the
tricky part. They talk super fast
and super bad, not like bad words or anything its just like they mumble
everything – I’m sure its because people just don’t have teeth here!
Yesterday
we were at a less actives house, I will save you the details as to why they are
less active, but I will say that they have some problems and not your average
problems – its with an old bishop.
It’s not very hard to see why they went inactive. My comp did most of the talking because
the topic got pretty serious and I was fine with that! Toward the end of the lesson my comp
asked them if they had any questions for me. They paused for a little bit and then the grandma looked at
me and asked, “How can we forget the bad things that have happened to us?” That’s a pretty hard question to answer,
especially when you don’t speak the language very well. I paused and thought of
what I was going to say. I had no idea what to say and I was thinking and
thinking. Then I stopped thinking
and just listened, (not to them - no one was talking, they were waiting for me),
I was listening for the spirit so I could know what to say. I don’t know how
long I was waiting I wasn’t thinking about the time, I was just praying for something
to come. Then this thought came
into my head, the thought was we aren’t supposed to forget the bad things that
happen to us. I was a little hesitant to say it because I know that it wasn’t
what she wanted to hear, but I said it anyways. I then began to talk more about our purpose and how we are
here to learn and we learn through experiences. I covered a lot of stuff and I was talking for a while. I don’t remember all of what I said. I
think that’s because they weren’t my words, they were from someone that knew
her a little better than I did. After
I finished talking the room was silent and the grandma said that was beautiful,
I understood that! My comp left
them with a scripture to read D&C 122 about when Joseph was in the jail, we
said a prayer and left. That was a
pretty cool experience of being able to teach by the spirit – this is what
keeps me going! I cannot describe
what an awesome feeling that was!
I’m
sorry this letter is a little short, but we get to talk in 4 days so I think
that will make up for it! I love you guys! keep up the awesome work! kiss my
puppies for me!!
Love,
Elder
Moore
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