September
23, 2013
Hey
family,
Well,
another good week has passed by. The days all just kind of mush into one big
day, and it just feels like we're living in a dream. Like when I go to bed at
night, I fall asleep immediately and then somehow in the blink of an eye, its
morning time and were getting ready for the day. So yeah, the days all just
kind of mush together and it is pretty crazy. So yesterday I arrived at 13
months, and it seems like the time just flies.
But
yeah, P-day we didn’t really do too much. We woke up, went to the supermarket
for a little. I bought some ice cream and airheads (breakfast of champions) and
then we went and played some football in the church as a zone. Somehow, someone
got the A/C turned on in the basketball court and that was awesome. Then that’s
about it. My comp and I went with the ZLs and we hung around with them at their
house and ordered some pizza. Here the delivery guys use motorcycles rather
than cars to deliver. But the idiot Pizza Hut delivery guy robbed us. He gave
us our pizza, and we gave him the money, and while we were waiting for our
change, he just jumped on his moto and took off. We were all pretty ticked
after that, but the pizza was good. So yeah, we can’t trust anyone, not even
our beloved Pizza Hut deliverymen.
So
we were kind of bummed because on Saturday, we were going to baptize J (the
husband of B), but he didn’t show up to his own baptism. All of the members
were there, and we had the font filled up and all that stuff, but he just
didn’t show up. We finally tracked him down at his house and it turns out that
he didn’t want to get baptized. So yeah, that kind of stunk, but whatever.
We're going to keep working with him.. But that’s cool that in the Edinburgh
ward there were lots of investigators in the Gospel Principles class. My comp
and I have been leading the zone in bringing families and investigators to
church. We filled up the Gospel Principles class with 8 investigators this
Sunday, which was just awesome. Plus, we had a man show up to church, and he
said that his wife was a member, and that she has been trying to get him
baptized all of his married life.
Finally he agreed and he took all of the missionary lessons online by
missionaries that only use Facebook, and he said that he wants to join the
church. So now we have a cool investigator that’s just asking to be baptized.
So that is awesome. And plus, he already knows everything. Isn’t technology
crazy how people can just receive all of the gospel information and missionary
lessons without even leaving their houses? This guy said that he had
"teaching appointments", where he gets online and chats with the
missionaries. And the missionaries referred him to our ward. Pretty crazy
stuff.
But
yeah. Life is good here. Oh, and on Sunday, my convert H (the coolest convert
I’ve got) taught the gospel principles class. I can really see how his
testimony had grown. Now he is teaching hour long church classes, he is
studying the scriptures each day, and is praying with his family each day. Its
really, really awesome. We went and taught them about tithing, and they loved
it and promised to pay. So yeah, when they complete a year of being members,
I’m going to buy a plane ticket here and go with them to the temple.
Right
now, the rainy season is kicking in to high gear. Last Monday, it rained the
hardest I’ve ever seen in my life. Like, even many of the Nicas said that
they've never seen rain like that. It rained so hard, and everyone in our house
went outside and we stripped down to just a pair of shorts and we showered in
the rain. It was totally awesome, but then I got pretty sick after. But now I’m
feeling fine. But the rain was unreal. When it rains here, the sky turns red
and the lightning is everywhere. It’s impossible to explain, but its crazy. And
the tin roof factor just amplifies the sound of the rain. So yeah, it’s
impossible to sleep when it’s raining, but it’s awesome. Every day it usually
will rain like crazy for about an hour or 2, and then it calms down. And after
it rains, it gets really hot and humid and almost unbearable. I don’t know
which I like more, rain or heat, but I am kind of leaning towards rain. It’s
just so unreal that its kind of awesome for someone like me who grew up in the
desert climate of Idaho where it doesn’t rain too much. It’s pretty different.
Changes
are the 16th of October and I wont get changed. Supposedly the training process
is 12 week, so all of the trainers are tied to their kids for a minimum of 12
weeks. So I’ll have one more change here at least. That’s all right thought
because we get along and we work hard. I let my comp teach a lot, and he is a
lot better. He is sometimes hesitant to contact, but we do it anyways, and he
is a lot better at teaching. He put a baptism date with one of our
investigators named R, and the guy accepted. So that was cool. I told my comp
that he did a great job. Oh, and we don’t really see the President too often,
but we had a training with him all day Tuesday, and it was just for trainers
and their kids. So all day I was in that training. It was all right, but I
didn’t really like it because I had an upset stomach. So that was kind of mas o
menos.
Well,
I hope that all is well. I love you all and pray for you all each night. I hope
that Bailey loves his time off, and is working hard. It sounds like he is
putting in a lot of hours. And I hope that the homecoming is good for Owen.
Tell him that I think that he is a ladies man. Good stuff.
Well,
I love you all. Have a great week.
Elder
Stark
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