There is a running joke here. Less Active in Spanish is Menos
Activo, and our area abbreviates to MA 1.2. So, we are the misioneros MA (Menos
Activos), or, the Less Active Missionaries :)
The Ward is bigger, yes. And we
never have to worry about going hungry, they feed us a lot here :) Just like my
last ward, we have 4 missionaries in the ward, but 2 are sister missionaries,
and they like to joke around a lot. Hence the whole MA thing :)
My companion, I have decided,
reminds me of uncle Noel as a missionary. He looks like him, talks like him,
thinks like him. sorta :) I still don’t have a picture yet :)
Well this week was better than
last. I am getting used to things, such as the area and my district. We doubled
the amount of lessons we had this week compared with the last week, so that was
good. Still no one in church though, we are working on that.
The week was rainy at first, but
now it is actually a little hot. I like it much better than the cold. But the
cold will return :) That is how the weather is here. It is super cold for a
week, then we have some hot days, then it goes back to being cold :) It is much
worse than Utah :)
I feel like I am here in this
area to develop as a person (maybe as in Leader) than to really baptize. That
is the emphasis I am feeling. Learning diligence, Leadership skills, being
direct, making decisions. But I hope that we can found some good people to
teach as well; I have yet to grow to love one of our investigators, which
is usually what happens and motivates me to work to teach them; which is
something I miss. I hope we can figure out what we need to do to find the
Eligidos (chosen), and bring them this awesome gospel! But, I feel much more
relaxed than the first week, it is just a matter of pushing through and doing
my best :) I love that we made arrangements with the Elders Quorum
President in the Ward to work with him to find people; I have some high hopes
there. I also bought a box of UNO cards today, maybe a way to unstress in the
little free time I have :)
I am not sure I have some
awesome stories to tell... just talking to people and trying to teach them and
doing leader-y things. I'm going to give a Training tomorrow, probably on doing
street contacts, as we having a hard time with that, so we will see how it
goes.
It is exciting to hear that
Thomas is going to church, and that the basement is coming along!
Hey, and I was SO very super
excited to hear about how ShayLynn got her Patriarchal Blessing!!!!! I wish I
could have been there. Sounds like the Lord has many good things for you to do,
and many blessings as well. Now I want to read my own again :) What a
blessing it is to have one!
Thanks for all your love and
support, say Hi to everyone for me!
Love,
Elder Hayden Redford
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