Hey Thanks I loved the pictures
and I am glad that you were able to have a great trip! Glad to hear that your
efforts to get back in time for church/the home coming were worth it. It is
amazing that Ethan is already back from his mission!
I hope that Dad is getting a
little time to hang out with his buddies/brothers/someone with all the girls
around. I hear he is crimping feathers or s--omething like that :)
This week we have been going
slow and steady, ish. My companion still complains a lot about his foot, and I
can see that it is exhausting to go around on crutches all day. Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday actually went on Companion exchanges so that I could work with
the other Elders in our ward for part of the day, and I am glad too, because I
was starting to get really bored/distracted from the work with all the free
time. Since Wednesday night, he has started working again. We even went all the
way across our area one day (Friday) to visit a non-active member, and he
wasn’t there! My companion was exhausted by the end of that day. We have only
had 1-3 lessons every day this week, which is discouraging with all the effort
that my companion is putting in. Almost all of our contacts are started with
people asking what happened to his foot :) the majority tell him to go back
home and rest, but we keep going, slowly.
One day he was super exhausted
and had to sit down on sidewalk and rest, so we sat there, him looking like he
was dying and me trying to fix up his crutches (the rubber on the bottom had
all worn off, so I am stuffing grocery bags in the bottom of the crutches to
give him a little traction. It is better than the pure metal), I am sure that
we just looked so pathetic (because I FELT pathetic, and I am laughing now at
the scene), and a man actually ended up offering us two free Mangonados, or
Mango Popsicle. It just added to the whole experience. But I am very grateful
for his kindness. I promise that there are some very good people down here
:)
The bad thing is that my
companion is sleeping in, using his foot as an excuse, and it interrupts our
studies.... I am trying to still get up myself, but sometimes I am torn between
being super strict and seemingly un-empathetic about his foot, or letting him
get the little extra rest that he needs for his foot.
This week we also vested a
non-active member, Guadalupe, who told us about his x girlfriend Rosario and
daughter Joana who live in our area and are also members. So we visited them
too. We did not have a single investigator go to church this Sunday, (Not even
Damian and his family, a family of six who are super interested) but Guadalupe,
Rosario, and Joana, as well as Joana´s boyfriend (also a non-active member) and
his sister ended up coming to church after forever! We also had another youth,
Carlos, come with us too. Even though we did not have success with our
investigators this week, we had success in reactivating a few members (6 in
total)!
Today we just ate an awesome
meal with a super active family, (there aren’t many here, sadly), family
Galabiz, I say awesome because not only did we have fruit, but vegetables! I
have been craving them lately. Most of the food here is tortilla, meat, rice
and beans. It was a nice change, steamed vegetables and Watermelon as well :)
Now I am super full, and we are going to make hamburgers with a few
investigators, Damian and his family, and I don’t know if it will fit! My
companion bought everything, the patties, buns, cheese, avocados (yes, they are
delicious on hamburgers), and ham (they actually put a slice of ham in their
hamburgers here, hence ''ham''burgers). He wouldn’t let me pay for anything,
and I was blown away by his generosity. He said that it’s something his father
would do, whom he really looks up to. Damina recently lost his job, too, so it
means that much more. I hope that it turns out :) as well as our service
project planned tonight; painting another house ;)
Thanks for all the support and
love from home. I am at least trying to be the missionary that you paint me to
be.
I love you all, and hope that you
have a great week :)
Love,
Elder Hayden Redford
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