So a lot of people in this country think that they speak English. So literally any time anyone who knows how to say hello, when they see us they say hello and we respond in English and they are dead lost. Pretty funny. Also apparently being white and speaking english still confuses people about where we are from. They ask and we say the united state and they all make a face as if they saw pigs flying. Pretty good. This country is insane.
First off this week was the first week of the Transfer and honestly the longest week of the mission thus far. It just felt so so so slow. I said bye to Elder Fuhriman and that was a lot weirder and harder than I thought. I met my new comp Elder Grimmett and he's cool. It's just weird switching things up. Definitely will have to get used to this whole change every 6 weeks thing.
We are teaching a lot! We have a lot of people semi interested and 4 people on date for baptism. It's just a little hard because they hate doing productive things in this country so going to church is a big big step for them. My comp and I joke about how they are professional sitters. Like literally from 8 AM to 12 PM they just sit in a chair in front of their house or colmado. Yet they all "work" and don't have time for the gospel. But it's okay they'll hear it one day even if it's not from me in my broken Spanish.
Speaking of Spanish the bishop in our ward is amazing and so nice. We had dinner with him and his family on Thursday and he has been my bishop obviously the whole time I've been here and he complimented my Spanish and said I am learning really fast and that sometimes missionaries who have 6 months in the mission don't learn that fast. Also I hit 3 months as a missionary tomorrow wahoo!
Now for some investigators. We are teaching a guy named Renaldo and his son. They are awesome and have a date. Renaldo likes to argue about a topic and then when we back it up with a scripture from the bible he instantly believes us. He has a strong testimony of the things we teach but he has a very hard time waking up and coming to church.. in fact he hasn't come yet. Please pray for him to gain the desire to come to church. It is so important and we know he will love it once he comes.
We are also teaching this lady named Merlin. Her "husband" Jason is an inactive member who served a mission in Chile. He is pretty cool. I said "married" because everyone in this country is married but none of them actually are married by law cause it's too expensive. But Merlin wants to hear our messages and Jason is open to it and they have been coming back to church. They are planning on getting married so she can be baptized and then waiting a year and going to the temple to be sealed. They have meetings with Bishop frequently. Pray fo them. I am worried because this whole situation is almost too good to be true.
I love you all so much and miss you daily! But this is the Lords work and I never thought I could find this much joy in sharing this gospel with others. I say it every week but read the Book of Mormon. I know this book is true and it WILL make you feel more peace and give you more guidance in your lives. Pray daily with real intent. Have the best week ever!!
(Happy Wedding week Kaden and Emily love you guys!!)
-Elder Wilde
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