Man I cant believe its already
almost Christmas!! Thats crazy! It sure looks like a bunch of fun and I do miss
this time of year back in the states. How is everyone feeling with the new bish
in the house? Pretty crazy Im sure. It will be sweet im sure of it. Im glad to
hear the meeting went so well, not surprised, our ward is great. I was just
thinking yesterday how I have not been to a Sunday with more than thirty people
since I left. Sure miss that ward. Also, tell the Jacksons thank you for their
package. It was great to get some stuff from them, especially the American
quality toothbrush. You can also tell them the whole package was thouroughly
searched by customs. I opened it and all the little packages inside were opened
very roughly. But I think I still got everything. Im surprised they didn't take
the orange sticks.
But this week was great! On
Wednesday we went to Montevideo to hear from Elder Gonzalez of the seventy and
it was awesome. He pretty much just asked us what were the biggest things we
were having problems with as a mission and he based his remarks off of that.
The things we gave him were people not getting married but having a family and
living together(all the time btw), working on Sunday, smoking and
drinking(everyone as well) and just things like that. He was really good and he
tied everything back to aumentar su fe. Building faith in Christ is how we can
overcome all these things. If we have faith and believe all these things can
happen, then through Christ it WILL happen. It was really a sweet meeting and
we all got to personally meet him and give him a hug. Also it was the first
time I met Hermana Smith because she was sick when we got here. When we went by
and shook her hand she only talked to me in Spanish which she is still
struggling with. Its funny because she thought I was latino. Once that spanish
gets there....
Also this week we went to contact a
reference of our recent convert Carlos. He warned us that she probably wouldn't
want to talk about religion because she was super catholic but that we should
still visit her. We went and knocked on her door and the first thing she did
was invite us in and have us sit in the main room(Never happens) and within
five minutes we had a drink in our hands and she was asking questions about our
church. I was stunned at what had happened and how there was a eighty year old
woman was able to function and have the energy this one did. I dont know how
much we can get in to her because she mostly just asks out of an acedemic
mindset, but hopefully we can make her see how true it is.
Also we met with our number one
investigator a couple of times this week and he is crazy. His name is Dante and
he is the smartest Uruguayo I have ever met. He goes to the Valdense church,
but knows so much. He has read the church website and asks the craziest
questions. We have already covered D&C, temples, eternal life, and polygamy.
its crazy. But he came to church yesterday which was sooo sick! He started
talking to a couple members and got along super well, so hopefully we can help
get him moving a little better with their help.
Well folks, I hope you guys enjoy
this week and the weather. Still sweating 24/7 here. It's pretty bad to just be
used to having sweat running down your face and arms. People say we have this
glow about us, but really its just sweat glistening on our foreheads;) I sure
love you guys and cant wait to hear about all the great things this week will
bring. Bendiciones!
Love you all,
Elder Degn
ps- This is me and my dad and my
grandpa. He is finishing the mission next week, so this is the last family
portrait.
And a picture of a room in our apartment.
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