Haha I cant even tell you guys how
crazy this last week has been! On that pday I had in Deo we went to the Temple
with the Montevideo zones, and then I went again the next day with Elder
Bentley, and it was fantastic!! I love the temple sooo much!! Especially here
in Montevideo it is a huge sacrifice to get to the temple because the closest
one is in Montevideo, 7 hours away. I love it so much, go as often as you can.
But the day we had together in the mission home was awesome too! Some amazing
american food, temple, and seeing a bunch of my old friends in the mission that
are also training. Crazy that most of them were 18 year olds that just
graduated. It was really just an awesome little get away!
So when we got back we only had
three days to work to get people going to church. We visited a lot of our
investigators, and had just milagro tras milagro! Our first day back we were
finally able to have another charla with Ruben and Silvia that Harbold and I
found a month ago and had an awesome first charla. So we got back to them and
taught them about the LDM, and Elder Bentley just goes right out there and
invites them to get baptized, and they didn't really understand, so we both got
a little scared. They looked at me to explain, and I just asked them exactly
what Bentley said, and they looked at each other and thought about it and said
yes!! Que capo mi hijo!! I was so proud of Elder Bentley, and super pumped for
this family. We also finally got in to a family that the missionaries found a
couple of months ago then got left for awhile, and as we started teaching them,
one by one, all of their NINE kids came in and sat down and listened to us. It
was increadible! They only have two beat up couches, we were on one and the
parents were on the other, and there was one lightbulb in the big room, so it
was pretty dark, and all the kids were just sitting wherever they could, a
couple in chairs and the rest on the floor. We had a great charla with them and
extended them the invitation to get baptized as well and they said yes too!! We
were both just freaking out on the inside! It was almost to good to be true! We
were quite disappointed when none of them came to church or the other ten menos
activos that promised to go, but we went back to their houses last night and
they both just had last minute things that came up, but are still asking for us
to come back, so we´ll see how this goes!!
And while we were sitting in church
all sad that no one came, one of the menos activos Jose Smith came in! He is
such a stud and just made everything worth it. Just one. It honestly felt like
we won the super bowl with just one there. Makes all the effort worth it. D&C 18:15
Also this change they split up the
zone because it is the biggest in the mission as far as missionaries, so now we
are in the new zone, but I am still DL, and there are five companionships in my
district. Its a little bit more, but I love who I've got!
It is honestly so much fun with
Elder Bentley, feels just like old times! It honestly feels like working with
my long lost brother. I dont even feel like I am training him, just guiding him
around and letting the spirit work through him. He is an awesome missionary
already and is tearing it up and just makes me so proud. I love the mission so
much!!! No where else I would rather be!
Love you guys like crazy! Thank you
for everything!
Con Amor,
Elder Degn
At the temple with President & Sister Smith
SURPRISE!! It's Elder Degn and I'm your companion!
Fixing something on the chimney...it's all good
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