Hey guys Happy Thanksgiving
to you too! I cant believe that it is already here and that you guys are going
to just be eating a ton and having a jolly good time. That is awesome that you
will be with the Degn family, say hi to everyone for me! For us it will most
likely just be a regular day with maybe a moment of silence for all of the food
we are missing out on. Honestly absolutely unexistent here, but I can't wait for
next years Thanksgiving!;)
Today
has been a super fun and crazy pday so far! We went this morning to the stake
center and had a water balloon fight with the whole zone and it was really fun
especially because it is so hot! We also just got soccer banned by our
president because of how many people of gotten hurt recently, so this was one
of the approved things we can do now:) After that we went to the line to eat
hot dogs and there we ran across two sisters from the Brazilian mission. One
was american and the other was peruvian. IT was really funny talking to the
american in portuguese because that was all she new, and then the little new
peruvian missionary that felt so good speaking in spanish again, and the
american girl not understanding very much. It was super confusing, and mixed
with the english, my head was spinning again by the end. It was really funny
and a nice run in on the line.
But
this week was awesome!! We have had some awesome stuff going on, and the top
highlight is my main man Ernesto! I dont remember very well if I told you guys
about him, but he is a 73 year old man that is in our area that said he was
baptized 48 years ago in Tacuaembo and then hadnt gone in 46 years to church.
When we first started teaching him, he wasnt going because he didnt want to
leave his little store unlocked for the whole time and didnt have anything to
lock it with. so we got him a padlock and he hasnt missed church since. TWO
months ago. He has a bum leg and rides his bike to church every week! So
anyways we have basically been teaching him EVERYTHING from the begining just
as retention lessons to help him out and remember everything again. We could
not get our hands on his records, and we didnt even know if they existed, so we
called Pte. Smith who talked to the leaders of the area in charge of records
that have access to all possible sources, and they responded saying that he has
no record in the church. It could have been that in that time records where all
kept here with paper and easily misplaced or lost in some way, or it might
never have happened. Either way, Ernesto is very excited to know that he is
going to be able to be baptized again and never leave the path again! Luckily
we have been teaching everything, and he has accepted everything
wholeheartedly, so all he needed was a interview, which he already had, and he
is going to be baptized on this Sunday, Elder Bentleys last sunday here! It has
been crazy how this all happened and that now we are getting ready for a
baptism!
We
have been seeing quite a bit of success as well thanks to some hard work and
the hand of the Lord. We have been trying so hard to get Jxxx to church, because
that is really all he is faulting to be baptized. He wants to be baptized, but
he needs to go to church; its been killing us and we thought we had him for
sure this week, but not yet...Our church attendance has been going up pretty
good as well and staying there! We have been above fifty for three weeks in a
row which is very good compared to the 30-40 we had when I first got here. We
have a couple of members that are bringing friends that we are teaching and
that is showing a lot of potential so we are really excited to see how that
works out as well! Elder Bentley and I have had such a good time here together
and seen so many miracles, and we are definitely going to go out with a bang
here together on this last week of the change!! Thank you guys for everything! I
love you all!!
Con
todo mi amor,
Elder
Degn
ps.
The storm during sunset, pretty neat eh?
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