This has been a kind of bummer/crazy week.
Tuesday was a nice day because we were busy! Al is doing good but he drank beer again so
we're working on that. Rob had us write
down the church's website so he could check out conference, and G (our less
active) is getting super hyped to do family history!
Wednesday was the year mark of me leaving home! Crazy how fast the time flies! But man.
It was a hard day. We went to
visit our recent convert Lil, the ones who son was convulsing that one day that
we helped. We played a bit with her son
but then he told us something. I guess
Lil's uncle is a pastor for a Christian church called the Bethesda .
And theyre not too fond of our church... so he gave her anti-mormon
material and now she's packed all her things from the church in a giant bag
swearing to never go back to that "church of the devil". I was heart broken. She was saying all sorts of lies her uncle
said about us. Before we left, I bore
the most sincere testimony I could but was just crying when i said it. I left sobbing for her. Hardest part of the mission is definitely
when sweet souls fall into apostasy.
Thursday I completed ONE YEAR! Trunky!
It was actually rather a slow day due to the soccer match Colombia v Peru . But hey, Colombia won 2-0 so i could rub it
in my comps face! I also burnt a tie of
course in a classic missionary ritual.
Time to make this year the best part of my mission. First year was learning. Second is killing it.
Friday was pretty average.
Besides getting hit by a motorcycle... and almost seeing someone die
from gunshot... and witnessing armed robbery.
HA! Let me explain. So after
lunch, I was crossing the street to get on a jeep to go to a far away part of
my area, when a motorcyle came from no where and hit me! I jumped fast enough for it to only nail my
arm. OUCH! (Sister Janeth saw from her balcony and said
he shot out of an alley without looking so I wasnt just being careless haha). But im okay.
Just kind of hurt the muscle. We
went and taught Al about tithing, then went to talk with Rob. He was busy so we had to leave to go get on
another Jeep for Morichal to do a baptismal interview. As we were walking by the bakery, we starting
hearing loud popping noises! At first i
thought it was a motorcycle tail-pipe or a firework (which are super common
here) but after several shots i knew it was a gun! People were running on the street next to us
about half a football field away. My
comp even saw the guy with the gun! I
didnt because i was running haha. So we
got out of there. Holy cow! Intense!
The interview in Morichal went well and on the way back, some guy got
off the jeep without paying. The driver
stopped to yell, and as we looked back he pulled out a knife and was trying to
steal some guy's bike! At that point me
and my companion were thinking "WHAT IS UP WITH TODAY?" So we took it
easy the rest of the night sticking to safer areas and safer people haha. Sad thing of all these events is we can't go
back to the neighborhood where the shooting was and that's where Rob, the
bishop and the Mena family live. We'll
have to get members to take us there in the day time. Crazy!
Saturday was super slow, especially compared to Friday. We had a mega long zone meeting, mission
coordination and shopped/prepared for Sunday dinner.
Sunday was a bummer.
We woke up and the city shut off our water AGAIN because of a tiny
sprinkle we had the night before. As a
result, almost NO BODY came to church because they all went out to search for
water. We were suppose to have 7
attending but only 2 came. The best part
of the day was our lunch. The Soto
family (members who live on our street) lent us their grill so we grilled up
steaks, made mashed potatoes and gravy, and steamed some broccoli. Let it never be said that gringos dont cook
or dont have traditional plates in their country! It was delish and nostalgic of home.
Today we just chilled and relaxed.
This weekend we're gonna have interviews with president
which should be good and important.
We're memorizing D&C 84:33-44 so I guess we can call that my
ponderizing scripture this week! Also,
Sunday are transfers! Its likely I could be going, knowing the pattern of transfers
that are normal. So let's see next week!
Love you all!
Remember in who you're entrusted!
Elder Welch
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