Well, this week was my last new start with a new comp. And i'm not gonna lie, it's been
challenging!
Monday night Elder Miranda arrived from Cali around 10:30pm. He's from Arequipa
Peru ,
and we get along pretty well! He's got a
good sense of humor, and is obedient, and takes the initiative in many
occasions. I don't have any reason to
complain!
Tuesday we started our first real day of the transfer
working. We had a few lessons, in
particular, one with a less active named Brother Q. He's a pretty good dude, just kind of
distanced because he lives in a sort of tucked away place on the edge of the
city, where no one visits and he lives alone.
So we're gonna start working with him to get him all happy again. We also visited with E. He's not doing so good. He's out of work and is scared for the
future. So we had to share about overcoming
times of trouble. He's doing a bit
better now.
Wednesday was one of those slow days that doesn't really
happen too often. We walked all over the
city knocking on every door that i remotely remember Elder Herrera taking me
to, and we found NO ONE. We did get to
teach San a bit about the scriptures and teach the Muñoz family about the
Family Proclamation to the World. San
isn't progressing very well, and i'm afraid we may not keep teaching him. He's a tough egg to crack. The Muñoz family is still doing very very
well! They're 100 % excited for their
baptism the 20th of this month! Pray for
them so that everything goes smoothly!
Thursday was rough.
So to avoid walking as much as we did Wednesday, we decided to look for
some new people using the "potential investigators" form left in the
area book. We are just having such a
hard time finding people in their houses in the afternoon! NO ONE in Ipiales likes to stay in their
houses in the afternoon. But we just
keep searching and contacting!
Friday was a lot better.
We had the chance to have quite a few more lessons. One in particular we taught the family we
found last Sunday. They're a good
family, but the mom is one of those SUPER dramatic Christians that is way over
the top and tries too hard. It's kind of
frustrating because she makes the things harder than they are. We tried teaching the Restoration. But she kept changing the subject and kept
talking about the drug addicts in the street.
But we're gonna keep trying with them because they're a married couple
which is rare in Colombia
hahaha.
Saturday was interesting haha we started the day doing
service in an English institute. An
eternal investigator from the Ipiales ward that i met when i started the
mission asked for my help, so i went and they had the students ask me all sorts
of questions in English to practice like "what is the main dish in
Utah" and i answered stuff like
"hamburgers and pizza". Nahh
just kidding haha i said strawberries and honey are the 2 biggest. right?
Sunday was great! We had 8 investigators come to church,
among them the Muñoz family. Made us happy!
haha but i witnessed first hand an act of pure apostasy. In the announcements the branch counselor
said "as the first of the month we're going to "present" the new
children." (he meant bless when he said present. I don't know where got present from). So E,
our investigator that got baptized as a kid but they lost his records got
excited because it was the first time he had brought his little boy to
church! So he got up and took his son to
the front and all the priesthood leaders sat him down! Next thing i know,
they're having E put his hands on his sons head! Assuming he's a member! When
they realized he didnt know how to bless, the counselor offered to bless him. But
E stood in the circle. Elder Miranda and I were shocked and embarrassed and
didn't know what to do. Stand up and say
NOOOO or stay quiet? But it happened. APOSTASY!
But hey it was an interesting week.
Pray for us so we can find new people, we're trying really
hard! But i know the Lord will bless us.
We're busy, happy and obedient. That's really all the Lord asks of us.
Love you all! HAVE A
GREAT WEEK!
Elder Welch
"Last pic with the zone! Transfer day!"
"The streets of Ipiales"
"The Nariño country side"
"Me and Elder Miranda"
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