This last week was pretty hard. We walked and talked with a lot of people, but didn’t have a lot of fire with us, I don’t know, it was just rough.
However, we had intercambios with some elders in our zone, and I got to lead our area for a day with an elder from my group. Two white dudes who don’t know a lot of Spanish walking around trying to talk to people about the gospel. Freaking ballers!! The truth is that I was super stressed about it, but it ended up being okay. We talked with a lot of people, mostly me cuz Elder Boss doesn’t really talk a lot, and we were able to set some appointments for the next day.
Later that day, something super strange happened. We found this guy named Jorge. I knocked on his door and we started talking in Spanish, and he was like, “Oh, I need to go grab my shirt,” and I was like.............wait what??? And then his son was like, “Dad did you ask them if they can speak English?” and I was like, “English? Yes!!!!!! I do that!!!!!”
We ended up talking for a while about him and his family. Turns out this guy know just about everything you can know about every religion out there, including ours. He has friends who are members, and he’s read the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants. Unfortunately, he doesn’t believe that Jesus is the Christ, our Savior. He’s a Jewish convert, so I don’t really know what we are going to do with him haha. He doesn’t believe he can receive an answer through the Holy Ghost, because he thinks, “feelings can be manipulated and forced, my belief is based off of logic.” Buennnnnooooo.
Marilin can’t get baptized this week because she didn’t come to church, so that’s the worst. But she is reading in the Book of Mormon like a champ, vamos a ver con ella.
Nephi 17:50-51: this is when Nephi is trying to build a ship, and man that man had faith. He was commanded by God to build a ship, and he knew that the Lord was going to provide a way for him to do it. I feel the same way about Spanish right now. I’ve been called to serve in Argentina and to preach the gospel in Spanish, so the Lord is going to provide a way for me to learn the language. I just need to do everything I can first. It’s not always easy, but i know it’s going to happen.
Last thing, in the Book of Mormon, whenever Laman and Lemuel are talking, I always think of Gollum, from The Lord of the Rings, super funny. Don’t believe me, go ready some lines lol so funny.
Love you guys, hope all is well!
Elder Anderson
However, we had intercambios with some elders in our zone, and I got to lead our area for a day with an elder from my group. Two white dudes who don’t know a lot of Spanish walking around trying to talk to people about the gospel. Freaking ballers!! The truth is that I was super stressed about it, but it ended up being okay. We talked with a lot of people, mostly me cuz Elder Boss doesn’t really talk a lot, and we were able to set some appointments for the next day.
Later that day, something super strange happened. We found this guy named Jorge. I knocked on his door and we started talking in Spanish, and he was like, “Oh, I need to go grab my shirt,” and I was like.............wait what??? And then his son was like, “Dad did you ask them if they can speak English?” and I was like, “English? Yes!!!!!! I do that!!!!!”
We ended up talking for a while about him and his family. Turns out this guy know just about everything you can know about every religion out there, including ours. He has friends who are members, and he’s read the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants. Unfortunately, he doesn’t believe that Jesus is the Christ, our Savior. He’s a Jewish convert, so I don’t really know what we are going to do with him haha. He doesn’t believe he can receive an answer through the Holy Ghost, because he thinks, “feelings can be manipulated and forced, my belief is based off of logic.” Buennnnnooooo.
Marilin can’t get baptized this week because she didn’t come to church, so that’s the worst. But she is reading in the Book of Mormon like a champ, vamos a ver con ella.
Nephi 17:50-51: this is when Nephi is trying to build a ship, and man that man had faith. He was commanded by God to build a ship, and he knew that the Lord was going to provide a way for him to do it. I feel the same way about Spanish right now. I’ve been called to serve in Argentina and to preach the gospel in Spanish, so the Lord is going to provide a way for me to learn the language. I just need to do everything I can first. It’s not always easy, but i know it’s going to happen.
Last thing, in the Book of Mormon, whenever Laman and Lemuel are talking, I always think of Gollum, from The Lord of the Rings, super funny. Don’t believe me, go ready some lines lol so funny.
Love you guys, hope all is well!
Elder Anderson
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