This week was a pedal to the metal kind of week. We didn’t have
a ton of cool stuff happen, just had a lot of hard work to do.
Famous…. among children:
So Elder ‘’Heppy on the beats’’ as people call my companion here
has made himself quite the star among the flaite kids here. Even though they
sometime harass us and treat us terribly, those things are changing now due to
my companions rapping skills. There are literally times where we will walk down
a street and then out of no-where a herd of kids comes running up to us and
starts shouting ‘’HEY MAN, RAP!!! COME ON JUST RAP!’’ I chuckle a bit and I
start the whole beatbox thing and then he just whips out a Mormon rap. I’m
talking about classics like ‘’Teach Me How to Jimmer’’, some songs from Sons of
Provo, and some missionary rap songs that are pretty classic. The kids just
laugh and think we’re awesome!
Elder Hepworth is a magician as well. I mean, he knows a ton of
magic tricks and we get people and those kids pretty good sometimes. It’s
pretty entertaining.
The District:
The district is doing well. Our main challenge is finding people
to teach. We have been talking about it a lot as a district. For my Tuesday class
I talked a lot about it and talked about what Mosiah 28: 3-4 means to us.
3 Now they were desirous that salvation should be declared
to every creature, for they could not bear that any human soul should perish;
yea, even the very thoughts that any soul should endure endless torment did
cause them to quake and tremble.
4 And thus did the Spirit of the Lord work upon them, for
they were the very vilest of sinners. And the Lord saw fit in his infinite
mercy to spare them; nevertheless they suffered much anguish of soul because of
their iniquities, suffering much and fearing that they should be cast off
forever.
Basically I talked about getting that desire at all times. It’s
really important having that testimony going strong at all times. We talked
about a lot of other things, and I felt like I gave a good class. I am feeling
much more confident and comfortable in the classes I give. It’s a good feeling
trying to serve and inspire not only missionaries but members and other people.
Our work week.
So we tried passing by Alexis multiple times and every time we
had a fixed appointment he had an excuse as to why he couldn’t visit. We passed
by his house on Sunday on our way to church and he said he would go
and he didn’t show up. So we are moving on…
We are making slow but steady progress with the Parra Lopez
family. They haven’t decided on a marriage date but I feel like they are
getting close. The dad, Mario, has something buried deep because he still won’t
go to church no matter what we do to commit him. We are going to have to pull
him aside and really find out what is going on.
We had a great time teaching our investigators Yoanna and
Griselda. They are liking the gospel. Especially about temples. We just
explained all that to them and they loved it. Griselda has to get married and
Yoanna has to drop smoking.
That’s where we stand with our investigators. We have some
pretty good futures to visit in the week, so we hope we will find someone
pretty cool.
That is about it for this week. I felt the spirit a lot and I
know that I was strengthened spiritually! I love being in the Lords service.
There is no other calling I would ever want over this one.
I love you guys so much! Thank you for all that you do! I hope
you have an incredible week! Until the next one!
Elder Ethan Haws
