Family,
Wow! What
a bunch of awesome stuff you all did this last week! I'm so happy to hear
that you all are doing so good! It always makes me so happy to hear
that! Sounds like there's been a lot of love in the air! Bunch of marriages!
That's so cool! And also I'm just so jealous of Emma, and being able to
go to the temple with all of her friends! A year and a half away from the
temple is hard sometimes....I miss going to the temple so much! But yeah!
I'm so excited for you all! Makes me happy to see that everything is
going good!
So
let's see what happened with me this last week.
So Monday not
really much happened. Like I told you guys last week, we just took the
day as our P-day to finish up everything that we had to do.
Tuesday
was good. Now that I am training we stay in the house until 12 every day for
our studies. For my language study I just read the Book of Mormon a
little bit more in Spanish! I love it! So even though we stay in a little
bit longer, it's good because I have learned more every day! So on
Tuesday we just worked like normal, Elder Hansen showed me around town.
Then at about 8:00 we took a bus to a little town to the southwest called San
Juanito. This town, San Juanito, is the only one in the whole mission
that has a missionary as the branch president, so that's kinda cool. But
we went down to do a baptismal interview the next day-Wednesday.
So on
Wednesday we woke up and left the house at 8:00 am because the investigator that
I was going to do the interview with lived in a little Ranch about 3 hours away
from the main town. So we started our Journey. So here's me,
thinking that I am in the same shape that I was in before the mission and in
the beginning of my mission. But what I forgot was that I was in the
offices for 8 months. So we start walking, but obviously really fast so
that we make it there the fastest we can. In San Juanito we can hitch
hike for rides, but only if it is a truck where we can sit in the bed of it. So
on the way up we got two rides, but they didn't go very far, so we only cut off
about 30 minutes. So we finally get there and I was kind of tired, but
not so bad. But when we got there Elder Solorzano, one of the missionaries in
San Juanito, told me that we were going to have to do whatever the guy that
lived there wanted us to do, or else he would get offended. So we got there and
had a horse ready for us to ride. It was pretty awesome. I have like
never rode a horse, so that was crazy. It's really not as hard as you
think.....but maybe that's just because the horse was a little horse.
More like a pony. So then after that we went to a place close buy and we
played a game he likes to play, see who could hold the cows tail the longest.
At this point I just thought this was the craziest little Mexican guy.....just
living out there in the middle of nowhere, losing his mind. But so we did
that and then he was like, we’re going to climb a mountain. When I heard that,
my legs just started already giving out, but sure enough we climbed his
mountain in his backyard that was a good 2 more hours of hiking....but it was
hard. By the time we get down his wife had some beans and tortillas for
us.....so that was good. But at that point I could barely move my legs.
But we ate the food, and then I interviewed the wife. The guy was already a
member, but his wife not yet. So I talked with her, helped her with a few
doubts, and we got her to gain the desire to be baptized. I know for a
fact that it wasn't me though....but it was the Lord, through me. I could not
have been able to do it alone because I could barely think because I was sooo
tired and in so much pain. But it all worked out, and she got baptized
Saturday. But so after all of that, the husband taught us how to use the
lasso, and so we practiced with his dog, then after that it was time to head
back. At the start I was just praying that a truck would pass by, because
about just a half hour of walking my legs could barely do it.......but a truck
never passed by and we walked the 3 hours back to San Juanito. So when we
got back they had one more visit before returning home and so we went. Only
about 20 minutes sitting down, but I couldn't get up after. My legs and feet
hurt so bad that I couldn't stand up, let alone walk back to their apartment.
But we did it........we finally got back, and I think I got to know a little
bit more of Christ's love for us. I did all of that just so a lady could
get baptized. I learned that in order to have success, we have to show
God that we want it. So that was awesome....till the next day.....when I
couldn't walk.
So on
Thursday was a zone meeting. That was good! We talked about having more
courage. I liked it a lot!
On
Friday, I couldn't walk very well, but I did my best and just hobbled around La
Junta. I realized that the people here just love to talk....because we
only got about 4 lessons in because they just kept talking and talking.
On
Saturday I was with one of the zone leaders, Elder Walker, because Elder
Goldsberry, our other zone leader, took Elder Hansen to Chihuahua because they
had to do some stuff over there. So we just worked and worked.
Also, there's like no youth leaders in this branch, so we do mutual with the
youth. So on Saturday we taught the youth a little gospel principle and then we
played some volleyball and basketball. There were only about 6 that came,
but they're all so cool. I love them all already!
Sunday
was also good! But I realized that the members of the branch are just nut
cases. They're cool, but they're all just different. We only had about 30
at church yesterday, and then we had ward counsel after, and there was just all
of them sucking on their suckers.....and I was thinking that it was odd.
They're all a little bit older, but they all act like little kids. And
then our Branch President actually comes up from Cuauhtemoc because there's not
anyone capable of being Branch President in La junta. But it was a really
fun day at church....and then for lunch the member had us help her make the
food. We made these cool tortilla things called Gorditas. SUPER GOOD! All
the members pretty much just give us beans and meat though. It's a really
poor place....but I love it!
So yeah,
that's been my crazy but awesome week. I love training Elder Hansen. He's
just so funny. He still doesn't know Spanish so when he talks sometimes
it just makes me laugh. Not because I'm making fun of him, but just because
he's that type of guy. He's super relax and cool! We've had a blast so
far. Like we'll be talking about something completely different, and then
he’ll invite the person to be baptized. Then he starts to speak Spanish
but doesn't know what more to say, so he tells me what he wanted to say. I love
it! It's just a crazy adventure every day!
We have
some pretty cool investigators, but there's just something really sad. We have
a little girl named Ailin who wants to be baptized. Her dad says it's fine, but
her mom, no. So we've just been super sad, because she always tells us,
"Please convince my mom! Please, please, please!" So we've been
really working with her mom but have come to no success. We’re going to fast
probably and do all we can to help her. But yeah....everything’s good so far in
La Junta!!!!
Also, I
saw that the latest I have to accept BYU is May 1st, so I'm going to pray a bit
and look at my options, and then I'll come to a decision in the next few weeks,
but thanks for everything mom, and fam!!! Thanks for helping me get to
this point in my life!!!! I love you all sooooo much!
Hope you all have a great week!!!! Take care and do your best in
everything!!!!
-Elder Loveless
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