Well
I must say the weeks go by really fast and I'm almost at 2
months this coming October 20th (8 weeks on the 15th)!
I'm not as preoccupied with this being two years
anymore and I'm having a lot of fun here as well. My companion is really cool and
we get along really well.
My generation of
missionaries come today (the ones that went to the MTC at the same time) and I am going to the presidents home as well with them
for dinner because I missed out. I think its kinda funny that I now have a month more experience in the field..
This past week was a lot of fun because we
are teaching some little kids the lessons at their homes and they are so funny! For
me, it is much harder to teach children the lessons than it is to teach
adults the lessons.
It seems my Spanish is getting better when i am just talking but in
lessons it just starts to stink.
The families we are teaching are all really nice people and I like
talking to them. Though this one family (Flia. H), where we teach the kids, the
brother of the dad who lives there does not have hands from his elbows
down. He seems to have a really hard time because his wife and family
left him because he lost his arms and not many people are nice enough to help
him. He is a really cool guy and when I have to shake his hand i shake
his elbow which is kinda funny but I really like this guy and I want to help
him out. We have been trying to motivate the members to want to do
missionary work by praying and fasting for opportunities to share the gospel
and it is slowly working but the members here are so awesome! Most of the homes where we teach
are just made of concrete and some are really small and compact and look poor
but some random people have nice TVs with PS3 or Xboxes
Well the expected amount of baptisms this month is 11
people! So every Saturday we are going to have a baptism! HOW COOL IS THAT!
Well, my message today that I would like to share is concerning ''Waiting on the
Lord''. And what I mean by that is: when we have trials or difficult tasks and we
need help but don't know what to do and are feeling down; we need to be
patient and hope that one day our Father in Heaven will answer our prayers in
his own time. So often we pray and pray but we want the prayer answered
right now. However, that is not always the case. We need to be like the
Savior when he was in Gethsemane when he felt alone and had to complete his
very difficult task. He asked his disciples to ''Watch with me'' three times!
Yet he was ultimately alone without the companionship of his disciples or his Father.
But he chose to drink the bitter cup and suffer our pains and
afflictions. He waited upon his Father, saying, ''Thy will be done'' and
continued on. I know if we but have faith, remain patient, and continue
moving forward in our trials, we will soon find the help and peace we need. Again, the key is
we must have faith in the Savior, because He knows how we feel and wants to help us! I know this from my recent experience - This past week I was feeling slightly hopeless with my abilities to
teach in Spanish but I prayed for the help to be better. I put my
trust in our Heavenly Father because I know he answers our prayers and at
the end of the week he answered my prayer and the answer was so simple.
Well I
hope everyone is happy and doing well! I pray for you all everyday and
night! I love you all and I'll talk to you again next week!
Elder
Wright
Here are some more random pictures that he sent:
GREEN COKE! - sweetened with Stevia
MTC companion in USC sweats
MTC District
Not sure if the shower should be clogged that high up!
Elder Parroquin and Elder Wright
It's easier to grow a bigote in Mexico!
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