The Work Goes On.....

Well, not much happened this week. We had a companion exchange, so i was with Elder Reyes from Honduras for a couple days. He's a good missionary, says some funny stuff at times, and wants to know everything he can about everyone he meets, especially their little details... but then forgets their names. So had a good time with him.

Our investigators are stalling a bit, baptisms have ben put off, again, but thats how it goes. We keep working and helping them along. One of our investigators really opened up to us this week. She told us that she believed that Jesus and God were sinners as well... we told her that the sacrafice had to be perfect and if Jesus was imperfect, the atonement wouldn't have worked for us.. and we know that it worked so he was obviously perfect. But I think she's really starting to get it all. She's the only one of our investigators that is reading the Book of Mormon like we asked her too. But she's slow to pray about it. We think she might know though. Everyone else was out of town this week.. so we contacted a lot of families.. like 41 families.. most dont live in our area, but the other areas hopefully will get some new families cause we were able to talk to them and give the invitation.

This week is Carnival!! Which means I, as a gringo, have to watch my back and always have a water baloon in my bag, and a water gun on my hip. And look out for the matacholas ( roughly translated means ''killer field/country woman'') They carry around nylon stockings with a rock or fruit in them with a whole bunch of baby powder. Like they do in prisons with a sock and a bar of soap. They call their weapon matacholas as well so its not just the killer field women, but everyone who has one. So yeah they wail on people and they have a certain desire to kill gringos. So this week ill be fighting for my life. Pray for me. Supposedly the drunks get worse as well, really really bad. And im told  they pee everywhere and get in lots of fights. They cant hold their fire water. So yeah, its all a big party!! With lots of dancing and parades! 

Thats about all I got to say this week, hope y'all are well. I love you guys, when you're thinking you dont have time to do your calling, remember who gave you the time you have. I've had to teach this lesson to a lot this week, so I hope my people back home understand it.

 

-Elder Wright

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