Well, this week flew by, really really really fast... yesterday me and my comp were running through our numbers for the week and we both felt that we'd skipped days cause we couldn't believe it was Sunday! Not much to report this week. We have a few new people to teach but not enough. Were fighting with our ward to get refrences, its really hard to get them to give us a name, its like they don't want their friend in the celestial kingdom with them. We had a record attendence this week of 87!! We almost have enough to be considered a branch.. even though were a ward. They're still trying to find trust in our new bishop and new leadership. But its getting better, little by little.
My English class is in full swing. We have about 15 people there every Saturday, and the only thing they seem to learn is the slang... but thats alright, its english... Well, i permitted a bit of apostasy to go on in my class.. we start and end with a prayer... in english if they can. We had a young girl there for the first time and she volunteered to say it... I knew she couldnt do it in english, so I accepted Spanish... She did it in English... but said the lords Prayer.. Our father who art in heaven, hollowed be thy name,thy kingdom come... etc. I guess she memorized in in school... So yeah, im an apostasitic Elder that permitted such wickdness to go on in the house of the Lord... its okay though, the only one that understood was Elder Falslev, and we both had to choke back laughs.
Its really hard to program a baptism, and have it go through... our first baptism fell through cause the dad couldn't be there all of a sudden, and now we have to reschedule it for a while down the road.. about two weeks... they're a little upset, but there's nothing we could do.
Things are looking really good, Chacon and I are working better and better together. We are getting good at recognizing the spirit, and its the reason were doing so much better.
Not sure who the Elder in the middle is??
W/Elder Chacon
One cool story, we have a little family, very humble, very receptive.. The wife asked what happened if she drank after she was baptized... We told her there as always repentence but that she could get through whatever situation with the help of the holy ghost... She then told us that her, her sisters, and their mom who is special needs, go to their little field in the country and drink together. She told us it was really hard to say no in a situation like that. I was still trying to grasp the fact that her, and her sisters took beer to their mom to get drunk together. This lady was so sincere in telling us this though. It was really a concern that she wouldn't be able to get through that situation... Her husband just sat there shaking his head. She was so funny about it though, then we got spiritual with her and got it all taken care of. After we left, Chacon and I just laughed at the situation they put themselves in... all to have a good time and dance. We also found out that she couldn't read, she was so honest with us about it but told us her husband has been teaching her, and she can now read some of the headlines in the newspaper... both Chacon and I had the thought that the Book of Mormon was gonna help her to learn. I told her about the help of the Lord in things like these and how I was an example.. 5 months back I was lost.. but now, with the help of theLlord, im fluent in this language.. they were really surprised that I had only been speaking castillano for 5 months. But she really belived she could do it and is really determined now!!
So yeah, all is well, hope the same for you all!! Stay safe and keep on keeping on .
With love, Elder Wright.
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