TUESDAY: Every Tuesday all the Spanish elders and sisters go
to the church to do language study so that is pretty neat! I feel like I learn
a lot! Then at 11:30 we have district meetings. I learned
how to better ask people to read the Book of Mormon. We call it the motive. We
show them how important the Book of Mormon is in their specific needs after we
give them the restoration lesson. Then we ask them to be baptized! After the
district meeting everyone meets in the kitchen for lunch. Somebody brought
super good pumpkin chocolate chip cookies! They were gone fast though... after
that we had 1 hour of fundamentals. After that we had a meeting but as usual,
it canceled... so we rode back home and went to the park and found another
potential investigator. We then rode back because we had English class but
nobody showed up after we waited there for an hour... then we rode back home
and Hermana Blancita gave us food like she does every Tuesday!
After that we went back to the park because I made a goal to never go home
before 9:00 starting today! We found someone at like 8:50 and we were able to
set up an appointment with him after playing basketball with him for like 20
min! Super cool guy!
WEDNESDAY: We
had a meeting today with all the missionaries who have been here for like 3 1/2
weeks. We got a ride from the sisters serving in Harrison and we headed off to
Morristown. It is super pretty there! It's a whole new world from where I
serve! We drove about 50 minutes to get there. Once I got there I saw my MTC
companion and he is the only one that I haven't seen here in the field! Out of
the people that were in my MTC district. It was super cool to see him! He's an
awesome missionary! I also saw my friend Elder Marz, he always set a great
example to me in the MTC on how to always be obedient and the blessings will follow. We learned how to plan better and how to
contact people better which was super helpful! Only the trainees were in the
room with the Mission President and we all talked about struggles we have had here and how
we received help and that was pretty cool. After having lunch, we headed home
and had our appointment cancel so we rode our bikes a couple miles to contact
in Harrison. We got 1 more potential while we were there! Then on the way home
my back tire almost came off and the back section of my bike was just ruined.
The ball bearings were falling out so I had to walk my bike home 2 miles. Since
my bike broke and we had to walk we missed an appointment... well that evening
we taught a guy at the park who sincerely cared about the people and was crying
because of how bad the world has become and wished to help everyone. He was
super nice and now he is another potential we have!
THURSDAY: since
my bike broke we had to leave right after breakfast in order to make it to our
appointment on time. We had a good lesson about the importance of the Book of
Mormon. Then we came home and did some language study and had lunch. I always
make super solid lunches! The Portuguese elders moved out today so now we need
to sweep and clean up the mess they made and clean the places where their beds
used to be! After lunch we had a service project and it was to play games with
elderly people in a retirement home! Me and Elder Santana played battleship
with Steve! Whenever I would say "you got me, or you're winning!" He
would just simply say. "I know" haha he was super cool! After that we
had dinner at a member’s house and it was decent... it was a slab of meat, a
half cooked egg just like my dad likes it (I'm embarrassed to say this dad but
it was actually pretty good. Sorry for always making fun of you when you ate
them like that.) also plantains which I get fed a lot here, (I don't like them
at all) then there was rice and an avocado. Which aren't bad but aren't good.
After that we had English class. They would work on 1 word for minutes... it's
hard to watch them try and pronounce a letter or a word. It takes most of the
class to say a whole sentence! It makes me feel better about my Spanish and
they always say my Spanish is the same as most elders who have been here like
6 months! Some have even said a year! Through the day we were asking members for
a little money to help us get a new bike and they were more than willing to
give. The people here are amazing!! We saved up 60$!
Good
Not so good
FRIDAY: Today
was a pretty cool day! I am so thankful for the members who would give us money
to help us get a new bike! A member told us he would drive us to Walmart to get
a bike and to be ready by 11:00. So we were! And 11:00 came and he changed the
time to 11:30-12:00 so we waited till 11:30 and
12:00. Then he finally came at 1:00 but I was still so
happy that he was willing to drive us to Walmart since it would be about a 90-minute
walk! We got to Walmart and I got a super cool $83 mountain bike! I was so
thankful for the people who helped me get it! Then we got home and did weekly
planning and me and my companion set up a lot of goals that I feel will help us
be better missionaries! While he called people I got the Portuguese room and
cleaned it all up and got all the exercise stuff and made a decent little work
out room that I plan on using every day and lifting weights so I don't get fat!
Talking about getting fat, for dinner we went to Elm Street BBQ and it was
super good as always. We together ordered the $13 plate but instead gave us one
that was $18... oh well. It rained most of the day but a lot of time the rain
is more like mist here. That evening we helped an investigator named Hans play
dominoes.
SATURDAY: Today
was the first part of the 186th general conference! We rode our bikes to church
after our studies. We left at 11:30 and had about a 25 min ride so made it just
before 12 when the first session started. I loved the talk by Neil l Anderson!
It had a lot to do with missionary work. Then for the second session a member
handed out candy and I got mamba and tootsie rolls! The second session was
super good and I saw my friend Kyle Larson in the choir singing! That was
pretty funny! It was crazy when people opposed the prophet! Anyway I loved the
talk given by Kazuhiko Yamashita. If you haven't heard it then go listen to it!
Also I loved the one given by Dallin H Oaks! I filled a whole page taking notes
on his talk! After that Hans picked us up and drove around for like an hour...
then went to a bakery and they got food but I didn't because everything is
expensive and I'm still cheap! ;) we got back to the church and listened to
priesthood session and it was kind of sad not to do it with all my cousins and
family like we usually do but hey. I was with a bunch of elders! I loved the
talk given by Le Grand Curtis Jr. and the talk given by Dieter F Uchtdorf! I
learned so much on how we can help people and about how we need to serve
everyone and judge no one, and how we need to open our mouth to everyone! I
learned a lot more than that. Those are just a few of the things!
SUNDAY: we
started the day with normal personal and comp study then we had lunch and went
to the church. We started watching conference at 12:00 and in the first session I loved the
talks by Lynn G Robbins, Henry B Eyring, and many more. We aren't supposed to
judge people because none of us are perfect. We are supposed to do all we can
to help and love people. Help them by using Christlike attributes. In the
second session I loved David A Bednar, Carl B Cook, and Dale G Renlund. There
were so many talks this conference on the atonement, serving others, finding
joy, having faith, missionary work, the importance and the power of the Book of
Mormon, and many more! Watching conference here on a mission is a whole new
experience! You look at the talks and everything in a whole new way! I wish we
had general conference every week! I felt so good while listening to the
speakers! I'm so blessed to be here on a mission to serve and teach the people
here in New Jersey. Remember to read the Book of Mormon and pray as a family
every day! There were lots of talks about how that will be a huge blessing to
all those that do. I love you all and remember when things in life get too hard
to stand on your feet, go to your knees in prayer.
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