Hope everyone is doing well and that the week has treated you well. This week was so hard, and we had so many hard moments, but the Lord blessed us with many miracles at the end.
First off, we spent a LOT of time knocking doors and setting appointments this week. In fact, we went 9 days without teaching a single lesson to anyone. That destroyed us.
It was really hard since we set a lot of appointments, but not a single one panned out. They all fell, and the people one by one blew us off with our appointments.
On Tuesday, we had spent a really long time knocking doors and getting rejection, and finally, we knocked on a door and the guy really just kinda started arguing us, and it just felt terrible. We testified and just got out of the situation as fast as we could. Afterwards however, I just felt so dark and sad about everything. I just set my bike down and just got on my knees and prayed in the dirt right there begging for strength to do the work. The mission really is humbling.
Just have to say one thing, this area has been very humbling for me. We have had a lot of stressful things happen, and it has been hard, but we have worked to get our investigators, and we have been chugging along.
However, this week, basically all of our investigators dropped us, or we found out they have no interest, etc. That was one of the hardest things to happen to us, since that has happened three or four times in my time in this area. With all of the stress, I basically had a full blown panic/anxiety attack, and President had me call the mission counselor, and she told me that I am overworking and that I have to slow down how much I'm working. That is not something I like accepting haha.
Needless to say, for a few days I felt about as dark as I have ever felt. It was some of the hardest days I´ve had in my life.
However, despite the difficulties, the Lord ALWAYS pulls us out.
After 9 days of not teaching anyone, we had one of the best teaching days I have had on my entire mission.
So, Sunday after church, we got to teach Jenifer, the sister of a recent convert, who is 15, and she goes to church all the time, but she has had a really hard time accepting the baptismal invitation. However, yesterday, we talked about the Book of Mormon, and the spirit was really strong and we could just feel it really really strongly. We asked her if she had faith in the Book of Mormon, and she nodded affirmatively. Then, we asked, ¨Pondrá su fé en el Salvador y seguir su ejemplo a ser bautizada por alguien que posea la autoridad del sacerdocio de Dios?¨ and the spirit was way strong, and she ACCEPTED!!! WOOOOOO! We were way happy, and the Lord blessed us immensely.
Then, we got to go to a member´s house to teach their next door neighbors, Daniel and Alejandra. It was an awesome lesson and the spirit was really strong. They were super attentive, friendly, and accepting, and they like bore their own testimonies of the power of prayer. It was AMAZING and we will teach them next sunday.
Finally, we went to a member´s house to ask for some references, and when we showed up, their brother, who is not a member, was sitting there. He wanted us to teach him, so we just went in and got to teach a little lesson and they want the missionaries to go to their house in Cordoba! It was amazing!!!!! The Lord blessed us so abundantly.
Funny
We were on the bus, and Elder Sorenson squatted to put something in his bag, and the bus driver hit the breaks. Elder Sorenson fell over and hit this little kid, and pushed him off to the side. The poor kid looked terrified hahaha.
We were going to the house of some investigators, and a drunk guy stopped us. LIKE WASTED. But, he liked us for some reason (Like all drunk people here) and took us to his house, riding his bike, which was quite impressive to see. We then took a picture and he invited us to come to his house one day. Maybe when he´s not wasted haha.
We went to a bakery on Saturday, and I was with another Elder from california, Elder Freeman. We walked up to the counter, and I asked the girl behind the counter how much the bread cost.
¨Cuanto salen sus tortitas?¨
She giggles
¨Cuanto salen sus tortitas?¨
she giggles
¨Cuanto salen sus tortitas?¨
she giggles
Me (to elder Freeman) ¨She is SUCH A SNAKE¨
Her: ¨Salen A bailar? Tienen novias? Salen con chicas?¨ (Do you have girlfriends??)
Us: ¨No, how much does your bread cost?¨
The Argentine Girl just could not handle the two incredibly handsome, strappling califronia boys standing in her midst hahahaha. Just kidding.
It rained really really really hard Wednesday and we had no rain stuff. That and dirt roads is really fun hahahaha.
Overall, this week was way hard, but ended well. We are now working so close with the ward to kick the area into gear, but the investigators are so low, and we are having a hard time finding them. However, the Lord always delivers.
I love you guys!
Elder Conover
We photo bombed this families picture.
We photo bombed this families picture.
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