 |
| Just a typical day on the mission. |
Familia y Amigos,
I hope that all of you guys had a
super great Thanksgiving, I am very thankful for all of you and all that you do
for me. This week was a pretty good one, and by pretty good I mean it was
the usual stuff, and nothing too bad happened. We didn’t end up having consejo,
and we decided to get to work in the area and not lose too much time in
Bluefields, so I didn’t go either.
I’m not going to go day by day here
because it was about the same. There was a lot of contacting and trying
to find cool people that would go to church. We found a good number of
people throughout the week that accepted us, a fecha bautismal (baptismal date)
and were kind. But of course then Satan tempts on Sunday morning so not a
ton of them came. We have found that people here just don’t really
understand a couple of things, one of them being commitments, another being
commandments. We have been really trying to simplify our teaching and to
try and help them understand, it has kind of been working, but not a ton.
We feel like the people don’t really understand the concept of God, so we are
starting from the beginning. It is interesting to see that a country that
is so "religious" has a hard time accepting that God controls
everything and is willing to bless us if we keep His commandments. We are
trying to help the people understand so they can receive the fullness of the
gospel, but there are some hard hearted people here. :)
On Thursday it was Thanksgiving and
let me tell you it was the most penoso (pitiful) Thanksgiving ever. We
started off the day eating some pumpkin bread, that was good. hahah We
got 100 extra cordobas each ( a little under 4 dollars) to spend on Thanksgiving
"dinner" (ended up being lunch) as a zone. So the whole zone is
latinos, and there is nothing to do here in Juigalpa so we just ordered pizza
for the zone. Super lame but whatever! We lucked out because Elder
Merrill had a friend from Managua who works for the church who was going to be
out here working at the church, so he took us out to a super nice restaurant and
bought us a nice dinner. It didn’t end up being too big of a bust, and we
had a good time so that is what matters!
Friday I went out to Boaco for
district meeting, taught about how they can get to know better their
investigators and complete efficiently. Eficacia (efficiency) has been a big
focus of mine and Elder Merrill's lately, and the missionaries are having a
hard time with that too. I’m glad my dad always taught me that we should
get the job done right the first time, so we don’t have to worry about doing it
over again. Good life lesson.
I really enjoyed studying 3 Nefi 27
this week, I would encourage you all to go and read it, along with the JST of
Matthew 16. I like verse 26 that talks about how we have to reject every
worldly desire, and keep the commandments to be able to follow Jesus Christ. We
need to change the things that we don’t want to change to be able to have
success in our lives. I know that if we do it we will be blessed.
I hope all of you have a great week,
enjoying the Christmas season. Love you all,
Elder Hanson
 |
| Elder Merrill and his friend from Managua |
 |
| A mission can really wear you out sometimes! |
No comments:
Post a Comment