I had to spend $75 as you can probably see on my credit card -- My backpack broke this week and I figured I'd spend a little more and get a waterproof backpack because it really saves the materials inside when it rains out here. I hope that was ok. My dad knows and will probably take care of it.
This week went quite well! We had some good lessons with a few less actives, one family being another of the Morel's. Ami Morel fed us lunch and we had a lesson with her. Everything went great, she said she was a little sick so she might not come to church; she didn't end up going, but we still ran into her on Sunday.... when she got home from New York... I think that's one of the most frustrating parts of missionary work! Do these people think that they're "all set" as they say out here? I feel like a parent and his children, he knows what's best for them but they don't want to listen. I think that the prophecy of Christ telling people "Apartate de mi, obrero de iniquidad, nunca te conoci" is a promise given to us as members as well if we are not willing to try to make Christ happy and proud of us. I made another stupid move, I think I need to work on patience, I got a little heated with the relief society president this week and I feel kind of bad. She was telling me all these excuses why people aren't going to want to come to a fireside because it's more gas, or it's late, or early, or they work or this that and the other. I then, firmly but quietly stated "Si quieren hablar de sacrificio, que hablen conmigo. yo lo deje todo para servir al senor. Hay otras cosas que podria estar haciendo." I could have been more tactful, but I think she actually did take to it a little, even though I was kind of a jerk. Now I'll know not to do that again. Better now than with my kids haha.
This week I used an example of a gift to explain how the atonement works with someone on the street, and I think it really helped. I said, "If I give you a gift, something that I just think you'll love, and then you take it, trash it, don't care for it, and literally just put it in the garbage, am I going to want to give you more gifts? Probably not. Do I want to? Probably, I want you to be happy, I want you to have these gifts, but unless you treat it with respect, I wouldn't give you anything else. That's how the atonement of Jesus Christ works -- he gave us a wonderful gift, now we need to show him that we appreciate it."
We got a new investigator yesterday, her name is Gisena and she is from Mexico! It's good to teach a central american again, I love teaching people from central america / south america. She has little to no knowledge of things religious so we take more time than usual to teach her so we can go step by step. Line by line, precept upon precept, as our Lord put it. We have our second lesson with her tomorrow. She's probably one of the first people that said "I'd like it if you came back" to us haha.
Amanda hopefully gets home today. I fear that a week and a half in New York hasn't helped the repentance process, but I am praying hard. Cynthia is hopefully going to get included into the singles ward this week, but honestly I don't blame her if she doesn't as it's about a 30 mile drive whereas she can go to Quaker Hill spanish that's only 5 miles away. But, de todos modos we are hoping she will continue her path back into the fold.
I love being here, it's an eye-opener. I pray that the Lord may bless each of you this week.
LOOK FOR MISSIONARY OPPORTUNITIES!
-Elder Conner Allred
I thought you'd like these pictures of our neighbors calico who has grown quite fond of me haha. She tries to run into our apartment.
Oh and yes there's a chance I could go to boston. I may actually recieve a new mission call because our call will be the Boston Massachusetts mission. :S
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