Hola!
So lot's of
stuff....yeah not really. HOT AND HUMID. That's the
theme for this last week and definitely the upcoming 100+. Biking is so
fun! Not really though. Here's my address!
Finally remembered! 210 3rd St. West #3111 Bradenton, FL 34205. It's in
the Watermark apartments right next to manatee river. You can look at
the bridge just to the west of us that we bike everyday with 80 mph
winds at our faces.
So the work is picking back up. We had another baptism
yesterday! Felipe Sandoval is the man. Kid actually. He's 19. Friend of
the Santos family (Alex (18) and Neftaly (14)). AND Alex (has
had the priesthood for a month) did the baptism!! Awesome. Recent convert baptizing his best friend, and
what? Oh yeah we set a date with Alex's brother too, Jr. (he's 20) , for
the 12th of May, but we're going to try to move it up to next Sunday. A
couple weeks ago Jr. didn't even know or believe that God existed. Now
he wants to hang out with us, give us rides, learn new stuff. The change
in these people is insane. Felipe started out before I got here saying
that people only have religion to feel safe and he didn't believe in
God. Baptized. Alex and Neftaly didn't believe in God. Baptized. Jr.
believed in science. Baptism set. They're parents, father drinks
constantly and mother was the reason Alex and Neftaly didn't get
baptized for so long. Baptism set for 26 of May. This whole family is
being changed by this gospel. Jr. is seeing it in his brothers and he
wants the happiness they have. We all came home from church yesterday
and their mom was just sitting away watching tv and we all came in
laughing and smiling and Alex was so happy because he just baptized his
best friend, and so the mom sees their change, especially in Jr., and
she wants to be a part of it. The change that this gospel does in the
lives of everyone is insane to see first hand. We have another date for
the little sis. of Abi Sorto (beach baptism), her name's Angie Sorto and
is set for the 12th of May. Another guy we're working for a date if he
can quit drinking is the 19th of May. So stuff is starting to happen
again and it's crazy how it all just blew up all over again. Pretty
amazing to be a part of it all and see and feel all of these things that
can only be felt on this mission. Cray stuff.
Anyways....running races yeah? I miss running. Can't really do
it out here that much, just bike. But those races are way awesome! Way
to keep it up. By the end of my mission I can start doing 150 mile bike
races I'll have thighs of steel. I've been gone for a decent amount of time I
guess! It is so hard sometimes I'll be honest, but it's just the fact that I
have to accept this as my life now and I don't have any other option.
Because if home is an option in my head, during those hard times I'd be
on the plane. So I don't let that be an option. I heard of some of my
friends from high school coming home already and they were in the mtc
about the same time as me. Stinks to hear that. But it is the hardest
thing ever. I'm beginning to experience the difficulties of being with
the same person 24/7 for 3 months straight. It's quite
frustrating...basically a lot. He has mood swings like a roller coaster
and so I try to deal with it. And he doesn't really know how to say
things nicely? So everything he says now is like a command in a negative
way with a ton of "you're an idiot". Same if I ask him a question so I
just don't talk much in general anymore. And my spanish isn't really
growing because now he just does all the talking period, english and
spanish, so I don't talk much anymore, and then he gets mad at me for
making him do all the talking...right. Nice. I'm dealing with it though.
Trying to be positive ish.
Well keep up the awesome stuff!!
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