It feels SO good to be back in Sayaxché! I'm not a big fan of that trip at all! It is WAY too long! We finally got back to Sayaxché at about 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday! It was WAY too long of a trip as I said. We had set plans at 3 and 4, but they fell through. Lame. We had our missionary correlation though, which was good.
On Wednesday we had our district meeting in the morning, we got invited by members to lunch, sweet, and then had a few citas in the afternoon.
Thursday morning was normal, just study time, and int he afternoon we had a couple citas and the Tarde de Hermanamiento. It turned out really fun! It could be a good idea for any of you to do in FHE or a ward or mutual activity, or whatever. Everyone gets in a circle and you give a "punishment" to your neighbor. So everyone whispers to their neighbor something silly to do, sing a song, tell a joke, do the sound of an animal, walk across the room like a crab, grabbing their ankles, whatever type of silly thing you can think of for your neighbor to do. After everyone whispers the punishment to their neighbor you read in Matthew the Golden Rule! Matthew 7:¿12? "Do unto others as ye would have done unto you..." So the good joke is that everyone has to do the punishment they said! So if I told Spencer to quack like a duck, I have to quack like a duck, etc! It's just a silly game that you can plan but it gets the message across and keeps a "spiritual" side. It turned out pretty funny!
On Friday we had a GREAT lesson with Evelyn Guillermo! From my journal; "... what a great lesson/visit we had with her! Last night she read the chapter we had left for her, Moroni 8, and the pamphlet - The Plan of Salvation. They both were very interesting to her, she really liked them, she even marked a couple things she liked in Moroni 8. She is truly studying the Book of Mormon, As we talked about baptism of children she said she believes what is written int eh Book of Mormon, in part because it's written. Although she didn't exactly mention it, I know she feels it as well. Somehow the conversation led to the death of her father and the scars it has left, but also the peace and hope she found as she read about the Plan of Salvation. Party because of sadness she cried, but also from the Spirit. Throughout the whole lesson I just felt a constant Spirit with us, confirming these truths. Evelyn is beginning to FEEL that our message is true. I asked her if she will prepare to be baptized, and she said yes. She awaits that moment. She already has so many of our beliefs and standards. When we invited her to church, to our surprise, just like everythign else she said, "I read about that last night". Today she seemed more sure than ever that she WANTS to go to church and told her kids to not plan anything to be able to go. I felt SO good in that lesson. I know that God loves each of his children."
Saturday was also a pretty good day, and then there was Sunday!!! AWESOME!! Awesome because we had a lesson at around 6 and on the way there we just got our shoes COVERED in mud! I've got a GREAT video for when I get home of how muddy it was! I really enjoyed it :) It was a good fast and testimony meeting and there were a lot of people who shared their testimonies!
Love,
Elder Andrew A. LaPray
On Wednesday we had our district meeting in the morning, we got invited by members to lunch, sweet, and then had a few citas in the afternoon.
Thursday morning was normal, just study time, and int he afternoon we had a couple citas and the Tarde de Hermanamiento. It turned out really fun! It could be a good idea for any of you to do in FHE or a ward or mutual activity, or whatever. Everyone gets in a circle and you give a "punishment" to your neighbor. So everyone whispers to their neighbor something silly to do, sing a song, tell a joke, do the sound of an animal, walk across the room like a crab, grabbing their ankles, whatever type of silly thing you can think of for your neighbor to do. After everyone whispers the punishment to their neighbor you read in Matthew the Golden Rule! Matthew 7:¿12? "Do unto others as ye would have done unto you..." So the good joke is that everyone has to do the punishment they said! So if I told Spencer to quack like a duck, I have to quack like a duck, etc! It's just a silly game that you can plan but it gets the message across and keeps a "spiritual" side. It turned out pretty funny!
On Friday we had a GREAT lesson with Evelyn Guillermo! From my journal; "... what a great lesson/visit we had with her! Last night she read the chapter we had left for her, Moroni 8, and the pamphlet - The Plan of Salvation. They both were very interesting to her, she really liked them, she even marked a couple things she liked in Moroni 8. She is truly studying the Book of Mormon, As we talked about baptism of children she said she believes what is written int eh Book of Mormon, in part because it's written. Although she didn't exactly mention it, I know she feels it as well. Somehow the conversation led to the death of her father and the scars it has left, but also the peace and hope she found as she read about the Plan of Salvation. Party because of sadness she cried, but also from the Spirit. Throughout the whole lesson I just felt a constant Spirit with us, confirming these truths. Evelyn is beginning to FEEL that our message is true. I asked her if she will prepare to be baptized, and she said yes. She awaits that moment. She already has so many of our beliefs and standards. When we invited her to church, to our surprise, just like everythign else she said, "I read about that last night". Today she seemed more sure than ever that she WANTS to go to church and told her kids to not plan anything to be able to go. I felt SO good in that lesson. I know that God loves each of his children."
Saturday was also a pretty good day, and then there was Sunday!!! AWESOME!! Awesome because we had a lesson at around 6 and on the way there we just got our shoes COVERED in mud! I've got a GREAT video for when I get home of how muddy it was! I really enjoyed it :) It was a good fast and testimony meeting and there were a lot of people who shared their testimonies!
Love,
Elder Andrew A. LaPray
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