Thanks to all of the family and friends that keep up on the adventures of Andrew. You're support means alot!!
Time keeps on slippin' slippin' slippin', into the future! (Good song!)
Tomorrow I hit 24 weeks, 2 weeks shy of 6 months. Can you believe that almost 6 months have already gone by just like THAT. SO fast and it all just went away... It's really not that much time, but at the same time it feels like a lot. I know it seems like I write about time a lot, but when you're on a mission you end up thinking about time a lot... everything you do is related to time! I'll try not to write about time all of the time.. but I'll definitely talk about time again in 2 weeks when I hit 6 months!
I forgot to say that last Pday we went to the dentist with Elder Proctor and Elder Plata, and while we were waiting for them, we got to watch UP! It was so awesome! And it was super funny! I also bought 12 ties for Q55... which is less than a dollar a tie! It was so dope!
We did a lot of service this week with Elder Proctor and Elder Plata helping different people build their houses and stuff like that. Basically... we moved a ton of dirt so that we could uncover some pipes (PVC tubes for sewage) and then move a pila (their sink thing) so that we could make sure that the water was going through because the pipes had been clogged up with dirt. It took quite a long time. But, it was pretty fun I guess.
On Wednesday we had divisions with Elder Wadsworth (DL) and his companion Elder Yocum. I went up to their area, Llanos, with Elder Yocum, who is in my group (same time in the mission as me). It's a really beautiful area and I liked it a lot. Right off the bat we had a 30ish minute walk to get to one of their areas so that we could talk and we had some good lessons, talked to a guy and played his guitar, had a lesson with a member and his soon to be wife (going to get baptized!!) and had a lesson with a family who is getting ready to be baptized this saturday. It was a great division and I enjoyed my time with Elder Yocum! It's always a refresher to work with someone else and to teach different people in a different way!
I always feel weird going through a play-by-play of my days, like it's probably boring, but I also feel really weird if I'm all preachy or if I just talk about the way I feel all the time and I never want to complain in emails... so I'll just keep doing mini play-by-plays I guess. The other day Alejandro (from Familia Hernandez) told us he had a dream once where he was baptized. He had this dream right after praying to know if he should be baptized. He said that in his dream he saw himself being baptized by Elder Nelson, he saw me baptizing his mom, and he saw some missionary he didn't know baptizing his little brother Carlitos(carlitos is 7, so he hasn't been baptized yet, hence the reason he didn't know the missionary [in my opinion]). I thought it was a really cool answer to a prayer. I know that for a lot of people in the US it sounds weird or a little unusual to receive an answer to a prayer in the form of a dream, but it is actually VERY common in Latin America, and I think, as my zone leader once said, that the Lord communicates with different peoples in different ways, to adapt to their traditions and how He knows they will accept these answers.
On Friday I became an all around fix it again and we helped an inactive family fix their car. Kay, well, I really didn't do anything since I know nothing about cars... I turned the key while Elder Plata did pretty much everything (he was a mechanic before his mission). And then after that we had lunch with a super less active family in their area eating Platanos (plantains), beans, and of course, the small block of cheese. It actually wasn't too bad... but I wouldn't say that I enjoyed it. I did eat it though :)
We did more service on Saturday morning, but I don't want to bore you with that. After the service the member gave us food... they were these taco things... tortillas with repollo(lettuce) and some pork. I definitely don't think the lettuce was washed and pork isn't exaclty the safest meat to eat in Guatemala... but I ate it and I hope I don't die soon :) We had the baptism of Elsa and Alejandro today!(familia Hernandez)! There weren't many people at the baptism... excluding them and missionaries, 4 others. I felt so bad! Right before the ordinance we had 6 more show up though, which I was extremely grateful for! I performed with baptismal ordinance for Hna Elsa and Elder Nelson for Alejandro. The going down part for Hna. Elsa was fine... coming back up was a little harder. Her feet slipped from under her and she couldn't get standing back up. It was awful! Luckily, we are all okay!
This morning Elder Proctor told me a really awesome quote from Brigham Young I want to share with you before peacing out for the week... "Every trial and experience you have passed through is necessary for your salvation". Sometimes our trials are INCREDIBLY difficult and we don't understand WHY it has to happen to us, but, I am reminded of another story from Hugh B. Brown, related by D. Todd Christofferson in the May 2011 Conference... although we may think that we have everything all figured and we our doing perfectly fine... the Lord is our Gardener, and sometimes He cuts us down, because He knows what He wants us to become.
Love, Elder Andrew Anderson LaPray
Monday, August 8, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
July 18, 2011
So, this week are the CHANGES. BIG NEWS... I'm going to POLOCHIC TO LEARN q'eqchi'
...just kidding. We don't know who goes where or who our companions are until Wednesday. I don't have a change, but Elder Nelson does, So, this Wednesday I will officially get my second companion in the mission... I don't know if it will be a Gringo or a Latino... I'll let you all know next week... But for the record, I AM getting a new companion this week.
So, Monday night we had an FHE with the familia Godines... it was absolutely awful. There were so many things that went wrong it's not even funny. But, on the way home we stopped by a member family´s house because it was the daughter's 6 year birthday. So, upon opening the door, little 6 year old Kimberly saw us, walked right up to me and hugged me around the waist. It was so cute and it melted my heart! I felt bad that alll I had to give her for a birthday present were some cookies, but she was so happy and it literally made my day!
On Tuesday, we had a really good lesson with Jessica that night in which she told us about some of the problems she has had and has at home, and so we shared a couple scriptures with her to help her out. I shared Moroni 8:26(look it up) which tells us how the Spirit of God can fill us with hope and love, to comfort us in times of need if we pray for him to be with us. Elder Nelson then shared Alma 7:11-12(look it up) to talk about how the Atonement of Jesus Christ covers ALL of the pains, trials, and afflicitions we have in this life, so that Christ knows EXACTLY how to succor us (give us comfort and aid).
I had a cold on Wednesday-Today, so I don't have a lot of stories from Thursday-Today, but I'll share what I have. On Thursday night we took the papers for the familia Beltran to get married to a member, Javier, who has been helping us a little with the marriage. We were at their house for about a hour and a half and it just so happens that Javier has a guitar... and he let me play it. It was SO fantastic!!! I really miss playing the guitar. It felt like home for a minute.
Friday (the 15th) was my HALF BIRTHDAY! That's about it. We saw a few people, but no experiences to share... However, Saturday was the MARRIAGE OF THE FAMILIA BELTRAN! They have been waiting for almost FIVE years to be able to get married and We were FINALLY able to get it done. Francisco and Marisol have been married and this Saturday, the 23rd of July, at 6 pm, they will be baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and on Sunday morning they will recieve the gift of the Holy Ghost. How incredible is this church? They are a testimony to ME of the truthfulness of this gospel. They have waiting SO long for this opportunity because they KNOW that this is the only true church on the face of the earth and one year from This Sunday, they will be able to go to the Temple of God and be sealed for time and all eternity. I am SO happy for them and I feel blessed to have been a part of their incredible journey! They will forever be a testimony to me.
Sunday was a big day back home, and not too big here in Guatemala. Several times I thought of my best friend, back in Idaho Falls, getting ready to give his farewell and giving his farewell, and getting ready to come here and spread the gospel with me! I know that he did great and I am so proud OF him and excited FOR him. For thos of you who don't know him or didn't go to his farewell, he shared an incredible story that I want to share with you (Brock, I hope I do it justice). There was an olympic runner, who had been training for this race for years. He was leading the back as he rounded the corner for the last 100 meters, when he collapsed on the track and could not finish the race. The man's father jumped down from the stand and helped carry his Son across the finish line. What an incredible story. We are all the olympic runner and Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ are our Father to help us finish the race. When we literally can go no farther, Jesus Christ, through the Infinite Atonement, will help us cross the finish line so that we can finish the race and return to our Heavenly Father.
I promise that the Atonement of Jesus Christ is real and that through this incredible gift, we can be comforted in times of joy, or in the moments of our deepest despair. Jesus Christ is our Elder Brother, Our Savior, Our Redeemer, and Our Advocate with the Father and He is ALWAYS cheering us on until the very end, and if we seek Him, He WILL help us.
Love, Elder Andrew Anderson LaPray
...just kidding. We don't know who goes where or who our companions are until Wednesday. I don't have a change, but Elder Nelson does, So, this Wednesday I will officially get my second companion in the mission... I don't know if it will be a Gringo or a Latino... I'll let you all know next week... But for the record, I AM getting a new companion this week.
So, Monday night we had an FHE with the familia Godines... it was absolutely awful. There were so many things that went wrong it's not even funny. But, on the way home we stopped by a member family´s house because it was the daughter's 6 year birthday. So, upon opening the door, little 6 year old Kimberly saw us, walked right up to me and hugged me around the waist. It was so cute and it melted my heart! I felt bad that alll I had to give her for a birthday present were some cookies, but she was so happy and it literally made my day!
On Tuesday, we had a really good lesson with Jessica that night in which she told us about some of the problems she has had and has at home, and so we shared a couple scriptures with her to help her out. I shared Moroni 8:26(look it up) which tells us how the Spirit of God can fill us with hope and love, to comfort us in times of need if we pray for him to be with us. Elder Nelson then shared Alma 7:11-12(look it up) to talk about how the Atonement of Jesus Christ covers ALL of the pains, trials, and afflicitions we have in this life, so that Christ knows EXACTLY how to succor us (give us comfort and aid).
I had a cold on Wednesday-Today, so I don't have a lot of stories from Thursday-Today, but I'll share what I have. On Thursday night we took the papers for the familia Beltran to get married to a member, Javier, who has been helping us a little with the marriage. We were at their house for about a hour and a half and it just so happens that Javier has a guitar... and he let me play it. It was SO fantastic!!! I really miss playing the guitar. It felt like home for a minute.
Friday (the 15th) was my HALF BIRTHDAY! That's about it. We saw a few people, but no experiences to share... However, Saturday was the MARRIAGE OF THE FAMILIA BELTRAN! They have been waiting for almost FIVE years to be able to get married and We were FINALLY able to get it done. Francisco and Marisol have been married and this Saturday, the 23rd of July, at 6 pm, they will be baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and on Sunday morning they will recieve the gift of the Holy Ghost. How incredible is this church? They are a testimony to ME of the truthfulness of this gospel. They have waiting SO long for this opportunity because they KNOW that this is the only true church on the face of the earth and one year from This Sunday, they will be able to go to the Temple of God and be sealed for time and all eternity. I am SO happy for them and I feel blessed to have been a part of their incredible journey! They will forever be a testimony to me.
Sunday was a big day back home, and not too big here in Guatemala. Several times I thought of my best friend, back in Idaho Falls, getting ready to give his farewell and giving his farewell, and getting ready to come here and spread the gospel with me! I know that he did great and I am so proud OF him and excited FOR him. For thos of you who don't know him or didn't go to his farewell, he shared an incredible story that I want to share with you (Brock, I hope I do it justice). There was an olympic runner, who had been training for this race for years. He was leading the back as he rounded the corner for the last 100 meters, when he collapsed on the track and could not finish the race. The man's father jumped down from the stand and helped carry his Son across the finish line. What an incredible story. We are all the olympic runner and Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ are our Father to help us finish the race. When we literally can go no farther, Jesus Christ, through the Infinite Atonement, will help us cross the finish line so that we can finish the race and return to our Heavenly Father.
I promise that the Atonement of Jesus Christ is real and that through this incredible gift, we can be comforted in times of joy, or in the moments of our deepest despair. Jesus Christ is our Elder Brother, Our Savior, Our Redeemer, and Our Advocate with the Father and He is ALWAYS cheering us on until the very end, and if we seek Him, He WILL help us.
Love, Elder Andrew Anderson LaPray
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
July 4, 2011
So, this week I finally have more time in the field than I was in the MTC/CCM combined! I will complete 10 weeks in the fieldthis Wednesday if I am not mistaken. That seems like a lot, ish.... By the way, HAPPY 4th OF JULY AMERICA! Obiously, we don't exactly celebrate that here in Guatemala, but the gringos (white people) have been enjoying it. I celebebrated the wonderfulness of America by singing patriotic songs, saying the Pledge of Allegiance to a flag in the bus, and eating a nice delicious McPollo(McChicken) from McCdonald's with large friends and a sprite. God Bless our country (and the work in Guatemala!)
It feels like I was writing home just yesterday and that there isn't much to add... but I guess I'll tell you. I can't ever remember what I wrote in the week before, but obviously I mentioned that I went to the temple and that it was awesome, right? I love the opporunity I have to attend the temple and perform the work for the dead and learn more about God's plan for His children and it helps with Spanish too!
So Tuesday night, Pday last week, I went to bed at about 9:10 and slept like a rock! It was wonderful! At 8 a.m. on Wednesday we went over to the bishop's house to do some service... we used shovels to move a pile of sand, gravel, and a whole bunch of other junk from a pile in the center of the roof to a pile in the CORNER of the roof. Such a Guat thing to do... afterwards his wife, Paola, made us breakfast... blended black beans, eggs, and bread, the Guatemalan breakfast. I am finally being convinced that the mission has changed my eating habits. Anyone who knew me before knows how picky I was and that I barely ate anything... now I eat like a pig and I'll eat MOST anything if someone gives it to me(not that I like it, just that I eat it). But I'm still not a fan of beans.
We also got a new Elder in our district today. His name is Paul Wadsworth and he is from Ammon, ID!! That's right, represent! I didn't know him before the mission, but we know a LOT of the same people from Hillcrest so that is pretty cool and his grandparents I believe our in our home ward, or at least in our stake (Jerry and somebody Wadsworth?) Today we put a baptismal date with the family Hernandez for the 16th of July! Hna. Elsa is really ready to be baptized! We've been working with them since my first week in the field! Wednesday marked the official change of Pres. Torres to Pres. Watts!
So Thursday evening we had a lesson with Jessica, our recent convert, and ended up reading from the Book of Mormon with her in Alma 7 talking about the Atonement and how it can help us with our everyday problems and challenges. Afterwards we asked her how she could ask for Heavenly Father's help and like usual she just sat there and kind of giggled and after about a minute her old aunt said, (in a loud irritated voice) "La oración, vos!" which roughly translates to "Prayer, Dude!" with an implied "duh!". It was SO funny and we made jokes in vos after that (which is informal speaking, but it helped ease the situation to talk in the informal "you" instead of the formal "you"). Good times!
I also had an interesting experience with blessings that night. We gave 4 that day, one of health to a little boy named Oscar, (Jessica's nephew), Francisca (jessica´s old aunt) and then one of comfort to Jessica. After that we gave another one of health to Hna. María José... however I couldn't bless her that everything would be just perfect and that all of the health would return and the stuff you usually expect in a blessing for the sick, but I wasn't prompted, however I did bless her with comfort and to turn to her Father in Heaven and Jesus Christ in all of her trials and difficulties. I hope that was right? I felt prompted to say those things...
On Friday we had a great companionship study about the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost is really everything in missionary work. If we have not the Spirit we shall not teach. And when we study and treasure up in our minds the words of life, the Spirit will fill our mouths in the very hour that we need it. Furthermore, when we DO teach by the power of the Holy Ghost, the Holy Ghost will carry our message unto the hearts of the children of men and testify to them of the truth. Hence, the Spirit is really everything in this work! After studies we met President and Sister Watts and had interviews with them. They are GREAT people and I am VERY excied to work with them! After we got back we stopped by a recently reactivated family and I want to share a great story with you. Hna. Enriqueta makes tortillas. She used to make tortillas on Sundays but she stopped making them on Sundays to go to church and she has seen an increase in her tortilla business during the week! The Lord really does bless us when we keep His commandments! "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy!" and you will receive the abundance of the earth!
It feels like I was writing home just yesterday and that there isn't much to add... but I guess I'll tell you. I can't ever remember what I wrote in the week before, but obviously I mentioned that I went to the temple and that it was awesome, right? I love the opporunity I have to attend the temple and perform the work for the dead and learn more about God's plan for His children and it helps with Spanish too!
So Tuesday night, Pday last week, I went to bed at about 9:10 and slept like a rock! It was wonderful! At 8 a.m. on Wednesday we went over to the bishop's house to do some service... we used shovels to move a pile of sand, gravel, and a whole bunch of other junk from a pile in the center of the roof to a pile in the CORNER of the roof. Such a Guat thing to do... afterwards his wife, Paola, made us breakfast... blended black beans, eggs, and bread, the Guatemalan breakfast. I am finally being convinced that the mission has changed my eating habits. Anyone who knew me before knows how picky I was and that I barely ate anything... now I eat like a pig and I'll eat MOST anything if someone gives it to me(not that I like it, just that I eat it). But I'm still not a fan of beans.
We also got a new Elder in our district today. His name is Paul Wadsworth and he is from Ammon, ID!! That's right, represent! I didn't know him before the mission, but we know a LOT of the same people from Hillcrest so that is pretty cool and his grandparents I believe our in our home ward, or at least in our stake (Jerry and somebody Wadsworth?) Today we put a baptismal date with the family Hernandez for the 16th of July! Hna. Elsa is really ready to be baptized! We've been working with them since my first week in the field! Wednesday marked the official change of Pres. Torres to Pres. Watts!
So Thursday evening we had a lesson with Jessica, our recent convert, and ended up reading from the Book of Mormon with her in Alma 7 talking about the Atonement and how it can help us with our everyday problems and challenges. Afterwards we asked her how she could ask for Heavenly Father's help and like usual she just sat there and kind of giggled and after about a minute her old aunt said, (in a loud irritated voice) "La oración, vos!" which roughly translates to "Prayer, Dude!" with an implied "duh!". It was SO funny and we made jokes in vos after that (which is informal speaking, but it helped ease the situation to talk in the informal "you" instead of the formal "you"). Good times!
I also had an interesting experience with blessings that night. We gave 4 that day, one of health to a little boy named Oscar, (Jessica's nephew), Francisca (jessica´s old aunt) and then one of comfort to Jessica. After that we gave another one of health to Hna. María José... however I couldn't bless her that everything would be just perfect and that all of the health would return and the stuff you usually expect in a blessing for the sick, but I wasn't prompted, however I did bless her with comfort and to turn to her Father in Heaven and Jesus Christ in all of her trials and difficulties. I hope that was right? I felt prompted to say those things...
On Friday we had a great companionship study about the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost is really everything in missionary work. If we have not the Spirit we shall not teach. And when we study and treasure up in our minds the words of life, the Spirit will fill our mouths in the very hour that we need it. Furthermore, when we DO teach by the power of the Holy Ghost, the Holy Ghost will carry our message unto the hearts of the children of men and testify to them of the truth. Hence, the Spirit is really everything in this work! After studies we met President and Sister Watts and had interviews with them. They are GREAT people and I am VERY excied to work with them! After we got back we stopped by a recently reactivated family and I want to share a great story with you. Hna. Enriqueta makes tortillas. She used to make tortillas on Sundays but she stopped making them on Sundays to go to church and she has seen an increase in her tortilla business during the week! The Lord really does bless us when we keep His commandments! "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy!" and you will receive the abundance of the earth!
Love, Elder LaPray
Monday, June 20, 2011
June 20, 2011
I don't know what to put as my subject lines anymore... there isn't anything fun or exciting to put there... so I might just start putting random things that have nothing to do with anything, just so you know...
So, this Wednesday I will hit FOUR months in the mission! That's 1/6 for you math geniuses :) So, there wasn't anything to say about last P-day, except that I got lots of emails from friends... well, not really a lot, but two awesome ones (DJ and Brock!) and then on Thursday I got pouch from family. Legit.
Tuesday was Spencer's (my brother's) birthday! So, Happy Birthday almost a week late, bro! I'm sorry, but I didn't have your email and so I didn't write you, forgive me? We had another meeting with Pres. Torres about the pilot program we are in and mostly we just talked about what we like about the program, the ways it has helped us, but our leaders think about the program, and any complaints or comments for improve we had. The leaders and the trainers all said that they could see a big difference between us and the missionaries who are not in the program, but for those of us who are in it it's hard to notice, because we don't know anything else. However, from what I've heard I really think that this program will improve missionary training forever. After the meeting we had a lesson with Elsa, Boris, and Alejandro, that was pretty good. The Mom, Elsa, is becoming more and more receptive and we got her a giant copy of the BoM so that she could actually read it, and it has helped a lot! We also finally had another lesson with Jessica Campos, the one who had a baptismal date for tomorrow, the 21st (not going to happen) and taught her the word of wisdom. The crowning event of the day was our visit to Familia Beltran! It was Hna. Marisol's birthday and we made rice crispie treats (using corn flakes) for them! I think they liked them, but I'm not sure, and then we shared a message about FHE! And, even though the parents aren't members yet, they sitll hold FHE every week! SO AWESOME! And, even better news, we should be getting the last paper we need to marry them! (the paper should come this week and they should be married mid july!!)
Nothing special to mention from Wednesday, but it was a missionary working day :)
Thursday was awesome! After weekly planning Elder Nelson and I did divisions with the zone leaders and I went to their area with Elder Lusty and Elder De Paz came to La Leyenda 3 with Elder Nelson (If I haven't ever mentioned it, my area is called "La Leyenda 3"). I absolutely love Elder Lusty. He is from Taylorsville and he has been out a year longer than I have. My day with Elder Lusty was great! We went and saw a couple less active families and had one lesson with a part member family in which we placed a baptismal date! And got super soaked in the rain, it was great! At night, we played ping pong on their kitchen table and shared wonderful stories from the mission and before! Elder Lusty and I are super tight!
Friday morning was awesome! I was still with Elder Lusty so we did our studying at their house. Oh, and Elder Lusty made pancakes for breakfast! They were delicious! For comp study we read from Chp 11 of PMG and then read Mosiah 3 in Spanish and then Elder Lusty and I talked about the importance of reflecting on our missions to learn, or rather try to learn, what Heavenly Father wanted us to do or learn in each of our areas and with each of our companions. We ended the division at lunch, and Elder Nelson felt really sick, so we stayed inside and I got some great study time in! We spent 7:30-10 pm cleaning the house though... and it was just our kitchen! It was disgusting because there were a TON of cockroaches! We probably killed over 100 and it was DISGUSTING! And even worse, we STLL have cockroaches crawling around our kitchen! On our shelves, our tables, in our fridge, and INSIDE our microwave. But, oh well. Life goes on.
The rest of the weekend is just regular missionary work, nothing special or exciting to share, I'm sorry! But, I wanted to share an awesome quote form Elder Lusty that he said during our division, and I think it can help all of us! (It is in relation to Mosiah 3, so you could read that first for some context...) "God loves you. He sent His Son for you" (see also "Condescension of Christ")
Love, Elder LaPray!!
So, this Wednesday I will hit FOUR months in the mission! That's 1/6 for you math geniuses :) So, there wasn't anything to say about last P-day, except that I got lots of emails from friends... well, not really a lot, but two awesome ones (DJ and Brock!) and then on Thursday I got pouch from family. Legit.
Tuesday was Spencer's (my brother's) birthday! So, Happy Birthday almost a week late, bro! I'm sorry, but I didn't have your email and so I didn't write you, forgive me? We had another meeting with Pres. Torres about the pilot program we are in and mostly we just talked about what we like about the program, the ways it has helped us, but our leaders think about the program, and any complaints or comments for improve we had. The leaders and the trainers all said that they could see a big difference between us and the missionaries who are not in the program, but for those of us who are in it it's hard to notice, because we don't know anything else. However, from what I've heard I really think that this program will improve missionary training forever. After the meeting we had a lesson with Elsa, Boris, and Alejandro, that was pretty good. The Mom, Elsa, is becoming more and more receptive and we got her a giant copy of the BoM so that she could actually read it, and it has helped a lot! We also finally had another lesson with Jessica Campos, the one who had a baptismal date for tomorrow, the 21st (not going to happen) and taught her the word of wisdom. The crowning event of the day was our visit to Familia Beltran! It was Hna. Marisol's birthday and we made rice crispie treats (using corn flakes) for them! I think they liked them, but I'm not sure, and then we shared a message about FHE! And, even though the parents aren't members yet, they sitll hold FHE every week! SO AWESOME! And, even better news, we should be getting the last paper we need to marry them! (the paper should come this week and they should be married mid july!!)
Nothing special to mention from Wednesday, but it was a missionary working day :)
Thursday was awesome! After weekly planning Elder Nelson and I did divisions with the zone leaders and I went to their area with Elder Lusty and Elder De Paz came to La Leyenda 3 with Elder Nelson (If I haven't ever mentioned it, my area is called "La Leyenda 3"). I absolutely love Elder Lusty. He is from Taylorsville and he has been out a year longer than I have. My day with Elder Lusty was great! We went and saw a couple less active families and had one lesson with a part member family in which we placed a baptismal date! And got super soaked in the rain, it was great! At night, we played ping pong on their kitchen table and shared wonderful stories from the mission and before! Elder Lusty and I are super tight!
Friday morning was awesome! I was still with Elder Lusty so we did our studying at their house. Oh, and Elder Lusty made pancakes for breakfast! They were delicious! For comp study we read from Chp 11 of PMG and then read Mosiah 3 in Spanish and then Elder Lusty and I talked about the importance of reflecting on our missions to learn, or rather try to learn, what Heavenly Father wanted us to do or learn in each of our areas and with each of our companions. We ended the division at lunch, and Elder Nelson felt really sick, so we stayed inside and I got some great study time in! We spent 7:30-10 pm cleaning the house though... and it was just our kitchen! It was disgusting because there were a TON of cockroaches! We probably killed over 100 and it was DISGUSTING! And even worse, we STLL have cockroaches crawling around our kitchen! On our shelves, our tables, in our fridge, and INSIDE our microwave. But, oh well. Life goes on.
The rest of the weekend is just regular missionary work, nothing special or exciting to share, I'm sorry! But, I wanted to share an awesome quote form Elder Lusty that he said during our division, and I think it can help all of us! (It is in relation to Mosiah 3, so you could read that first for some context...) "God loves you. He sent His Son for you" (see also "Condescension of Christ")
Love, Elder LaPray!!
Monday, June 6, 2011
June 6, 2011
I have almost officially finished one transfer (6 weeks) as a missionary in the field! Obviously I've been a missionary for much longer, but 6 weeks in the field tomorrow/Wednesday. That is as long as I was in the CCM! And at the end of this change, technically half way through it, I will have been out in the field longer than I was in the MTC and CCM combined!! It's crazy to think about!!
I will start with last Sunday since I forgot to do that last week/ran out of time! The biggest thing from that Sunday that I didn't share is that I gave a talk in church! In Spanish! and it was over 5 minutes! I thought it was a fairly decent talk, but nothing outstanding like my ones in English are ;) jk! I also realized that I miss teaching Sunday School! I learn a lot when I teach Sunday School as well as that it is really fun! And the Gospel Principles teacher here... does his best and I'm glad that we have someone to teach the class.
This last week I was reminded about a lot of spiritual experiences I had before the mission/my first few weeks in the MTC that I would really like to share with you all, even though I may sacrifice being able to write some of the other things of the week.... but firstly... Monday nothing special happened, just P-day. On Tuesday we worked for the first half of the day and then I got a fever of 101.5 so we went home and spent Tuesday night in the house as well as Wednesday in the house as well. Luckily, I didn't throw up. But, you'll all be glad to know that diarrhea in Guatemala is absolutely AWFUL! going to the bathroom 5 times in the middle of the night is not fun, especially when you have to use a bucket to get water our of your cistern so that you can flush the toilet, all while you feel terrible because of your fever. But, I lived, no worries!
We found 11 new investigators this week! As in, people we contacted, eventually taught a lesson to, and they agreed to a follow up appointment. 11!!! Just this week! and we lost a day and a half of work! It was incredible! We are also working hard to prepare investigators for baptism and get people married! The marriages SHOULD SHOULD SHOULD hopefully! Cross your fingers! Happen by the end of July at the latest!! It would be so incredible! We also had 7 investigators in church yesterday! 4 of whom were there for the first time! All of whom will DEFINITLY attend church at least one other time! 1 of which currently as a baptismal date, and 5 of which will hopefully have baptismal dates SOON!! The work is real and is progressing!!!
Ok, previous spiritual experiences that I want to share!!!
The first one has reference to the Sabbath Day and keeping it holy.
I was reminded of an incredible experience we had when living in the Caribbean.
The first or second Sunday that we lived in the Caribbean, we traveled to the other island to be able to attend church. We had to leave our house by 8 am at the latest to get to the other side of the island to take a ferry at about 8:50 to make it to the other island before 10 so that we could to the church by 10 when sacrament meeting started. Church ended at 1 pm but the next ferry home wasn't until 4 or 4:30 and so we didn't really have much to do for the next few hours while we waited. We didn't get home until about 6 pm on Sunday. To boot, this cost about $50 dollars for our family. We weren't exactly made of money. It also was a VERY long day. My parents told us that they didn't know if we would be able to go to church every week because of the huge cost of going to church as well as the time. We spent a week at home. The next week we went to church we were HUGELY blessed. When we got to church there was a lady visiting from the U.S. When she realized the great sacrifice we were making, she offered to pay our ferry passage to come to church every week so that we had the great blessings that come from being able to attend church. This was an absolutely INCREDIBLE blessing, that we would NOT have received if we did not keep the Sabbath Day holy. Keeping the Sabbath Day holy once, led us to be able to keep the Sabbath Day holy for more than a year! We were also able to spend the time between church and the ferry time with another family from the United States who was there for Vetenarian school. I promise you that if you will keep the Sabbath Day holy, the abundance of the earth will be yours (D&C 59:9-18)
There isn't enough time for the other one, but, it deals with the power of bearing true testimony and that when you bear testimony, the power of the Spirit will carry your testimony to the spirits of those who listen and all will be edified (2 Nephi 33:1)
Love, Elder LaPray
I will start with last Sunday since I forgot to do that last week/ran out of time! The biggest thing from that Sunday that I didn't share is that I gave a talk in church! In Spanish! and it was over 5 minutes! I thought it was a fairly decent talk, but nothing outstanding like my ones in English are ;) jk! I also realized that I miss teaching Sunday School! I learn a lot when I teach Sunday School as well as that it is really fun! And the Gospel Principles teacher here... does his best and I'm glad that we have someone to teach the class.
This last week I was reminded about a lot of spiritual experiences I had before the mission/my first few weeks in the MTC that I would really like to share with you all, even though I may sacrifice being able to write some of the other things of the week.... but firstly... Monday nothing special happened, just P-day. On Tuesday we worked for the first half of the day and then I got a fever of 101.5 so we went home and spent Tuesday night in the house as well as Wednesday in the house as well. Luckily, I didn't throw up. But, you'll all be glad to know that diarrhea in Guatemala is absolutely AWFUL! going to the bathroom 5 times in the middle of the night is not fun, especially when you have to use a bucket to get water our of your cistern so that you can flush the toilet, all while you feel terrible because of your fever. But, I lived, no worries!
We found 11 new investigators this week! As in, people we contacted, eventually taught a lesson to, and they agreed to a follow up appointment. 11!!! Just this week! and we lost a day and a half of work! It was incredible! We are also working hard to prepare investigators for baptism and get people married! The marriages SHOULD SHOULD SHOULD hopefully! Cross your fingers! Happen by the end of July at the latest!! It would be so incredible! We also had 7 investigators in church yesterday! 4 of whom were there for the first time! All of whom will DEFINITLY attend church at least one other time! 1 of which currently as a baptismal date, and 5 of which will hopefully have baptismal dates SOON!! The work is real and is progressing!!!
Ok, previous spiritual experiences that I want to share!!!
The first one has reference to the Sabbath Day and keeping it holy.
I was reminded of an incredible experience we had when living in the Caribbean.
The first or second Sunday that we lived in the Caribbean, we traveled to the other island to be able to attend church. We had to leave our house by 8 am at the latest to get to the other side of the island to take a ferry at about 8:50 to make it to the other island before 10 so that we could to the church by 10 when sacrament meeting started. Church ended at 1 pm but the next ferry home wasn't until 4 or 4:30 and so we didn't really have much to do for the next few hours while we waited. We didn't get home until about 6 pm on Sunday. To boot, this cost about $50 dollars for our family. We weren't exactly made of money. It also was a VERY long day. My parents told us that they didn't know if we would be able to go to church every week because of the huge cost of going to church as well as the time. We spent a week at home. The next week we went to church we were HUGELY blessed. When we got to church there was a lady visiting from the U.S. When she realized the great sacrifice we were making, she offered to pay our ferry passage to come to church every week so that we had the great blessings that come from being able to attend church. This was an absolutely INCREDIBLE blessing, that we would NOT have received if we did not keep the Sabbath Day holy. Keeping the Sabbath Day holy once, led us to be able to keep the Sabbath Day holy for more than a year! We were also able to spend the time between church and the ferry time with another family from the United States who was there for Vetenarian school. I promise you that if you will keep the Sabbath Day holy, the abundance of the earth will be yours (D&C 59:9-18)
There isn't enough time for the other one, but, it deals with the power of bearing true testimony and that when you bear testimony, the power of the Spirit will carry your testimony to the spirits of those who listen and all will be edified (2 Nephi 33:1)
Love, Elder LaPray
Monday, May 30, 2011
May 30, 2011
Hey,
I am almost out of deoderant and if you could love me enough to send me some more of the women´s extra strength deoderant that'd be lovely! Deoderant is wicked expensive here! It's almost 4 bucks! I was also wondering if Grandpa Al kept a journal on his mission? Mom, what are some good activities that Elder Nelson and I could theoretically do to get kids involved in a lesson or maybe in an FHE?
So this week has seemed like an absolute eternity! Not necessarily in a bad way; it just seems to go on and on and on...but I guess technically it's a new week. On Monday night we spent the whole night in the house because Elder Nelson could barely walk because of some bites on his ankle. Tuesday is exactly the same... we spent the WHOLE day in the house. It was SO boring! BUT, I finally finished the Book of Mormon... and I'm very sad to say that I think it was probably the first legitimate time reading though the entire Book of Mormon, front to back, by myself. Even worse, I started reading it back in September... the very beginning of September. So, it took me just about 8 months. My goal is to read it again, in Spanish, by the end of September. I love reading the Book of Mormon though! Before I finished it I would start reading it during breakfast... about 7:30-7:45 and wouldn't stop until about 9:00. It was fantastic! Read the Book of Mormon frequently! President Hinckley's promise from some 7ish years ago still holds true! If you read the Book of Mormon you will receive countless blessings! Do it!
Wednesday we finally got out to work! It was a good day! We had district meeting in the morning and then ate lunch as a district in a little restraunt type thing next to our house that was really good! (By the way, Elder Llewelyn and I saw each other EVERY day last week! And Today... so we're on at least an 8 day streak or something like that? Maybe more?) On Wednesday afternoon we had a lesson with a guy named Luis Medina who is about 28. He has been taught off and on from the missionaries since about December and has had several baptismal dates but they have all fallen through due to certain problems. But. He has a fecha (date) for the 11th of June! That night we also had a powerful lesson on faith with Mynor de Leon (husband of a member) with two other members present who were very helpful sharing testimonies and just over all befriending Mynor! As soon as he and his wife get married I'm sure he'll get married, we just want to make sure he does it with a testimony! After that lesson they fed us AMAZING tamales and we got SOAKED on the way back home. It took us about 15 minutes to walk down the hill and get home so we were pretty wet.
On Thursday morning I had my first bucket shower. Our cistern was out of water to we pulled up water with a bucket, put it in a bigger bucket, took it into the shower, and poured the water on myself slowly. It SUCKED! And that's how we've been showering ever since! Our weekly planning was very effective and we FINALLY found Jessica´s house(an investigator). She's read the testimonies at the front and she came to church on sunday, we went back and taught her Sunday afternoon with a member and set a fecha of June 21st, her 19th birthday!
Friday... I don't know what happened. Friday night there was a staketalent show and I realized that Guatemalan talent shows are a lot like the ones in the U.S... full of weird talents and a lot of dancing... but the Guatemalans did a whole bunch of dances to American music from the 20s, 50s, 60s which included some Elvis. It was so funny! The highlight was seeing Charlie Chaplin randomly showing up in the dance to the Charlston.
On Saturday we went to a place in our area called Carrizal which is way far away, but it was SOOOO beautiful! That's about it... I'll tell you all about Sunday next week.
Love, Elder LaPray!
I am almost out of deoderant and if you could love me enough to send me some more of the women´s extra strength deoderant that'd be lovely! Deoderant is wicked expensive here! It's almost 4 bucks! I was also wondering if Grandpa Al kept a journal on his mission? Mom, what are some good activities that Elder Nelson and I could theoretically do to get kids involved in a lesson or maybe in an FHE?
So this week has seemed like an absolute eternity! Not necessarily in a bad way; it just seems to go on and on and on...but I guess technically it's a new week. On Monday night we spent the whole night in the house because Elder Nelson could barely walk because of some bites on his ankle. Tuesday is exactly the same... we spent the WHOLE day in the house. It was SO boring! BUT, I finally finished the Book of Mormon... and I'm very sad to say that I think it was probably the first legitimate time reading though the entire Book of Mormon, front to back, by myself. Even worse, I started reading it back in September... the very beginning of September. So, it took me just about 8 months. My goal is to read it again, in Spanish, by the end of September. I love reading the Book of Mormon though! Before I finished it I would start reading it during breakfast... about 7:30-7:45 and wouldn't stop until about 9:00. It was fantastic! Read the Book of Mormon frequently! President Hinckley's promise from some 7ish years ago still holds true! If you read the Book of Mormon you will receive countless blessings! Do it!
Wednesday we finally got out to work! It was a good day! We had district meeting in the morning and then ate lunch as a district in a little restraunt type thing next to our house that was really good! (By the way, Elder Llewelyn and I saw each other EVERY day last week! And Today... so we're on at least an 8 day streak or something like that? Maybe more?) On Wednesday afternoon we had a lesson with a guy named Luis Medina who is about 28. He has been taught off and on from the missionaries since about December and has had several baptismal dates but they have all fallen through due to certain problems. But. He has a fecha (date) for the 11th of June! That night we also had a powerful lesson on faith with Mynor de Leon (husband of a member) with two other members present who were very helpful sharing testimonies and just over all befriending Mynor! As soon as he and his wife get married I'm sure he'll get married, we just want to make sure he does it with a testimony! After that lesson they fed us AMAZING tamales and we got SOAKED on the way back home. It took us about 15 minutes to walk down the hill and get home so we were pretty wet.
On Thursday morning I had my first bucket shower. Our cistern was out of water to we pulled up water with a bucket, put it in a bigger bucket, took it into the shower, and poured the water on myself slowly. It SUCKED! And that's how we've been showering ever since! Our weekly planning was very effective and we FINALLY found Jessica´s house(an investigator). She's read the testimonies at the front and she came to church on sunday, we went back and taught her Sunday afternoon with a member and set a fecha of June 21st, her 19th birthday!
Friday... I don't know what happened. Friday night there was a staketalent show and I realized that Guatemalan talent shows are a lot like the ones in the U.S... full of weird talents and a lot of dancing... but the Guatemalans did a whole bunch of dances to American music from the 20s, 50s, 60s which included some Elvis. It was so funny! The highlight was seeing Charlie Chaplin randomly showing up in the dance to the Charlston.
On Saturday we went to a place in our area called Carrizal which is way far away, but it was SOOOO beautiful! That's about it... I'll tell you all about Sunday next week.
Love, Elder LaPray!
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
First Baptism - May 16, 2011
This week as been really great. The more I accept the will of the
Lord, the more I feel a genuine welfare for the people, and the more I
forget about life back home, the "easier" things get as being a
missionary. Easier meaning that I´m not as downtrodden, upset, and
time seems to absolutely fly!
The rest of Pday last week went by just like normal, that's about it.
Although I did buy some Peanut Butter at Hiper Paiz (subsidiary of
WalMart and now officially WalMart) and it was the best purchase of my
life. SO good! I have made many a fine sandwich with my Jif Crunchy
Peanut Butter and it was worh the Q38 (about $5).
(THIS IS THE GOOD PART)
Tuesday morning was absolutely terrible. Okay, slight exaggeration,
but it wasn't great. For one reason and one reason only. And it really
only lasted for about 10 seconds. After breakfast I went to go brush
my teeth. Background. Usually I just leave my toothbrush case on the
counter, but we have a lot of bugs on the counter and I was worried
about bugs crawling into the holes of my toothbrush case so last
Monday night I decided to put it into the refrigerator. Story. I went
to brush my teeth on Tuesday morning. I got my tooth brush case out of
the fridge, opened it, and a cockcroach came flying out(not that
cockroaches fly, but the force of opening the case apparently it came
out onto the counter). That was gross enough, having a cockroach in my
toothbrush case. It got worse. There were cockroach larvae ON the
toothbrush head. Clearly that toothbrush went straight to the garbage.
It was absolutely DISGUSTING. Elder Nelson said that he would have
just cleaned it off really well and then used it anyway. I said HE-ck
no. I think that the cockroach crawled into my toothbrush case while
it ws open the night before and I was brushing. That´s my only guess
as to how it could have happened. The rest of the day was just
missionary work as usual. But there was a nice downpour on our way
home that night. It was pretty sweet.
Wednesday, the 11th - Happy Birthday DJ (that was the first thing in
my Journal entry for that day). On Wednesday morning I could actually
see my breath while I was doing exercises up on the roof. But it
wasn't really cold, I just thought it was cool that I could see my
breath. We did a lot of contacting this week! especially on Wednesday.
We talked to a 21 year old and a 12 year old (at the same time) about
the BoM and I think we may have sparked an interest there, let´s hope!
Things after lunch kind of fell through, but that's missionary work,
so we did some more contacting! Which is okay, because in order to
teach people you have to find them! We had a nice little chat with
Mynor and I think things are sort of progressing there, we need him to
get married though!
On Thursday I did splits with the District Leader because I had to
take him to Santos´ house to do the interview. I had a ton of places
planned to stop by and every single one fell through. Not a single
person was home in the 7 hours we were together! (With the exception
of Santos, which took up nearly 2), so we spent the majority of the
time walking to and from these appointments and doing some awesome
contacting! One of whom I ran into yesterday and she was very upset
that we didn´t pass by the day before (because of zone conference) but
Santos´ interview went well!
On Friday I had my first Zone Conference. We had to wake up at 5 to
get ready and travel to the Conference. It was a long day! But Zone
Conference was way good! My Spanish has improved a lot and I
understood almost everything that was said! And obviously almost all
of it was in Spanish! (with the exception of the small portions of the
talks directed only at Nortes). The rest of the night was pretty much
shot. Actually, that's a lie. We went to Santos´ house to go over
everything for the baptism and after we went to a Less Active families
and found an investigator there! We hadn´t been able to find her house
in the much time we spent looking and so we were able to teach her
again! We talked to her about the Restoration and invited her to be
baptized. We haven't set a date yet, but I'm hoping that we can work
with members a lot and set a date soon!
Saturday was a LONG day. I spent the whole morning in bed not feeling
well at all, and slept for an hour or two and read while Elder Nelson
got everything settled for the baptism which was awesome! We went over
to the church at noon to fill up the font and ended up waiting until
almost 2:30 until we actually got the keys so by the time we actually
got it filled up we had to go home to get ready to come back for the
baptism.
The service was really good! The talks given were absolutely fantastic
and I don't think they could have gone any better. The ordinance was
slightly... more difficult. As you may remember, Santos is 77 years
old. So, I was the one who performed the ordinance, but I made a few
mistakes. First of all, I raised my left arm instead of the right arm.
Duh, Elder LaPray. 2nd, when I got the arm situation fixed, I messed
up the words. 3rd, when I finally got it all right, I couldn't get him
under the water. Santos is an old man and he doesn't exactly bend so I
basically had to break the man´s back and almost trip him to get him
under the water. I felt so bad and stupid about it, but eventually it
all worked out and things worked out for the good. The rest of the
night was spent in the house because I still wasn't feeling very well.
Sundays are Sundays, and the morning goes pretty much like it would
for any other person in the world, except bringing people to church.
So we went to try to bring some investigators to church, went to
church, and stayed at church. After that we went home and at lunch,
went out and worked, and then studied for the rest of the night. It
was all in all a good day I suppose. Sundays are usually, not relaxed,
but different because we have 3 hours of church, so we don't get in
studying in so basically we got 6:30-12 with church, and then we have
lunch for an hour at 1 and we still have 4 hours of studying that we
have to do as I am being trained and so we really only have about 4
hours of proselyting work on Sundays.
This week is going to be good, I hope! We'll be working with what I
hope to be new investigators and setting baptismal dates for June! No
more baptisms this month, but that´s ok! I'm doing fine here in
Guatemala and enjoying the work!
Love,
Elder LaPray
Lord, the more I feel a genuine welfare for the people, and the more I
forget about life back home, the "easier" things get as being a
missionary. Easier meaning that I´m not as downtrodden, upset, and
time seems to absolutely fly!
The rest of Pday last week went by just like normal, that's about it.
Although I did buy some Peanut Butter at Hiper Paiz (subsidiary of
WalMart and now officially WalMart) and it was the best purchase of my
life. SO good! I have made many a fine sandwich with my Jif Crunchy
Peanut Butter and it was worh the Q38 (about $5).
(THIS IS THE GOOD PART)
Tuesday morning was absolutely terrible. Okay, slight exaggeration,
but it wasn't great. For one reason and one reason only. And it really
only lasted for about 10 seconds. After breakfast I went to go brush
my teeth. Background. Usually I just leave my toothbrush case on the
counter, but we have a lot of bugs on the counter and I was worried
about bugs crawling into the holes of my toothbrush case so last
Monday night I decided to put it into the refrigerator. Story. I went
to brush my teeth on Tuesday morning. I got my tooth brush case out of
the fridge, opened it, and a cockcroach came flying out(not that
cockroaches fly, but the force of opening the case apparently it came
out onto the counter). That was gross enough, having a cockroach in my
toothbrush case. It got worse. There were cockroach larvae ON the
toothbrush head. Clearly that toothbrush went straight to the garbage.
It was absolutely DISGUSTING. Elder Nelson said that he would have
just cleaned it off really well and then used it anyway. I said HE-ck
no. I think that the cockroach crawled into my toothbrush case while
it ws open the night before and I was brushing. That´s my only guess
as to how it could have happened. The rest of the day was just
missionary work as usual. But there was a nice downpour on our way
home that night. It was pretty sweet.
Wednesday, the 11th - Happy Birthday DJ (that was the first thing in
my Journal entry for that day). On Wednesday morning I could actually
see my breath while I was doing exercises up on the roof. But it
wasn't really cold, I just thought it was cool that I could see my
breath. We did a lot of contacting this week! especially on Wednesday.
We talked to a 21 year old and a 12 year old (at the same time) about
the BoM and I think we may have sparked an interest there, let´s hope!
Things after lunch kind of fell through, but that's missionary work,
so we did some more contacting! Which is okay, because in order to
teach people you have to find them! We had a nice little chat with
Mynor and I think things are sort of progressing there, we need him to
get married though!
On Thursday I did splits with the District Leader because I had to
take him to Santos´ house to do the interview. I had a ton of places
planned to stop by and every single one fell through. Not a single
person was home in the 7 hours we were together! (With the exception
of Santos, which took up nearly 2), so we spent the majority of the
time walking to and from these appointments and doing some awesome
contacting! One of whom I ran into yesterday and she was very upset
that we didn´t pass by the day before (because of zone conference) but
Santos´ interview went well!
On Friday I had my first Zone Conference. We had to wake up at 5 to
get ready and travel to the Conference. It was a long day! But Zone
Conference was way good! My Spanish has improved a lot and I
understood almost everything that was said! And obviously almost all
of it was in Spanish! (with the exception of the small portions of the
talks directed only at Nortes). The rest of the night was pretty much
shot. Actually, that's a lie. We went to Santos´ house to go over
everything for the baptism and after we went to a Less Active families
and found an investigator there! We hadn´t been able to find her house
in the much time we spent looking and so we were able to teach her
again! We talked to her about the Restoration and invited her to be
baptized. We haven't set a date yet, but I'm hoping that we can work
with members a lot and set a date soon!
Saturday was a LONG day. I spent the whole morning in bed not feeling
well at all, and slept for an hour or two and read while Elder Nelson
got everything settled for the baptism which was awesome! We went over
to the church at noon to fill up the font and ended up waiting until
almost 2:30 until we actually got the keys so by the time we actually
got it filled up we had to go home to get ready to come back for the
baptism.
The service was really good! The talks given were absolutely fantastic
and I don't think they could have gone any better. The ordinance was
slightly... more difficult. As you may remember, Santos is 77 years
old. So, I was the one who performed the ordinance, but I made a few
mistakes. First of all, I raised my left arm instead of the right arm.
Duh, Elder LaPray. 2nd, when I got the arm situation fixed, I messed
up the words. 3rd, when I finally got it all right, I couldn't get him
under the water. Santos is an old man and he doesn't exactly bend so I
basically had to break the man´s back and almost trip him to get him
under the water. I felt so bad and stupid about it, but eventually it
all worked out and things worked out for the good. The rest of the
night was spent in the house because I still wasn't feeling very well.
Sundays are Sundays, and the morning goes pretty much like it would
for any other person in the world, except bringing people to church.
So we went to try to bring some investigators to church, went to
church, and stayed at church. After that we went home and at lunch,
went out and worked, and then studied for the rest of the night. It
was all in all a good day I suppose. Sundays are usually, not relaxed,
but different because we have 3 hours of church, so we don't get in
studying in so basically we got 6:30-12 with church, and then we have
lunch for an hour at 1 and we still have 4 hours of studying that we
have to do as I am being trained and so we really only have about 4
hours of proselyting work on Sundays.
This week is going to be good, I hope! We'll be working with what I
hope to be new investigators and setting baptismal dates for June! No
more baptisms this month, but that´s ok! I'm doing fine here in
Guatemala and enjoying the work!
Love,
Elder LaPray
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