chispas! este semana fue lo mejor! solo quiero empezar por diciendo que no voy a escribir en español todo el correo porque la mitad de ustedes no saben espanol, entonces voy a ser muy amable y escribir en ingles! jaja. but this week was such a crazy amazing week! this week we found a lot of new investigators, and some of the ones we have now, are not progressing because they are not going to church. and sometimes it just drives me nuts, because i love them so dang much but they are not taking that step to go to church. but other than that, we did get one of our families to come to see a baptism with us, and they loved it, it was amazing! she also has these thwo three year old twin daughters, that are just soo adorable, but they cried a lot during the baptism until i switched seats with another member so that i could see the twins and make some of my elder wasden faces, to keep them happy and smiling and quiet during the baptism. but we were able to feel the spirit more. you start to notice things are different as a missionary. all the church services, baptisms, activities, you are always worrying that they are going perfect for the investigators, always you are trying to think of what the investigators are feeling and hoping that it goes perfect.
well also this week, we had the opportunity to go to church again, like every sunday, but this week was different than the other weeks, they youth had just recently got back from EFY this week, and the bishop asked the youth to come up and share their testimonies, and during this hour, the spirit was SOO strong, and it was amazing to hear the testimonies of all the youth. and we ended up going 2 hours in sacrament meeting, because this was a 1 in a life time thing, because the youth just kept coming up and of all the youth that shared their own testimonies, not only did it strengthen us, but you could see it strengthened them too. its amazing how EFY and other activities of the church change so many lives. it was truly a neat experience.
for a long time now, like for this past month, i have been feeling really stressed and really depressed because thats just what the mission does sometimes, but i was just not happy like i usually am. this week at like 11:30, i was laying in my hammock because i couldnt sleep but felt prompted to ask for a blessing from one of my comps in our house. and so i got up and woke up another companion and ask him for a blessing and went out side in the back and did it. and during the blessing, he said these certain words and in this exact time i felt all these bad feelings leave and i what i felt was sometime really amazing and it literally felt like i was being hugged, in this moment i just cried because in this moment i felt the love of my savior and gave me the comfort that i needed in my life in this time. and i woke up the next morning feeling better than ever, but it is just a great blessing to have the restored gospel and priesthood on this earth again. i know this is the ONLY true church that god had placed this earth, because he loves each and every one of us and wants for us that we return to live with him! i love my father in heaven soooooo much! and im glad for the opportunity here to serve him.
Stay Happy, Be Strong, and Have Faith!
con mucho amor,
ELDER WASDEN
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| one of my favorite hermanos brought us rootbeer!! |
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mangoes and papaya!! |
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| his is papaya! it almost kind of tastes like a kiwi! |
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| this is sunday when we ate dinner and i went into their laundry room business and fell asleep on their tile floor. i was soo dead that day! |
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| they literally thought i was dead because my eyes we open! haha. but i eventually woke up to the laughing and cameras in my face! |
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| and then i had my ice cream when i was still half asleep! |
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| Monday sports mornings with the members and our district |
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| choppin the grass that we let grow these past 4 weeks with my machete! |
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| Elder Riveras |
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| making hotdogs for us missionaries in the house. it was my turn to be the cooking mom! |
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