Dear Family and Friends,
You may be curious to what 2.1 means
in the title. It means that I am on the 2nd Transfer and it is the first week
of that transfer! I think I will use that as a system from now on!
As far as the work down here; it's
going really well, but this past week was a really strange one. It was strange
because we are at about 10 investigators now and just about every single one of
them has cancelled on/ avoided us this week, and so we had a lot of
finding(street contacting, park contacting, and service) to do! :) Which is
good. Finding is good for the missionary soul :) So it was a bit of a curse and
a blessing. Also we had another investigator came to church this past week and
if everything works out well we should be setting a baptismal date with him
too! woohoo!
Also the past few days Elder Jewett
and I have both had birthdays (He is 20 now and I am now 19). The members here
have really taken care of us :) In fact the Stake President's family had us
come over and he fed us steak and cake :) I know that's not really that
important in the cosmic-grand-scheme of things, but I really felt watched out
for knowing that I wouldn't be forgotten :)
Oh and last night Elder Jewett and I
had another cool experience with Luis (the retired marine who I talked about a
little while ago). And just to give a little background info about the story to
come: we are teaching lessons to an investigator in a half-way house right now,
which is basically a home for former convicts who are trying to be eased back
into society. Anyways, we are meeting with a man who lives there and
because of a decision he made, he is having trouble finding a job. And because
he can't find a job, he is facing being kicked out onto the streets. Anywho last
night Elder Jewett and I went out with Luis to visit this investigator. As we
visited with him, he said something that caused me to think. He said, "Even
though I am out, I still feel like I am in jail. I can't get a job, I can't see
my family, and the only difference is that now I can be kicked out onto the street.
I mean I am trying to do good, but why does God want me to keep
suffering."
After our appointment we talked with
Luis about what happened, and he also said something which made me think. He
said "I could see that you really wanted to help that man, but sometimes
we have got to learn some things ourselves. If all the investigator had to do
was go to jail and then come back to a life that was exactly the same, what
would he learn? Although God doesn't want him to suffer, He wants him to be
able to look back and remember how miserable that time in his life was so that
way he won't do it again."
And today as I thought about this, I
had the feeling that although God doesn't want His children to suffer,
sometimes He allows it so that way they will grow.
Anywho that's just food for thought.
But things are going super well, and although situations don't always work out
perfectly, it's usually for the better! :) Thanks to all of your help and
support!
--Take Care
Elder Guymon
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