Hola Todos!
First off, sorry, this computer is frustrating, so no photos this week. But hey, no complaining, I haven´t missed a week in like, two transfers. :)
Second off, a little update about Mauricio. The last lesson we gave was a review of the Restauration, and we introduced him to the Word of Wisdom. We were really excited becuase he said he only drinks alcohol occasionally, and with smoking and drugs he doesn´t have a problem with. And he´s getting a lot better in his prayers as well. But, as I think I´ve mentioned, he works in construction, and it´s an event job. So this week he´s been working a lot and we haven´t been able to meet with him after that. We went again yesterday to walk with him to church, and once again no one was home. We´re starting to get a little worried that he may not really be interested in continuing, and has been avoiding us so he doesn´t have to tell us. Nothing final yet, we haven´t lost faith. We just have to find him and have a talk about whether or not he really wants to continue. Lots of prayers for him would be appreciated.
It´s really hard to drop investigators. But at the same time, there´s only so much we can do for people. In the end, they have their agency, and we can only present them with the truth in an atmosphere where the spirit can testify, and then it´s up to them to choose. In the end, I know that even before I got here, God has been preparing people who are ready to not just recieve the missionaries, but recieve the gospel. Our job is to find them. As President Goates said in the last zone conference, (I don´t remember where the scripture is, about the fishers and hunters...) "I´m here to tell you that the time of fishermen has come and gone. The missionaries we send out now are the hunters. We no longer sit for hours with our line in the water waiting for a catch. But we go out searching in every place for those who are prepared to hear the gospel." In other words, lots and lots of walking, referral asking, door knocking, talking and teaching.
And this week we were able to go out a lot with the members, which is always great.
Hmm. What else to tell...
Oh, so we hear tell that the mission president is thinking of changing the proselyting schedule for the summer. What happens is there´s always been the siesta here, where everything shuts down after lunch and every goes to take their afternoon nap. But before, people would wake up and get going again around 4:30. Now that the temperatures are a little closer to the full concentrated powers of the sun, people don´t wake up until about 6, and things really don´t start moving again until about 8, when we´re just about heading back to the pench. So depending on how things go after interviews with the president, we might be allowed to stay out a little later, and, get this, maybe even SLEEP THE SIESTA. haha. I guess we´ll see. But that would be pretty exciting.
Anyway, I guess that´s about it. We were only able to meet with Telma for a few minutes, and she´s also been really busy with work, so we´re hoping that things settle down a bit so we can meet with her a little more this week as well.
Hope all is well for everyone! Thanks for all the prayers and support! Love you all!
Hermana Cannon
p.s. Haven´t gotten the christmas letter yet. It´s probably sitting around in the offices somewhere, so we´ll see if the President brings letters this thursday for interviews. :)
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