Sept. 15, 2014
Area: Broadway- Central 2
Companion: Heath (newly entered the mission field in Houston)
Hey, it's nice to actually get an email this week :D :P I was
wondering all week whether or not Angie had the baby... I guess she did,
so now I have a second niece that I need to meet when I get home... I
just wonder how many more there are going to be because everyone is
getting settled in to different homes that are more permanent than
before... And Carolyn, you need to wait until I get home to have your
first because when I eventually get married, my kids are going to be
like 10 years younger than their cousins.... :P
This
week has been rough for our area. For whatever reason, we had a hard time getting in contact
with people the whole week. We started it off well though--on Monday,
we had the opportunity to go and contact a referral, named Cesar Cuervo,
that we got from the church headquarters, it was from a member. We went
and knocked on the door and Elvia, Cesar's wife, answered the door. She
let us in and called Cesar, who wasn't home that evening, but is really excited
to meet with us.
We just started talking with Elvia and it turns out that she has been
reading the Book of Mormon that his member friend gave him! She was also
really interested in the message we, as missionaries, bring. We ended
up teaching her about the restoration of the church and the Book of
Mormon. We had her pray at the end of the lesson to know if what we
taught was true, as well as what she's been reading in the Book of Mormon
is also true. She accepted our invitation to pray, and she
felt the spirit very strongly. God had/has prepared her, so when when we taught with the spirit, her spirit felt God's love and desire for her to learn more of His truth. It turns out that they have 6 kids; 24, 23, 16, 10, 8, and 6. I
really can't wait to teach them again. We have a lesson
scheduled at 5pm today, so we are ending P-day a little early to teach
them with a member! I am so excited and I am determined to hopefully see the fruits of my labors (and possible see the baptism of members of this family).
Sadly
the rest of the week didn't work out like that, it was a struggle. We
were in 'finding' mode this week, and we were planning/trying to have
meaningful lessons with the people we are currently teaching. Yet those plans fell through since many of the people that we are teaching haven't been able to meet with us. I have found that people are much more busier now that school has started, so they weren't
home or wouldn't be home for the lessons we would set up with them.
Answers to questions that mom had:
1)
We did the normal P-day stuff on Labor day, there were just a bunch of
members that went to the church, so that was fun, but annoying at the
same time.
2) We still have 1 hour of personal
study, 1hr companionship time, 1hr language, and now we have 1 hour of study added to our day in which we study the lessons and the basics of being a missionary.
3) My companion is an 18 year-old, he played
trombone, loves older music
4)
Working in this area is still a little harder, but we have been trying to find new people
and think of ways we can serve/work with members to get referrals
5)
Well, I don't really like telling you those things (unusual happenings) because I know you
will freak out... but if you insist, this last week I kinda got hit by a
car, and I got my first migraine on my mission. The car didn't have a
turn signal on and they started out going straight, so I started going
straight to go around them to turn left, but then they suddenly turned
and hit my front wheel. I saw what was happening and I was already off
my bike when it happened because that was all I could do, but I left
without a scrape and nothing was messed up on my bike. And the migraine-- I started to get a
migraine when we were in our apartment one morning, and I noticed it
when I started having a headache and the sensitivity to light, so I went
and got the medicine in me, and then laid down. I was fine in like 30
minutes.
6) the weather--Did I tell you that we almost got
hit by lightning one lesson? We just got freaked out because we were
outside under a covering, then lightning struck right above us.... Other
than that, it hasn't changed much for us, it is starting to get a
little colder.
7) My readings include: the Book of Mormon, Preach my Gospel, and talks for missionaries
I love you guys,
Elder Stanley Scott Dye
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