December 15, 2014
Area: Trinity River
Companion: Gamez
It sounds like you all had a great week, but it
sounds like the cold weather has started...well, everywhere except here,
right now it is 80 degrees, but the rest of this week looks like it'll
rain and be in the 60s.
This week went well, we
have been working more with the Chavez family, and we have been meeting
more of the people that the hermanas taught. A lot of people came to
church this week, but a couple of them don't really seem too interested
in us teaching them, yet they come to church because they like to come or because they
have family in the church. One of these people is the husband of a
woman in the ward and he seems to be warming up to us a little more, but
whenever we go visit their family, he goes into the bedroom. The other
has some kind of problem with the Book of Mormon, but he works out of
town all week, so we haven't had the chance to teach him yet.
The
Chavez family is coming along great, they are pretty sure about being
baptized this coming Sunday, we just need to make sure we can teach them
the commandments, but they have a
pretty good testimony of the stuff we have taught so far. The only worry
I have about them is whether or not they will be ready for this Sunday.
We hope that we won't have to push their date back a week, but that
might have to happen.
We got to meet with April
and Valeria, the nonmember daughters of a RS teacher, and we got to help them understand some things a little more.
We felt like in their case the hermanas were just going too fast on the
lessons and weren't teaching quite to their understanding. We are taking the time to resolve concerns they have and to help them know what
they need to do to know the truth of these things. We feel like soon
enough they will find their answer and choose to be baptized.
I
can tell that being with Elder Gamez has been, and will be, a good
learning experience because it has been a test of patience. I very much
like moving fast and not taking many breaks, as well as concentrating at
the task at hand, at least when it comes to planning and preparing for
the activities of the day. Elder Gamez is pretty much the opposite. I
love serving with him and he has a great testimony, I just wish we
could move a little faster in the unnecessary things... I am just trying
to be grateful for the things I have been given, I also enjoy laughing
with Elder Gamez about the little funny or dumb things that we do.
I wish I had more time, but we should get going,
I love you guys,
Elder Stanley Scott Dye
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