oh rey de reyes ven (11/10/07)
Hey family, whats up. It was good to hear from you guys this week. I have a little bit of a problem, and that problem is that my email account is completely full, so I think today I have to go through and delete some old emails. :( I wanted to keep em all but the church only lets you have 50MB of space. They should hook us up with google. What a joke!
Anyway, things are going just fine. This Monday are the mission transfers, so things have been kind of crazy around the office. I have to get things ready for the new missionaries`credit cards and all that stuff, but it hasn't been too bad. We still haven't found out what changes are going to happen in the mission, but we know that there will be two new office secretaries coming in, which means there will be five of us, which means one companionship will be a trio. Which is basically totally chafa, as they say in guatemala, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I just hope I won't be in the trio.
I found out on Thursday that one of my old investigators in my first area just got baptized. We worked with him a lot, but he was a drunk, and he had such a hard time getting over it. While we were teaching him he went to the hospital and nearly died. The doctors told him if he kept drinking he would die for sure. It was honestly kind of an answer to our prayers in some way, just because sometimes the fear of death can be a pretty good motivator, but even so, he would fall every two or three weeks. In December of last year I fasted that he would get baptized, but he just never progressed. So it was really great to hear that about two weeks ago he got baptized. I was so excited when I heard that. It took about two years and 10 or more missionaries, but maybe we'll all have a little party in heaven someday. So that's my spiritual experience for the week. Fasting works, prayers are answered. Just in the Lord's time.
Very good very good.
Last week I was unable to make banana bread, but this week I plan on buying a bad of flour, sugar, baking soda and powder, and all the other stuff. I might live off hardtack when the end of the month comes, but they did it on the slaveships and the mayflower, so I figure I can do it too. Actually my monthly budget is still going along quite well. I might not be able to afford my Thanksgiving feast, but I think I'll at least be able to split the cost of a frozen pie, which is all that I really want anyway. Mmm. Almost as Kevin McAl(l)ister would say, ¨A whole apple pie, just for me.¨ You've gotta love Kevin McAl(l)ister.
With changes coming up on Monday, Elder Homer (the elder whos training me) will be leaving. So I'll be flyin`solo from here on out. I've got big plans for the office though. I want to get everything running totally smoothly. Some things are a little bit unorganized, and I'm going to go and put it all in order. Also I'm going to have a cell phone and I've gotta get my driver's license. I'm a little nervous cause people drive crazy here, but whatevs.
Anyway, I'm probably going to just go through and clean up my inbox now. Sorry I don't have more to say. I love you all and really hope that everyone is doing fantastic. As Bet Midler would say, ¨you are the wind beneath my wings.¨ rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl. Sorry. Would you like some wine with that cheese?
I make myself laugh. BLAHAHAHA.
Love,
Andrew
Anyway, things are going just fine. This Monday are the mission transfers, so things have been kind of crazy around the office. I have to get things ready for the new missionaries`credit cards and all that stuff, but it hasn't been too bad. We still haven't found out what changes are going to happen in the mission, but we know that there will be two new office secretaries coming in, which means there will be five of us, which means one companionship will be a trio. Which is basically totally chafa, as they say in guatemala, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I just hope I won't be in the trio.
I found out on Thursday that one of my old investigators in my first area just got baptized. We worked with him a lot, but he was a drunk, and he had such a hard time getting over it. While we were teaching him he went to the hospital and nearly died. The doctors told him if he kept drinking he would die for sure. It was honestly kind of an answer to our prayers in some way, just because sometimes the fear of death can be a pretty good motivator, but even so, he would fall every two or three weeks. In December of last year I fasted that he would get baptized, but he just never progressed. So it was really great to hear that about two weeks ago he got baptized. I was so excited when I heard that. It took about two years and 10 or more missionaries, but maybe we'll all have a little party in heaven someday. So that's my spiritual experience for the week. Fasting works, prayers are answered. Just in the Lord's time.
Very good very good.
Last week I was unable to make banana bread, but this week I plan on buying a bad of flour, sugar, baking soda and powder, and all the other stuff. I might live off hardtack when the end of the month comes, but they did it on the slaveships and the mayflower, so I figure I can do it too. Actually my monthly budget is still going along quite well. I might not be able to afford my Thanksgiving feast, but I think I'll at least be able to split the cost of a frozen pie, which is all that I really want anyway. Mmm. Almost as Kevin McAl(l)ister would say, ¨A whole apple pie, just for me.¨ You've gotta love Kevin McAl(l)ister.
With changes coming up on Monday, Elder Homer (the elder whos training me) will be leaving. So I'll be flyin`solo from here on out. I've got big plans for the office though. I want to get everything running totally smoothly. Some things are a little bit unorganized, and I'm going to go and put it all in order. Also I'm going to have a cell phone and I've gotta get my driver's license. I'm a little nervous cause people drive crazy here, but whatevs.
Anyway, I'm probably going to just go through and clean up my inbox now. Sorry I don't have more to say. I love you all and really hope that everyone is doing fantastic. As Bet Midler would say, ¨you are the wind beneath my wings.¨ rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl. Sorry. Would you like some wine with that cheese?
I make myself laugh. BLAHAHAHA.
Love,
Andrew