alright first off, no pictures again this week cuz the computers here are so all over the place. some of them work, some dont. so i wasnt able to upload my pictures here. so ill just have to send them next week. our week this week was alright. we finally got back to having a normal week again but that didnt necessarily help us a lot. it turned out that more people ended up failing on us this week than in the past so it was a little hard a couple days where we walked around all day just doing contacts. i felt a little how i did during my time in avenida matta where we would just walk the streets trying to get into a house and having my feet and legs killing me at the end of the night from so much walking, but at least we made it kinda fun.
monday we went and taught a girl named camila. she does everything basically that a member should, without being baptized. she goes to church every week, and has for the last 2 years. she keeps all the commandments that she needs to in order to get baptized, she even pays her tithing. all that while only being 21 years old. and with that, she is dating a member. so the truth is that i dont know why she isnt already baptized. but when we talked to her, she said that she has never really read the book of mormon and that would be something important to know if the church is true or not. so we set goals with her to read everyday for the next 3 weeks and pray everytime. and then we`ll talk after that about whether she wants to get baptized or not. i think that if she does what we asked, she`ll gain a testimony and will get baptized in august or september. so im hoping for that.
tuesday president king came out with us to visit carlos, our investigator that is skizophrenic. he came to really make sure that everything was ok there and to make our bishop a little happier. cuz he had asked if president would talk to carlos. and everything went well there. president said that he didnt feel like there is anything that would prohibit carlos from being a normal member after getting baptized. so he should get baptized in 2 weeks if everything goes well.
wednesday we went to teach daniela again and she is progressing really well. she still reads the chapter in the book of mormon that we leave her everytime and is praying and doing the things that we ask. i think it also helps that she has so much time and is able to do those things. cuz a lot of the time, people just dont have time or get busy and forget to read or whatever. and also she came to church again this week but this time on her own so that was good cuz it shows that she wants to be there. so i really think that she could get baptized on the day that we put in august. and that would be really cool cuz it would be the first time that ive had that happen. where someone gets baptized on the day we first put with them.
thursday and friday were our toughest days this week. when we didnt do anything and just contacted all day. but sometimes that can be good too to try and find more people. so hopefully with all those contacts, it means that this week some of those people will be home to go by and teach them. thats always my biggest hope and what makes me feel a little better those days that are just tougher.
saturday we had a ward activity and it was pretty fun. it was also something different that i had never seen before. what they did is each family made like a big poster with pictures and other stuff about their family so that everyone could get to know each other a little better. so it was nice seeing the different things about each family and getting to know them better which is important seeing as how ive only been here for a month now. it was funny though cuz i put my little picture album on a table with the family that i like the most here so that i could be part of it a little.
then sunday was another slow and tough day for us although we did have ward conference. i got to meet the stake president and for a country of mostly shorter people, he is huge. he is about 6`8 although he does have a background from the states since his last name is spencer. but i thought that that was funny.
other than that though everything is going well. im hoping for a little better week this week and im sure that we will have it. we just have to keep working hard. i hope everyone is doing well. take care
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