Dear Mom and Dad,
Hey, yeah, everything here is really good, and I’m still enjoying this little Quinindé. I have become a little bit more accustomed to the heat, so that’s really good to have down. And I’m finally starting to understand what’s going on with all of the teaching and the things I gotta do to help these people. Its been going good, all well and all of that. The packages haven’t got here yet, but I’m not sure if they will for a little while. I hope so. Apart from that, I’m doing fine. Got my cell phone, finally, and it’s a lot cheaper to talk. Haha, cool stuff about Gentry and James. I’m sure they had some really crazy stuff happen. I just hope that I can remember. It’s hard right now, honestly. I can hardly remember anything. Just the people that I have baptized, and some cool stuff that happened with them.
Ummm, what happened this week? I’ve been teaching really well, slamming down inspired questions, and me and my comp are starting to work a little better. Its hard with him being new, and wanting to have all of the authority. He teaches good for being new, but he’s 25 and, well, I suppose it’s hard me being Senior Comp. It really doesn’t mean too much, but I think he don’t like it. We´re working.
Lets see. The biggest stuff. Had a cool experience with an investigator. She’s not reading, praying, or doing anything. She basically got mad at me when I started doing questions, and then just told me that she was never going to get baptized. Really. I bore strong testimony, the only thing I could, and then just sat there for a bit. She thought, then says " . . . . Yeah, then, lets give it another shot." Excellent. It was really cool. Never had to save someone like that before. I felt really good after, and hopefully we can pull some good stuff out with this family.
Another thing. I did my first interview yesterday. It was good. ROUGH, but good. I already knew some things going in that the missionaries told me, but it was a real story. It’s all confidential, but its really hard when you know something she does, but the husband doesn’t. And I can’t tell him a thing. That sucks. But we´ll see. She opened right up, and I’m super glad. They seem to trust us well, and it makes me happy. This stuff is true. We´re the only ones who can do it. We´ve been working like maniacs here, looking for someone to teach, or someone that will at the very least come to church, and we´ve seen some fruits. Pray for us that we can go to those prepared. We gotta do it.
Well, that’s about it. About the airport thing, it would be cool, but I’m not so sure. I would like the airport thing, and all of those cool experiences, and its just hard because I won’t have a chance to plan with the people or anything. Some may not even be active or have moved to other places, and I won’t be able to find them. I dunno. I’ll think a little more about it and let ya know. If so, you guys gotta learn Spanish pretty quick, or you won’t be able to understand them, haha. Well, I love you guys. Got my hair cut, looks like crap, so don’t worry about the girls. I’m gaining weight, I think, too, which sucks. Not sure how it’s possible, but I’m gonna change it. Miss all of you, and just a year left from yesterday and I’ll be back there. Well, eso es todo. Cuidense mucho, y sigan adelante, por fa.
Love,
Elder Jace Reber
Hey, yeah, everything here is really good, and I’m still enjoying this little Quinindé. I have become a little bit more accustomed to the heat, so that’s really good to have down. And I’m finally starting to understand what’s going on with all of the teaching and the things I gotta do to help these people. Its been going good, all well and all of that. The packages haven’t got here yet, but I’m not sure if they will for a little while. I hope so. Apart from that, I’m doing fine. Got my cell phone, finally, and it’s a lot cheaper to talk. Haha, cool stuff about Gentry and James. I’m sure they had some really crazy stuff happen. I just hope that I can remember. It’s hard right now, honestly. I can hardly remember anything. Just the people that I have baptized, and some cool stuff that happened with them.
Ummm, what happened this week? I’ve been teaching really well, slamming down inspired questions, and me and my comp are starting to work a little better. Its hard with him being new, and wanting to have all of the authority. He teaches good for being new, but he’s 25 and, well, I suppose it’s hard me being Senior Comp. It really doesn’t mean too much, but I think he don’t like it. We´re working.
Lets see. The biggest stuff. Had a cool experience with an investigator. She’s not reading, praying, or doing anything. She basically got mad at me when I started doing questions, and then just told me that she was never going to get baptized. Really. I bore strong testimony, the only thing I could, and then just sat there for a bit. She thought, then says " . . . . Yeah, then, lets give it another shot." Excellent. It was really cool. Never had to save someone like that before. I felt really good after, and hopefully we can pull some good stuff out with this family.
Another thing. I did my first interview yesterday. It was good. ROUGH, but good. I already knew some things going in that the missionaries told me, but it was a real story. It’s all confidential, but its really hard when you know something she does, but the husband doesn’t. And I can’t tell him a thing. That sucks. But we´ll see. She opened right up, and I’m super glad. They seem to trust us well, and it makes me happy. This stuff is true. We´re the only ones who can do it. We´ve been working like maniacs here, looking for someone to teach, or someone that will at the very least come to church, and we´ve seen some fruits. Pray for us that we can go to those prepared. We gotta do it.
Well, that’s about it. About the airport thing, it would be cool, but I’m not so sure. I would like the airport thing, and all of those cool experiences, and its just hard because I won’t have a chance to plan with the people or anything. Some may not even be active or have moved to other places, and I won’t be able to find them. I dunno. I’ll think a little more about it and let ya know. If so, you guys gotta learn Spanish pretty quick, or you won’t be able to understand them, haha. Well, I love you guys. Got my hair cut, looks like crap, so don’t worry about the girls. I’m gaining weight, I think, too, which sucks. Not sure how it’s possible, but I’m gonna change it. Miss all of you, and just a year left from yesterday and I’ll be back there. Well, eso es todo. Cuidense mucho, y sigan adelante, por fa.
Love,
Elder Jace Reber