Elder Larson is from Bullhead City, Arizona. We are doing great together, partially owing to the fact that we were in the same classroom together 9 hours a day for 9 weeks in the MTC. We've been doing a lot of teaching, a lot of cleaning, a lot of walking and a lot of sleeping. I let you know about the Hand of God in my life in a little bit.
Elder Larson and I are rockin the St patties ties.
I'll refrain from telling you anything too gross but I'm almost positive I've grown alien life forms in some dishes in this house....and the missionaries there have a CAR?!? What on earth is that?? I only see motos and cheap excuses for cars most times down here although I did see a very nice BMW the other day. It sent me into cardiac arrest. We don't even have bikes, which would be very very nice in this area... Oh well. They probably couldn't handle it down here. They send the hardend criminals to south america and africa. We need to be broken and shattered so that we can become good people again. But they'll never break me. Never.
Things are never too difficult with the Lord on our side. Or rather with us on the Lords side. I love the work and I love every single person I see. I knelt in prayer the other day and i was praying about the area. I remembered that quote you sent about the Lord not tolerating us but rather loving us unconditionally. I'm not here to tolerate the people of Uruguay nor these two years. Rather I'm here to love every one and use my time as the Savior would.
Changes were really hard. I really love Elder V like a brother. I miss him a ton and i struggled the first few days of this last week. That said, through prayer and turning to the scriptures, I'm doing much better now. I know that this is the Lord's will for me and even though I'll probably never have a companion like him again, I'm doing what I need to be doing. I can help each of my companions and learn from each of them. I just have to keep my eyes open, as well as my heart.
We sent Elder V off at 4 in the morning, not my favorite thing in the world. Elder Larson came in at 10 from artigas and he and i went to the terminal and talked about the area for a couple hours til the bus came. After that it was pretty routine. Friday we had dinner with a member and got out at 9:20 pm. It was a 15 minute walk home. SO we ran. and got chased by dogs. But out ran them. and made it home at 9:29 pm. I don't think we'll be doing that again. I don't know why but the dogs here really don't like Elder Larson because we never had problems with dogs before....I hope they don't eat him....
The branch had about 18 members this last sunday, yesterday, and we had 3 investigators come to church. That's the first time I've ever had that in my mission. I'm a little bit excited about this. The spanish is good. He speaks really well and we do our studies in spanish and speak a fair amount of it in the streets so hopefully I'll see a deal of improvement soon.
Alright, so like I said, we had three in church on sunday! It's a mom named Silvana and her daughters Camila and Keila. I was super excited that they came. We went to go look for them at about 10:30 and the mom wasn't home so we waited for a couple minutes and she came home and said she wanted to come! So we all went to church. Well on the way there, we saw a dead cat...that was rotting...and half eaten... and then Camila's front tire on her bike blew out. I'm really glad they're not too superstitious. We missed the sacrament because we showed up 10 minutes late and it was the loudest roudiest sacrament meeting I've ever sat through. Afterward, Silvana said she really liked it and that she could feel something very powerful during it. Hopefully we can get them to the full block next time. They have fecha for abril 7. I'm praying for a miracle...
Todays metal scripture, Luke 24:5, Why seek ye the living among the dead? (Followed by screaming guitar solo and ridiculously fast drumming.)
I see more than I like to of people refusing to let the Savior in. As representatives of Jesus Christ we knock. They turn us away and instead of being mad or irrate, I feel terrible that this might have been their shot at eternal salvation and they're too busy watchin tv to let the Lord into their lives. I too am thankful for the knowledge of the eternities that i have. Jesus Christ is the guiding star for us the wayward travelers on this bleak and restless ocean. If we neglect the guiding light in our life we too may follow the fate of the sailors in the peom by Robert Louis Stevenson. "With a sudden plunge on the sullen swell, three fathoms deep on the road to hell." That sudden plunge may come at any moment but if we are following the guiding star in our life, the deck will be illuminated and we will be able to cling to the iron rod and life giving salvation.
Until Next week
Elder Andrew
Until Next week
Elder Andrew
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