Elder Hirst week 82
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Monday- p day was crazy.
It rained an insane amount and the streets all flooded. So we stayed in the
church all day and when p day ended we walked outside and there was a river
running through the streets. So we had no other options and we just went and
our shoes got soaked. The water was up to our calves it was insane. We went out
and visited a very sick member who hasn't been able to come to church in a
while and we taught him and he was such a nice humble man. Then we luckily were
picked up by members (they should've picked us up in a boat though) and took us
to a family home evening.
Tuesday- we had district meeting
and it was good. That evening we met with a Nigerian less active who had some
health issues so we gave him a blessing. Then we had a ward meeting that
evening to talk about our mission activity this Saturday. Then we were able to
meet with frank Lourdes and Erica and we read 3nephi11 all together!
Wednesday- Wednesday morning we
had a great miracle. We were able to meet with two new investigators from
Nigeria. They had investigated the church in Madrid because their uncle is a
member. They had some great questions and really wanted to know about baptism.
Then we had a meeting with the bishop who i love so much here. Then we had more
meetings that evening with the ward leaders. The rest of the evening, i don't
remember really what happened, but Im sure it was a good
Thursday- Weekly planning in the
morning, and then we got to go to the area of our district leader and his
companion and do exchanges in a different part of Alicante. Now this was
cool. We went and met with a less active family named the Chachalos who are
from Ecuador. When they met me they freaked out because they were baptized in Ecuador by an elder Hirst. Turns out that Elder Hirst that baptized them was my
cousin Michal Hirst. They showed me pictures and everything. Then
we taught English class that evening.
Friday- we finished the exchange
that morning then that evening my companion and i met with the New Nigerian
Investigator Heis. We invited her to baptism and answered a lot of her
questions about the church and she's really excited to keep learning and said
she would be baptized. She's pregnant right now so we put the date for
after when the baby is due so she can get that all figured out, which is in
may. Then we met a cool Colombian guy who's less active and taught him. We
plan on meeting with him more to help him
Saturday- Today is the big day
of the multiward international activity. We just set it up and got a bunch
of stuff ready. The activity consisted in typical dances from many
different countries, and food from each country. As missionaries we
prepared lots of typical American food, grilled cheese, peanutbutter and jelly,
brownies, and cookies. Also we brought 16 liters of koolaid. It turned out to
be a fantastic activity with lots of great food and tons of people. Even
us Americans got permission from pres to do Cotton-eyed-joe dance and it was
way fun and we were a big hit.
Sunday- We had a great Sunday with
4 investigators and church, but we were sad some people we had expected to come
didn't show. But we'll be working on it this week! Also, we got transfers and
me and my companion will be staying together here in Alicante. In fact our
entire district is going to be staying together here in Aicante! That's super
rare that that happens!
it was a super awesome week full
of tons of miracles. I love the mission a ton and I'm sorry if my emails
have gotten a little lame, but love you all and thanks for all your support
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