Elder Hirst week 98
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Monday-
so for p day we had a Fourth of July celebration with the missionaries here in Alicante and it was fun. We just played some games and made lots of hot dogs
and yea, it was pretty normal. That evening we had that great as always family
home evening with the many Ecuadorians and we had some amazing food!
Tuesday- we went to Elche to their district meetings and it was really good, the meeting was really good and it was great to see those missionaries there. Then we had exchanges with the elders from Elche ward 1 elder wood and elder Jarvis. I was with elder Jarvis from Las Vegas Nevada. We taught Blanca the recent convert and she is really struggling with issues in life and also had the ward family home evening and we had some people there so it was good.
Tuesday- we went to Elche to their district meetings and it was really good, the meeting was really good and it was great to see those missionaries there. Then we had exchanges with the elders from Elche ward 1 elder wood and elder Jarvis. I was with elder Jarvis from Las Vegas Nevada. We taught Blanca the recent convert and she is really struggling with issues in life and also had the ward family home evening and we had some people there so it was good.
Patricia our neighbor who delivered Sam's debit card
Wednesday-
that morning was interesting, we went down to the courthouse to be able to get
frank and Lourdes a date for their marriage. Unfortunately one of Lourdes's
important papers from Ecuador had a wrong date of birth put on it, so the date
will have to be postponed until they can fix that. Later, we continued
the exchange and we were able to talk with some great people but not a ton
happened. Then that evening we went to a man we had found last week named Jorge and it went really bad, he just wanted to bible bash and stuff, and we
aren't really about that. We just let him give his little deal and then
we left. Then we were able to teach Santiago, our investigator who's
progressing towards baptism. He's doing well but it's difficult for him
to understand some things and he's been in so many religions in his life that
he wants to be really sure. But it still went really well.
Thursday-
we did weekly planning that morning and I don't have many more of those to do
so that is nice! Then that evening we got some amazing new investigators from
the Dominican Republic. Her name is Wendy and she has two sons, one with
learning disabilities. For that reason she came to spain but she was a
lawyer in the Dominican Republic and they are such an awesome family. They all
committed to start reading the Book of Mormon. Then we later taught a
progressing less active named Jefferson and it's great because hes going to a
stake YSA camp out this week. Also we had a family home evening with some
amazingly progressing less actives Omar and Gabby.
Friday-
in the morning we had district meeting and that was fun. Then that
evening i don't know why but I was just absolutely dead exhausted, but we were
able to teach a lady in her door, and then teach Santiago once again and he's
doing well, little by little he's understanding more. Then we taught Frank Lourdes and Erica and they're bummed about the marriage thing but still excited
to continue forward.
Saturday-
we played futbol that morning and frank came so that was fun. That evening was
the baptism of Antonio, the Dutch man who the elders from ward 2 have been
teaching. He was just absolutely beaming in his baptism, I've never seen a more
happy man. Haha the service was a little disastrous. At the same time as
the baptism, there was a stake relief society activity that involved dancing
and loud music and they weren't really willing to turn down the music so we did
the service and a tiny primary room. Then the font had drained for some reason
so it was like knee deep so Antonio basically had to lie down flat to be
baptized. But all in all it turned out great and he was so so happy.
Sunday-
it was a great Sunday. We had lots of investigators and less actives at church.
Then that evening i had my final interview with president. I have
absolutely loved president Andersen, he is just such a spiritual and humble man
and he and Hermana Andersen have just felt like parents for me. They're
just such calm and kind people, I've loved them so much. Anyway, that
interview was crazy because it made me realize how close it really is.
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