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| Baby buny |
November 18, 2014
Mom and Dad!
What a crazy week! Go UTES! :) what a heck of a win! What
are they ranked in the nation? Hopefully they are around 15 right??? Sounds
like Dad held down the fort quite well! I cant believe that Laubs has a job at
Zupas!! That is so awesome! I have not heard anything from her in a few weeks,
but I'm sure she is super busy, but that is super awesome! :) Hopefully they
keep her working there for a while, she needs to pay for gas! Does she still
drive the Outback?? And the Honda? :) Hopefully my little blacky is receiving
some sort of love right?? :) I'm so happy that you made it home safe, and that
the Gamma Knife went well! I really hope you do not have surgery.... Hopefully
you can just get BCBS to approve the
drug and will pick it up finally! But I know that you're in the Lord's hands,
Mom. Seriously! It sounds like you are in great hands up in Seattle though!
Oh, I have received the flat package and I will be waiting
for the next one! I have a bit of a question though, have you sent the Christmas
package yet?? If not, I have a request, if you could put my old Idaho license plate in
the package! There is an awesome member here in our ward that is super helpful
with the missionaries, and is like my older brother here in the area, but he
collects License plates from the US ,
and he does not have one from Idaho ,
so I was wondering if it was possible, throwing that in right on top of that
package! :) That is the last thing! :) Sorry!
So the world of the mission is going really well! Sorry I
don't mention to much about my comp! Me and him are getting along really well!
He is learning a lot because he only has 6 months in the mission. At about that
time in the mission, is when you think you're better than the investigators,
and just try to outsmart them, and don't really pay any attention to them. I don't know why it happens, but it happens
to all of the missionaries. Its about that time when your Spanish is getting
better, and you can somewhat speak with the people, and think that because you
are able to speak, means you should talk the whole lesson haha. I was the same
way 6 months ago, but I have changed a whole lot now that I look back. Anyway,
Elder Hayes is at that point and just LOVES to talk haha. One of our
investigators, told him he talks more than a parrot hahaha :) He didn't know
what that word meant, and I don't intend on telling him hahaha :) But we are
getting a long really well, and hopefully he is learning a little from what I
have learned.
To answer Mom's questions, I have had 0 problems since I
have left Masaya. I'm adjusted to everything, and the water, nor the food
doesn't hurt me anymore. I'm always careful to not eat food that isn't cooked
that well, but that just comes with experience with Nicaraguan Cooking haha :)
The nice thing is that my Districts areas are super super super poor, so
usually when we go and eat at homes, it is just rice and beans, and maybe some
eggs. This area has humbled me a lot. Like last night I did divisions with
missionaries in my district for the night, and ate like three times haha. The
Nicas are super humble and willing to share and give what they can. its kind of
sad sometimes because I have learned to read emotions pretty well, and a lot of
times, they give us the food, and it is just almost a look of shame that they
couldn't provide more, it has been a pretty amazing year, last year at this
time I was a completely different person.
My District is doing really great! The one missionaries in
Monserrat North, Elder Merrill and Elder Castro are doing great! finding a lot
of people, and doing a lot of contacting! I gave them the goal of contacting 43
people everyday, which is a lot for a missionary, but they completed yesterday,
and are super animated to complete again!
The Assistants are always doing good! :) hahaha
Elder Hayes and I brought 12 people to church last week,
which was a miracle! We put that goal the night before, and the Lord helped us
get exactly 12! super awesome! The one family we visited the next day after
church, and the first thing the wife tells us is that, " You guys need to
pray to the Lord to find the truth" Which basically put, she liked the
church, just has her own beliefs that are against the church, like doesn't
believe in Prophets, and thinks that all the churches will be saved in the last
day. But she is really awesome, so i think we will try and teach the Book of
Mormon this week and see if she will accept it. The other people that showed up
were a Grandma, her daughter, and her Grandkids, who are super pilas, and they
really want to read the book of mormon, we our next appt, on Friday to see if
they read Moroni
10! sorry "pilas" (pronounced Peelas) if you don't remember
means they are super positive and will do whatever you ask them!
Anyway that is basically the week! haha we had that fish
soup again, so I will put that up on Dropbox! Sorry I wish I could take more
photos, but because we have some people in our area that are looking to rob us
I never carry my camera or anything important. Once I'm out of the office, I promise
I will take a ton more photos!!!!! Promise! :)
I love you guys! have a great week! If you guys would like
anything else for Christmas, like Nicaraguan souvenirs, let me know what you
would like so I can look!! :) KEEP ON THE PILAS! :)
Elder Naisbitt
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| Breakfast of champions |
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| Fish soup |
