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| Last chance to attend the temple! |
We decided to change our P day to today so that we could take
one last temple trip before I leave. Man!
Ending a mission is hard...
So this week we spent a lot of time
translating. The Quorum of the 12 came
out with a Sabbath Day training forever ago, but somehow it got lost in the mix
and never made it to our branch. So this
week we had to find it, well actually steal it from the other ward, and then
since it was in English, we had to translate all of it into Spanish. That took for-ev-er... Talk about hours
in my companion's clerk’s office. One of us would watch the video and translate
sentence-by-sentence while the other would study or make calls. Then we would switch. But, we got it done, and were able to use it
in our PEC meeting on Sunday. It
will for sure help us to make some needed changes here.
I got to bike in the rain again!!!!!!!!!
So this whole time I have been here in Galveston it hasn't rained once... Then
after leaving the church one night, it rained. I love biking in the rain! Well don't get me wrong, biking in the rain
everyday would be terrible. But I had so
much fun. Just waterproof all my
scriptures and pamphlets and just have no cares about getting wet. Here in this rain, being in it for 10 seconds
or being in it for 10 hours makes almost no difference at all. You end up completely wet either way, haha. It’s always fun to get home just wet and cold
and immediately take a hot shower. So
nice!
We also started a new program here called “Venid
a Mi”. It’s pretty much just home teaching,
but a little bit more thought out and specific. We have 7 companionships that will teach 7
less active or recent convert families. And
the presidency and the missionaries prepared 12 specific lessons that end with
them starting their own family home evenings and setting up a temple trip! It should be super cool! Too bad I won't be here to see it in action, but
I will just keep in contact and hear about it all. The families that will teach are super
excited! I have never seen this branch
so willing to participate in a church project! It should be super cool!
Then for weekly planning we did something a
little different. Usually we just sit
and go over who we have to teach and what they need and we usually end up
getting distracted a lot. So we decided
to change things up because we weren’t having much success with what we had
already. So we picked a few key people
and then prayed. And we didn't just say
a prayer, but we Prayed...for like an hour and a half. We lost track of time. ;) We took turns
speaking and we just talked out all that we know about these people and what we
think they need and what we think we can do, and just every situation possible.
Then we took notes every time that we got a thought or revelation or prompting
of anything. It was really neat. Then we
spent another 45 minutes just evaluating it all and making plans. So let’s see
if it all works out this week... It was a really cool experience for Elder
Leszynski and me.
What else did we do... We spent a good amount of time working
with a less active named Nathely. We
never could get through to her until one day on exchanges, I just sat and
talked to her for a good while, just about her. And she started to open up about herself and
even now pays more attention to what we have to say about the gospel. And she mentioned how she is just at home
alone all day and likes when we come over because its good company. So even though it’s not the most productive
time, until we help her get a good friend in the church… So, we have spent the
first bit just talking about her life and more than we would do with a normal
investigator. We have found that as we
spend sometimes up to 45 minutes talking first, then during the lesson she
actually listens and participates. Plus, we have a lot more charity and
understanding for her now than we did before. So now we just need her to get a friend to do
this for her instead of 2 Elders who are really busy. But you can never be too kind to someone so
its worth it!
Because of certain things that came up, it was
really hard to have quality visits this week with our investigators. We are going to try super hard this week and
get a lot of people to church for my last Sunday!
Love you all! Thank you to everyone who played a part in
helping me get to where I am today! I'm
so grateful for this chance I had and still have to love and serve the people
of Houston!
Love Elder Lund
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