I
would agree that Coatepec is a pretty area. This week was a little crazy
because it was the last week of the change, so I didn't do splits besides the
typical ones with the assistants.
My district is the biggest in the mission
with 5 companionships or 10 missionaries. Something memorable I've seen a
couple of times in baptismal interviews is that I've been with a person that
says something to the effect of: "I'm still not sure if I'm ready
yet." But after a kneeling prayer where I ask the person to ask God if He
feels they're ready for baptism the person agrees that it's time. It's been
cool to see people receive their answers and be with them in the moment of
decision.
The people we're teaching are getting there little by little. 7
people came to church yesterday so we're gonna have to focus on getting those
people on board for baptism now.
The district meeting didn't go as well as I'd
hoped because I didn't plan it as well as I should've. We'll work on it for
this week.
The
people from the picture are indeed members from the ward. We were waiting for
the food to get cooked while we took the pictures. I was with Elder
Lovaas at the time who, yes, is an assistant. When we do splits we usually just
decide as a group what we think will be most efficient. The assistants usually
go with the same investigators every time while Elder Breinholt and I switch
which assistant we're with (this so that us two can get to know everyone seeing
as when the assistants are gone we have that necessity). That results in those
two getting to know people better and us two getting to know more people. It
works for us.
President and Sister Esquihaus are good at just being loving. We
had a FHE with them and Sasha this week and they became friends. President and
Sister Esquihaus invited her and her husband to do double date type stuff with
them every once in a while as well.
A pretty cool spiritual experience was a
chat that Elder Lovaas and I had with the bishop on Sunday. After ward council
he pulled us aside to give us advice and also asked us about our reasons to be
missionaries because he said he felt like getting inspired or something like
that. It turned into a cool conversation. Bishop
gave us a handful of advice, but his line of thoughts began after his nonmember
neighbor commented about how many missionaries stray from the path after their
missions. So basically he was saying how we can prepare ourselves starting now
for the life that follows the mission. He even suggested we pray now that we'll
be able to keep ourselves in line afterwards because he says he sees that we're
good missionaries and that we bring the Spirit with us and he doesn't want us
to lose it when we face the temptations that will come. As for what we said, he
basically just asked us why we came on the mission and said he wanted to ponder
about it. I'm curious what he'll say next time we see him. He also said that he
expects to see us in General Conference someday haha.
Something that brought me joy was an
activity that we had this week. The primary kids put on a play and then the
kids from the nursery -- yes I said nursery -- did a choreographed dance that
was really funny because they were super lost, but they gave it their best.
Love,
Elder
Finlinson
The view from Connor's apartment during a rainstorm.
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