Elder
Lovaas has actually grown to be one of the best friends I've had in the
mission. He's planning on going to Utah State so perhaps you'll see him at
Walmart some day and wonder why he looks familiar.
On Independence day we had
to go home early so we borrowed Monopoly from some other missionaries and
played it in the apartment.
My district is finding it's way, but it'll take
some work. One of the missionaries was sent here because he's a friend of mine
and they were hoping I could get him motivated. We did splits this week and
talked for a while about how he's doing and I now expect to see progress. We
didn't have a district class this week because we had that zone conference (the
one with the singing and tie-cutting).
The best part of the week was just seeing
that we have a good amount of people that could get baptized within the month
(Aleli, Fernanda, Fernando, Saul, and Juan Jose).
A funny moment was when Elder
Lovaas took a mega risk in Monopoly and sold all of his properties to put
hotels on Boardwalk and Park Place in hopes that Elder Breinholt would roll a
10 or a 12. Elder Breinholt rolled a 12 and lost the game.
A tender mercy was
that we have found countless miracles of people who all of a sudden want to get
baptized in our area. I'm hoping to see the new people get baptized in October.
My clothes are holding up fine, although a few new pairs of garments would
never hurt. I'm still on my first pair of shoes and they're holding up so I'd
be surprised if it ever becomes necessary to buy more. Goldfish would be good
in the Christmas package.
One teaching thing that I've liked is that we're
teaching the husband of a member who is just now coming back to church and
while we teach I can tell that the message is helping her as much, if not more,
than her husband so I've enjoyed seeing the spirit of learning that is there.
One of the hardest parts of the week has been trying to stay organized enough
with our time to help progress the current investigators while still finding and
teaching new people. We had tacos al pastor for the conference on Friday.
Love,
Elder
Finlinson
Elder Bednar's visit to the mission
Zone Conference in Xalapa (Connor is behind the guy that stands out in the middle. )
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