Isabel's
husband and niece went to church this week and her daughter, Ana, was baptized.
I was definitely wearing shoes when I stepped into the water, but it really
wasn't too deep. (Funny story from last week.)
In the zone there will be few changes, but one that I'm
excited about is that Elder Mardo will finally be in my zone. He'll be district
leader so we'll be working together fairly often.
Last week we didn't get
around to everything, but I'm staying here so we'll get around to it eventually.
Today we just played some simple games and ordered pizza.
The best part of the
week is that we had several people accept baptismal dates this week and also
Ana got baptized. One challenging thing is that while our area is gaining
ground, the zone is losing it. I'm hoping that a few changes that will occur at
the district leader level will help things improve quickly.
One funny moment was.Yesterday
we got on a bus and a guy started waving at us and laughing like he knew us,
but we didn't recognize him so we talked to him. He said he was from Guatemala
and we had a conversation similar to this: "Hey, I know you guys. Do you
remember me?" "No sorry, where/when did we meet?" "I met
you in Chiapas. Or was it Oaxaca?" (Two Mexican states near the southern
border where many are crossing illegally) "I'm afraid that wasn't us my
friend, but there are surely other missionaries around there" "I
don't know you look a lot like the ones I met over there..." "Where
are you headed?" "Puebla. Can you give me a ride from Tezuitlán to
Puebla or pay for my ticket?" And so on until we eventually parted ways.
Something
I'm looking forward to in this change is 1. Working with Elder Mardo 2.
Continuing the work in our area.
Something interesting I found in my studies
this week is that God's omniscience is an essential factor in our having faith
in him. We can trust perfectly in Him because He knows perfectly what the
consequence of any decision is/will be.
One piece of advice to learn Spanish is
to find as many different ways to immerse yourself in it as you can. Have
simple conversations with Dad, use Duolingo, watch movies in Spanish with
subtitles in English or in English with Spanish subtitles, read simple books,
ask Miranda how she's learning (grandpa told me she is). And when you're
talking in Spanish DON'T TRANSLATE IT INTO ENGLISH.
Love, Elder Finlinson
Ana's Baptism. There was also an 8 year old getting baptized that is why there is so much white.
Juana's Baptism
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