Isabel's
niece is doing relatively well. Her husband not as much. One of her sons went
to church this week though, so we'll start working a little more closely with
him now.
Honestly in the zone I feel like one huge and easily resolvable
problem we have in the zone is a lack of goals. Some missionaries are doing
their best to work with goals, but generally we haven't done a good enough job
of encouraging the missionaries to set and achieve high goals.
The trampoline
was a little small for adults to jump on so I didn't get on at any point.
Zone
conference between Teziutlan and Martinez trades off between one and the other,
but in some zones that's not the case. We'll be in charge of food, a class, and
my companion will direct the conference.
Two investigators that have had a big
impact on me are Sasha from Xalapa and Isabel from here. Obviously there are
others, but they come to mind as two that helped me gain perspective. Sasha
helped me gain perspective on what it means to put God and family first and
Isabel helped me understand that repentance is truly between God and the
individual (although others can definitely help along the way).
One companion
that had a big impact on me was Elder Alor because we learned together that
obedience brings blessings. And one that wasn't my "companion," but
was at the same time was Elder Lovaas. He also helped me understand the
important difference between correcting others without love and doing it with
love.
My favorite part of the week was possibly the district class. I sat in on
the class of Elder Merrell (not Elder Merrill my companion, but Elder Merrell
the district leader). I was just impressed by the energy and new ideas that he
had.
One funny/scary/mostly funny thing happened this week, but I'll have to
explain it later. Just remind me to tell the story about the drunk guy that
wanted to give us his hats.
One miracle is that Angel (son of Juana) got
baptized this Sunday and I honestly wasn't too sure that it would happen. But
it did, and he was super happy to do it as well. One blessing is the simple,
but extremely important reaffirmation that God hears and answers our prayers
when we're patient and have faith. Something challenging is just trying to find
the way to not "run faster than (I) have strength." I'm trying to keep
things in perspective and just be led through prayer to make my decisions.
Love
you,
Elder
Finlinson
*Tu español va bien. Sigue estudiándolo y no te rindas. Entiende que será un proceso, pero está bien. Así esto puede servirte como una lección en ambos el español y en la paciencia. *This is a message to me, as I am trying to learn Spanish. :)
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