Hey everyone. It's been a really long week so I'm probably
going to miss some stuff that happened.
But basically the majority of the missionary work I'm doing
is ask people on the streets if they want a card for Christmas and hand it
to them. We invite them to church and then I do my best to explain stuff
until my Spanish runs out. During our lessons, I listen carefully and can
usually make out what everyone is talking about, so that's been
pretty good. But every so often someone will ask me a question and it just
sounds like a ton of mumbling and I just stare at them in confusion. But
it's progress, although sometimes it doesn't feel like it.
On Wednesday we had intercambios where we switch
companions with another set of missionaries for a day. That was very
interesting because I really got along with the companion I had that day. He
was pretty cool. It's a shame I was only with him that day cause he really
pushed me to talk more and invite people to baptism. It was actually a really
stressful day because we had so much to do, so we got permission to stay out an
hour later to finish all our appointments. One of the things that happened that
day while we were at an apartment complex doing some tracting, was he told me
to pick a door to knock on. I felt a strong urge to chose the one directly in
front of us. A guy opened the door and let us in and we talked to him for a
long time. He had lots of questions and at the end, he agreed to be baptized,
and it was the first lesson! So that was cool.
Another cool thing that happened was we did a door contact
and I gave him a Book of Mormon. Usually, we don't give BoM's out in a door
contact but I felt like I should. As I pondered on that at night after getting
home, I felt a very powerful impression that it was the right thing to do. When
we returned a few days later his Dad was there and we taught him about Joseph
Smith and the Restoration. He was a really sharp guy and believed our message.
We gave him a BOM as well and invited them to get baptized. He said he wanted
time to meditate before he made a decision but I think he'll really make
progress. We go to see him again in a few days.
My companion is a good guy but we are very different. It's
been a difficult transition because me and my last companion we were basically
the same person. But its all good and I'm sure I'll learn a lot.
I really can't remember what else happened this week because
I'm kinda stressed right now, but I'll write every week.
Elder Dyal
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