Week Sixty-one:  Smashing [September 24, 2018]

Hi Everyone!

Nothing too crazy this week. We were able to meet with Albert on Tuesday and we watched President Nelson's talk on receiving personal revelation. We also gave him a blessing of comfort and to help him live the word of wisdom. He's doing really well so far and his baptism should be really soon!

 Wednesday we read the Book of Mormon with a guy named Andreas. Missionaries have talked to him previously and he seems to have a strong desire to learn more. Also something interesting happened at the end of the day. Pretty much everyone we stopped by was home. That rarely ever happens, but it was a nice change. 

Some other things that happened this week. We met a referral who's apartment smelled strongly of cigar smoke. He really liked to talk and when we left we smelled like his apartment. Fortunately it was the end of our day so no one had to wonder what we'd been up to. I also had to give a discussion in our district council and I realized before it started that I forgot my notes. I had to try and remember what I had planned to talk about which was interesting. 

I had exchanges with Elder 'Anitony Saturday. He' s a Spanish Elder and since it was the Spanish branch's turn to clean the church we went. The only problem is that no one showed up so it was just the two of us cleaning the entire church. It ended up taking most of the day. After that we talked with some people we had found last week on exchanges and we ended up talking with them for over an hour. They seem pretty strong in their faith, but they are also interested in learning more so we'll see where that goes. We also talked with Katryna and Jorge. 

Sunday we had Katryna and Jorge come to church with their kids. They were the only ones since basically everyone we're working with now seems to be getting sick. In the evening we were trying by some people when one guy came out of the house and made it pretty apparent that he didn't want us there. We hurried to leave, but I was a little hasty and backed up into some metal tool thing. (My companion is supposed to back me up, but we were in too much of a hurry). Thankfully we're not in too much trouble. We also ended up seeing three tarantulas which was pretty cool. 

That's all for now. Have a great week! 

Elder Jason Riches