6/9/14
Hey Everyone!!
This week has been pretty awesome!!
On tuesday night we had visits with less actives in the Elders quorum and
it was Elder Flores and I and Luis Benites the president of the quorum and
Gregory our investigator! I went with Luis and my companion went with Gregory to
visit some people and it went alright. When we got to dinner afterwards my
companion told me that during the visits Gregory, whos and investigator was like
another missionary and was actually teaching the less active members of the
church!? I think thats super awesome the only thing is that Gregory doesnt want
to accept a baptismal date! He has given us more references than monst of the
members but doesnt want to accept it yet for himself! We actually went and hung
out with him today and hes become really good friends with us but he just wont
accept a date... He also went visiting with us on wednesday also and hes coming
to all the activities and bringing his friends and everything so were hoping
that something will touch him pretty soon! Hes basically a member who hasnt been
baptized yet!?
On thursday Presidente Risso came to Jaen for the last time before he goes
home and he talked to us for a little while and its was pretty sad and its a
bummer thats hes going home but it will be a good experience to have 2 mission
presidents! After he talked to us for a while he took us out to eat lunch and it
was really good! After that we took some last pictures and then he was gone for
the last time. Im going to miss him! Then at the end of the conference the zone
leaders talked about new beginnings and things and how we need to start off
right for the new president whos coming so its time to work hard!
Then on thursday night we had a missionary night and we had organized a
mini championship in the ward with soccer and volleyball! There were actually a
ton of people who showed up and a lot of members brought investigators so it was
rather succesful too! We ended up playing with the high priest agains the bishop
and his counselors and a couple other people and they were talking so much trash
before the game saying that we were going to lose our legs and everything like
that and then we ended up working them!!! It was really funny and fun! Everyone
was all suprised that i could actually play soccer and that was pretty
funny!
On Saturday, Norbil one of our recent converts took us out to Shumba to
meet his family and have lunh with his family! It was a really cool experince!
They live really far away from town and its pretty much in the middle of a bunch
of rice fields! The live in a pretty cool place though! When we first got there
we went and laid in some hammocks and ate some oranges from his orange tree and
they were super good! Then he took us to some park that was pretty cool! After
that we had lunch with his family and then we went to this thing called Cachimbo
which is this tradition here when the people who are graduating high school give
a welcome to the new people who are coming in! The welcome isnt very nice
though! As they are walking in the tradition is to hit them with like cardboard
sticks wrapped in tape and then later their godmother or their godfather cuts
their hair in a random spot and the people who are graduating pour water and
flour on the new students head!! It was really pretty funny! Then while we were
walking back it was really dark and there aren't any lights but when you looked
off to the side to the rice fields there were thousands of fire flies and there
were a bunch of blinking little lights! It was a super cool day! Norbil is the
best too! It so cool when the people share the gospel with their friends and
their families and you can see the blessings they receive in their lives!
Tharts about all for now! Im really enjoying serving a mission and i know
that this church is true and that it can help everybody! I have seen people
completely change their lives around and have seen the blessings they have
recieved!! Anyone can recieve the same blessings! Love you guys!
Love,
Elder Jarman
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