Hey Everyone!!!
This has been one heck of a
week!! We worked our butts of this week and we met all our goals which means
were on track to reach the standards of excellence of the mission!!
This week on Tuesday we were
working from 10 in the morning till when we ate lunch at 1 and then we went
back out till like 9 at night when we had dinner! We walked so much but it was
so worth it and it feels so rewarding to work so hard! When we got back to our
room after that day and we saw how much work we had done it really helped push
us to continue working hard this week! On Wednesday we did whats called a
district attack which is where the whole district goes to an area and all the
numbers achieved that day go towards the elders in that area. So on Wednesday
me and my companion went to 9 de octubre and we helped the two elders in that
area that day which was pretty cool. We did a lot of knocking on doors which
was pretty interesting because you always see some weird things and you always
get lied to. The people always say that they are busy and then when your
persistent and you get to enter the house you see that they completely lied to
you! But yeah it teaches you how to be persistent! Then Thursday and Friday and Saturday were normal. Then on Sunday we had stake conference which was good,
except for the fact that we had to wear our suits and it was burning hot!! When
i stood up after conference my back was all wet with sweat and same with my
pants! After we got back from stake conference we went and ate with some of our investigators and we had a really good lesson with them! They accepted to be baptized
but they need to get married first so i don't think ill get to see Nixon and
Diana are their names, get baptized which is a bummer because i have really
seen a big change in them which is so awesome to see as a missionary! Then
after that lesson we were supposed to have a training meeting for all the mini missionaries but only one of them showed up so we called all of them and overall
only 4 were able to come and so me and my companion went on splits with those 4
youth and we went contacting to show them how to contact and how to teach a
first lesson. Our goals for yesterday were really high and we weren't going to
finish them so we started scrambling around trying to contact people and to get
into peoples houses, it was crazy!! We had to do 24 more contacts and teach 11
lesson yesterday to complete our goals and we wouldn't have done it without the
mini missionaries. They helped us so much and they just got back from efy in
trujillo so their batteries to share the gospel are fully charged!! It was so
cool to see them helping us out and sharing the gospel in preparation for their
missions! We split up yesterday and we did some contacts and taught some
lessons and then we had to go back to the room to receive the reports from the
other elders in our district but they weren't in their room so we decided to run
out for another 30 minutes to try to meet the rest of our goals and so we were
running around and we got into 5 more houses and we met our goals!! Yesterday
in total we did 33 contacts and had 11 lessons and it was so awesome!! Not only
did we meet our goals but we had lessons this week that were awesome too and
that were totally guided by the spirit! I really like working with Elder Gamboa
and i think we make a good team!
Today we played soccer on a small
turf field and it was super fun but since it was on the turf it was also super
hot! All of the elders in our zone are really good at soccer and so it was fun
to play with people who are good! I actually didn't do that bad for being the
only gringo that played with all Latinos! I also played with a sombrero so that
i would get sunburnt and it was pretty funny!
Thats all for this week! My
companion and i are hoping to do even better this week because we will have all
the mini misioneros to help us out! Hope you all have a fantastic week and that
all goes well! Love you all!
Love,
Elder Jarman
House of their pension, painting a room.
My agenda
Throwing water balloons off the roof of their house.
Four of us from our district eating at a restaurant called El Boom
A kitten we rescued from dogs
Me standing in front of a a church and on the side it says the scripture John 3:16 in Spanish
My comp and I in what we
wore to play soccer today
Hey mom!
Really I'm doing great! Theres
always going to be some little things that bug me and that are uncomfortable but
all in all im fine and i love being on the mission especially now that im
really getting the hang of the language! I can basically understand anything
now except for the slang words, but other than that the spanish is coming along
really well! The thing thats probably the most dificult for me is the food.
Sometimes i would just rather not eat and sometimes i dread going to meals but
i think with time it will get better! My pension is really nice and cool though
because she knows that i dont really like a lot of rice because it get hard to
eat after the first three bites and so she makes us fruit a lot. My companion
likes having fruit to so it all works out just fine. Really thats the only
thing thats hard for me right now is the food, but i think that will pass! Oh
and its also always really really hot during the day especially when your inside
peoples houses teaching lessons! But yeah im doing great and i love it here
although i miss having luxuries and now have a greater appreciation for what we
have! Love you! Miss you! Thanks for your love and support! Also a scripture
that i found that i really like is Moroni 8:3. Always put your faith in the
lord!! Love you!
Love,
Elder Jarman
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