so here are the other things that happened this week.
Tuesday- this day was our pday because of transfers. this day was not the best, the day started out with me playing basketball and totally taking a painful rolling of my ankle. Not only did i get wrecked by the Pinos who love basketball but i actually wrecked my ankle that day. I continued to play but as time went by it was killing which stunk because i walked on it until we got back home and i just slept and we didnt leave the apartment that night because it hurt too much to walk. But Gxxlen our investigator brought food to us which was nice.
Wednesday- My foot still hurt but there was no way i was gonna stay in and plus i could use, it felt better than it did. We taught a less active named Txxeng, he said he was happy with his life but i dont know how much of the truth he was telling when we asked him how he was and stuff. But we taught him the importance of tithing before we left cuz that was one thing he said he stopped doing. After that we taught Gxxlen's sister Ayyrlene and Elder Belnap and i are just wanting things to pick up because its been too long so we asked her about her assignment and she isn't really learning anything in her heart she will hear what we teach and it enters her mind...sort of hahaha but it doesn't enter her heart. I invited her to read 2 Nephi 31 and we also invited her to pray about truth and if she should be baptized after her reading. With our investigator Eyylleanor who was supposed to get baptized this last saturday but had to have her date pushed forward, we really feel like that she doesn't understand the importance of repenting before baptism or the sacredness of the covenant we make with God when we take upon the name of Christ and promise to always keep his commandments...so we had no choice but to really crack down and we whipped out a scripture that got really serious about being clean. It was good and hopefully we can help get her on track so she can be ready for baptism.
Thursday- We stopped by our investigator Myyary Ann that seemed promising and there was no answer and our investigator Gxxlen thought he saw signs of people there, so that was a bummer. We went to go teach this lady Jyyona but she ended up having work so that fell through. We decided to go to our promising 70 year old giddy leg slapping pal Lxxope, but we think that there is something up. We got a letter from his neighbor saying that he doesn't feel ready to change religions and his faith and all this stuff that was written in someone else's hand writing. Elder Belnap and i were shocked! It was crazy! THIS IS THE GUY THAT TOLD US HE SLEPT WITH THE BOOK OF MORMON NEXT TO HIM!!!!! he would sometimes slap our legs silly because he was excited to learn and he had a bap date and wanted to get baptized. Elder Belnap and i want an answer from him though because we don't know if his family is just maybe doing stuff or if it is him to but nevertheless we want to find out from Lope so we are gonna try and visit him. After that we went to Myyarisel and she has a bap date but she had a problem with the Word of Wisdom so we have to now push her bap date forward! That was a bummer! She is really struggling with other things and it is rough. That day was a rough one.
Friday- So after Thursday, weekly planning was just not the same. We dropped Myyary Ann because we don't feel like it's right and during the middle of it we didn't know what to do or how to help people so i felt that we should get up and go outside to Lyyope and see what's up. We didn't find him but after that we found two potential investigators which was good! This day most of our plans fell through again but we had a pretty good lesson with a partly active member and her nonmember husband. We visited another investigator who had a bap date but wasn't married and has birth certificate issues so she cant get baptized yet and we taught about personal revelation. After that we ate at a member's house and got stereotyped that Americans are carnivorous beasts that don't like vegetables.
Saturday- I had the opportunity to baptize Gxxlen and since he became friends with a general authority Elder Schmutz because his daughter messaged him on facebook one day, he came and visited which was cool. He is a nice guy. Gxxlen had made a joke that i was going to drown him because he's so small and i didn't bend down when going to baptize him and i had to made sure i got him all the way under so it took not a long time but yeah hahaha. it was an awesome experience though. After we taught a lesson to the person we found Lyyeona when we went to find Lyyope. We taught her and invited her to come to church. Later we ate at Gxxlen's sister, Ayyrlene, [] After we taught her and really got serious about baptism and almost got a bap date but she said she will get baptized but she doesn't know about a specific date. We also found out we got a new temporary companion. Elder Cuenza! He came out in the field with me and is a trainee too.
Sunday- This morning i helped get a cat that looked like it was stuck up on this wall thing. it was bigger than kitten but not too big. And it was scared as i was trying to pull it off the wall i had to struggle a bit to get its claws to stop holding on to whatever it was grabbing without hurting it. Lyyeona came to church and after church we went to the apartment to plan what we will do. Elder Belnap went with Gxxlen to teach and they got a new investigator and i took Elder Cuenza to La Mesa and we taught Txxoto (the guy we gave a blessing to because he has a tumor in his head and after the blessing felt strength) and we hadn't taught him in three weeks because his only free days are sundays. but we gave him the Book of Mormon and told him to read it. When Elder Cuenza and i asked him where he has read up to, he has read all the way up to 2 Nephi!!!! *jaw dropped* that was incredible!!! It was the best! He is able to feel happiness when he reads and loves it. We taught about Lesson 1 and he felt so much joy! the spirit was strong and i am so excited! He definitely will get baptized!
The week was pretty rough with teaching but the lesson with Txxoto really helped. This gospel is a message of hope and Txxoto is an example to that. I have really been having some struggles while Im here but as i feel the spirit i am able to feel the true happiness of the Gospel and everything is good. May we always strive to have the spirit with us. Mahal ko kayo. Alam ko na ang ebanghelyo ni jesucristo ay totoo. Ibinibigay ng ebanghelyo ni jesucristo and maraming biyaya.
With lots of love,
Elder Wright
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