Elder Arandia is actually older than me! the guy is like 23 years old but nevertheless i still feel like i am a his older brother. He actually before the mission did not go to the missionary training center and practice there how to be a missionary. On our first day together, the other night he had just had his little farewell party! crazy! he had no preparation but just went straight into the real deal of the mission! he is adjusting good and seems to be happy but hes a got a lot to learn! I really will probably be the one doing all of the learning though because i got a lot to learn of how to be a missionary.
From day one i have been trying to help him know that i am here to serve him and ive really been trying to love and i even told him that i am here as his servant to help him with whatever he may need. I just dont want him to be afraid of me or to be shy to get help from me. So far i feel like i am being a good dad.
I have also been trying to teach him English because he doesnt speak that good of english, so i have been trying to get him to speak it to me, because when you are a foreigner, knowing english is a huge key to success. there are more opportunities and you and can get a better job, so i really want to help him out.
We are struggling in our area because i havent been here for too long and so i dont know the area and the people here are not too welcome to even listening, so really member work is the key but i dont know if the members liked the past missionaries to much so there is a problem there that we are gonna try to fix so we can get help from the members and have the work with us and want to work with us. so really there is a lot of planning going on in our companionship.
We have been able to extend baptismal dates to people and are working toward them to help them get baptized. One investigator is Jyyy Byyyy who is so sweet but is sooooooooo shy! and she is so shy because of how tall i am and just gets so nervous around me, it is hilarious but she has gotten better! XD really sometimes the people here really get shy and nervous about the whole height thing. Really i heard that one 6' 5" always tries to find a way to sit down when he is with the filipinos so they dont feel too shy hahaha, it's classic but hey when you got someone towering over a foot or more over you asking about your family and where you live and if they can meet you...Wouldnt you be scared too?! I would probably wouldnt like that either if i was them hahahaXD. but oh well that is the life of an american missionary.
really things are going good here. now that i have a trainee i really am experiencing a freedom with planning because he is really dependent on me and i am really trying hard to help people, and take the opportunity to help part member families or families where there are mormons and then maybe they will have a non member sibling or spouse so they can experience the joy of entering the temple together and become a strong family centered on christ and his gospel.
Thinking about it, it is really sad that there are families that arent completely centered on christ or on his gospel, i really hope that you all are doing your best to help others come unto to christ and also helping yourself come unto him, everyday. these things should be a daily thing, they need to be done daily. I love you all so much and encourage you to reach out to others. and i know you wont regret it and i say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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