Well, Tuesday night I received the call that Elder Ramos
was to leave the next morning. I am not going to waste my time nor yours to
tell you about how difficult of a companion he was, I'd rather tell you about
my new one Elder Christensen. He got out of the MTC early because he already
knew spanish pretty well. He has helped me to see the spirituality that is
necessary to have success in a mission. We have an investigator named Elizabeth
who has leukemia and her husband left her for a few days because she needs to
get married in order to get baptized but he got really offended and mad that
she was talking about such things. We found her one day on the street and she
told us the news about her husband leaving her and her 3 kids. and after she
walked away, my companion suggested we offer a prayer for her. I was happy to
hear that, and we did so, but it made me think about how sometimes here I begin
to just work, and sort of leave God out of it. After having done the same kinds
of things every day for 16 months, I'd begun to think that I kinda had it all
under control with my own skills that I've acquired. I was happy that he could
teach me so much with such a small action. I'll let you guys know next week
about how things are doing with Elizabeth. We also have another person preparing for
baptism but is really nervous about making a decision. She knows it's all true,
but is hesitant in making the decision. Her name is Juliana. We are going to
focus a lot this week on finding new people to teach and I just KNOW that there
is a family waiting for my companion and I to knock.
Love you all,
Elder Blackwelder
The elders who live with me and the Christmas garland (:
My speaker I bought with the money from Miki Olsen. Finally
can ring in the season with the Manheim Steamroller dad sent (:
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