dont worrie it all turned out fine with the kid who took my camera.
he did go to church and at first he avoided me, which is understandable
but as we finished the last class i cornered him and said dont worrie
about it i have already forgiven you i put my arm around his shoulders
and he cringed a bit and he showed me the bruse from the rock i threw.
it was pretty epic and then joking obviously i said "just dont let it
happen again or the next time i will aim for your head." i laughed and
he laughed (nerviously) and that was where it ended then on thursday we
went to work with him. and dispite his diffects he has a strong
testimony.
we had a baptism this week Junior Jeanpool Villarreal Espinoza is
now a official member of the true church. and his mom is the next
victim. that is her in the picture with me.
this week we went exploring new parts of our area. and we also
recieved permission to open a small meeting on sunday for the people who
live to far away to attend church. in our ward on sunday we had 83
members in attendance and in our "little group" we had 27 which is more
than a 4th. it is amazing to see the faith of the people who are a
little farther away from the world. on tuesday this last week we held a
meeting in the centinela town hall where we talked to a group of 16
people. we taught about joseph smith and the book of mormon i felt like
one of those missionaries from the stories and movies from church
history. it was awesome. obviously not all of them were willing to feel
the testifying spirit on the spot but they all promised to go home and
pray and ask. we also left the book of mormon on CD, (because at least
half dont know how to read.) and by themselves they set up a meeting
everyday at 6 p.m. to come and listen to 2 chapters from the book of
mormon. we also have a class set up with a sister from the ward to help
them learn to read. Centinela, 3 de mayo, and santa rosa is a fireball. i
recieve atleast 1 call from president every 3 days asking me about the
area and he has said that he is going to be sending "reinforcements" to
the area soon. he has also in this last week sent us probable 200
dollars in church supplies to put to good use in our little four wall
dirt floor chapel.
i have been waiting my whole mission for this experience. my entire
mission i have been in "concrete" but it feels so good to be part of
something so pure and true. the people here are a "testimony saver"
anytime i feel like giving up i look at Hermano Rodriguez that fasted
sunday rather than fishing to gain his living. or Hermana Betrice who
has 13 kids and only 32 years old. i think about paul who brought 3
friends from work to church with him this week just by singing while he
worked the corus of "how great thou art" because that was all he could
remember. everytime i have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning
i think about Rosa Maria who woke up at 5:30 to get her family ready to
go to church. and everytime i feel lazy and dont want to study i think
about the smiles and tears of the people who everyday sacrifice their
time to come and listen to the scriptures daily in centinela.
i love you fam and i am working as hard as i can
Elder Landon R. Welch
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