UGHHHHH! i have never been happier
but so stressed out in my life. We had a awesome week no thanks to my
dear companion, but hey you have to take the good with the bad. to be
honest it was one of the best weeks i have had in Sayan. a ton of
lessons a few baptismal dates, and we had the first convert baptism in
our group on saturday. Yaldrina Mildred Torres Retuerto came in to the
fold of god. she will be a great leader and speaking of leaders we got
the green light to start forming auxiliary organizations in our group. i
am very excited but my companion isnt.
in response to your comment dad i am actually more
worried for this small flock than ever. the day of transfers we had a
duo interview with president dorius where he practically said . . . .
Elder Welch is in charge do what he says and you will get on fine. but
my companion has yet to grasp that. I have yet to explode yet i just
smile and say OK even though doing what you say will take us from "San
Jeronimo" (small pueblo about 15 minutes to the west of Sayan) to
Quintay (other pueblo about 15 minutes to the EAST of Sayan) its fine
because i know that if i dont say yes you will throw a fit and not even
want to leave the house. Well we went and returned and we did it all in
vain. i was ticked. . . . . . . i honestly dont know what else to do
with my companion. president always calls asking about some business and
we always end with the same sad story...... my companion. I told
president my concerns about not only my companion but also his
capability to run this group when i am gone. president gave me a couple
lashings with a simple statement "do you really think god will let
anything happen to this delicate group?" he is right.
We had another record breaking week. 22 people crammed into our small sacrament room. we had a high counsel member come
from Huacho and he told me that he would express my concerns about the
"not enough space" problem to the Stake President. so we may be moving
our little group to a more stable/permanent place. we have already
started the search for a space to rent. We have a sweet lady named
DORIS, (she is sweet just for the name) who offered to give us a lot of
land in order to build a church. i tried to explain to her that it would
be a few years before we were looking for a lot to build on, that it
all depended on the church attendance and baptism output that we have.
she too taught me a good lesson "Elder Welch if it is the lords will can
even you stop it?" it is true so i called up president dorius and he
gave me the permission so i now have my name and my signature on a land
title for our future church to be built on.
Yesterday we taught a new young man and all i can
say is wow. he has had a rough last few weeks and mostly thanks to alcohol. he was playing with a pistol while he was drunk and
accidentally shot his friend in the head . . . . obviously he didnt
live. he was almost sent to prison for man slaughter but the judge recognized that it was a accident. we knocked on his door and without
saying anything he told us to come in. he then explained that he had
been on his knees praying when he heard us knocking on the door. he had
been begging god for another chance. a chance to change his life and
turn things around. . . . . i know what you mean dad when you said that
it is always the last contact of the day when it is 9.20 and on your
way home that is always the golden one.
Well fam i love you all and remember that i am always working as hard as i can!!!
Elder Landon R. Welch
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