about
our old man though i want to tell you just a little. hes italian, he
lives off welfare, and he has a little case of alzheimers so
occasionally he tends to forget our committments to him. thats alright
though because he doesnt do anything so we teach him everyday and if he
forgot what happened the day before we just teach it again. its funny
though lots of times he asks the same questions as before and we have
the same conversation over again like why seventh day adventists have
church on saturday. we´ve talked about that like everyday this week its really intriguing.
i
learned a lot this week and settled more into the role of a missionary.
im really trying to learn as much as i can from others and in
interchanges on tuesday
i was with my other zone leader, elder armitstead from layton utah with
red hair and blonde eyebrows, he fits in really well with chilenos.
haha no but he is a great missionary and loves to be upfront with
people which is something i love to do in english but havent quite
gotten the hang of in spanish because my comp is a little more timid
than others. in interchanges we were teaching a lesson to this old guy
and he would not stop talking, for so long, he was telling us about his
granddaughter that died and went on so long, finally elder armitstead
just stopped him and said brother bravo, we dont know why this happened,
but we do know that you can find the answer if you ask god. the guy
just started crying and we started reading alma 40 with him. it was
pretty sweet. just 10 sec to talk and he had him in tears. my comp is
very powerful though. thats one thing ive learned from my comp. he may
be an argentine farm boy with a small spanish vocabulary, but he knows
preach my gospel like the back of his hand and he always follows the
spirit! im realizing every day why i was put with him because its like
he has all the opposite talents that i do. we can communicate really
well in spanish now so thats good. my spanish is coming along pretty
well and at times things just come out naturally and i surprise myself.
but most times im still thinking as i talk and i have to come up with
the next word. its like i can communicate pretty well with people, but
lots of times my grammar is bad and sometimes with people in the street
or in lessons i just want to be able to express what i feel like i can
in english and its a little frustrating. practice, prayer, and some time
and ill get there though.
this week as i understood people
more i realized that they were talking bad about our church. there are
some people that no absolutely nothing about the church and like to say
the most ridiculous things. so this week i tried responding to some of
these people and contending a little bit. my comp had my back but more
importantly i realized for most people its just not worth it. like
christ did its better to simply ask a question and if they get mad they
are not going to change. but if like nicodemus they actually think and
then change it works. its simple they either accept or reject. the
problem is coming up with a question like christ could that can just
baffle people. its really cool to read the new testament and how people
really just did not know what to do with themselves when he would reply.
but
yeah this week was sweet. i ate a lot of completos at members houses
and taught a good amount of lessons so thats a good week. halloween
apparently is celebrated here too so we had a pretty sweet ward activity
on friday for that.
have
a good week, keep being good cause good is good. i love this gospel and
i know were in the last days. preach the gospel, love your fellow man,
and have a good week.
-Elder Allred - Chilean Street Raptor
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