Monday, March 24,
2014
Buen dia!
So right now I am
in Jujuy. My new area is Chijra. I have no idea about it only that it is a big
place. It is definitely different from Frias. It is only my second area here in
Argentina. Only my third area in the mission.
I will start by
telling you about my last week in Frias.
Monday we talked
with Florencia the hija de [daughter of] Debora. She had to come to
church this week in order to be baptized the other Saturday.
Tuesday we
traveled to Santiago to have Zone Training. It was a good meeting. We had to
leave early in order to catch our bus back to Frias. That night we talked to
Florencia again. We talked to her and also Daiana who is her aunt. Daiana is
also the sister of Debora and also Claudia that are now my recent converts. We
invited Daiana to be baptized on Saturday and she accepted. She was
excited to do it.
Wednesday we
had a great day. We had a lot of lessons. Nine lessons with investigators. We
also received 10 referrals. We talked a lot with the people and were asking
everyone for people that they knew we could visit.
Thursday it got
cold and it started to rain a little while we were working. It was just
drizzling but it was cold and we didnt have our jackets or anything. But we had
a good lesson with the Zingales Family. He studies a lot about the church. He
had studied about all the history of the church and he had some questions about
exaltation. We had to explain a good bit about that. But to us it seems that
hno Marcelo [Bro. Marcelo] has lost his fire. He wants to take things slow and
one thing at a time. He wants to know every detail possible. He is relying a
lot on the knowledge of men. We actually talked about that in Zone Training. We
need to teach him the doctrines of the gospel more clearly. He needs to
understand now and act now! He is a great guy that really wants to make the
right decision.
Friday it was
still a little bit cold. We talked to Daiana a little bit more before her
baptism on Saturday. She was excited for it. Her family is also happy for
her.
Saturday! We worked
hard and got nothing. But we walked a lot and contacted a lot trying to talk to someone. But
in the afternoon we had the baptismal service of Daiana Moya. It was great. She
was happy, all of us there were happy. She is my last baptism in Frias. All
part of the Moya family.
Sunday we
didnt have a lot of success either. We had a couple lessons. In the afternoon
during studies I started to pack some of my stuff. Then we left to go remind
people of church. We had church and we didnt have a single investigator there.
It was sad. Especially in my last Sunday there. But we had the confirmation of
Daiana. I gave a talk. I cried a little, some of the members cried. I was
surprised to find that a lot of the members liked me a lot and were sad to see
me go. We took some pictures said goodbye to some of the people.
I leave Frias with
a happy heart and hopes for all of my converts. I leave with nine converts.
Heiler Renteria, Carmen Medina, Erika Alomo, Claudia Moya, Eliana and Pablo
Luna (kids of Claudia), Debora Moya, Agustìn Moya (son of Debora), and Daiana
Moya.
I love the Moya
family so much and I hope the best for them. I will be so excited to see them
again when I will be able to return one day.
So that was pretty
much my week.
I am glad to hear
of all the things at home. Its weird to hear of Andrew and Sean growing up. It
will be even weirder to see them in a year.
I hope you all have
a great week. Tell all the family that I love them!
Hasta Luego! Chào!
Elder Dawson
