Language is pretty decent. I`m definitely
not fluent, but I have now given a few blessings in Spanish. I like to see when
other people have the confidence in me to choose me to give blessings. I sang “I
Want It That Way” (Backstreet Boys) for them, and we talked about genealogy with
them to hopefully spark an interest. Right now they just want to be friends.
Elsi left for Veracruz for 2 weeks, so yeah, haven’t seen her. Lilia we can’t
see much either because she takes care of her mom most of the day somewhere
else. This week was rough we only had 2 lessons. which we found out is the
usual for this area. We had been getting more, not a ton, but more.
Double date sounds fun! (Finlinson and
Lambs) Glad the dads didn’t hurt themselves.
Not everyone has a native looking
companion, but most do. They just need to have someone who is fluent in Spanish.
I heard from Riley this week. He’s
doing well, money is tight for him too it seems.
Hello siblings. Glad to hear that
football is doing well...(USU and Sky View) oh and I guess it’s cool to hear
from you guys too. Hope your lives are all good and stuff. Watch some Harry Potter
for me.
Well this week. We had a Noche de Hogar
(Family Home Evening) that fell through, but we found a new potential
investigator named Adea. We talked with Lilia who has read a bit of the book of
Mormon. Then came the crazy part; we
were walking to a house when a guy saw us, we talked to him, he said that his
life was miserable and he had planned on committing suicide this week. We
talked about the love of god and the plan of salvation just in the street. At
the end he gave us both a hug in tears and then he walked off. That was amazing
to see, I guess everything happens for a reason. There is a reason that the Family
Home Evening didn’t work out.
One person called me Elder Flintstone,
which is a bit closer. They`ll get there one day. I saw an Audi r8 yesterday
which was dope! I got sick on Wednesday, but still worked. I found out why the
next day. My filter on my water bottle was unscrewed a bit somehow and I had
been drinking crappy Mexican water for a whole day and a half. I saw the
stray horses again and had my camera this time. We also taught the son of the
Stake President (which is a tradition in their family to have the missionaries
teach their kids before baptism) I didn’t feel ok with it unless we asked for
referrals, even though we already have before. I asked after the lesson and
they told us about a little pueblito (town) that isn`t even in our records. We
drove through it with them and we will go and work there. Nobody there has
talked with missionaries before so hopefully we can have some success even
though it’s way off the beaten path.
That’s basically me right now
Love y’all
Elder Finlinson
Update: Gerrardo and his wife, well their baptismal dates
fell because they didnt attend church, and we can`t ever get lessons with them
because they work a ton. daniel got frustrated and a bit depressed that his
baptismal date fell and he couldnt get baptized on his friends birthday, so he
isn`t motivated at all right now to do anything. We cant even find him right now
because he is always gone with other friends.
PS quote of the week. A little kid we see in our ward (the
same one that sat by me the first week with a tag) always says "Aunque soy
pequeño, soy un misionero!" (Even though I’m little, I’m a missionary!). I
think that’s so cool to remember. He wants to be a missionary now and he´s only
5 maybe.
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