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Happy Halloween!!! |
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| Ecuador bowling doesn't look much different |
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| Nothing unusual going on here... |
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| A member sent me this picture a few weeks ago because they all think he looks like Spider-man. It must be cause he's tall I'm thinking!! |
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| I'm guessing a little Spider-man role playing won't hurt...Not sure where the shirt came from!!! |
Hola people,
Mission is great, got 2 main stories from this week..
Start off with the Funny (but not really) story.
So last night we had transfers and i finished my training too so we were
expecting a call last night. Well at about 12 last night while I was in the
sweetest, deepest sleep I have experienced my whole mission, we got a call from
the district leader and he told Elder Cook that I was getting transferred and
had to report to Guayaquil at 8 in the morning! I could not believe it because I
had no expectations whatsoever that i was getting transferred. So I began to get
my bags all ready for the departing in the morning. Thoughts were running
through my mind and I was sad because of some investigators that we have and i
have high hopes for them and wanted to see their conversions. I was thinking a
lot and began to alter my thoughts to ones like, God knows best and if there are other
people elsewhere that i need to meet and things I need to learn. Then about 20
minutes later after much confusion, sadness, and anxiety I received another call
from Elder George, my DL, and he asked if i was packing. I told him I was, And he
said the coldest words I have ever heard.... ¨"Just kidding, It was a joke you
aren´t getting transferred" I threw the phone and hopped on the bed to continue
my lovely sleep. Still a little bitter but whatevs, I´ll get him back
later.
Then something pretty cool happened on Saturday. Me and Elder Cook were
waiting to go to a members house for a little family home evening thing and we
had a little bit of time, so we decided to run by an investigator´s house named
veronica. Shes a single mom raising for daughters. She paints and that's her only
income of money. We got to her house and it was completely dark, but we heard
voices inside so we knocked. After a little wait, she came to the door. We had
small talk and asked her how everything was going. She said, "bien... eh no
bien, mas o menos" we asked her what was wrong and she just said she was having
a hard time. We asked her if we could share a short thought and she invited us
in, it was completely dark except for two candles that they used to get around
because they had shut off her lights for not paying. I shared one of my favorite
scriptures, Isaiah 41:10, and Elder Cook shared DC 121:7. We both talked about
how these scriptures have helped us and how every trial God allows to happen to
us is only for our good and benefit. It requires us to reach out to him so he
can bless us and increase our faith and testimonies. I looked over to her threw
the dim light that we had and saw the sparkles from the tears running down her
face. She thanked us a ton and how we said exactly what she needed to hear. There´s nothing better that a missionary can hear than those words. She came to
church and listened to the testimonies from the members yesterday and there were
some powerful ones that almost brought tears to my eyes. I looked over at
Veronica during it a few times and noticed she was getting teary eyed during the
testimonies. Nothing better than seeing the spirit work in people.
We also had all 4 recent converts that were there bear their testimonies
which was amazing as well! I love this church and the incredible things that it
can do in people´s lives!
Love you all so much! Missions are great!
Elder Rawson
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