Hi everyone!
Can I just tell you how much I like church? As a
missionary you are really really busy on Sundays. They don't really feel like a
day of "rest" like they should be. But it's so fun when you have
three investigators come, and Gospel Principles is super great. I think I've
told you about the Gonzalez family -- she is from Chile and he is from Mexico.
They have three super adorable daughters. They always translate in sacrament
meeting and then teach Gospel Principles. I love how excited they are to serve
and help. How come I was never like that in my callings? Haha. Anyway, they are
so great, and help make church really really amazing for the people we
bring.
Speaking of, because we're in Versailles and there aren't
many members here, it's hard to get people to church. We had to do a Priesthood
exchange yesterday and the week before so that we could get people to
Frankfort. I rode with Enrique, the cool guy that speaks a dialect and a
mostly-active guy named Patrick. He's way way cool, and I think it's been good
for him to do a little service with us and to have someone to chat with. He's
great. Elder S rode with another family and a guy named Rufino. On the way home from church Rufino offered to sing a song about God.
The member that they were with speaks Spanish, so he egged him on a little and
Rufino belted some weird song. I was kinda sad I wasn't there. Haha.
I don't know if I ever talked about Gustavo. He's way
cool, and he came to church too! He said that he really loved it, and that he
wants to keep coming back. We had also promised him that he could find work if
he prayed, and really did his best to honor Heavenly Father, etc. And guess
what -- the same day we promised he could find work as he sacrificed some time
to come to church, he found a job! So he is so excited because he is seeing the
blessings of the gospel already, and he's only been around it for a few weeks!
The work is going pretty good. We are pretty excited
about these three in particular, because they are all progressing so well. Roxy
is also doing so great, although her dad still hasn't softened at all about the
baptism thing. But she's still plugging along.
We taught English again yesterday at the little Mexican
store. I just really really love watching people learn and apply stuff. I
haven't seen lots of that with the gospel stuff yet, so hopefully that all
comes along pretty soon, but this English stuff has been so fun to be a part
of! And Patricia, the store owner, started asking me lots of questions about
becoming a legal citizen. Of course I don't know much about it, but I told her
to pray and demonstrate some faith, and that God would bless her. I tried to
get her to come to church (because we want to start infusing gospel
stuff with these English lessons too), but she says she has to work at the
store on Sunday mornings so that she can help her family back in Mexico. I
tried hard to explain to her that sacrifices in the name of keeping
commandments brings blessings far beyond what we have to give up. I don't
know that I did a great job, but I tried, and we're still going to keep going
back and working with these people. They are all so cool!
Hmmmm... can't think of too much else that has gone on
this week. We've had a hard time finding new investigators. In our four weeks
together, Elder S and I have basically tracted all of the Hispanic
hot-spots in Versailles. We're going to have to start focusing on Frankfort,
which is harder because it's bigger. But hopefully that means there are great
people up there to find!
Oh, we did have interviews with President and Sister
W last week. I like them so much, and I wish we got to see them more.
They are always so fun and uplifting to be around.
Anyway, I think that's about all this week. I guess I
don't have a cool spiritual thought for y'all, just know that the gospel is
good and true. Live it and love it!
I love you all!
--Elder Zac
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