Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Week 39 - August 6, 2012


Hi family!

This week was a little slower than others. On Tuesday we helped Aida and her granddaughter/family pack up their U-haul. It was sad. And painful (physically). They lived on the third floor. hahaha. And once we made it to the bottom of the stairs, we couldn't maneuver the couches out of the doorway. It probably took 40 minutes just to get the couches taken care of. But that's probably way better than if they had been doing it by themselves. They were way heavy! Hahaha. So they're gone -- off to bigger and better things. But that's okay. We'll see each other at the firesides and things, probably.

We went from having tons of people at church two weeks in a row, to having no one at church... it was so weird not translating, not teaching Spanish Gospel Principles, etc. It was a nice rest, but not what you want, you know? But, the good news is that Rodrigo and Esbeyda and their super cool son, Juan, all went to the Spanish branch with the Bisoso family! So we technically had investigators at sacrament meeting, it just wasn't right here. And the Bisoso's said that they seemed to really really enjoy it and everything, so we are so excited for them. It's been a long time in the making, and sometimes I get so upset because I want things to move faster, but they are ready for this. They might not quite see that, but they keep having us back, so there is something inside that is telling them to keep going.

The man that came with us to visit Digna (the Puerto Rican convert on hospice) for the first time, Brother Snow, had us and Digna over for dinner this week. They have a fun house that is like, 70 years old. Super super charming. All of the charm that I liked they seemed to dislike -- like unlevel floors and shifting walls. Hahaha. But it's a super neat place. Anyway, they had us and Digna over for a tasty meal. It was kinda funny, because they have 5 kids -- and three of them are ages 3 to 5 (two are adopted, so the ages seem really really strange, but it is because two aren't theirs biologically). So it's always a party in their house. And even though Digna didn't understand what they were saying she seemed to have a really fun time watching all of the kids and watching the parents try to keep them in check. And Brother Snow chatted with her the whole time, so it was a great day for everyone. And having a great meal that I didn't have to prepare makes me happy.

With Aida gone, we don't really have a lot of things that are set in stone. We have been trying to find new people to teach. We finally found a few yesterday after searching all week. It's just kinda hard because knocking doors is the best finding method for us, but we're normally kinda booked in the evenings when most people are going to be home. Fortunately we just switched to the early block of church, and so now we're really free every Sunday afternoon to look for people. And lots of people are off work on Sundays, so we've got our fingers crossed that we can keep our teaching pool pretty deep.

I can't think of much else that has gone on. It's crazy to think that this transfer is half over now! We're pretty certain that Elder S is going to leave this area. Kinda sad. But good for him to go somewhere and keep growing. Good for me to be forced to step up (even more than before).

Anyway, we're doing good. Working hard. Trying to keep cool (it hasn't been too hot lately...). Spreading the good word as best we can!

Thanks for everything!

Love you all!

--Zac

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