Monday was awesome! It was the start of no sweater
season. We were able to get around town and get Elder Garcia to an eye
exam to get glasses that aren't broken. Although the people feeding us
dinner forgot but they made this delicious chicken noodle soup. So that
made up for it.
Tuesday was good. The high
councilor over missionary work for our stake took us out for lunch to a
Mongolian place. It was delicious. Although my eyes were much bigger
than my stomach. We then had some other missionaries come and help up do
service for a sister in the ward that is about to have a baby. We then
had dinner with the Bishop and as we were leaving he got a text from
someone saying that Sister Hall (the sister we did service with earlier
that day) was in the hospital having contractions.
Wednesday
went well. We had lunch with a member who is really coming out of his
shell. It has been a real miracle to see what a change the Spirit and
Gospel can bring. We then set up some appointments for later, then had dinner
with a family that has way too much going on to stay put. It was great
though, we had taco soup and it was the perfect mixture of spice and
salt. Best I have had so far.
Thursday
we were able to get out and help a sister pull more bamboo. I feel bad
because for the next few weeks that we are going to help her get rid of
it; her backyard is going to look like a brown patch. NOTE: DO NOT PLANT
BAMBOO! We were able to get quite a bit but there is still so much work
ahead. We had dinner with our ward mission leader. Tamales! Elder
Garcia was so happy. He still says that no one makes them better than
his mom.
Friday
was fantastic. We had a Zone Meeting and it got me fired up to help
with the goals that our mission has set. We then went to IPC for lunch
and had a great time. We had several of the workers walk up to us and
say how surprised they were on how quiet we were. We are
PROMISSIONARIES! We then did some more service with a brother in the
ward that is residing his house. Clean up crew is more what we were. But
hey, work is work; it has to get done some time.
Saturday is a special day it's the day.... that will rain on you all day. We started doing service in the sisters area. By about noon
though none of the other people helping us wanted to keep going because
they were all soaked. But they fed us lunch so all the missionaries
ended up staying. We then biked around contacting a potential
investigator and teaching a newish member about the Temple. We then
stopped by the church for a baptism which turned out to be a triple
baptism for two girls and a boy from the same family. They were all
eight and wanted it to be a family affair so the room was packed with
cousins and grandmas and grandpas and so many people. They had this
awesome sweet pork burritos after that made even the soggy day that it
was into a much better day. We then rode to our ward mission leaders
house to get some business done. Just to learn that he went to dinner
with his brother and completely forgot about us. But it was fun to bike
in the rain. So I'm not too caught up about it.
Sunday
was good. We had ward council and spent the whole time talking about
how we can better help the members of the ward. It was awesome to see
how all the auxiliaries really can work together to get things
done. Church was great. The Primary President asked if we could help
teach in sharing time. We taught about the first vision and how they can
share it with their friends. We then made some good visits with the
members and have more plans for this week.
There
are blessings that we all receive. The biggest thing is if we can find
them. Heavenly Father is just waiting to give us all he has we just have
to do the work of asking so that we can have the "windows of heaven
open" for us.
Keep yourself close to the Lord,
Elder McCallson
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