So quick update.
Most of this week my companion and I have spent some time getting to
know the area a little bit better for me and doing service. Our teaching
pool and SUPER small for now and it has been hard to stay out for long
due to the very cold weather here in Marksville. And we are suppose to
have a freeze over tonight! ... anyway,
During the middle of the week after p-day and meeting we had a good
amount of service to do. My companion and I got to demolish a kitchen
counter! and 2 days later worked on destroying a floor and level it up
to put new flooring. I have been learning a good amount on house
re-modeling ha. I have a few pictures of me destoying a few things.
We had a Zone meeting this past friday, where i introduced myself in
spanish and everyone taught i didn't know english. Later on i gave a
few comments in english and everyone was surprised that i could speak
english. In the meeting, it was a sorta lonely missionary feeling since
i knew just about none of the missionaries there. It really is a whole
new world here ha. But evetually i got to meet a few. And of course i
sorta knew my district already too. But yea, kinda felt that out of
place feeling haha.
Yesterday, i gave a
talk on the Power of Love. I was asked to take a LOT of time sooo... I
think i took 25 minutes haha... But i thought it went very well. I amm
feeling way better about giving talks since now i can just go up with a
few notes and talk comfortably instead of having my entire talk written
down and reading from it. The benefits of a mission! ha
It has been a fun week. And I look forward to having a great birthday week!
I have not yet been able to find any hispanics but, We have been
blessed with the opportunity to teach Miss Elena who Really thinks she
wants to be a mormon! We met with her yesterday and we were able to find
out what she needs and where we can start. She is an AWESOME lady and a
golden investigator. Super excited to working with her.
Also as we were doing one of the service projects, we met Lewis. Who
is super interested in hearing about the word. The hard part is that he
is ALWAYS working,non-stop!... But during the service i was able to
talk to him about different question he had. I talked to him about the
Authority that we have in the church and explained it in the parable of
the ice cream man and the police man who write you a ticket. He
absolutely LOVED it! He said he was thinking about it a lot. And before
we left he said, "you are a good teacher, you really got me thinking
now." It was awesome! We are hoping to find time for him to sit down and
sit with us at least once a week. He is a sweet guy who has really
turned his life around.
It has been a week of what may seem small but POWERFUL miracles. I am keeping my head up and enjoying the new culture.
hope you all had a great week!
Hope to hear from you soon!
Elder Caiña