Hey everyone, hope you're all doing well, I miss all of you!!
I find missionary work hard but at the end of the day I'm happy that I gave it my all. It is satisfying to know that I am doing what Heavenly Father would have me do. It's a rewarding calling and the blessings are unlimited. I had to clean and get trash out of a hoarders house. She said she catches 14-16 mice a Day. We found a couple dead mice as we were cleaning trash. It was the grossest thing I have ever Done!
I also had to call 911 because an investigator with knee problems has been struggling. He fell down the stairs and broke his wrist the day before, but this time when we checked on him he was in bad shape. At first we weren't going to check on him because his lights were off... but as we were driving away and after I said no, we felt prompted to go try again. He didn't answer so we buzzed someone else's apartment to let us in. He didn't answer his door so we felt prompted to open his front door. When I did it I found him lying on the floor with his head kind of up on the wall. He had fallen twice he said. He was very loopy and couldn't even sit up. There were pain pills ALL OVER the floor, and he said he was fine and he was "getting better"..... I think he was on too many pain meds because he was NOT getting better. After the first two promptings I acted on ghetto third and told my comp to call 911. He calls the ambulance a lot, I hope he is getting better, but I'm glad to be seeing miracles every day in my mission.
There are a lot of people who struggle but I'm glad to be able to help others! I also had my first bible bash... it's hard when all someone wants to do is argue haha, all you can do is tell them your testimony and tell them that all they have to do is read the Book of Mormon and pray to know if it is true, it's how anyone gains a testimony. It's amazing to see how when someone prays and reads with a sincere heart and true intent it really does change your life for the better. By doing it every day, even though it seems like it doesn't effect your life, it brings blessings every Time!
Sometimes I am surprised when I hear someone talk and they don't have an accent. Everyone here is from another country. Most people here speak Spanish French Amharic or some other middle eastern language. Some people pretend to not speak English I think.. but that's okay, I would probably do the same.
Our investigator Gene and Chuck came with us to watch general conference. Gene is an amazing artist and air brushes planes and other cool stuff on jackets so my comp and I bought leather jackets so he can paint us something. I am thinking of a cool jet and Elder Norton wants a mustang. I will show you when he is done with it.
I also got to eat with the Kuipo family who are from Cameroon. That Cameroon food was good!! It was really good pork, rice and plantains. It's cool to experience so much foreign food on my mission when I thought I was going to be disappointed.
Here is the inside of our apartment.
