May 19, 2014
Elder Pastillas
So... My name is Toombs, and in Spanish, Toombs is written
"Tums" in Spanish, and tums are a kind of pill, and pill in Spanish
is "pastilla," so... Some call me Elder Pastillas now haha.
The time is going by fast here in Modelia! Hard to believe,
because we don't have any progressing investigators, the ward is a little slow
to work, and my companion has been telling everyone exactly how many days he
has left haha (15 days!).
One notable thing that happened this past week is that the
church got robbed! So here in Modelia there is a casa capilla (Chapel house? no
idea, but it is a rented building haha). And, they found rats downstairs a
couple weeks ago. So the church called some guys to fumigate, gave them the
keys, when they were done they returned the keys, and yeah. But last Wednesday,
we got a call from the Bishop asking if we had given anyone the keys we have,
or if they had been lost. A couple days later, we found out that
probably on Tuesday, someone with keys came in and stole the tv, the sound
amplifier, a clock, 36 chairs, and the nice, full-size piano! They changed the
keys immediately, and are guessing that it was the fumigators, that they copied
the key and came in; however, there are no cameras, and the nearest camera for
an outside building doesn't have a good enough view to see. Hopefully they will
be able to find whoever did it!
We have been looking to find a new building to have our
chapel in for a while, partly because of the rats, partly because the current
chapel is outside our area, partly because right now we have to be there at 7
in the morning. We found a few places while searching one day, and it looks
like we might start meeting in a daycare building! The house is great; big,
with a park next door and plenty of space to park (members have cars here!).
But I expect that we would have to repaint the outside walls; they are painted
with princesses and characters from Sesame Street haha.
We officially rescued two more members this Sunday!
Adriana Reyes, a separated mother, and Andés (I don't know his last name), who
is a 13 year old who's mom was just reactivated a few weeks ago. He now wants
to serve a mission when he gets older, and he is trying really hard to get to
church early on Sunday to be ready to help with the sacrament! It is
super cool to see them get back and active in the church.
I know that this church is true, and love the chance that I
have to be in the mission! I have spent a lot of time thinking about how many
blessings I have, and about how my challenges here are helping me. I know that
every challenge and test that we face helps us to grow, and is part of our
purpose here in this life! So be grateful for the difficulties that you have :)
Love,
Elder Pastillas
Elder Pastillas
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