May 26, 2014
The Piano’s Back
Well I don't think it is the same piano that was stolen, but
we got another big, old-fashioned one, along with new sound equipment too. Good
thing, because I had to give a talk this Sunday!
Well I'll start with further back in the week. On P-day, we
finished up our time playing ping-pong! I have gotten a lot better in the past
couple weeks, and I beat Elders Nordhagen and Terceros from Fontibon (right
next to us), but I still can't beat Elder Alcántara two out of three. I just want
to go play micro haha.
Then Tuesday I had intercambios with Elder Nordhagen here in
Modelia! We had just about every lesson fail, so we ended up accompanying one
investigator, Wilmert, to the mall haha. But it was good; we were able to get
to know him a little more. Wilmert is a young man (like 23 years old) who lives
in the same house as a member family, along with our recent convert, Angela. He
is a member of a church that believes that the Sabbath day should still be
Saturday, and he has a very strong testimony of the bible; now we just need him
to get that same feeling about the Book of Mormon! He ended up not going to
church this Sunday, but he is still very interested and although he has a lot
of doubts, I am sure that they can all be resolved as he gains a testimony of
the book of Mormon.
Last week, I also went to the referrals database, a website
where I can see all of the electronic referrals for Modelia. I was looking at
all the names, and my companion didn't even recognize half of them, so we
started calling! One of them said she had been waiting like over a year for the
missionaries to call, and that she wanted to get baptized! She doesn't live in
Modelia anymore (sigh), but we made sure that the missionaries over in Villao
found out. And we should be having a visit with someone else from the list
tomorrow! We will see!
So it also turns out that a brother of the Mission President
lives here in Modelia, and he called him the other week to see if he would
receive us! Right now he is out of town, but he seemed more than willing to let
us come over.
On Saturday we got a call from the Sisters that are in
Fontibon that there is a less active that lives in our area who wanted us to
visit him right away! Unfortunately, he lives in the part of Modelia furthest
away from where we work. So we went all the way over there, in the sketchiest
part of town, at night (like 7:30), and then the street lights all went
out. And we looked at the houses, and they were without power too! All of the
power had gone. So we were looking around, using the light from car headlights
to see the signs, and ended up finding a different less active family´s house,
so we stayed there for a little until the lights all came back on. It was a fun
little experience!
Then yesterday, all of the missionaries were told by the
Mission President to get in their houses by 5 in the afternoon. Elections were
yesterday, so the president was worried about rioting in the streets and that
kind of thing. Although we couldn't get as many lessons in (the best time to
teach is after 6), it was cool to be able to come home and relax for a bit. I
ended up making 20 arepas to help me survive during the week, and set the smoke
detector off because of all the smoke coming off of the pan haha.
And that was my week! I was reading a talk from Dallin H
Oaks about the different reasons why we serve, and how there are pretty bad
reasons, like to get worldly gain or power. He said that the best reason, which
we should all strive to have, is just out of our Christ-like love for God and
for the people in our lives. I have been working hard on developing this
attribute, and I suggest you all do too! It is worth it, as not only can we
serve better, but our relationships with everyone can improve. I love you all!
Elder Toombs
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