Thursday, May 27, 2010

Your Faces are Ugly

This week the proslyiting was the best by far. Jaydan and his comp had 33 contacts, 20 lessons, 2 very,very potential baptisms and a few referrals. His favorite contackt this week was with an 85 year old man. This man played pro soccer, tennis and was also a boxer. He also speaks 5 languages fluently. (wow) Anyway, Jaydan contacted him by his fence outside and he asked the missionaries if they were American. Jaydan and his comp were like "ya, what did you think we were?" And the guy said: "not Americans because your faces are ugly." That made everyone laugh hysterically....they all thought it was so funny. Jaydan said they talked for like 20 minutes outside and then they got invited inside and they talked for another 40 minutes. The missionaries gave the guy a Book of Mormon and he was really excited to read it and went and put it on his nightstand by the picture of his wife. (she died 6 years ago) The man said he would definately read it every night. The missionaries talked to him about prayer and asked if they could pray before they left. The guy said he felt the spirit really strong and that it was awesome.

Then another guy (who was there last contact of the day) was sitting in a corner smoking and so Jaydan and his comp went over to him and crouched down so they were eye level and talke with him and he ended up putting out the cigerate and really just listened to the missionaries. The gave him a Book of Mormon and had him read a scripture and when Jaydan was leaving he saw the guy opening it up and reading it again. So...Jaydan had a awesome day. He said he could go on all day and talk about the success they had and how amazing it all was. He also said it's hard to describe and that really there isn't enough time to do so.

Jaydan is speaking more Spanish now but is still struggling with understanding it and reading and hearing it. So that is one of his challenges and it does get him down at times but he knows what he needs to do and isn't going to worry too much about it.

Last night was the first night Jaydan actually missed home and said it was probably his worse day so far or at least at the top. Jaydan is the official "mail dude" there and thinks that is pretty cool. Jaydan is also the official King of Corbota Fea now and so he rules! (not) Jaydan is getting closer to everyone there an thinks its "freakin awesome". The Latinos and older American are leaving on Tuesday and they they'll get a bunch of new ones. Jaydan said it is like opening a present when you see who the new comers are. (it was McKay's cousin...not brother last time new ones came in)

Jaydan can't wait until he gets to go proselyting everyday. He is learning so much about the Gospel....it's just a ton. He really likes Argentina and said that we would be jealous of some of the stuff they have....then he got distracted and lost his train of thought so didn't explain further.

Hooray for Israel! Thee Elder Ropelato

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