Harry Potter must be True!

Jaydan and Elder Bolanos. Jaydan doing his fat neck trick! (can you say chubby bunny?)

A treat from home! Jaydan loves waffle crisp cereal. Yummy!

Jaydan was feeling good this week. He addressed us as "fart buckets". (but then reassured us that he liked us) This week went pretty good. The biggest change for Jaydan was that he made a huge promise with God that he would try really hard to be obedient to everything and get out of the house on time and get to appointments on time too. He knows that appointments are made for a reason and it is important to keep them. Since he has made this promise and worked hard at keeping it he is much happier with a better attitude and the days go by so much quicker. Also his Spanish is tons better. It still isn't super great but he does have his moments. He can tell that his Spanish or attitude aren't as good when he isn't trying his hardest to keep all the rules. It's also when he doesn't have as much patience for his companion. So he does realize it is important to keep his promise always. (he thinks he is pathetic for taking so long to realize that)

Another "big" thing right now is.....Jaydan. When he left for the mission he weighed 135 and now he is 160!!! Twenty five pounds in five months......uh oh!!! (I (mom) think he was just wanting to be best at something and eating seemed to be that something) Jaydan has now limited himself to only two plates at most and no more trans fat. He said that is what kills ya here and every meal has tons of grease or oil, mostly oil. Jaydan doesn't think he really looks fat except for maybe his neck.

They had divisions again and Jaydan was with the District Leader, Elder Cespedas, from Paraguay. Jaydan thinks he is way cool. (Elder Cespedas...probably himself too) Jaydan said they walked and they walked. They walked and walked some more. In fact they walked all day. (sounds like the pioneer song) They contacted a few people but really only talked to maybe three. One of which was already set up. The Elder liked the girl where they had the appointment set up for. Jaydan could tell because he kept bringing her up in their conversations throughout the day. Instead of teaching her the other Elder pretty much flirted with her and so after trying a few times to get on track Jaydan gave up. After that they walked some more. Jaydan kept expecting another appointment but there weren't any more set up. It made for a long day and a lot of walking. Jaydan said they kept going from one corner of the mission to the next for like 6 hours. They finally found a lady they could talk with. She only believed in the Bible and so Jaydan asked her how she knew that it was true. When she answered Jaydan would repeat her and then she got to the point where she said "because I read it". Jaydan asked the lady if she believed in Harry Potter and of course she said "no, it is just for entertainment." Jaydan told her that he read Harry Potter books and so they must be true too if you could tell just by reading them. At that point he got her attention and they were able to talk to her. They talked about prayer and how it is through prayer that we can find out if things are true or not. Jaydan felt like the Lord had blessed him in that situation!

There is another guy that lives in Jaydan's area who is a "heavy Evangelist" and knows tons about the Bible. He is a bit like the other lady and doesn't want to accept another book for being true. He already has the truth in his hands so isn't interested in anything else. Jaydan asked him "how do you know? Have you asked God?" The guy said "no....I asked myself". Jaydan used Harry Potter with him too except in a different way. Jaydan asked the guy if he followed what the Bible said and he replied "ya, of course." Jaydan then brought out the point that the Bible says there are to be two books testifying of Christ. The guy thought about it and said "yes". Jaydan then asked the guy if he was going to follow the Bible and believe what it said. That there is another book....another testament of Jesus Christ. (just like it says on the cover of the Book of Mormon) That at least got him thinking.

The worst thing Jaydan did this week was to walk past a drunk guy that had fallen. Jaydan's comp had walked past him and so Jaydan did too and it has been bugging him since. He wishes he would have at least stopped and sat him up against the wall. Jaydan wants to help everyone and feels terrible that he just left the guy on the ground. He's even thinking that people will probably judge the Mormon's and think that we don't help others in need. Lesson learned and he will stop if there is a next time.

Mucho amor de

Thee Elder Ropelato