Jaydan and the other Elders found a really cool place today for their p-day. It was in a Mandarina Narnaja and Lemon Orchard and they also found a really cool bridge. I guess one day when Jaydan was bored he learned to braid with four stands. (the kid is talented!)
Tuesday and Wednesay they were in divisions again. Jaydan was with Elder Inostraza from Chile so he had to speak Spanish the whole time which was good and fine with him. During divisions it seems that everything fall through no matter how sure the lessons are....it has almost become a given. During their divisions the missionaries were talking to a really "hardcore catholic lady" who told them it was fin to talk to her but also made sure that the missionaries knew she wasn't planning on changing anything about herself. You know the type...I was born a catholic and bapieze a catholic and so forth... Jaydan could really care less what religion anyone is....it just doesn't matter to him. Anyway Elder Inostraza was teaching about the Restoration and she was just miling nodding her head "no" and he just went right on teaching and Jaydan was actually understanding everything that was said while they were in that house. (which is always nice) The Elder kept teaching and she kept nodding and so Jaydan decided to change things up a bit he would throw out a question to her. He asked her how she knew the Bible was true. Her answer was "because I read it". Jaydan told her no and they had a little bit of a discussion and maybe even argued a bit. About that time a light bulb in her house shattered and Jaydan figured that little discussion was over. Jaydan told her that the only way she could really know that it was true was by praying. He told her that is how we know that the Bible and The Book of Mormon are both the word of God. He challenged her to just pray and ask if both these books are true. To pray with all her heart and pure intent and if she did she would recieve an answer. (true or not) Jaydan felt good because he knows that if she really does pray and get an answer she will know that they are both true and she will also know that our Church is true also. (So...there you go~Jaydan's first argument in Spanish....and the bulb shattering might have been some kind of sign...."Jaydan said so")When Jaydan was with his comp again they worked hard but things kept falling through so it was hard. Their lunch with some members also fell through and the lunch they made for themselves was delicious. (no idea what it was) Friday is planning day and Jaydan and his comp had to go to another area to do a baptism interview. (Jaydan' comp is the District Leader)
It rained a lot this week and was raining really hard on Saturday. The Elders had found a lady named Maria and she promised them that she would go to Church with her daughter. The Elders told her that they would pick her up. There were also suppose to be about six more investigators coming with members or the missionaries and everyone of them fell through. Not one investigator came and that really bummed Jaydan out. The missionaries found some less active members to work with.
Today for p-day Jaydan and his comp and two other Elders took their sling shots and went out to the forest to hunt. That's when they found the bridge in the middle of no where. They played cards on the bridge and had tons of fun out there and they didn't even kill anything....amazing and they still had a fun experience. It was an adventure instead of staying in Centro the whole time. They walked a lot in fact Jaydan thought it was too much. Oh, and there was a guy who was going to go across the bride with his bike and oranges but decided to stop and watch the Elders play cards instead. He watched for like 45 minutes without ever saying a word. Jaydan said it was kind of weird but funny to talk about afterwards.
Another guy (dude) came out onto some street and was talking to the Elders. The Elders had been shooting at rocks and the guy told them they couldn't shoot the birds because what sounds better....birds chirping or not? This guy feeds the birds and waters them and even has a bird bath and a little house he made. He told the missionaires it was in the little house that the birds go to make other ones and that's all that they really use the house for. (Jaydan thought that was a bit weird....ya) Talking to this guys was just interesting.
Oh....one more thing about divisions. Maria (the lady spoken of earlier) was touched after listening to Jaydan go over things with her and testifying about everything that was said. She was crying her eyes out and so Jaydan gave her a handkerchief and called it good. The spirit was really strong and it felt good. After the divisions Jaydan said his Spanish "sucked" again. He couldn't understand or say anything again. (so frustrating for him)
Jaydan is looking forward to having a family home evening with a less active family tonight.
Change is on the 14th so who knows what will happen next. (God knows!)
Mucho Amor De Elder Ropelato
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