This
last week has been interesting. I mean not because we did a lot. It was just a
good week on account that nothing bad happened. We had some good lessons and
have been working with the less active families’ a lot. We visit them almost
daily. Giving support and teaching and talking and trying to get to know them
so that we can figure out who in the ward can help them. Its hard work
sometimes, especially for me, some people talk really fast and it’s hard for me
to understand sometimes. But I'm getting better and I'm doing a lot better at
asking people to explain something they said in a different way and asking what
things mean. I admit I don't like asking for help. But I'm trying to let go of
that and my self-consciousness and just put myself out there. I'm getting more
confident and sometimes, well often I find-myself thinking in Spanish. Which
helps me focus because it’s like I only can say certain things in Spanish so if
I'm thinking it then I can only be thinking about teaching, finding, and the
people we are teaching. So that's nice. I still haven't had any dreams in
Spanish. But I'm hoping soon I will.
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| Elder Baer |
In
other news: Elder Baer (pronounced Bear) is a boss. He is funny but also knows
how to be serious. His Spanish is good. But he seems to like speaking English
more. It’s an interesting difference between Elder Moore and Elder Baer. He is
also my "brother". As in he was also trained by Elder Cebreros except
he has been out for 11 months and I've only been out 7. Holy Cow!!!! I've been
out 7 months. That is sooooooooooooooooooooo weird!!!!!!
Our
investigators: Well we have two really good ones and one that we haven't seen
in a couple weeks and well a lot of people have this phrase which is "Si
Dios quiere" which basically means "if God wants" or "if
God is willing". Basically it is a way to get out of making a decision to
go to church or not. These people believe in God and they believe in Him a lot
but they use that phrase to be an excuse and if something happens and like they
wake up late or its too hard to get everyone ready to go they say
well obviously God didn't/doesn't want me at church today. It’s like come on people. God wants you at
church. It’s a commandment. He is going to help you do it if you make the
decision and then try you’re very hardest to do it. Which means you'll be at
church. It’s kind of rough sometimes but we are trying.
Elder Renovato and I are good. We are working together well and he
gives me tons more opportunities to speak Spanish.
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| Elder Renovato |
Oh
and yesterday (Sunday) Elder Renovato and I went to Primary with one of our
less actives. It was a lot of fun. I miss primary. I don't think I could really
teach it but it was fun to be in there and do all the dancing and singing and
hearing the powerful testimonies of the little kids. It’s really amazing if you
think about it. Who really are the best teachers? The little kids, because they
grasp the concepts and ideas of the gospel at such a basic and simple level. It’s
so cool to listen to them.
Oh
and we haven't had planners for the last week. That was really fun. Were there
planners back when Dad was on his mission? Were they not allowed to keep them
like we do? Cause I've never seen any of his. But weekly planning is pretty
tough without a planner. But it was ok. We made it work and we finally got
planners yesterday. So things will be a bit more smooth on our side at least.
I
hope everyone has a great week and has lots of missionary opportunities!
I'll
talk to you next week!
Elder
Zachary Gore!