Hey y’all! These past two weeks have zoomed by with some interesting things that happened along the way. If there was one thing we did a lot of, it was doctor visits. Nothing bad has happened, and it's good to know that the visits will soon be over haha. Actually, this last Friday, we carpooled with some other elders that had to go up to Raleigh for a doctor's visit, so that was a fun little road trip for the day!
There has been an emotional rollercoaster with Jake and Sophia, so I'll start with Jake. We ended up having to scrap their baptismal date after they revealed their true thoughts to bishop in a talk they had together. Jake still wants to talk with us and have us answer their questions, but Jake's not going to be baptized until they're willing/ready to accept and live ALL of the guidelines the Father asks of us to abide by. As for Sophia, she is doing really good and learns more every time we're together! One downside to things is that her mom does not think she is ready at all and demands that we wait for her to be 15 before she is baptized. Since we don’t want her mom to be any more angry, we accepted her request to delay her baptism until Sophia is all in and knows everything her mom wants her to know. Looks like I'll just be Johnny Appleseed out here and plant seeds for all of these future missionaries. LOL
If there is one thing I really enjoyed over these couple weeks, it was the kinds of service I got to do. For one lady, we had the chance to spread some dirt over by her house and have it at an angle where all the runoff water would be directed away from her garden. At a couple of other projects, I was able to speak some Spanish!!! While at habitat for humanity, they have me help people who are looking for certain things or need help loading things into their cars or trucks. I also helped a member move into their new home and they all spoke Spanish. Actually, the wife could only speak Spanish, so whenever she wanted to tell the other elders to do something, she would yell to me to translate lol. I love speaking Spanish and I really hope I can get better after the mission, but I wish I had even more chances to speak Portuguese! I need to master my Portuguese skills and get to Brazil ASAP so I can help the people I haven't gotten to meet and bring unto the fullness of the gospel! I pray I can return soon and that I can finish what I started 19 months ago!
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