Hey family!
Wow, last week's letter was a disaster! Haha. We had a great week this
week! Monday we had a pretty chill morning just cleaning and doing
some other chores. Then it got crazy when we had to go out and shop,
help some other people shop, etc. we had a zone activity too, so that
didn't help my email writing time. It was the last day before the new
transfer so we all just went to a church building and hung out/played
soccer. Afterwards it was crazy because there was a bunch of traffic
and we had to drop off some missionaries and pick up some stuff that
we had left at a different chapel previously. Somehow p-day always
gets loco.
Tuesday was transfer day and we lost the car!!! We went with our
roommate Elder Perdomo (who's companion had gone home) to pick up his
new companion from the zone building. It's elder Galo! We served
around each other toward the beginning of my mission and he's awesome!
He's always laughing and joking around so it's fun to have him in the
apartment :) We spent a large portion of the day before dinner trying
to fix up our bikes and make them functional (and safe). It was
frustrating, but it's in decent working order now. I'm thinking of
buying my own though because the bike I have now has to be constantly
adjusted.
Wednesday we had a bunch of lessons, it was awesome! One of them was
pretty miraculous. Stephanie, who we've been teaching since we got
here, but has cancelled all of our lessons the past couple weeks,
texted us and told us she didn't want us to come by any more. We tried
to figure out why over text and it turns out she was just frustrated
"at the world" (she was upset about some family stuff). So we stopped
by and had an awesome lesson! The spirit softened her heart and we
were able to talk for a long time about things that that were going
on, and committed her to read! That's what she's been struggling the
most with. We also met and started working with a less active lady
that we met! She's awesome, her name is Hermana (Sister) Barrera and she's been
through some hard stuff recently. But we had an awesome lesson, she
said she wants to start coming back, and we were able to give her a
priesthood blessing! She's awesome.
Thursday was weekly planning! It was really hard to focus with two
companionships in the house, it wasn't our best weekly planning haha.
We're gonna have to figure out something different for next week :/.
But neither companionship had a dinner, so we went out to dinner at
Cafe Rio! We had more than one person offer to pay. #utahblessings! We
had a lesson with the Piñon family that night and stayed out too late.
We were those two guys in white shirts frantically pedaling home as
fast as we could. Good times! The Piñon family is super prepared for
the gospel. BUT, they have super crazy busy lives, so it's been really
hard to have good lessons with them. A lot of times we get there and
they're halfway through a big house project because 8pm at night is
the only time they can do that sort of thing. So it's kinda complicated,
but we're doing our best nonetheless! I know Sister Piñons dad who's a
member from another ward so we're planning on making a joint trip
down to temple square with hem pretty soon.
Friday was just District meeting and stuff. Our district is super
awesome! So district meeting is pretty smooth and there's more
participation than there was last transfer. So that was nice! We
talked about faith. Nothing too exciting happened on Friday. But
Saturday we had service all morning and then a hike with the ward at
night. It was awesome! Stephanie and some less active members came,
and it was a great activity. It was in memory of the pioneers, and it
was way longer than we had expected. But it was good!
Sunday a lot of weird stuff happened and some things that were kinda
sad in the area. But surprisingly it was easy to be happy and positive
despite all of it! Ivan, our 11 year old investigator asked to talked
to us after church, and when we did, he told us he didn't want to be
baptized anymore and that he didn't want us to come by. It's pretty
weird because the week before he had told his dad he wanted to be
baptized but wanted to make sure it was okay with them. We think that
his dad told him to tell us that, which is pretty sad. But we can't do
too much about it except to pray for them!
Today we have an all day p-day because of Pioneer Day. It's been
pretty good! All day p-days seem to go even faster than normal p-days.
Right now we're just playing soccer with the zone and we'll probably
eat a little bit later. But that sums up my week pretty well! It's
been a little hard because we feel like we're working hard but not
harvesting right now. But he and I are loving life and the area and
everything! We're hoping to find some more people to teach next week,
so I'll update you on that next week!
Love you all! Thanks for your prayers and support. Everyday my
testimony Jesus Christ is strengthened. I'm so grateful for all He has
done and is doing for us! I know he lives.
Love you all!
Love,
Elder Baxter
Elder Lavea is behind there...he fell asleep during studies haha and I finally got him :):)
We ate dinner in the garage of a member this week :):)
I got no words for this one...
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