Monday, May 2, 2011

Feeling a little shaky in the heat of Acapulco

there sure were a lot of things that happened. actually yes, we did feel the earthquake, but after checking it, they were all small. the biggest was 5.3? the only bad thing is that it happened at 6:07am and i couldnt fall back to sleep before 6;30..... it was also the first time in my life that i can remember that i had felt an earthquake, i also didnt expect to feel it in my hammock. after talking to a few other people, i realized that to the members of the church, the spirit got them up 5 seconds early and prepeared them. it happened to me and elder miller, and other people said the same thing happened to them. the spirit really watches out for us! also yes, we did hear about real salt lake, and bin laden! go USA! every one tells us whats going on here and there, so we stay pretty well in touch with big things taht happen.
well mom, sorry to burst the bubble, but the new area, and the sister missionaries arent doing so great. by this week, they should know how to get around, be finding and challenging, but the both areas, only found 1 or 2 new investigators and challenged 1 or 2.... that is the reason why the zone still hasnt been baptizing the numbers it should, is because we arent finding enough. our number of new investigators dropped a little this week to 11, but we worked even harder than last week, and also we both feel that that is hwat the lord wanted. it has also been super hot, so we think the rain is about to come ( we are praying for it!) and becasue of the heat, and bad preparation, we were both pretty beat up yesterday in our fast. we thought we had drinken enough water, but nope....it just sucked every last drop out of us.... at least we are still alive and well. this time, we focused our fast in the people that we have that are really progressing towards baptism at this moment.
most of the 25 people we found last week, didnt progress, but its ok. of those 25, we did keep the ones that are willing to look for the lord and follow what we asked them to do. the ones taht are moving the best, and the ones for whom we fasted are rosy and her daughters veronica and rosita; elizabeth, citlaly, alondra, and perla; and oscar. they are the ones that very well could be baptized in this month, and are progressing well and have received an answer to their prayers. some stronger than others, but all are going in the right direction. your faith and prayers would be greatly apprecieated for these people..
on wednesday, we had interviews with president spannaus, and all went well, jsut that it took forever, and half to end. we had the keys, and had to stay until the end to lock up. my interview, was very calm, he helped me reinforce the importance of helping elder miller end strong, and how i was doing. everything went well. the month of may will be busy, on the 5 of may, we have zone leader council in cuernavaca and the next wednesday, zone conference. the following tuesday is a mission conference, where president rasband of the presidency of the seventy is coming to talk to us! so in these next few weeks, ill send some good pics of me in the new suit. also im still loving the hammock a ton. a lot of people have trouble sleeping in hammocks because they try to sleep straight. you have to sleep on an angle, and then you sleep like a baby in the acapulco heat with a fan. for two nights, my fan broke and they were miserable nights having to share a rotating fan with elder miller. there just isnt enough air to share.... haha if you try to sleep without a fan here, it is just too hot and you sweat all night. it is litteraly impossible i believe.
well all is well here, not much is happening, because we are a happy companionship and we are working hard always. well im excited to hear and see you all agian on mothers day, and to be able to see you all agian. thanks for the support, prayers, and letters. i love you all, and am very content with your love and help for me and the lords work. may god be with you all
elder facer

1 comment:

  1. Hola! Espero realmente avanzar como debería. Me es algo complicado, sobretodo cuando dejé de ir a la iglesia desde hace algunos años. Confío en que elder Miller y tu me apoyarán. (Ojalá tengan la paciencia necesaria) Mucha gente de aquí no se interesa por ir a la iglesia, entonces la tarea se vuelve complicada, pero ustedes dos sí que han hecho buen trabajo!! Ánimo =)

    ATT: Rosy Wences

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