Dear Family,
I am sorry to hear that Granny has passed away. I
guess it is true that she was ready to go. I had been feeling this was
going to happen for the past few months. I am glad I was able to send
something to her.
It was great to get to talk to you all last week,
although I like how we did it in the past more. I would have liked to
have been able to have talked with everyone one on one. It was harder to
talk to everyone at once. I guess that is how we are supposed to teach as
missionaries, focus on people one by one.
 |
| Jenny Gomez and her daughter Melisa |
I really like the note you sent in the last package I received
where David O. McKay talks about how our PP interview with Christ will be.
One of the very effective tactics that PMG and Presidente Montalti have
taught is that we need to focus our teaching on the questions for the
entrevista bautismal (baptimsal interview).
Not only does it help make the investigators more comfortable about the
interview, it helps the missionaries know where the investigator is struggling
and what they need to teach. I guess the same is true for our entrevista
celestial (celestial interview).
Everything we do with our investigators we can ask, ¿is this helping my
investigator to be better prepared to answer one of the baptismal questions?
We can ask ourselves the same thing about our final interview. It
is good to have the questions ready.
 |
| Fernando Silva, far left, next to Rafael Suarez |
This week we have been teaching a man named Rafael
"Chalupa" Suarez. He is an ex futbolista and had a bad knee
surgery and is waiting for funding to repair it. He has been really receptive.
He said he is not that proud of everything he’s done in the past (I think
he feels empty from his soccer career) and wants to spend the last of his days
tranquilo (in peace) and just get
to church every Sunday. We are happy for him. I think he is going
to buy a white shirt and tie this week.
Feely
This week I talked with Elder Packard about
Perfectionism. He said if I learn to 1. be more and more assertive in
my interactions with others and 2. learn to set realistic expectations
for myself and for others, then I will feel less and less anger and
fear. I need to learn to stop criticizing myself and others. I am
still kind of struggling with it all though. I got really frustrated
the other day for not studying well enough how I can balance working
hard with enjoying what I am doing in my life. It seemed kind of ironic
to me.
Anyway, I love you all,
Hey you, mister 123
No comments:
Post a Comment