HOLA! My first week with Elder Reyes went super well! I really can't believe that he has only one week in the mission field, he already knows what he is doing! The most surprising thing about him is that he loves knocking doors! It took me like five months to overcome my fear to talk to people in the streets!!!!! Hahaha it was definitely a pleasant surprise. However, this week was difficult to knock doors because every single person here is watching the world cup!!! The fun part is that we've learned very well how to connect soccer to the gospel! Haha, also we don't complain to loudly when we go to eat lunch in the members' homes and they're watching the games. They are obsessed with soccer here! You can imagine how crazy the streets were yesterday... Mexico beat the defending champs, Germany, and it was father's day! Basically everyone was partying yesterday.
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| Elder Reyes and our super delicious sandwich. |
The most interesting experience we had this week was when a man just started talking to us in the street. He just came up and asked if we believe in reincarnation.... And then, before we could get in a word, he just went off about his beliefs on how we are eternal beings, created by God, and his most interesting claim, that the longer our hair is the better our communication with God. That's why Jesus had long hair, he had the best communication with God... It didn't make a lot of sense, especially since he had short hair. However, it was interesting to talk with him and to see that everyone has different beliefs, and we all have a right to believe what we want to believe.
Another interesting experience was when we were knocking doors and when we knocked on one door, a man answered and before we could say anything, he asked, "do you speak English?" Turns out this man had lived in New York as well as Florida and had made a very decent living over there. He came back here because his mom was sick and while here, he got robbed and beat up. He was in a coma for a little while! But he still remembers his English perfectly! He doesn't even have an accent! He let us in to teach him but he didn't come to church.. It was fun teaching in English and hopefully we can help him progress!
We are planning to have a baptism this Saturday for a man named Jason! He has special needs and he is super awesome! He remembers a ton of what we teach, and he is reading everything we leave for him to read! So if everything goes well, he will be baptized this Saturday! But yeah that's more or less my week! I'm happy to be with Elder Reyes and we hope to accomplish a lot here in Tecno! Miss you all, have a great week! Happy Fathers Day!!!
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| I introduced Elder Reyes to PANCAKES!! He has never tasted them before! |
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| Our pancake party!! |
Elder Gurney
