This was an interesting week. After a really strange
week of meetings and divisions, we had a nice solid week to work in the
área.
It was really, really, sunny this week.
Which reminded me a ton of Washington summer mornings. It was such a
beautiful scene to go out and see all the trees in the morning sun. It
just made me wanna go preach to people haha. So we were able to work a
lot harder than normal, which was nice :) We've been improving a lot and
have really exciting plans for the future.
Elder
Vazquez and I have just been having huge difficulties bringing people
to church. This week was no exception. But we've been trying, and we are
trying, and we'll find the solution one of these days :) I'm not
letting it get me down. And I see all these little, sometimes funny
signals that I feel are like God just urging us to keep going, keep on
working. Like one day that someone gave us papaya, then another person
gave us something else, and we ended up with our hands full of bags of
fruits and things. It was just like God saying "good work! Enjoy the
food. Keep going! Keep working. I love you!" That's how I felt. I think
that the tough times really make the tender mercies stand out in our
lives. Yeah, it's been a struggle, but I'm really grateful with God for it. I
feel like I'm learning things that I wouldn't have learned if we were
having success right now.
In my studies this week I've been loving
the book of Mosiah. I love the story and the principles of leadership
that are shown by Ammon, Limhi, and Alma in their different stories. I
just feel like these chapters are full of small, delicious principles to
learn, woven within the individual verses as well as the overlapping
stories. For example, Limhi is a great example to me, I love how he
tries to lead his people but there's just this obvious imperfection in
him, and I get that feeling as I read the whole story, but there's also
verses which greatly impact me, like when Limhi felt sad as he heard
that his dad died, because he loved him, even though his dad had ruled
in wickedness.
So yeah. Lots of learning this week.
Have a great week, everyone! Enjoy your scripture studies :-)
-Elder Henry
Are you feeling trunky? " I really don't feel trunky. And I don't feel like it's that close, either. I just feel like a happy Little bumblebee."
How is the District? "we all get along super well in the district. One of the best districts I've had in my mission :)"
Shavonne's brother Aaron getting engaged to a young lady he served with: "Clasico. Ask Shavonne if he was her zone leader. It's always the zone leader." (except our son Michael was his now wife's Shavonne's District Leader, not Zone Leader, hahaha--and it is a reconnecting at BYU thing--that BYU magic turning mission friends into eternal companions!)
What are you eating/favorite foods/how much do you walk each day? "Rice and beans, rice and beans, the restaurants sell rice and beans, and a lot of miles. ;-) I love food here, but I would die for a hamburger from Ivannia. She makes the best hamburgers in the world haha"
