I am on the computer now. I just got back to our area from the BBQ in
Gazcue at the office...good times. The mission
office is part of the chapel in Gazcue since there really isn´t a mission home
in this mission.
Things are good here. I got a
boatload of mail this week. Lilly wrote
me and said her mom passed away a couple of months ago ...sad. She is finishing her mission in October. So next week I will be emailing on
Tuesday. That means today is the last
emailing from the DR to Nicaragua ...crazy.
It sounds so good to say, “My sister will be home next week.” So this week has been good. We had the baptism on Saturday, not without a
few stressful moments but it went well.
We had visited the guy on Thursday and on Friday we stopped by to remind
him what time and everything. As we were
talking, he stopped and said that he didn´t want to get baptized the next
day. So we talked to him and asked a lot
of questions. When we finally got to the
bottom of it, it appears he was a little concerned about paying tithing. We reassured him the blessings would
come. We tried not to make him feel
pressured about going through with the baptism and left him to pray and think
about it. Then that night we stopped by
and he said he decided to go through with the baptism. On Saturday afternoon we stopped by again and
he was all set and he said he would be at the church at 6:30pm. Then the assistants called to tell us that they
and the president and his wife would be coming to the baptism. It was nice having them there. At 6:45 he showed up. He got changed and it all turned out
fine. I taught a mini lesson on the
restoration while they were changing and president gave a brief testimony. Our ward mission leader is very organized
which is great. On Sunday he was
confirmed and last night we stopped by and talked about the priesthood. He said while they had their hands on his
head he felt the presence of the Lord ...which was cool. Yesterday we had a
good day. We were late getting to church
as we were waiting for some investigators. It was the Primary Program and it was cool to
see our little Haitian girl read a scripture in it. She said, “Buenos dias”, really loud in the
microphone which was funny. Then that
afternoon a lady in the street called us over and said are you Mormons and we
said yes. It turns out this lady had
moved to our area a year ago and never found the church. It was a blessing that we were led to
her. I love it when I feel like the Lord
is using us to find his children that need it.
We had interviews this week with president. It was good and I felt a lot more relaxed
than I have in the past. A lady gave a
presentation about family history work and I am excited to do that when I get
home. Hermana Hernandez gave a little
cooking class which was fun. I got a lovely
stack of mail and I saw my dear Eickbushes.
We got to help with a service project on Saturday morning with the
Mormon helping hands. We helped clean
the trash by the River Ozama. It was
disgusting but I had gloves and it was fun hanging out with some of the other
missionaries and members. I got to wear
a sweet yellow Mormon helping hands vest. J We also
went to a going away party for a member who is leaving this week for his
mission in Mexico. The four of us sang, “I´ll Go Where You Want Me to Go”. Hermana Louis sang one verse in French. Then we sang in English and then in
Spanish. It was cool. A lady we are teaching is doing really
well. She came to church yesterday for
the 2nd time. We had taught her the word
of wisdom last week and this week she said her family was drinking and normally
she would drink a little but had no desire to drink and was embarrassed to have
the bottles in her house ...gotta love it when you can see the Spirit working
through these people. I got a new Liahona at the office today. It is the October one. In the mission getting a new Liahona is so
exciting ...who knew?! J I liked the
September one with all of the senior missionary stuff too. I finished decorating my last planner.
Awesomeness ...8 weeks. I am really
excited to get back to school. Well
peeps, I am out of time, but it has been a fantabulous email session with you. I sure love
you peeps. You are the best and I can´t
believe little Lexxy will be in your arms next week. I hope you have a grand week. I love sooooooooooooooooooo much. You only have one more week without the Nica.
J I love you. -Ejc
P.S. Lexxy when are you going to send photos? I still don´t know what your companion looks
like and you are practically home. J I will try and send a few photos now. Some
aren´t the greatest pictures but you get the idea. Hermana Eickbush is the
best. She said she hopes to meet you
someday, too. She´s like my Sonja here in the DR. I love my senior missionaries! I will try and send more photos next Tuesday
after the hermana activity.
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