Monday, November 28, 2011
Hey everyone!
How are you all?! I love you all so much!
Hey! So, the most exciting news of the week!!! 2 members of our
ward got their mission calls! One will be going to Nicaragua, and the other
will be going to Honduras San Pedro Sula! I am pretty sure that is the same
mission as Thomas, right?? Maybe he will train him! He is such an awesome kid!
He is a recent convert from last September and he is the only member in his
family! His mom doesn’t want ANYTHING to do with the church and doesn’t care at
all that he is going on a mission! He is really strong and has a lot of faith!
He is a really strong example for me! I am here and I have all of you guys and
it is hard! I don’t know how I could do it like him but he is so faithful and
excited! It is cool!!! Anyway, let Thomas' mom know and tell her to tell him
that his name is Marvin Esperanza and that he will be coming into the mission at
the beginning of March - right at his year mark! CRAZY! Thomas has already been
out almost a year!!!
So, as for other news, they do not celebrate Thanksgiving here
but they did have a big party at the church (not for thanksgiving though haha)!
But we went to talk to a couple investigators and stuff (we aren’t supposed to
be in parties very long so we just stayed a few minutes) but we got some delicious
pupusas! I love pupusas! They have some that they make with a type of squash
that they grow here called ayote and it is so good!!! But NO worries! They do
celebrate Christmas! Everyone already has up their Christmas lights here. It is
really funny because all the trees are still green! It looks so funky! AND
GUESS WHAT?! We get DUCK for Christmas dinner! The bishop invited us over to
eat and he said that is what he’s going to make! YUMMY!! Funny though, here
they celebrate Christmas on the 24th! But I will be calling on the 25th sound
good?? I will be calling in the afternoon sometime…my companion and I are going
to talk about it and stuff to find out when we should call :) Anyway! Let’s
just say I'm stoked! Oh and by the way I found out that I can't use Skype so
you should call and find out how much it costs to call per minute to El Salvador,
sound good??
Other than that, this week was pretty basic! We didn’t have a
baptism this last weekend but we might this next weekend! We have a lot of cool
people we are working with! A mom and a son named Patricia and Brian that are
really nice! We are working right now to help them to strengthen their
testimony of the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith but that is their only doubt
right now! We also have a surprise investigator! Remember Patricia and her kids,
Mario and Sarai? Well, remember how their mom, Patricia, couldn’t be baptized
until a week later?? Well, the reason was because of the Law of Chastity and
she got rid of her boyfriend! But now, he wants to learn the gospel so they can
be married in the temple! How cool is that?! We are teaching them and I think
that if all goes well he can be baptized before the new year!
So exchanges were this week! We got a few new elders in the zone
and it is nice to see a change! I will only be in my area for one more change!
I will be leaving here about the 3rd of January!
Other than that, I don’t know that there is much more! Just
thank you so much for all that you have done for me! I love you all so so so
much!! Stay strong and remember to have faith! I pray for each of you every
day!!
Love,
Elder
Woodfield
Braden!
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