Hey all!
How is everyone?
Long Island is pretty great! The weather has been a
little bit warmer but not much. My companion is the worst driver on the planet
and actually got really mad at me and the other two missionaries in the car
when we tried to prevent him from killing us all by giving him some
instruction. Today he was about to blow a red light with full on heavy traffic.
I calmly (because last time I said anything I got a guilt trip about making fun
of his driving) said, "bro you got a red".
He then locked up the brakes and we didn't die, so that
was good. I'm seriously tired of this kids passive aggressive behavior.
I went on exchanges with one of the zone leaders this last
week. His name is Elder Durney. Great guy from Colorado! He was a super hard
worker and definitely didn't mess around at all, he was also a good driver,
which was nice. Definitely happy I got to hang out with him for a day to give
me an idea of what intense missionary work is like.
I will definitely be pushing myself harder this week!
Definitely not trusting my trainer on how hard I should be working from here on
out.
Just a little too laid back. But that's okay!
We went through some rich neighborhoods last night. I'm
so glad I'm a Spanish speaking missionary. Non-Latinos are jerks. I understand
completely if someone doesn't want to talk to us. That's no excuse to be rude a
belligerent. This is why love the Spanish speakers here.
Even if a family of Hispanos isn't interested, they will
still let us in, give us something to drink, and listen to the brief message
that we share for a door approach like that. Many times they will set up a
return appointment with us. Overall very genuine, honest people that are very
open to the Word of God. My favorite thing that they say is "Nuestras
puertas están siempre abiertas a la palabra de Dios!" Love them.
Especially the Guatemalans!
I got this picture taken right behind the Holgate's
house. The Holgates are from Utah and are the senior missionaries in our
district. They are awesome! They take very good care of us.
Tonight we are teaching Daniel and Gustavo Deleon. They
are some awesome Chapines(Guatemalans) that we found in the area book as
potentials. We have been teaching them for three weeks. They are on track to be
baptized sometime in March.
Well, everyone think of me on my birthday this week! I
think I'm gonna make myself a cake which will be awesome.
Love you all! Talk to you next week!
Ry
