The days here are definitely starting to blend together, so it is always so hard to remember exactly what I want to say about each one. So last Saturday they let us stay up late until like 10pm or something in our classroom on the 5th floor to watch the Stadium of Fire. That was cool, but it was still just lights in a sky so I kind of wish they would have let us go to bed.
Last Sunday was fast Sunday and it was incredible. For a lot of missionaries it was the last Sunday that they would be here so they bore their testimonies. Powerful. I wrote one down in my journal that night. He shared a story that had me in tears. He said that a man had a dream and that in this dream he walked into a room filled with filing cabinets full of papers and note cards and just stacks of note cards all through it. He looked at the note cards and each one had written on it a different sin he had done with his name on it. The man starts looking through the cards and wonders why he ever did or thought these things. Then Jesus walks into the room and starts crossing out the man's name on every card and writing His name underneath it. The man tries to tell him no, to stop, to not take these terrible things and eventually asks him why He would do this. Then Jesus just looks and him and says "Because I love you." That was probably my favorite Sunday ever of all time. So much good happened.
On Monday we taught our "Investigator" Maribel again. She seemed a little off and was not really making eye contact. After a while of asking her what was going on she eventually started talking. And boy did she talk, Elder Kanan did not understand anything she said for probably 15 or 20 minutes. After much praying in my heart, she said a few words I could discern. Apparently her two daughters got in a big fight and she was struggling to think that she was a good mom. Heavy. I really only remember a couple scriptures that we said, I remember talking to her about Nephi when he was tied to the boat by Laman and Lemuel. Other than that I really didn't remember anything I said. That was the cool experience of the day I think.
On the 4th of July we probably got more confused than ever. We had a substitute teacher one of the days and she told us to focus on the end at the beginning so then me and Elder Kanan tried to do that with a different teacher in a lesson, and we bombed it. We did not learn anything about the investigator. So now I guess the most important thing is to learn about the investigator and go from there. Honestly, being here for two more weeks is no longer something that I think will be that beneficial to my learning because now I am just getting confused when really the gospel is simple. Wanna be happy? Wanna have eternal life? Wanna have Salvation and release from all your sins? Oh well here is a book, read it a little bit each day and pray. Also Jesus loves you. And did all of this for you. So simple yet so complicated when we, imperfect beings, get involved. It is funny how easy it is to lose sight of all these things in the normal flow of life.
We taught our investigator again on Thursday. She was still a little worried about what to do. Elder Kanan hung me out to dry a lot in this lesson. He maybe said 5 sentences. I might have single mommed it. Even the investigator told him to talk more. I think he just got lost in the language. I have been working pretty hard on my language, but now I am mostly trying to help him with his needs. It is an interesting idea. Anyways, I told Maribel about how important it is for her to be the example for her children. It was interesting to see her reaction to that. I just tried to say that that was the best thing for her. I mean it was always the way my mom did it. She is a pretty great example of the gospel, even if she gets a little caught up in appearances sometimes. I am very thankful for her.
On Friday we taught Maribel again. She had a lot of questions about 2 Nephi 9. That verse is pretty confusing if you have never learned the plan of salvation. Crazy. So we taught her about the plan of salvation and answered all her questions. That was cool. I felt like we actually helped someone for the first time. Even if it is practice. We also did a really cool thing in class where we just went to a different building here and looked at all these pictures of Jesus. I don't remember the last time I felt the spirit so strong. Lots of power in that activity. Silently looking at all those murals of Jesus was cool.
And now on pday we have so much time because the temple is closed. I don't have much else to say. The pictures are of me or buildings, and there is one with me and Clay's cousin Darrin, and one with me and Elder Meiser. He's pretty great.
Yo testifico que Jesucristo es el salvador. El es nuestro salvador. El sacio nuestro pecados para estamos limpio. Es hermoso. En verdad, felicidad vine del evangelio. Dios nos ama mucho. Jesucristo nos ama mucho. Tienen un plan para todos personas en el mundo. Porque Jesucristo murio, yo puedo tener vida eterna con mi familia. Me encanta. En el nombre de Jesucristo amen.
Hasta luego! Les Amo!
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