Hola toda de mi familia! It's definitely getting colder here.
But I'm super excited for conference! Invite people over lunch Saturday and
have them stay for conference :) The time difference throws me off
though, conference here is 12-2 and 4-6.
This week was a good week. We were diligent and worked well and
we're happy and loving it. Here's a brief play by play of some of the
things we did last week...
Monday: Pday. Had dinner with branch President Vilches and
his family, they are really fun. (We often eat with the other
companionship so we see them almost every day). We went to a town called Trotwood
to try to contact a few potential gators but nothing came of it. But we
returned to Huber Heights and had an awesome lesson with a guy named Sergio. He
left his wife and kids 5 years ago to come here and work. He's been through a
lot but we gave him a run down of the Book Of Mormon. At the end he prayed and
the spirit was so present that he began to cry. It was an awesome lesson! I
love being a missionary in these moments. He works like crazy (like most Hispanics)
and so it's going to be tricky to get him to church. But he's such a humble guy
and we're going to try to teach him every Monday night! (it's the only day that
he has breaks).
Tuesday: Big service day. We helped someone move into a new
apartment. We also did service for Penny and gave her a blessing - she was
hurting that day from her physical disability (I forget what it's called). We
also removed a wild tree from the Vilches' back yard (don't worry we didn't use
an axe and no E.R. trips were involved) the worse thing that happened is that Elder
Foote got stung a couple times. We also helped our super cool neighbor move a
few things into storage. He's name's "D" (I call him Grandaddy D) and
he gave us an electric guitar which we gave to the ward's bishop's son for
bishop appreciation week :) We also talked to D about the book of Mormon and
he's interested! But doesn't speak Spanish but we'll continue to share the
gospel with him when we see him. I honestly think one of the best ways to share
the gospel is by service and example - people really begin to notice that there
is a difference in us Mormon folk and they are curious as to what makes us so
happy, but they often won't ask, so we need to be bold enough to start the
conversation!
Well time's slipping away so I'm going to have to speed this
up...
Wednesday: District meeting and visiting various potentials in
Dayton area. We made cookies and gave them to Dustin and Andrea as a late BDay present.
Thursday: AWESOME lesson with the Lima family (less active
family of 4 that lives in Medway). We just began sharing favorite scriptures
with them and BOOM, spirit comes into the room. Without even saying a word
about church to them they decided that they need to reactivate. The Spirit
taught them what they need to do, our job as missionaries more or less is
just to bring the spirit. So they invited us to visit with them each week to
have scripture study with them!!! Wahooo!
Friday: Good lesson with the Torres family. We watched the
Restoration video with them and spirit was there again. We also sang to them -
I love the hymns now! They really help bring the spirit. Throughout the week if
we don't have time to teach a full lesson we just sing a hymn and pray with
people and it's so cool to see people change as they feel the Spirit. Bro
Torres also bought a tie and we're going to give them a chapel tour this week!
Saturday: FUTBOL. Soccer is helping us get less actives involved
with the church again. We are also going to get English classes started pretty
soon. This day we did some work in Park Lane area which is near Medway.
Sunday: ANDREA AND DUSTIN CAME TO CHURCH!!! :D just for
sacrament but they had a good experience. Dustin doesn't speak Spanish but he's
a good sport about supporting his wife and kids. I really love this family.
(They're the same family that I sent a pic of a few weeks back) Anyway got to
go. Know that I'm having a great time out here. Sorry for all the crazy typing.
Love you guys!!!
Elder
Graf
