The training for new
missionaries was in Boa Vista as usual so we had to leave early to get a bus
there. On Friday we learned a ton during
our Zone Conference. The mission is having a hard time mostly with finding new
people to teach. And it is mostly because we are not opening our mouths to talk
with everyone like we should be. So
President and the assistants created "convitatos" which stands for
"convites" "Contatos" and "Com tato" Which
basically means when we do contacts on the street, we invite the person to do
something - such as pray, come to church, or even be baptized. We are seeing
tons of success with it already and Elder Gimenez and I are killing our fear of
talking with people.
Yesterday during church one
of the members pulls us out of class and he is like "okay elders I brought
this woman to church that I have brought before a few times, but she always
tries to stay away from the missionaries. So later today I am going to bring
you guys to her house and we will watch a church movie and then you guys teach
her." So we were like yeah sure! Later we meet up with him and it turns
out that they had a date planned to watch a movie at her house. He told her
that he would bring the movie. Little
did she know that he was going to bring a church movie and the missionaries
with him. SURPRISE! lol. She was like wow I made popcorn but not enough
for you all.
Another interesting thing
here is that everyone is obsessed with flying kites. It isn’t like some fun hobby. No they try to
take down other kites with their kites and it is like a huge battle. When a kite starts to drop, everyone chases it
and the first one who gets to it wins the kite. Not just kids, but tons of men play too.
Yesterday these men had the string of a kite tied between two poles super tight
and I asked Elder Gimenez what they were doing. He told me that they get those long light
bulbs, crush them into tiny pieces. Rub glue onto the string and then glue the
light bulb dust on the string. They do
this so that it cuts the strings of other kites. Like seriously it is INTENSE.
This week I recieved packages
from Candice and Marcus and my Mom. Both filled with stuff for thanksgiving. So
thank you!! This Thanksgiving is going to be great now.
HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY DAPHNIE
paz,
Elder Waters
Elder Waters
