Hi all!
This week in a nut shell: one really good lesson with Xiomara and her family and then a lot of finding opportunities (this week was door knocking...because no one was in the streets). Lots of crazy, funny, terrible, and great moments haha. Here are some of the funny things:
While setting up lessons there was this guy on his motorcycle who passed by us 3 times! And he kept shouting "Amigos Jehovah!" there were 5min gaps between the times he circled around the block hahaha it was super funny.
We found an Ecuadorian family who own a bar right behind the bus station. They asked if we were American the first time we passed by and I asked "se nota?" (Can you tell?) And he said "claro". (Obviously) Hahaha and we passed by their restaurant again and they stopped us and asked if we were on vacation here and we told them that we are missionaries. And they asked if we were from the CIA or the FBI hahahaha. And we had some good laughs with them. One day I hope to pass by their restaurant so that we can talk to them some more.
We got a yes while knocking doors! The lady said yes, put your message in my mailbox hahahaha. So we put a restoration phamplet in the mailbox haha.
Then there was pigeon man - there was a tower that had a ton of pigeon in it and all the pigeons fly out and then all of a sudden there is this man resting there, leaning out the window hahaha.
And an old lady answered. I spoke very clearly and loud. And she told me she doesn't speak english and didn't understand me. So I said okay let me do this in spanish and I said the same thing word for word and she then said she wasn't interested. What a funny excuse at first hahahaha. Because we both knew she understood us the first time. People are funny :)
We played sports Saturday morning. Someone came with nestea and was wearing a weed shirt. We took a group picture and the person who took the group picture made the one wearing the weed shirt cover it up with someone's bag haha. It was super funny.
A scripture I really liked that came to mind this week:
Philippians 4:13: "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."
It is truely through Christ that we can do all things. No matter how small or big the task may be, with his help with can be strengthened so that we can accomplish it.
Alma 37:6 Now ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me; but behold I say unto you, that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise.
7 And the Lord God doth work by means to bring about his great and eternal purposes; and by very small means the Lord doth confound the wise and bringeth about the salvation of many souls.
It's also by small means that big things happen. Even if all we can do to improve seems insignificant or not enough, consistent, small progresses add up to be huge. The direction we are going is more important than where we are or currently stand.
Have a great week!
Con cariño,
Elder Openshaw
1-3)some pictures for mom haha. And a chapa picture
4) street name...both his parents were feo (ugly) so he must be really feo hahaha
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