April 14, 2016

Hello Family!

So this is my last week at the MTC it's been a little hectic. I believe it is next Tuesday that I leave for the field. I might get to email when i get there but if I don't, I will be able to on the next Monday.

Hermana Benton, the president's wife, just told us the other day that the yogurt stuff is good for you, and I have been drinking it every morning. I don't know  if it's actually good for because its so dang good. I'm honestly excited to wake up so that I can have my cereal with yogurt haha.

So this week was interesting. One of the Elders had a problem and he had to be taken to the hospital. It was a North American elder, and so that threw us off. His companion stayed with him a night, and then they got my companion to stay with him for a night. We have been kind of switching around and what not. Anyway, my companion Elder Harding is good with Spanish and they felt like this other Elder needed someone who could push him to learn the last few days, so they switched my companion to him and I have his other companion. I am now companions with Elder Morrill! Super friendly guy! I'm looking forward to the switch a lot!

Elder Harding was great and he helped me learn a lot, but recently I have been feeling really upstaged by Elder Harding, and it was getting depressing. Elder Morrill and I are at about the same level. We officially switched yesterday and I loved it! We taught together, and I realized that I was really dependent on Elder Harding because he did talk a lot. I talk too but I didn't realize how much of it was Elder Harding. I love what Elder Morrill is able to teach me. I feel that yesterday was the most I have talked and asked questions in Spanish. I could see the difference of the switch. I'm not sure why it was such a big difference. I think I got some more confidence back in the language and it feels amazing when I apply it. I had to switch rooms too, and I love the Latinos in our new room! They talk all the time and it helps me a lot to be able to talk with them in Spanish!

As far as the rest of the week we went proselyting again. It was fun! I remember being so full of the spirit when I left and just ready to baptize everyone,. and then on the ride to the spot the reality of it hit me. It gets nerve wracking to proselyte. But it was fun. We gave out 2 Book of Mormons, some folletos, and a tarjeta! We did better than the last time. There was a guy that I walked up to and said, we have a book for you. He said, "No, not today. I'm doing very bad. Very bad." In my mind I thought, wow this is perfect, he needs the gospel! And my companion asked why he was doing bad? He said something about his spouse. I just knew we had to talk to him. My companion started to walk away and I did too. The man was a pretty big man and he did not look happy. but I couldn't let it go. I took about three steps and then turned around. I went back up to him and said, "We have a message about Jesus Christ for you, its a very happy message, do you have some time?" And he said, "No, no time." At this point he looked still mad and my companion was pulling me away from him. Nothing else happened with that guy, and I realize there's better things I could have said, but I can't forget that feeling I felt. I wanted this man to hear the gospel so bad. If anything this can be motivation for me to be more persistent, and also to learn Spanish better.

While prosiliting, a lot of people said that they were Catholic. One man pretended to go to his house. When I saw this, I told Elder Harding, ´five bucks thats not even his house´.  We kept on walking and I turned around and he was walking on the sidewalk again! It made me laugh so hard. Pretty funny. I wonder what people think we do? There was another lady that didn't see us until we were about 20 feet away from her. She started to panic and started to run inside. Her dogs weren't coming to her so she grabbed them by their tails and dragged them in the house! That one cracked me up too! Haha

That was about it for the week.

Love you all!

Elder Wolf