Well, Week 2 of the mission! It has been a really cool time. Let me tell you about one of the investigators we are teaching, his name is Eujenio. We met him on the street just next to ours, he and another guy were in front of their house with the hood of a truck open, and we went over to talk to them and he said "Hey Elders!" We asked if he had met with missionaries before, and turns out he used to live in another area of New Orleans, but then moved, but had met with other missionaries. We set an appointment to come by again. After he heard us speaking spanish, his friend handed me the packaging for a radiator sealant that they were putting in and asked if I could translate it into spanish. They definitely didnt teach us "radiator cap" or even "engine" in the MTC, but I did my best and I'm sure they at least got the jist of what to do.
Anyways, that was Sunday night. We came by again on Tuesday, found out that he remembered pretty much all of the first lesson, already had a Book of Mormon, and had read various parts of it. We taught him some more, and asked him to be baptized on March 5. He was a little unsure about being ready by that time, but we assured him we could help him be ready, and he accepted! We stopped by one other time that week to say hi, and of course invited him to church. He already had a white shirt and dress pants, but said he didnt have a tie. Obviously I had the means to help him, so Sunday morning we went over, said "tenemos un regalo para usted!" and gave him the tie, and taught him how to tie it. He had a good time at church I think, he liked the hyms alot. On the way back he said he really liked the lesson in Elders Quorom, about the Law of Sacrifice, that when we give up one thing because of a commandment, we are blessed a hundredfold in return. Right after we went back and taugh him a bit, he asked us about the word of wisdom, he had heard that we dont drink coffee or tea and stuff. We gave him the basic overview, and asked if he did any of those things, he said he doesnt smoke or drink, but occasionally will have coffee. But after we read the promises of the blessings in D&C 89, he said "Oh so I guess its like a sacrifice, were getting something better in return for not drinking coffee" And what was awesome is he said that and realized that himself! In that same lesson he said "I dont have a doubt in my mind that this church is true" And I was so excited for him! He definitely has potential to be a great member of the church.
This last Tuesday-Friday I was on an exchange with 2 other elders in a trio, because all of our companions went for a training up in Baton Rouge. Theyre not quite as "diligent" as some other missionaries. In the mornings our studies wouldnt be very focused, and one of the Elders Decided to make a Tres Leches Cake for language study time. Not that I didnt enjoy the cake, but ya know... The three of us were covering all 3 of our areas, and didnt have a car, so it meant lots of biking. LOTS of biking. We would have to bike for at least half an hour to get somewhere, and one time we biked for 45 minutes, only for our appointment not to be there and not answer their phone either. But, two or three times we got to get rides with members, which was a relief.
Well, I think of lots of things I should write home about all week, then get to this point on monday and cant think of anything. Weird, right? Maybe I'll start writing some "one liners" at the end of each email.
One liners:
"Hey Elder, go contact the Ice cream man, he looks hispanic"
We went to a guys apartment where theres a door to get into the actual complex, so we called him to let us in. He came and got us, we went in his apartment and sat down, then his phone rang, he said he had to go let someone else in and he'd be right back. We sat there for half an hour waiting, tried calling him with no answer, then decided it best to just leave and come back later.
We talked to a guy on the street and asked what his name was and he said "Elder" and were like "Us too!" we talked a bit and asked for his address, he just kind of mumbled some street names and then said a number, so I repeated back what I thought I heard and he just said "yeah". Then we asked for his phone number and he said he didnt have a phone right now. About 10 seconds later his phone rang in his pocket and he said "oh ive gotta take this, see you guys later"
I'll try to think of more one liners next week :p
Well, it rained pretty hard one day last week, but the weather is alot better. Today we even went without suitcoats!
Thats about it, let me know how everyones doing!
-Cam
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