so nothing really happened this week...

November 18, 2013

so nothing really happened this week. 

we had a super awkward district meeting. our senior couple goes to their house every weekend and didnt come back in time so it was just us and the new hermanas. oh i have stories about them.... but yeah. cause in the old districts. when you gave a training on somehting. it coulda been anyone. well now its basically, heres what you are doing wrong. so fix it. yeah just awkward. but i played the hymns and nailed it!!! the first was with one hand so only half nailed it... but the last was hope of israel.

the hermanas basically just steal our people haha. we split our area and gave them the safe parts, well turns out that two of our investigators dont live in the houses where we keep finding em. so now instead of having five invs at church we just had two and they had three with out doing anything hahaha it was just a funny story. but yeah every cool person we find i just start assuming they live in the hermanas area hahaha fun stuff.

uh... we are the secretaries in our branch. and the second counselor. its fun, not really, just math to do. oh. so we did that yesterday and the senior couple decided to go to Rosario, to their house, which they werent going to. well when they got there, the hermana like, as i understood, had a huge drop in blood pressure and her heart stopped. but they got her to the hospital and all is well. crazy. if they hadnt have gone she might not have had the required care. i have been in our hospital here... its sketchy. haha

but Julio y Rosa came!!! we are teaching and finding every member of that family. i feel so bad. her brother is basically getting robbed by his church. and is like sick  cause of all the stress they are bringing to his life. but yeah. julio and rosa are the parents. and they came to church again and their daughter!!!! they can all be baptized on the 30. julio and rosa are so pumped. they are funny. rosa i think had a stroke a while back. but when you try to get her to talk, she just squints, grabs her head and oh my gosh, i just cant explain it but its too funny. i love them, they are so funny. 

but we are trying to find new people. i am worried we are on the elevator and not the escalator... i will explain that later like next week. im outta time. but yeah. all is well. the days feel like weeks and the weeks feel like days. 

oh and one last thing i forgot to tell you. our rule in this mission is that the Elders are not to physically dunk anyone.... sad huh. our mission motto is fruit that stays. and they want the members to have those experiences and build the relationships with invs. which i get but its just sad too... but all we do is for the good of the person. so thats what matters. 

i love this gospel and guess what. The scriptures are such a blast!!! so fun. i have started to read the doctrine and covenants. its a blast. just finding new things and attributes of people and of the father. but i am just having too much fun. 

love you all too much. 

adios mis cariños.

Elder Whitaker