Hola todos!
What a week! It was slow and fast, really
good, and really hard at some points. But here we go. This week was pretty good
because we found a lot of new investigators. Quick story about one of them: I
was doing divisions with a member and we were contacting houses and we passed
by this guy sitting on his porch and we waved but I felt like we should go back
and talk to him. So, we did and long story short it turned out that 5 years ago
to the day, he was in a really bad car accident and died (cardiac arrest) but
the doctors brought him back to life. And they told him that it was a close
call and that God must want him to live for some reason. And on the day we
passed by, he was sad because he couldn’t figure out what he needed to do with
his life, and why he lived. And then we showed up. It was awesome to testify to
him that God has a plan for him and that he can be made clean through the
Savior and His atonement. He accepted a date for baptism and we are teaching
them (he and his family) this week.
Again, just goes to show you that this is
the Lord's work, and that we are just here when he needs us. Anyways, we found
some more new and some of the lost Nicaraguans (less actives, there are a lot)
and they have family who are not members, and we will also be teaching them
this week. We had a baptism this week, and that was awesome and things are just
rolling.
We also had lunch with President Brown this week and that was pretty
cool. Also, this week we had more people come to church, so that was pretty
nice. Fun things I ate this week that you didn’t: pigs head (awful), chicken
foot (tasted like chicken), and pig skin (I would eat it again). So, Christmas:
It was really awesome to talk to my awesome family! That was the highlight and
our baptism. We also had a ton of food, and it was actually all really good.
But the fireworks. Holy snot. It wasn’t too bad when we went to bed, but at 12:00
at night I awoke to what I thought was a war. The house was literally shaking,
because of the fireworks. It sounded like gunfire and bomb blasts. This lasted
for 20 min or so, and then I guess everyone went to bed. That is Nicaragua for
you. But all is well. Wednesday is changes, and my companion goes home, so I
will be getting a new buddy. We will see how that goes!
But for now, I
hope all of you had a good Christmas and will have a good new year! Thank you
for all your thoughts and prayers! Christ lives and He loves all of us!
Elder Erickson
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