This week went by really fast! We have transfers this weekend, so we
will see if I stay or not. I think I might be moving areas, though...
We will see.
At the beginning of the week, we had a mission conference with Elder
Brent H. Nielsen of the first quorum of the 70 and Brother Heaton, one
of the directors from the Provo mtc. It was pretty cool. They were
introducing the new iPad setup that we will be having in a few weeks.
We are getting new iPads with updated everything. We won't have
facebook for a month or two, but everything will be up to date. They
(Nielsen and Heaton) talked a lot about the use of technology in our
days and how the church wants to train is and help us use the
technology we have now as a force for good. That being said, everyone
who has 6 months or less on their missions gets to keep the new iPads
we're getting. So it looks like I'll have to get one the old fashioned
way haha. But it was a really great meeting. It helped us understand
our purpose with these new tools and how it is not just to use out
here, but for the rest of our lives. I am excited to be such a small
part of a huge cause! Oh! And we got to see the new "Because He Lives"
Easter video and it is amazing. Make sure to watch/share it when it
comes out!
Then we had exchanges with Elder Low and Elder Bishop. I got to go
with Elder Low in his area. We had a very interesting day. We were
looking for a potential they had, but no answer. We decided to knock
the neighbors door to see if we could find someone. It was a little
open and really dark, but we knocked and a young guy about 22 years
old came out. He was really nice and interested in what we had to
share so he let us in. It smelled pretty rank, though. Which explained
why he had the door open. Found out pretty soon that his profession
was a marijuana grower. Turns out you can make some good money off
that hahah! But we taught him and he was very receptive and willing to
learn. He kept talking about how he has been looking for a church in
which he feels like he belongs. Where the spirit is, pretty much, he's
gone through a lot material and spiritual mumbo-jumbo looking for it,
but said he still hadn't. But we had a really great lesson where the
spirit was strong and he recognized it as something new and very
positive for him. It was cool. He kept offering us to smoke with him,
so I guess that meant he liked us too hahaha. Goes to show, you can't
judge who is ready to hear the gospel!
Then we walk out of that lesson and are trying to figure out where to
go. We start walking down the street when all of a sudden we see this
older Chinese gentleman with his old junky bike just fall over on the
street. We run over and help him up and try to help him out. We walked
a little bit towards where he said his house was, but he kept on
falling over so we sat him down on some apartment steps next to us. He
was pretty unresponsive, I thought I was about to witness a death!
Then he kind of regained consciousness and started mumbling something.
We took his phone and started calling people with his same last name
(he told us his name) since he didn't want us to call the ambulance.
As we're calling, the poor guy starts puking a little bit. After that
he musters up enough strength and courage to get up and lean against
the wall. He started telling us that he's good to start walking home,
but no way! We call his family member who is on her way to make sure
she is coming and all of a sudden, this guy just starts throwing up
all over the place! I feel bad for the owner of the apartment haha.
But to make a long story short, his sister finally arrived and he got
him without dying and we walked his bike to his house.
As for Mateo, he is doing great, we changed his date to the 22nd of
March and is continuing to work towards it.
Love you all!
He is going to Fort Worth this week to introduce the iPads, so don't
be surprised when you see the Southlake elders with iPads!
