I'd like to formally apologize to Taylor for making him feel insecure about the length of his emails. Ha.
This week has been great!
On Wednesday, we had a meeting for all the Trainers and Trainees in the capital. Which includes Elder Fassett's (my companion from the MTC) zone. So, he was there, ha. I don't think I've ever hugged someone so hard in my life. Ha. Good thing he's a body builder, and I didn't squish him. Ha. It was really good to see him, and to see how much he's already learned and grown. It's CRAZY! Ha. We got to go to lunch together after the meeting and talk for a couple hours, and just catch up. It made me think of the first few verses of Alma 17, when the Sons of Mosiah and Alma reunite, and they're super happy cuz they're all still "brothers in the Lord." ha. I can't even imagine how I'm gonna feel when I come off that plane in a couple years and see Taylor again. ha. Maybe then I'll REALLY be able to understand how Alma was feeling.
Then on Friday, seeing that it is the last two weeks of the transfer, we had intercambios with the CCM again. Except this round, both Elder Pemberton and I got paired with a companion, cuz the CCM is FULL! ha. Mine's name is Elder Castillo, he's from Guatamala, he has been a member for 3 years. He lives with his mom, and his little brother, and before his mission, his job was the sole income of the family... He also left college with one year to finish, and a girl friend of 6 years behind.
It is CRAZY how much people sacrifice for this Church, and for our Heavenly Father! My life is SO easy!
Then, that night, after we dropped our intercambio friends off, and were reunited, Elder Pemberton and I had a cool Trial of Faith experience. We went up to the top of Café, to teach Antonio and Roseli (our investigators that are working to get his paper work so they can get married and then baptized) about the Day of Rest. Antonio expressed some struggles he's been having, in that work (temp. jobs) only seem to come on Sundays.... And they REALLY need the money, not only to live, but to get married, and "live the law of Chastity." Definitely a tough situation... So we went to the scriptures, and shared Ether 12:6 and then explained that sometimes we have to show our faith by living the commandments (i.e. pass up work on Sunday, even if it's hard), BEFORE God can bless us. It was really cool! And right after, he said "Okay, you're right. I'll Keep the Sabbath day Holy." Then we finished up the lesson, cuz it was already 8:40, and we had to take a Güa-Güa back home, or we were gonna be late. We got down to the "fila de güa-güas" and waited for 10 minutes but none passed by... We were starting to stress a little cuz we were still super far from home, and we were late. Then we looked at each other and I said "Trail of our Faith?" Elder Pemberton laughed and said he was thinking the same thing. So we started walking. And sure enough, 5 minutes into our hike, a güa-güa passed by and picked us up and took us home. Well... the güa-güa broke down... RIGHT BEFORE the corner of our street. Ha. So we still made it home safely, and we were only a couple minutes late. :) God is good. :)
On Saturday night, we taught Lucracia (one of Elder Brezack and Elder Arias' old Investigators (that's now our investigator because we are now the only missionaries in the ward)). We taught the Word of Wisdom (she has a smoking problem, but has gone from 2 packs a day, to 2 cigarettes a day since she started meeting with the missionaries 2 months ago), and it was pretty normal. But there were two ladies (like in there twenties) from Antigua, that were there visiting Lucrecia's son. Ha. So we talked to them for about half an hour during and after our lesson. We taught most of the first lesson to them and answered some of the usual anti-mormon questions/doubts that they had. ha. But it was SUPER weird cuz Antiguans don't speak Spanish... So we did it all in English! It was STRANGE. I officially like teaching the Gospel in Spanish better. ;)
Anyway, my comp is chomping at the bit to get out of here... So I gotta go. Ha.
I love you all! I KNOW this church is true! God works hundreds of miracles EVERYDAY!
Be good.
Love,
Elder Mooney
P.S. On the walk down the hill on Friday night, we saw a HERMIT CRAB. ha. They live here. It was crossing the road. Ha. Sadly we were in a hurry, and it was dark, so I don't have a photo to prove it. But if you ever wondered were those little critters in the pet store come from, now you know. ;)
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| A view in Café 8/16/12 |
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| A Kid named Miguelito, that asked me to take his picture while I was taking the picture of the view. Ha. 8/16/12 |
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| Us with Alejandro (a kid in our ward that just left on a mission to mexico) 8/8/12 |
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| Elder Fassett and I saw each other at a meeting for Trainers and Missionaries Being Trained. I haven't seen that kid since the 5th of June. Ha. It was SO good to see him again. 8/16/12 |
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| A "Before" picture of Elder Fassett and I, to remind you what we looked like when we entered the mission. 4/16/12 |
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