I apologize in advance for the length of this email. We just got home from an ALL DAY LONG Christmas Conference with the ENTIRE mission in the Capital. And to say the least, I'm beat.
So, to be breve:
This week was a tough one.
I spent Monday night, and all day Tuesday and Wednesday wearing a pathway into the tile between my bed and the toilet... ha. I was SO sick. 102º Fever, aches and pains in all parts of my body, and horrible things spewing from both ends of my body. lol. But don't you worry, cuz my comp is secretly a male nurse. lol. So he took great care of me. He spent the days making me tea, and diluted Gatorade, and force feeding me water to keep me hydrated. Also, he had me on a bi-hourly rotation of Motrin/Ibuprofen, a fever reducer as needed, and he kept a cold rag and a cup of one of the above listed liquids at my bedside for the whole 60 hours. He is a hero. Please ask God to bless him.
On Thursday we went out to work cuz I was tired of being in bed, and pushing though the nausea was better than laying there for another day. Ha. It was solid. We have some pretty awesome investigators that are all prepping to be baptized on the 22nd! We're pretty pumped!
On Friday... Oh Friday... We woke up to a phone call from Elder Mendosa at 6 am. He told my comp that he needed an emergency intercambio cuz something serious had happened. So I went out to hold down the Fort with Elder Alfonseca in Sabana Larga, and Mendosa came and talked some stuff out with my comp, and enjoyed the commodities of my clean sheets and hot water heater. Ha.
Well, turns out, the "something serious happened" comment was for real. Apparently Alfonseca had started an inappropriate relationship with one of their investigators, and it got to a point that Mendosa felt like he needed to intervene. I will spare you the gory details for the sake of your pure souls, and the good name of Elder Alfonseca, but it all ended with a special transfer; o sea, Pres took Alfonseca out of his area. So I helped him pack, and them sent him on his way to the Capital with the AP's on Saturday morning.
And to top it all off, on Friday night I got hit right in the face with a cold. Ha. As if I didn't already have enough to deal with.
After catching a ride with Miguel (a 22 year old member in Sabana Larga that acted as my companion til I could reunite with Logue) back to el Pueblo, and sending Mendosa and Miguel on their way, my comp and I had a tranquilo day. We passed by our progressing investigators, and visited some members.
Today was cool. We went into the capital (ha. not as easily done as said... we went to the Zone Leader's house in Bani last night (hour + bus ride from Ocoa), slept on their floor, then got up at 5 am this morning to get on the bus for the 2 hour ride into the capital) and had a rockin' Christmas Conference. After taking Pictures of the whole mission at the temple, we went to Don Gregorio's chapel and listened to the testimonies of all the missionaries that are going home in the next few transfers, then Pres and Hermana talked for a while, then we ate lunch and then had a mission talent show. Ha. It was really fun to see all the missionaries I love, all in one place at one time. I enjoyed it a lot.
Also, Pres talked to us about always focusing on the good in people, as Christ did. Look for the good in everyone; with the shiz that went down this week, it was exactly what I needed to hear. I know that our Father in Heaven loves us, and He sees us as we have the potential to become. He not only sees the "good" in us, He sees the PERFECTION in us. We just have to let Him (through His servants and Angels) make that potential perfection become a reality.
Lets all make an effort to see others as God sees them, and then to be willing and worthy to be said servants/angels that help Him perfect his Children.
I know this Church is true. The people are far from it, but the doctrine and the structure are PERFECT. They are inspired by God.
I love and miss you all.
Sorry this email was a little... yeah. My head's about to explode. Still fighting with this cold.
love,
Elder Cade Mooney
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