Love you more than…
The Christmas presents you sent me!! Thank so much for the
rubber band guns and remote control car that I kinda accidently gave away to
our district leader De La Cruz who fell in love with it.
Well big news, Ill let you decide if its good or bad,
more just a good challenge. I got transferred to the area Tamboril just
outside of Santiago. I’m in the zone of my trainer Elder Coombs and since he is
zone leader we will see each other a lot. My new companion is Elder Jeppesen
from Taylorsville, I think, I forget now. He is a gringo and has one less
transfer than I do so we will be doing a lot of learning together. Also I just
found out that I’m the district leader though I feel a little under qualified
and a little inadequate. I appreciate this chance to learn and president’s
confidence in me and the newer missionaries. I do feel a little grateful I will
have extra time to learn before training, if I train, unlike an American and
Puerto Rican Elder in my group who are both training this transfer. This will
be an interesting time in the mission for many of us.
This week in review. Dajabon continued to be
difficult. Little had changed, just continued contacting and visiting just
about every old investigator, inactive and member I knew plus showing Elder Dickson
the area which he didn’t know super well. By the way he is training a Mexican
elder now and is excited and I’m super happy for him he deserves it. We went to
the market for my last time with a zone leader who was there to give the
interview to Elder Rojas baptismal candidate. We visited an inactive and she
then came to church Sunday which made my Sunday. I also started telling people
goodbye since it was really probable I would leave. We helped prepare the church
for the baptism Saturday and taught a few lessons and then had the baptism and
ate out with the new convert Pedro a eighty year old man. We tried to get the
little girl Yamile to bring her inactive mom to church which is the only
holding her back from baptism. The mom wanted to come but couldn’t make it.
Yamille came though and went to a family search activity later that night as
well, she is amazing and i will miss her. I said goodbye to granpa hermano
Blanco and Carbonera. We went once again to the family night of Chachi and Marisols
family. We watched a great Mormon Message about an old man and his wife who
both have disabilities but live together still and it was pretty emotional. We
played Uno and ate treats. That night president called Elder Dickson to train
and talked to me and told me I was to be a senior companion and he would need
all of my knowledge and effort. Monday we headed to Santiago for the training
of the trainers meeting. I went on splits with a supper funny elder named Elder
Brindley from Saint George and an Elder Hainsworth from Idaho. That night I
said goodbye to a few more people and also we ate with Hermana Tati one last
time and played Uno with her. I started packing. Elder coombs called me
that night and broke the surprise to me early that I was coming here to Tamboril
as senior comp and mission step dad. The next morning our zone leaders called us
and told us where everyone was going. Elder Rojas is staying with his companion
Elder de la Cruz though they aren’t very close, it was kind of hard for him. I
missed saying goodbye to Frammi and Maria Jose and Andri but a member made us brownies
and I said goodbye to Yamile and then we went one last time to Chachi and Marisols
house where we listened to Christmas music and made pizza. It was really fun
but bitter sweet. I stayed up a little late that night finishing packing re
packing and deciding what to take or leave behind, hard decisions. This morning
we woke up early went to Santiago i saw some of my group said goodbye to Elder
Dickson and now I’m here where I found out my responsibilities.
Other stuff: neither
me or my new companion have ever done this before so we are learning. My final
package was given to some elder in my old zone to give to me at transfers but
they forgot it, ill get it soon.
Happy Birthday to my amazing father and hero. Thanks dad
for all you have given me. I see the sacrifice you have made to make me who I
am and I cant express to you how grateful I am and how I will never be able to
pay that back. I have never heard of a harder worker, team player or more
honest man than you dad. Wish I could give you a running jump into your arms
hug like those good old days but I’m excited to skype you soon.
Spiritual thoughts. Right now I am thinking about a few
things. First as kind of a part two to that one e-mail i wrote about how we as
missionaries aren’t heroes, the reason I think that is because this isn’t our
work nor are we the converters, solely the means or instruments to the work.
Without the heroes of the members, our savior Jesus Christ, the holy ghost and
our heavenly father we out here in the field wouldn’t be successful at all.
Second how we are given challenges in life but they will never be more than we
can manage, alone maybe, but with Christ no. We can overcome all things, make
weaknesses become strong and also run our part without worrying about fainting
for lack of energy. Oh how I love my savior. Though i walk through the
valley of the shadow of death, the lord is with me, I shall not want, and I
will fear not.
With all my love Elder Sheffield
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Elder Andrew W. Sheffield
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