Arrived Jan 23, 2017
Love the family more than getting light after a few days
without it. It’s one of those things that you take for granted when you use it
daily. We had a cut line and no light for a few days and at first it was
nothing, just a little dark when we planned for the next day. Then we realized
there is no using our washer, the water pump, no charging the cell phone or
refrigerator. We have light now but our poor chicken in the freezer didn’t make
it through. We have a pool of chicken salmonella blood-water at the bottom of
our fridge that we will need to clean out.
Some of the best parts of the week were our lessons with
Yoelvi or Yovi like he prefers. (Kinda like Bon Jovi) We taught the first
lesson and the spirit was so strong. It was a little scary to be there on intercambios
(exchanges) but it still went super well. He is super excited to be baptized in
February, if he gets himself ready. After a motorcycle accident and losing his
mother it has made him humble and every time the spirit testifies of eternal
families the whole room fills with God’s love. It was really nice that our
missionary, that I did exchanges with, could see how the lessons aren’t just
sharing information. Yovi came to church for the first time and the only
problems we can see in the horizon are possible things with a girlfriend.
We have a less-active who has tons of questions about
agency and the pre-earth life. He is great but feels like a hypocrite in
church, its sad that people can slowly fall away and then forget the truths
they once knew. They forget that they were valiant in the testimony of Christ
and were willing to put everything on the line to receive the promised
blessings through him.
Isuary and Coralina are well, but they just need to work
to have an eternal family. We have talked about temples and everything. How do
you tell somebody they need this, when that’s what you are constantly trying to
do.
We had another intercambio
(exchanges) and I realized how lucky I am to have my companion. We can have the
spirit so well and we both understand how things should be. I really feel like
we are doing what we can even though things aren’t always fruitful.
Today we played baseball at the Campamento in Bonao as a
zone. Its super hot here, even though I heard Utah is covered in snow. The only
thing cold here is the cold I had during the week and our bucket showers. I had
a really fun time and this week is a new week. I’m excited.
I am coming to learn more about how to be patient and
how to be positive, even when things are hard. I am also learning more about
the real value of priesthood blessings. Not only blessings of health but
everything that comes because of the priesthood. How great is it I can share
with people the truth that my family not only can be eternal, but is. It is a
current and progressing thing. Again the Lord has opened the blessings of
heaven with the keys he once gave to Peter, and has now given to Thomas S
Monson.
Elder Sheffield
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