Arrived
20 Feb 2017
Love
the family more than those homemade cookies! Wow got my package and since then
I have been trying to ration my candy and treats. So far I’ve only gained a few
pounds from starbursts and muddy buddies (socios sucios). Thanks also to
everyone who said happy birthday!
Not
a lot of time but here was my week.
Tuesday
I rode a Margarita for the first time on our way to the Mao city- part of our
zone. We have been teaching a new family and one of the men is pretty
smart. He really understands the stuff even when he asked us half jokingly if
Haitians are also decedents of Adam and Eve. He committed to come to church and
actually showed up even though it was stake conference in the other chapel. He
said he had dreamed the night before that he assisted, and when he woke up he
really set himself on coming. I really felt the spirit during the meeting, I
was fasting to have help with a few things, and I hope he felt the spirit to.
Wednesday
we had a Zone Conference, but it was a little one with just president to review
the changes in the schedule and stuff. My companion and I, the sister leaders
here and the assistants, sang and harmonized (impressive for 1 hour
preparation) “Nearer my God to Thee” which is one of my favorites. We got
Klondike bars as a treat and I got a picture with Sister Lynch and another Ogdenite.
Jesus
is an older men we are teaching who is going to be baptized this week. A really
kind and quiet guy who should have everything set for this Saturday. We are
teaching a partial member family and the husband wants to be baptized. The
obstacle now is that he isn’t married with the wife and she doesn’t want to be
married because she doesn’t like the church because she feels like the church
robbed away her youngest son to serve a mission in Santo Domingo. He is ready
and comes to church, we are trying to "smooze her over" (Mom's lingo)
but things are kind of stopped there.
Today
we played baseball as a zone. I’m decent hitting and pitching but my catching isn’t
that great and trapping a rolling ball is a lost cause. We also went around
buying things for my companion since he goes home in 4 weeks, but we try not to
bring that up to much.
I
really have been thinking about revelation, partially after reading the talks
the family sent me. I really liked Elder Oaks talk and Sherry Dews talk. I
really think its something that we often forget about, how to ask and also how
to receive revelation. I have been relying upon this, as I have to start making
decisions for after the mission, university, work, goals, even how and when to
fly home. I’m trying to ponder more about the things that I’m looking for. How
often do we ask and then change to think about other things. I think we could
all do better to simply sit down and think. It is such a blessing as well to
have a patriarchal blessing and the power of prayer.
Love,
Elder
A. Sheffield
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