Wednesday
We went into Guayaquil to grab some stuff from the office and I was excited because you can get peanut butter in the city which is 3 hours away. So I bought the smallest thing of peanut butter for like 6 bucks and then...I left it on the bus.
Thursday
We taught the restoration to like 5 people that happened to be at an investigators house. We started talking about religion and then someone asked why are there so many different religions and after that my comp gave me a look and winked and it was hilarious because we knew we had them when they asked that. It was really hard throughout the lesson because I have things I wanted to testify about or teach but I just can't explain in Spanish and it's so frustrating.
Friday
We went out to Potosi and Lola still can't get baptized because she's not married. We also me with a returned missionary who's a little inactive and it's fun meeting with them and helping them.
Saturday
General conference was super good and it literally felt like one of the talks was meant for me and I'm excited to read it again but in English this time. I've been teaching some people English lessons which has been fun.
Sunday
Sunday was rough. I just felt like I couldn't understand general conference and I felt like I taught a terrible lesson that night and I was a little discouraged.
Tuesday
One highlight today was I called people and felt like I could understand and like I didn't need my companions help to set up at time to meet. Haha one guy said "I think you aren't understanding me" which was funny because I was so confident that he was telling me he could me with us around 5:30 after he gets back in town or something. But apparently not haha . But we are meeting with him so that's good.
Not much to say about this week. We are trying to focus on the 2 cities in our area that our president told us to focus on and we are also dropping a lot of people from or teaching or interested categories because they aren't interested and never responds. So we've been calling lots of people.
Spiritual thought: one morning for my personal study I was reading in 1 Nephi 3 and I've been trying to really take a time to ponder about the verses and that chapters and I was thinking about why Lamen and Lemuel just couldn't figure things out. How they continued to murmur even after seeing and angel of the lord and seeing their brother Nephi work miracles and all these blessing they had in the wilderness. And as I looked back in chapter 2 again verse 12 says "...and they did murmur because they knew not of the dealings of that God who had created them". What I realized is the reason we murmur and doubt our testimony of because either we don't understand the things the lord can do or because we have forgotten the Spiritual experiences we have had. I know in my life I have had more times in my life where I felt that spirit more than I can remember or when I've noticed blessing in my life for following certain commandments. It's encouraged me to start writing down all of my spiritual experiences or blessing or answers to prayers because I know God is real and that this is his church and I know that he has helped me see that many many times but I just forget those experiences. It's not till I really take the time to remember those things. So I encourage you all to keep a journal of only blessing and spiritual experiences or set aside only 10 minutes to ponder about experiences you've had that you might have forgotten. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.
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