Hey
guys!
SO... half the zone
disappeared this week because of emergency changes. :/
Ugh. I hate emergency
changes. It hurts the zone a TON. It hurts the mission a ton, too. And it's
just frustrating to see that other elders aren't focused on the work like they
should be. But there's not too much that you can do.
Good news: I was able
to see Abner Elel (that guy who is my sister's ex-companion's boyfriend who got
baptized in June) FINALLY receive the Aaronic Priesthood and bless the
Sacrament. That was a cool experience. It's been great to be able to continue
in the area.
We're getting to the
end of training with Elder Villar. I've been in this area 3 changes now, and I
don't really want to leave. I love the people here, the members, the converts
that I've helped come to Christ. There
have been happy times and sad times here. But it's all part of the mission.
We also had a cool
service project this week! There's a kind of weed here called monte. It's
literally jungle vine. This grows very, very, very fast, and if you don't do
anything about it, it has the strength to rip up trees, tear holes in walls,
etc. We cleared out an old lady's house that had become infested with this.
That was a cool experience. There's nothing like hacking away with a machete
through vines all day.
To be honest, because
of everything that's happened lately, I've been TIRED. When bad things happen to someone or happen
AROUND someone, it makes it a lot harder to feel the Spirit and to keep moving
forward. To be honest, I had no idea how I was gonna make it to the end of this
week, I felt so emotionally and spiritually drained. I just felt and kept
wondering if I wanted to continue, if it was really worth it to talk to the
next person, because they were probably gonna say no anyways. But I did keep
going. It's hard to be a missionary sometimes. When you contact as many as 50,
60 or 70 people in a day and NO ONE wants to talk to you it drains your
willpower. But it's good. It helps you understand what Jesus did, and how frustrated
and discouraged he must have felt when no one seemed to listen to him.
Thank you guys for
writing! I love you all, and keep writing!
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Elder Jeffrey Reed
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