Funny: It is interesting to see the cultural difference it
here. We were helping clean a lady’s car and her cousin drove up. They started
talking and eventually one of them said "I'm hungry, do you want to go get
something to eat?" The end result was that they decided to go slaughter a
sheep and have a cookout. The funny part was that they were discussing it with
the same tone of voice as if they had decided to run down to McDonalds and pick
up some burgers. What a great place this is!
Spiritual: The Native American people are blessed with some incredible spiritual gifts. Their culture of close families and remembering their ancestors is so very strong. We had several experiences this past week where as we shared a message you could feel the presence of their ancestors in the room and several of those we were teaching told us later that their ancestors came either in a dream or in a vision and they bore testimony that the message we are sharing is true. It is a powerful witness to me that the Plan of Salvation is real.
Where I am at: Life is beautiful! We have been enjoying the 50 - 60-degree weather and have been doing a lot of walking. We had a bit of another slow week but we are once again fired up to go out and do the work. We got the numbers from our last month’s goal. The mission goal was to baptize 40 people a month and last month we had 36 which is a big improvement from a few months ago when the mission average was 20/month. This upcoming week we have a lot of appointment set up with new people and some people we haven't seen in a long time so it should be an exciting adventure.
Love y'all
Elder Black
Spiritual: The Native American people are blessed with some incredible spiritual gifts. Their culture of close families and remembering their ancestors is so very strong. We had several experiences this past week where as we shared a message you could feel the presence of their ancestors in the room and several of those we were teaching told us later that their ancestors came either in a dream or in a vision and they bore testimony that the message we are sharing is true. It is a powerful witness to me that the Plan of Salvation is real.
Where I am at: Life is beautiful! We have been enjoying the 50 - 60-degree weather and have been doing a lot of walking. We had a bit of another slow week but we are once again fired up to go out and do the work. We got the numbers from our last month’s goal. The mission goal was to baptize 40 people a month and last month we had 36 which is a big improvement from a few months ago when the mission average was 20/month. This upcoming week we have a lot of appointment set up with new people and some people we haven't seen in a long time so it should be an exciting adventure.
Love y'all
Elder Black
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