Monday- September 29,2008
SO this week was crazy, but good. Like i said above we found 8 new investigators, and had 6 people come to church. We have really struggled getting investigators to church, and finally after all the struggles it all paid off. All of our current investigators need the church so badly. Pretty much they all have the same story; they came here, some of them leaving behind families, in order to provide for a better future, etc, they get here, and bad inluences/friends drag them down and basically stink them in a whole lot of garbage. They all want out and want change and realize they need God in their lives. Basically we are getting good at making "overcoming addiction" plans, and we are going to get an amazing chance to see the atonement in action. Our main investigators right now are Walter, from Guatmala, he has a family and has messed up a lot here, he is alraedy changing and we have seen some miracles with him. Aldo, also from guatamala, basically bad friends got him mixed up in badder stuff, and we are trying to help him out of it. And we are working a ton with Hernan and Fatima, the owners of the store we now teach english classes in. They all came to church, and it was awesome!
I found out last night that Giovani has no desire to go to church anymore, basically to sum up his problems, God has put him in mulitple situations were he has seen other members sinning (big ones too!) and so he feels that the members in FWB are all horrible hypocrites and he doesnt want to attend church there anymore. Please pray for him. Also it is obvious to me the missionaries there arent really trying with him either, which makes me so mad... but such is life, right? lol
Yeah the economy is way messed up. Its definately time for a new president. gas here is like 3.63, and i guess i havent heard to much about a shortage, but one of the biggest oil refinaries in the US is here in mobile, so we definately arent hurting for gas. lol That makes me way happy that you guys are working to get a food storage built up, i can now see how important that is. Seriously everything is on edge right now with the economy, things could fall and get worse or they could improve, hopefully it is the latter.
WEll i am very thankful to be here. Thigns are getting better and i am a lot happier. This is a great opportunity i have to jsut work, and i really do love it. It is hard, but worth every bit. Thanks for all you do. PLease love everyone a little extra for me ok? HAve a wonderful week and i will talk to you next monday. Love you
mucho amor
y cariño
y todo
Elder KEnck
Monday September 22, 2008
To answer your question, yes i have been singing a lot. Our cd player in the car doesnt work, so we are left to our own voices to entertain us. WE probably have one of the oldest cars in the mission, an 05 Malibu. Although little things like the cd player dont work, i really could get used to have a car with an amazing engine in it :) Also it is weird to drive in a big city for me. . way weird.
Heck i would just love have any of the guitars ready when i get back. I really really really want to learn to play the guitar well.
So this week was very interesting. Semi tough. I love my companion, he is jsut getting noticably trunky... and it is driving me insane! That actually isnt the tough part, the bad thing is he has been here for 6 months, and he is in the same mindset i was in back in ft. walton, the mindset that he has been everywhere and talked to everyone. So it is a little tough to push him out the door sometimes.
Also i somehow have put myself in the horrible follower mode once again. Basically i am now uncomfortable talking and teaching whereas last trasnfer i was doing a majority of it. I definately need to break that mode. It is tough for me because where i am right now i can understand spanish perfectly. Word for word, if i didnt know the word before, i can easily figure it out. BUT... i struggle communicating myself, and sharing my feelings. For all i know, it could just be the current mindset i am in. Either way i cant continue like this, or else i will be going crazy here soon!
And the current investigators we have arent doing much of anything. Which stinks.
Other things that happened this week... yesterday i gave a talk in sacrament meeting. It was a little interesting, because Bishop asked me to give the talk in spanish, so you know roughly 15 people in the whole congregation understood what i was saying. lol.
ALso i had an interesting experience this week that caused me to ask myself, if my time on earth was over right now, would i have done enough? It was a very profound and very sacred moment. The answer is although i have changd a lot, i still have a lot more changes to make. I do not want to get to the end of my life, whenever that may be, and look back on my life knowing that i didnt come close to reaching my potential. That definately means change for me. But i am willing to make those changes.
Other exciting events, well we befriended some owners of a latino store here, and this wednesday we will start teaching english classes there. They are really awesome people from Honduras... we are really hoping to be able to teach them.
THanks for all you do mom. I hope you are recieving all the blessings you deserve, but more importantly that you notice those blessings. Have a wonderful week, i hope to have more exciting and inspiring things to tell you next week. Actually, i plan on it. I will officially be reporting my progress in everything to you from now on... yeah, i like that idea. Accountablitiy, a necesary part of life, no? lol
Love you mom thanks for everything
Tu niño
Elder Kenck
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