My week has been pretty good. On Tuesday, we had a ton of
appointments, but we got them all completed somehow, haha. On Wednesday, we had
a multizone conference, at it went on for 5 hours. We received a lot of
training on how to make commitments, and how to make sure our investigators
keep these commitments. We also had Papa John’s Pizza at the conference. It
doesn’t taste exactly the same as America, but it was still pretty good.
Speaking of America, everyone here thinks there are only 5
continents. I said there were 7 and they thought I was insane. They don’t count
Antarctica as a continent, and they think The Americas is one huge continent
made up of North, Central, and South America. I said that that was wrong,
because obviously North and South America are different continents. They said I
only think this because all Gringos think they’re the best and have no equal,
they also think it’s weird that I don’t have two last names. They don’t
understand the concept of a middle name, haha. They get so confused when I say
that my last name is just May, not Perry May, and no one can pronounce May
correctly here, haha.
I’ve truly witnessed the power of the Gospel bringing families
together this week. We’ve been working with this 16-year-old, Julio Chacon,
since I got here. At first, we were just teaching him, then his little brother
started joining in on the lessons, then a few weeks later, his little sister
and mother joined in, and now his older sister is receiving the lessons, too.
We are now teaching the whole family, except for their father. His older
sister, Dalcy, came to church with us this week, and also brought two of her
friends, so that’s cool! Funny story there, haha...so we went to pick up Dalcy
and her friends, and decided to take a taxi, instead of a bus, because church
was going to start soon. We told the driver the name of the street Don Busco,
and said it was right by a high school. Well, apparently there are two Don
Buscos, a north and south, and our driver decided to go to the north
side...which isn’t even in our mission. We were like, sir, this isn’t our area,
or our mission, when we told him we wanted Don Busco South, he acted like we
didn’t tell him that, when we did. So, he made us pay him again to take us back
the other way to the church, even though it was all his fault. My Companion was
NOT happy, and neither was I. We got to church late, and missed the sacrament,
which stinks, because obviously I want my investigators to see and feel how
important that ordinance is.
This week, I had the very rare opportunity of listening to the
Prophet and his wife, the South American Northwest Area president and his wife,
and also Elder Gary E. Stevenson and his wife...two days in a row. On Saturday,
I listened to them speak to all the missionaries in this area. It was a
broadcast from Lima, Peru. They talked about the importance of the Book of
Mormon and Preach My Gospel. President Nelson talked about how you can explain
all the doctrines of Christ using 3rd Nephi, so that was cool. I’m going to
study those chapters again to improve my teaching. On Sunday, they talked to La
Paz, Bolivia, and it was transmitted to all the chapels in Bolivia. Sister
Nelson talked about how President Nelson receives many revelations for the
church, and she gave her personal witness that her husband was a prophet of the
Lord, which was really cool. President Nelson talked about the importance of
families, and how we must have a Gospel and Christ centered home to survive in
this day and age. He gave the majority of his talk in Spanish, which was
actually pretty cool. Overall, it’s been a good week!
Love,
Elder May
New haircut
He says he wanted it shorter because it's so hot and humid.
New tie
It's a Mickey Mouse tie, and he was pretty excited that it only cost $.75!
