So this week I bought a freezer full of bananas for
almost nothing..
My companion and the Zone Leaders thought I was crazy..
They are the bananas that no one wanted and in a day or 2 or maybe less would
be bad. So i bought a ton! Went back to the house and spent a little bit of
time unappealing all of them putting them into plastic bags and saving in the
freezer for... every single meal i eat in the apartment.
The others made fun of me because i have enough bananas
for the next 2 years and we don't have any more room in the freezer. No that we
used it before. I pretty sure someone will be proud of me!
Me and Elder Banegas are pretty busy in our area.. We
still dont have a house so we spent a lot of time using transportation's. Our
District Leader had to come to our area firday night to do an interview for
baptism. We gave him very exact directions. Which he decided not to follow.
First i told him to leave at 545 at the latest because traffic can be bad and i
didnt want him to arrive late for our 7 o'clock appointment... He left at 630..
Because he was already late he decided he didnt want to take the Bus that i
told him to take, or he didnt want to wait for him becuase he was already
late.. So he called someone in my ward and asked them for directions. But this
member had no idea were our interview for baptism would be taking places soo
these directions were not the most use full. The memeber gave him directions
how to arrive at the church which is a little over 30 min walking very fast
from were he actually needed to be. But I thought no problem we will walk there
and walk back with them so we can still have the interview. After he had
already paid for this bus and was headed to our chapel he informed us that his
battery was almost dead so he didnt want to talk with on the phone. He ended up
taking the bus wayyyyy to long and ended up no where near our church or
appointment for the interview. So we tried to give him directions how to return
but he wasnt really interested in listening to us and called a member again...
So decided to wait for at the original point of destination..
after a little while a bus stopped a told us to come
here. WEIRD. But i went to talk to him and he informed me that there was
"two of
(missionaries) lost and they asked him for directions, he
told them that he could would be passing this point but they were unsure so
they didnt listen." At this point me and my companion decided to forget
that night and reschedule. In short before our District Leader got home. He
never arrived at the designed destination and his bus was assaulted and robbed.
The next day when i gave him directions again he told him
that he thought it would be a good idea to follow my directions.... In short
our baptism happened!! His name is Joao (John) and he amazing... He is
16 years old. He family is not members or at least we
thought before his baptism... When we first started teaching him he was very
clear that his Mom (dad is gone) would not participate she would give
permission but would not go to Church or watch the baptism.. Very sad but we
ended up having a lesson before the baptism and inviting her to the baptism and
the confirmation, she and the entire family came to both. In our lesson she
explained why she didnt like church.. She had gone a few times to a church with
her mother in law that she enjoyed very much, she wasnt sure about the name.
After she was separated she started going to other Church's but because of how
strange they were didnt stay active. Saturday after the baptim a member was at
the house with Joao and his mother (Nia). Nia was talking about the church of
her Mother in law and how she received a book.. The member of course asked if
she could see this book. It was a very old Book of Mormon....
After our church on sunday Nia accepted to hear more about
the message of the Restored Gospel of Christ and I apologize to Joao. Before
his baptism i had given him congrats for probably being the first memeber in
his family.. oh HOw i was wrong!
It cool to see how the Lord helps us found those who will
accept the Gospel!
--
And they call me
Elder Anderson
For behold I am a disciple of Jesus Christ
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