Kamusta
Kamo!!!??
Wow!
Well i have got some news for you guys!!! I found out that I am going back to
the island of Guimaras and I will be re opening an area that has been closed
called Buenavista! I will also be Training a new missionary and a district
leader. That was a lot for me to take in earlier haha! I was pretty surprised!
So on thursday I will be getting my trainee and then going to my new area! Buenavista.
It is for sure going to be challenging, but I am still excited! It is going to
be really sad and hard to leave LaPaz! The 3 transfers/ 4 months that I have
been here in Lapaz have been an awesome experience! I have grown to love the
people so much, especially all of the people we are teaching! It is going to be
hard to leave, it is always hard to transfer. But this next part of my mission
should be challenging and fun, I am looking forward to it!
So
this week overall has just been a pretty crazy week! It was not what we planned
or expected to happen this week! So this week on tuesday we went to the mission
office to get supplies for some members of our zone, and this little innocent
trip turned out to change our whole week! haha! So while we were there we found
out about a small issue with the sisters apartment here in lapaz, some issue
about us being charged for things we are not using and a little problem turned
into a big one. To keep the story short we had to talk to the owner and do a
bunch of other stuff and it ended up that the sisters had to get a new
apartment. And since we are their zone leaders (kind of glad it is some one
elses turn to be zone leader) it was OUR job to deal with the landlord, find a
new apartment and help them move apartments, all within just this last week
haha! So that took up a good chunk of our time this week haha!
But
other than that little incident, we had a pretty good week! A lesson that we
had this week that was really powerful was with the Junsay family! We are
really trying to help them prepare themselves for baptism! We read in the Book
of Mormon and talked about the conversion story of King Lamoni! We especially
focused on the verse where it talks about how king lamoni was willing to
forsake his kingdom, just to feel the joy of repentance and living the gospel.
SO we realated that to them and it was a very powerful lesson. It was also a
good reminder for all of us, living the gospel takes sacrifice, but sacrifice
brings forth the blessings of Heaven! The Book of Mormon is such a powerful
tool!
Earlier
today we had a Zone activity!! We just had it at the lapaz chapel! We played a
bunch of different sports. basketball, dodgeball and kickball! It was a blast!
Lapaz zone is a lot of fun! I will send pictures probably next week!
- Have
you had to alter your way of introducing yourself as a missionary with
President Nelson’s counsel to use the full name of the Church? I
would guess that a lot of people know you as the Mormon missionaries. I
love the new emphasis! We were already kind of doing this before, but just
emphasizing it even more, just makes it easier to share the gospel. Of
course everyone knows us as mormons, but none of them know why and that is
the perfect time to introduce the Book of Mormon and give it to
them!
- Is
anyone going to feed you Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday? I wish I
could send you some turkey! I am not sure! I will celebrate
some how some way! Probably with rice! haha!
Well
that should do it for this week! This coming week and weeks and months should
be an adventure! I am going to miss Lapaz and I am so grateful for the chance I
had to serve here and to be a zone leader. It wasn't easy, but I learned a lot
about leadership. The most important thing just comes down to loving the people
you are leading and the people you are teaching! I will never forget the time I
served here. But I guess it is time for a new part of my mission! Thanks for
everything guys! I love you all! ALSO I WAS SO EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE
UTES!!!! Wahooo! GO UTES!!!!!
Elder
Degen
Palangga
ko kamo!
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