So I had a really great week this week! We got tons of rain
from Hurricane Matthew but the wind wasn’t too bad!
Tuesday morning it
stopped raining for a little bit so we were able to leave the house but we were
told not to go down by any rivers, and
half of our area, is next to a river haha so that was a little bit of a
challenge!
Tuesday afternoon, it was POURING so we were unable to leave
the house! But for the most part, the storm didn’t take a huge toll on us here
in the East side of the Island! It
rained really hard and the streets were like rivers! Glad we live on the 2nd
floor! The river we live by is nasty! The rivers are full of trash, in fact
this whole country is filled with trash!
When the rain stopped we began looking for something to do. We knew we couldn’t go down by the river but
we began tracting and people would let us in to get out of the rain.
On Thursday we attended the Bishops son’s baptism. It was a
ward baptism, not a missionary baptism but it was awesome! We were glad we
could attend it! We also had a district meeting that day.
On Friday we had to go to the office so my companion could
take care of his visa. He got to go with his cousin who came into the mission
field the same day he did. I don’t know how that works but it’s kind of cool. I
got to go to the markets with another missionary who is going home in 2 weeks.
He was buying some fancy rock for his mom to make jewelry out of. The markets
were amazing! I have never seen so much stuff to buy in this country. When we
got back to our apt we were able to share a message with a guy named Domingo.
He is a great guy but has some word of wisdom problems. So we will help him
with that. Later we met a member who
went out with us on a reference apt. We taught him about the church and when he
was done he said, I know what I need to do now. I need to go to church with you
guys so I can find out for myself if this church is true. That was awesome!
On Saturday we taught our English class on Saturday. It gets
a little frustrating when we get new people each week and we have to repeat the
lesson we went over the week before , but I am glad we get to teach the people.
Here if you speak English, you can get a job at a call center and make a lot of
money, so we are happy to help them make more money.
Later on Saturday we went down by the river and ran into
some gansters who hang out down there.. they think they are pretty cool. We
didn’t stay long because the girls were trying to pick up my companion and told
him they wanted to be his girlfriend. So we got the heck out of dodge!
On Sunday, we had Stake Conference and we had to walk to the
church so we were late. At the main meeting the whole church was packed in
every room and gym. It was awesome to see so many members come to conference.
It know sounds weird that I am super bummed when people
don’t come to church! When I first got out I thought that was dumb when people
said that, but if people don’t come to
church, they aren’t progressing and if they aren’t progressing they can’t be
baptized and that sucks.
Right now we have only a few investigators that are
progressing but one does have a baptismal date for this Saturday and we are
working hard to help him get ready! Lately we have been beginning to teach a
ton of people, who I know, have been prepared to here this wonderful message of
the Lords restored gospel! I love every single day I have here in the mission.
I see the lord’s hand in his work every day! I know this is his church and that
he hears and answers our prayers! I hope you all have an amazing week back home
and in all other parts of the world!
LOVE
ELDER DURRANT
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