Dear Mom,
Everyone is getting sick in the house? I am sorry, thats too bad, Its been a while since I got really sick, I think the last time I can remember truly being sick was when I had mono right before thanksgiving, that was absolutely terrible, I know how brayden feels with not being able to go to school or practice. I am glad that Molly has been staying out of the worst of it though, kind of ironic in a sense.
Whats the difference in a Baby sprinkle and a baby shower? Thats cool that you got to go, I dont know what baked ziti is, is it like rice? or meat? I am kind of picky with foods haha.
Thats really awesome that you and Molly are going to go see wicked, I think I mentioned it lastweek but I really wish I had spent more time going and seeing things like that, the problem is really that I just spent so much time working, I didnt have too much time for other things like that, Sad, but I had a really good job too so I was fairly blessed. I would love to be able to have the oppurtunity to go and see some things like that when I come back, that would be great. I have actually thought a little bit about how I want to get things planned out when I come back, and I want to see if I can get a work schedule where I dont spend so much time on the weekends and nights.....I know I need to get back to college as fast as I can too, but Im not sure how to do that unless I go to work first, I really dont want to go into debt for my education if I can avoid it. But as I was saying its a little ways off so maybe I will just let it sit for now.
We havent been able to talk to the couple again, we have been passing by but they arent there, I am not sure what more we can do if they arent at the house when we have set up to come by, but we are going to do what we can. Actually a good majority of our week has been spent looking for less active members, thats kind of what we placed as our new focus here in this moment, there are over 300 inactive members here, and only 40 people assisting every week, so more or less that is why, almost all of these people have left because they were insulted in the church, and then they have gone and joined a different church. It is so crazy, we have had some interesting and saddening experiences, one of the people we found asked us to erase his name from the Church Records, But the worst one is a woman that we found, and we have talked with her a few times, putting emphasis on getting her to come to church, the last time we talked with her we invited her again, and she said she would come if it werent for one thing. Apparently one of the members in this Branch was a teacher of her son, and there was a problem of some sort in the school apparently, and this member blamed it all on the less active members son, and then told the mother that it was her fault her son was doing stuff like this, really, she basically and completely insulted her. And the truth is that this kid didnt have anything to do with what happened, I cant go into details, but really it frustrated me, because we have someone that isnt coming because of the actions of another member in the church. I think alot of times we dont realize as members just how much impact our actions have on other people, and how it can change the future, we truly have to be examples, or the people that are investigating the church, or are new members, will lose trust, and leave.
Something good though to change the subject, haha, in church this past week someone told me that my spanish was completely perfect and that I should be a teacher of spanish here in Guatemala, I thought that was kind of funny, I know my spanish isnt perfect, but I do know that I have progressed alot since the beginning, its kind of strange but it just seems normal to me now. Maybe even weirder is that I am not really sure why, but I just feel like I was born to learn and speak spanish, I feel like it has been surrounding me since I was a little kid, even in Preschool the only real memory I have is learning spanish from the teachers with those little word cards. I dont know, maybe its foolish of me, but I just feel like my whole life growing up The Lord has constantly been putting me in positions to be learning bits and pieces of spanish. I will never be perfect at speaking it, but I can feel comfortable with it.
Thank you Thank you Thank you for the information from Jacobs mom, that was awesome, I have been waiting to hear, haha, I have been worried about him since he started and wondering how he has been doing, hes almost done now with the MTC, kind of crazy. But that is so cool that he had a Devotional with David A. Bednar! because when I was there David A. Bednar spoke to us as well! haha, I think it is awesome that we had the same authority come and speak to us.
I didnt know that wesley was going to Long Beach, thats really cool, I didnt know that he had even gotten his call, but I got a letter from the Deans saying that he was putting his papers in, thank you for updating me, I think that it is so cool that hes going to get to go english speaking, its so much harder to preach the gospel in your own language, at least in my opinion.
Anyways, thats about all I have for now, I think I answered your questions, I love you a ton mom, thank you for writing me every week, it really means alot. let me know if there is anything I can do for you all!
Love,
Christopher
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