¡Hola Familia y Amigos!
Sorry guys! I realized this never got sent last week!
It's never really that hard to get up in the morning, cause we just wake up, go to work, and BOOM! Next thing I know, it's already time to go back to bed.
We also found a few new good investigators this week, which was a blessing after we'd been struggling to find new people to teach. Woot woot!
Today I finally got my Bday package! Only about 2 months late hahaha but I finally figured out why. As the label reads in the picture below, it was accidently "missent to Jamaica."
New Year's Eve started off with all the Elders in our Zone playing soccer in the morning (which was bomb) then we had to stay in our houses for the rest of the day (besides our lunch appointment). I quickly saw why; I'm serving a mission in the modern-day Sodom and Gumorrah. Ever heard of the "Vidas Locas?" Basically on big holidays like New Years, it's when guys go around dressed up as women and dance in the streets, blocking the way and not letting cars pass unless they give them money. Hahaha I've never been so scared just to walk to a lunch appointment, cause they would chase down (and even climb onto) some of the cars/people, and my companion said that basically if you didn't give them money they'd try to kiss you and stuff. It's quite disturbing, and somehow a tradition here, but needless to say we walked extra fast. Don't get me wrong, everyone's a child of God and deserves to be treated as such, but seriously- when a lot of people are choosing to run around cross-dressing and acting seductive to random strangers, there's something wrong with that picture.
The cool thing I saw from this and my reading in Genesis 18-19 is that there are still good righteous peope that the Lord will teach and help, and our calling as missionaries is a lot like the Angels' command to Lot; "bring them out of this place" (v.12). It's the same for members as well, as well as the other command to "look not behind thee" (v.17) or rather, don't return to the past life of things you've repented of and left behind. That is, unless you want to become a table condiment hahaha (too soon?). No but really, this is such a great time, with all the New Years resolutions being made, to learn from the past and create goals to answer this question: What specific things will we do (personally and as a family) this year to leave behind the worldy things and come unto Christ? Whether it be reading the scriptures more as a family, spending less time on your phone, or simply making your prayers a little more sincere, I promise that doing things to become more like our Savior will help you be happier and feel the Spirit more in your lives.
Love,
Elder Stolle
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