Honestly, this week made me a little tired (but those weeks are the best ones!). :-)
On Tuesday we found super cool new investigator. At first he was a little cautious to let us in (we thought he was part of a gang and lived in a drug house) but he's actually super cool. He's 27 and owns/works in his own recording studio in his house, and also programs a radio channel in Los Angeles, all the way from here in Quito. So naturally we saw why he was hesitant to let us in (with all that expensive equipment and possiblilties of robbers and all) but he was pretty receptive and seemed excited to have us back.
Side-note, but also Tuesday marked exactly 1 year since I recieved/opened my mission call. Weird, right?!
Wednesday was a Zone Conference with the Mission President, and it was great and spiritually uplifting. He basically taught us how we could ask inspired questions to have more success in lessons, and the next day we had interviews with him, which are just the best.
On Thursday we basically got called fat. We were in a store across the street, and I saw a Snickers bar on the shelf. Being the American boy I am (and seeing how hard American Candy can be to find) I asked how much it was. The owner basically said "You guys like to eat a lot of sweets, don't you?" Ouch. Call us out, why don't ya? Whimpering with my tail in between my legs, I put the Snickers back and left the store. :-)
But it's okay! I had another (unhealthy) opportunity to satisfy my American food cravings! We had a ward activity on Saturday where all the ex-missionaries had to talk about the country they served in and brought food from that place, and we (all 4 of us Elders in this ward are Americans) were assigned to bring something American! So on Friday night we all met up and made fried glazed donut holes! I wouldn't exactly suggest it to nutritionists, but when we brought em they went faster than the TV's on Black Friday. So the activity had a good turnout.
A topic that's come up for me a lot this week is Faith. It's not just a superficial belief. It causes us to act. It's something to learn to live by and depend on, like oxygen. It's something I've been really trying to study more and demonstrate, especially when inviting people to make commitments during lessons. Sometimes I hesitate on making promises to people that don't seem certain, but that's where I just need to trust more in Heavenly Father and remember that he will always give us the promised blessings according to the commandments we keep. And it's true. I've seen so many seemingly-impossible things happen to people here in the mission through the demonstration of their Faith, and have witnessed incredible things as I've been trying to put God's will first and just trust in him It's amazing how he can see what we don't, and I know he can help us through the obstacles and challenges of life as we faithfully act on the promptings we receive.
Have a fantastic week!
Love,
Elder Stolle
Elder Stolle
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