Oh what an adventure
this week has been. Watched a blind man wrestle my companion, caught a lizard
just because, and went on exchanges and left my companion for 24 hours. But as
crazy as the week has been I have enjoyed it.
On Tuesday, We went and
played Rugby with the other missionaries. All i have to say about that is: Man
the after effects trying to wake up the next morning and go for the morning
run....man that was exciting...... Then after we played rugby we went street
contacting and we went to a deaf persons house. The person's name is Jennifer.
She was busy and told us to come back next week. Hopefully she will want to
meet with us.
Then on Wednesday, We
went to luch with Elder Felt and Elder Watchmen which are the two biggest dudes
i've ever met. They are so friendly and just giant teddy bears. The are so
great. Then we went and tried visisiting a less active member. His name is
Chad. For the past few months he was super sick. When we saw him, he was
looking a lot better. We shared a
scripture thought with him really quickly because a friend was coming over.
Then we spent the day trying to contact deaf people. No luck came. Then for
dinner the spanish sisters, Sister Diaz and her two companinons, invited us over
for dinner. The reason was that she owed Elder Rutland and sandwhich before she
leaves next tuesday. It was a good sandwich....even if it was tuna....I am
still getting over the fact that i ate fish. Then we visited The Isais's (The
blind and deaf guys). Thats where the wrestling match went on. Juan won 3
matches and elder rutland won 2....
Thursday came along and
we again spent the day trying to contact the deaf people we know about. We got
a refural and tried to check it out. On the way there we met a man who wanted
who have missionaries over. He was baptized 2 years ago, but his 2 sons who are
8 and 10 havent been baptized yet. He also had fallen away and wanted to get
back on track. We got his information and refered him to the other
missionaries, because we can only teach deaf people (If we try to teach others
that is called poaching and thats a no no). We shared a spiritual thought with
him and then explained of how we are here to find the deaf people. We asked him
if he knew where they lived....and turns out he is friends with them. He texted
them and they actually werent home....but thats ok because now we have him, who
is willing to go over and help us teach them. To reward ourselves for this
wonderful experience we went to golden spoon. Free icecream to missionaries
because an owner owns it!!! WHOOOHOOO!!! Then
we went contacting more. For dinner we went and had dinner with Ricardo.
We had Costco Pizza and man it was good. Then we called people and set up appointments
with them. Then we Traveled to the North to drop me off for exchanges.
Then Friday happened.
It was the day of exchange. I was with Elder LemMon for the day. We spent the
morning at district meeting, where i got to see my companion again. Then We
tried to contact the refurals we had. Unfortunately no one was home. We walked
to the temple for a quick bathroom and drink break, and we ran into a general
authority guy. He is Elder Gordon from the 1st quorm of the 70. It was pretty
sweet. Then we went to a members house for dinner. Then after that i got my
companion back.
Saturday came along and
not alot happened. We did Weekly Planning (normally takes 3-3.5 hours to do but
because we have like no investigators it only took 2 hours). Then we went to
the hospital to visit a lady named Lilia. She was in the hospital because she
cut her finger (When i say cut she sliced that thing open from the top of her
finger to the center of her palm). She Didnt think it was bad so she just
wrapped it up and hid it from people. it ended up getting infected and she had
to have surgery on it. We then shared a message with her and told her we would
visit again if she wanted. She said yes. Then we did contacting for a while.
Then we visited Donald. We taught him a lesson, then helped him rake his leaves
in the back yard. We spent the night street contacting.
For sunday we studied
all morning until church. After church we had a ward "Dinner". Then
we went and contacted the refurral again to see if they are home. He is
interested but was busy. Told us to come back.
Monday finaly came
along. We tried to visit elizabeth, but she wasnt home. Then we tried
contacting people. Only one person answered the door. Her name was Janet. She
was not the happiest person because earlier we had a time set up with her, but
things came up and it had to be cancelled. She now doesnt like us because of
that. We then contacted a refural but the guy was super busy and said to come back on sunday. We for sure will. Then
at one house we caught a lizard and got pictures with it. Then let it go. Then
we finished the night at the Isais's house where we helped them use lds.org.
Because jose can see shapes and things like that, he can read the computer when
it is magnified by a lot. We helped him translate from english to ASL. We also
found this funny sign at a house. i took a picture and that is what it looked
like.
Well that sums up my
week in a nutshell i hope you all have a wonderful week!! Until Next time, Take
care
Love, Elder Betts
P.S. for a spiritual
thought go and watch the mormon message link:
https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2014-07-006-the-hope-of-gods-light?category=mormon-messages/mormon-messages-2014&lang=eng#2014-07-006-the-hope-of-gods-light?category=mormon-messages/mormon-messages-2014&lang=eng&_suid=141028493812407779580891623374
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