July 18th, 2016
It was a good week for missionary work.
As many may know, it was
Bastille Day this past 14th of July. It's the holiday of the independence of
France from..... themselves I guess? I thought it was going to be lots of fun
with parties all over, but on the contrary. Everyone was inside and sleeping.
We went to Belfort to work
with the elders over there for a couple of days. It was great fun. Elder
Farnworth, the bleu, is amazing. In the mornings we were there, we ran two 5k's. It was very tiring
and my feet were killing after the second time. But if you can run a 5k every
morning, what can't you do?
It was another week of vacances, which
means another week of everyone being out of town, and not being able to keep in
touch with our Amis, so it was a lot of finding this last week again. Plus we
had our Mulhouse Finding Day, too. It was a long day, but we saw success as
many people were willing to talk with us.
Papi, it's interesting that
you just talked about success, because that's exactly what I talked about in
district meeting. That many times us as missionaries fall into comparing
ourselves with others and feel that we aren't making much of a difference
compared to others. But just because our numbers are different doesn't mean we
aren't making just as big of an impact. Usually we forget that this is about
serving other people than about our desires.
And today we met with a
Muslim-Spaniard dude. His name is Abdul and lived in Valencia for a long time.
He's here in Mulhouse to find work and is very open. He doesn't speak French,
so it was awesome to finally use my Spanish in Mulhouse. Though, I am a little
rusty with church vocab since I use French all the time. It was a great time.
It was just me and Abdul talking in Spanish the whole time and my comp could
just only sit there. It was kind of funny.
Mom, I agreed with what you
said about prayers. We have to understand that God wants to hear us talk and
not just a robot who says the same things over and over. My relationship with
Him has improved as I've been more genuine with Him.
The weather is warm, the
prices are low, what else can I ask for?
Sincerely,
Elder Aburto
