July 4th, 2016
Hey, so this week
went by fine, outside of Belgium's humiliation against Wales...
We spent a lot
of time contacting and porting as well, but we did manage to see our Amis
Michael and Marveen. It's been hard to reach them, but we finally got a hold of
them. Michael's life is still very hard with his Word of Wisdom struggles and
with family problems. But he's still opening the door to God in his life. We
gave him a blessing of comfort for all that he's been going through. He's a
very believing man. He just has a few commandment issues. I know he will get it
together one day. The question is only when that will be.
Yesterday we
went porting in an apartment building and we ran into a couple of Jehovah's
Witnesses. Yikes. We began by telling them who we were and the message we
share, and then they told us they're J.W.s and then started bashing us on how
everything we do is wrong. We tried correcting them out of love, but they would
never listen to what we had to say. But they felt so inclined to tell us
everything they knew to be "true". We tried getting out sooner but we
were there for almost two hours. It was not fun. The spirit just wasn't there
for the whole time. I hope that never happens again.
The other day
we had a drive by spitting. Two guys on a motorcycle drove by and spat on both
of us. Elder Taylor felt so gross because of it, that he took a shower right
after. It was quite an experience!
On the
contrary, I gave my first district meeting this last Friday. President Babin
was not there that time, but he will be there for the next one this Wednesday.
The Zone Leaders were there on Friday. The formation was just about presenting
the vision of the mission to the district. It wasn't too bad. I just have to
survive the next one with President and then I'll be good for the rest of the
transfer.
I guess that's
all, folks. See you next time.
Elder Aburto
