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| From the top of the hill in Koria we saw a house (well we thought it was a group of houses, you can see it in the background of the photo) so we went there thinking that there would be people there... |
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| We were wrong, there was no one there. But we took some cool photos. |
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| We went to Koria and decided to take photos in the river... |
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| We found a hill and decided to take photos from on top. |
2. My new Companion
3. A Hike
4. Work
5. Alijandro Y un Historia
2. Elder Fuentes is my best friend! We are helping each other out a lot and he is a huge help with Spanish and I am helping him learn English. He already knows a lot but it is pretty much just practice for both of us at this point to get used to the language. We both understand each other in the other language but we are both rusty and really can't do much, but it's a start! We really are best friends! We have a saying given to us by our assistant of the mission. "Love" one "Love" the other "Love Baby" together "HOOYAH" together. When one of us is feeling down we stop and look the other in the eye and start it by the end we are yelling and people are looking and we are jumping and are super happy!!! We just freak out for about a second and then move on with the work. We have gotten questions and even investigators from it! People think we are crazy then they see the badge and think "What are the crazys teaching?" and so they ask. We are having a blast and it's all in Spanish. The other day I dreamed in Spanish, my companion said that is normal. and that it is the first step to learning the slang of Spanish and learning the language. Since then it is nonstop Spanish. It is kinda Amazing! English is getting harder to speak and write!
3. So as you saw in the photos we went on a hike. It isn't uncommon in our area. But since my companion is new we stopped and took photos and ended up on a mountain. From there we saw a house (we thought it was a group of houses). So we went there expecting to find people, but nope, nada! It was just an abandoned house. We yelled for a person for about 10 minutes then explained aloud, just in case, we were gonna explore (We did this because we found food and a lock on a door). We explored for about 20 minutes and then we went back outside and took some photos out there in front and on some pillar things, it was Amazing!
4. So the work has picked up! It is insane, we are working all the time. We are getting a lot of work done. Right now we have 16 new investigators, 5 of which have dates for baptism and are progressing and 4 investigators have attended church! Two of them have dates set!!! This is new to me! We are going crazy and everything happening to us is great! I am so glad the area is open! We are accomplishing and have goals to accomplish! We are going for 8 baptisms this month. That is what we decided, to go for 4 each person! At his moment it looks like it will happen! It's Crazy, we are nonstop all day and you know what, I LOVE IT! It is work but every night I lay my head down and it's not even 5 minutes before I am out, and that's my work! In the mornings we get up and hit the ground running! LOVE BABY, HOOYAH!!! We got work to do, can't slow down!
5. One of our investigator's name is Alijandro. He is 16 and well he likes Football Americano (not soccer). This story is crazy. In the morning Fuentes had questions about football and his questions lead into a practice and I had to contact him during the Super Bowl (by the way who won?). We went over how to say things and how to relate the Gospel to football and by the end, I was tired and had learned just a little (poco a poco) but we went out and started contacting in Nassarano. Around 6:30 when we had to go home we felt like we needed to knock one more door. We had no idea where to knock so we said a prayer and started walking. We walked past a door and Fuentes stopped and said "Here". So we knocked and I contacted him. It turned out that he LOVES football. So we talked about that and got inside and started teaching. I related Christ to a Quarterback, Blessings to a Football, and the Church to the Team! He understood and asked how to join the church. We then taught him the first lesson and talked about baptism. He asked when he could be baptized!!!!!!!!!!!!! I KNOW, RIGHT?!?!?!?! HOLY COW, HOW PREPARED!!! So it is going to happen on the 3rd of March. Pray for him!!! He needs help with money and does not have parents so he works a lot! He said he couldn't go to church this week because it was Saturday night, but the next week he would be able to! He is one of our promising investigators. Pray for him!!!
Thank you for your prayers, I am feeling a lot better and am missing everyone SO MUCH AND I LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL!!!! -Elder Cazier
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