This
week was pretty darn awesome! With Elder Harman better we've been able to get
out and find some pretty cool people.
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| Elder Harman and Elder Miles |
We knocked into this
lady at the beginning of the week by the name of Esther and she told us that we
could stop by on Thursday. We thought this was the whole "oh you can come
by some other day" thing that Mexicans do because they are generally too
nice to tell you no. So we figured we'd stop by but we didn't expect a whole
lot out of it. Anyways, when we showed up that afternoon she was ready and
waiting for us. It was kinda surprising to be honest. Anyways, we sat down
outside with her and taught her the Restoration. It was a super good lesson,
probably one of the most spiritual I've had. At one point I felt prompted to
ask her how she was feeling and she told us that what we were saying was giving
her a strength that she's been missing. She told us she could feel a peace and
a calm. It was super cool. We extended a baptismal invite and she agreed to be
baptized. She told us that "es me toca," which means it's my turn.
She said she'd talked to missionaries in the past but she said she felt she was
ready to do this. It was a super spiritual and amazing lesson.
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| Elder miles, Elder Harman, Elder Vejnar, Elder Hansen |
This week we probably
also had the craziest experience I've had since I've been out. By crazy I mean
dangerous I guess. First off don't worry I'm fine and nothing bad did happen,
it just came really close. We were walking by a Fiesta Foods grocery store
(only Mexican food) on our way to knock some trailer park and we saw this guy
sleeping on the ground. We didn't think much of it but when we came back about
an hour later to get in our car and go to dinner, the guy that was sleeping was
standing up and yelling at two guys that had pulled up in a car. The guy in the
car kept saying to the guy we passed by earlier things like "You ripped me
off," "You owe me," all sorts of crazy things like that. The
whole time they were yelling the guy in the car had his hand on his waist and
was definitely hiding a gun under his shirt. As we walked by I said to Elder
Harman "Dude, that guy's got a gun," and he was all "Yea he
does." We ended up walking by like ten or so feet away. Super close, and
the whole time the guy in the car was threatening the guy that had been asleep.
I know for sure someone was going to get shot and we were going to be witnesses,
and we definitely stand out, which is probably not good. So we were pretty
nervous. Thankfully some Good Samaritan guy that was driving by saw what was
going on and pulled up by them and honked his horn at them to get them to break
it up. Finally, the two guys in the car drove off and the other guy walked
away. It was pretty crazy though. I'm super glad nothing happened but it made
me appreciate where I'm at right now and what I'm doing. So yea don't worry
everything is fine.
Daniel is coming along
really well. He and Lucia prayed and read in the Book of Mormon for the first time
together this week. Daniel said that has helped them with their relationship,
which is super good. He is so solid. This week he showed up to church and
brought the 2 kids by himself. Lucia had to work so she couldn't come. It was
super awesome to see that, even though it was going to be difficult with two
little kids by himself, he still wanted to be spiritually uplifted by
church.
Another couple funny and
crazy experiences. We met this ex-member this week who told us that Jesus was a
gangster and that his 12 apostles were his posse, or his crew. Told us he hung
out around all the crummy people and partied and whatnot. He said he still
believed in Christ, just on a different level. Kind of weird, but it just goes
to show how important it is to have Priesthood authority to interpret the
scriptures. We also drove by this tent city on our way to correlation one
evening. There are probably 50 or so homeless people living there. It's not in
our area but it was pretty cool to see. They've even got Porta Potties now,
it's been growing pretty fast I guess. The city decided that it was best to
just try and support it rather than get rid of it. Oh, and I tried Mole
(pronounced Moe-Lay) this week. It's this Mexican sauce that is made with
chocolate. It's basically spicy chocolate, kinda
I think that's all for
the week. Love you all!!
--
Elder Miles
Washington Yakima
Mission
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