Okay.. where to begin. This keyboard here is all weird so its hard to use but ill try to make it work. So who has seen Aladdin? (Everybody raises hands) you know the part where Jasmine is on the flying carpet and Aladdin is singing ¨A Whole New World¨.. well that's here. I literally don't even know what's going on half the time haha.
You know how people tell you not to tell your Mom about the scary things that happen to you until you get home? I'm not about that life.
To start my companion is Elder Macdonald from LA. AND HE IS WHITE! So we speak in half and half English to Spanish but he's helping me a lot with the language. I'm learning so much every single day. He is a genius and knows the language like a boss.
So now I'm going to tell you all of the crazy things that have happened this week.
Today, a drunk dude pulled a gun on my companion and me, and said he liked to rob people... So my companion told him to repent.. and I happened to think this was very funny so I started laughing and the guy, apparently confused decided to just walk away.
I have seen probably about 1,000 stray dogs this week, 1 of which I wanted to keep but he would have been too much work to feed, so we left him alone. OH I SAW A DONKEY! It was in the back of a trailer sawed into two halves.
The first day here I asked to see a newspaper and my companion took me to a stand and on the cover was a man who was split into 4 pieces and then he told me that that's why we don't read newspapers... He thought it was funny since he's seen so much of it.
The members here like to make fun of me here for not being able to understand everything they say so whenever they get too mean my companion will start talking to me in English and then they all stop talking and feel dumb. Its a great way for my companion to teach humility. Which has to be taught a lot.
We have 1 investigator and we teach about 30 less actives. We gave 2 blessings this week and already had our first baptism on Saturday.The man we baptized left after his confirmation to go home and have a fiesta...
TO end on a good note, I was reading in Jesus the Christ by Talmage and I had the question of why we only needed one sacrifice to save all mankind. And in the book it said that it only took one person to fall (Eve) for all man to be subject to physical and spiritual death. In turn, it only took 1 person (Jesus) to bring us back from both as well. It was eye opening. Also very humbling to know that the example of one person can change the lives of many. I'm working hard. BELIEVE THAT! haha. My Spanish is getting a little better everyday.
I LOVE YOU ALL!
KEEP THE LETTERS COMING!
Thank you for all of the support!
Love, Elder Winters
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