Dear family,
you may be wondering what story lies behind such an intriguing header. Well, perhaps it isn't so intriguing as it is...slightly gross. Completely gross, actually. For this reason, I will be including pictures to help illustrate this horrific tale.
The Problem: (I wanted to use a word like "Enemy" or "Crisis") Cockroaches
Or just Roaches. I'm not sure that I know the difference.
Either way, we had them. You might say that my companion and I cohabited our apartment with several hundred of these demonic beings. Our only weapon against these ruthless creatures was an old, tattered fly-swatter who looked as though he had killed more than his fair share.
Either way, Pest Control finally came. And then soon later, our Air Conditioning was fixed. No more sweating in bed. That was definitely an upside. Now being in our apartment isn't such a burden, and weekly planning is a whole lot more enjoyable.
Here in Woodlake, we basically had to drop 99% of our investigators at the beginning of the transfer. Nobody was progressing! It isn't the happiest day when that happens, but I would say that I have learned more thistransfer than any other. We had to pick the work up here. So we did. We found. We are teaching. We will baptize. =)
There is this lady by the name of Teresa, who we are teaching. She has had problems in the past with drug abuse, alcohol, spouse abuse-ment, etc. Because of this, she has a hard time looking people in the eye.
For me, it is really cool to see her progression - her confidence growing as she comes to realize her true identity - a Daughter of God. More and more in the lessons, she has begun to look us in the eye as we taught. Her happiness is growing.
I am really excited.
As far as training goes... you'll just have to read in my journal about that one... it takes too much time to write that one out.
Well, I love you all!!!
Love,
Elder Ostler
No comments:
Post a Comment