Howdy ha September 19, 2012
This week flew by! I feel like I
blinked and Wednesday was here again. I swear that time should not go as fast as
it is going ! wow.
Welp, Dad thanks for sending me the
letters and the pictures ! You and David look exactly the same and I’m pretty
sure that some of the ties that I bought in Dajabon are in the pictures you
sent me! ha .
I have really been glad to be able
to help other people in my time here, so far. I have found out that there are a
lot of people who have a lot bigger problems then I do. This week I realized
that I could never be a psychologist. We
did an exchange with a missionary that wants to go home for some stupid reason
and it just made me really wonder what was going on between those ears of
his. Hopefully, as we talked he was able
to feel and see what a force for good he is and what a blessing this is to him
for now and forever and for his family who is supporting him, not to mention
the people here in the D.R.
I have learned that the Lord has a
purpose with each and every one of us. He has always put me where I needed to be to
learn a specific lesson. I have really gained a testimony that there are no coincidences
in life and that everything happens for a reason. Hopefully, we are ready for what comes and
have the faith and inner strength to see our way through.
We had the chance to put a couple of
baptismal dates this week, which is tight for me. One guy is named Alexis. He’s a lawyer and has his family of six! The
other one is a Haitian named James, a medical student here in Santiago that is
an amazing person. Now I’m determined to learn Creole. So I am very excited to
have a little success in this area and I hope that everything comes through.
We never have light in our house. The electricity only comes on for like 2
hours a day. So today, at like ten I had to wash all of my clothes in the
little time that I had. Then we went to the office where I met up with Elder Jensen
(my dad, my 1st companion and trainer). He is going home on the tenth and that is
that last time that I will get to see him here in the mission! It’s crazy to see everyone come and go and
know that I am going to be next.... I don’t like the idea.
I don’t know if yall remember Yohanni
, the lady that we were teaching in Dajabon.
Well I found out that her mom died on Sunday. That killed me because I know how important
she was to Yohanni. She died of a lack
of air, she couldn’t breath anymore. So I really hope that will help Yohanni better
understand the plan of salvation and help her accept the gospel. The missionaries in Dajabon can help her in
her hard times.
We also had la limpia de la costa (clean
the coast or shore) this past Saturday! It was so much fun. We gathered all the
member from the stake and a couple groups of scouts and girl scouts and went to
the river that there is here in Santiago and we cleaned the coast! There was so so much garbage that we took out
of there. It’s not even funny how much of a problem the garbage is here. I don’t
know if you will be able to see what we took out but it is so so much! President and Sister Douglas came out and
supported and we had a lot of fun !
Hope all is well. God is love. The gospel is true and families are forever!!!
Wow, if everyone could just know it!
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Elder griner
Mision santiago RD
MY TRAINER ELDER JENSEN - GOING HOME
Elder Feliz and me on Limpia la costa" day
LITTER AND GARBAGE EVERYWHERE
My zone with President and Sister Douglas
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