Week 8

 Alrighty. So this week we have been pretty dang busy. We have had
quite a few meetings. The meeting that was last tuesday ended up being
6 hours long!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh well, it was pretty good! We enjoyed it!
Me and my companion taught two English classes this week. Its
interesting, lol. We teach two really cool guys, and they are working
at getting their GED's but they cant understand the english portion so
they come to us to learn. Its awesome. We also helped a lady in our
ward take out the cabinets in her kitchen because she is repainting
it, before she moves. Its always fun to do service. Me and my
companion get fed SO MUCH! Lol. Kinda funny, we actually enjoy when we
get to stay at home because we can rest for 30 mins. Yah. So the other
day I poured an ice cold cup of water on one of the english Elders
that we live with, while he was taking a shower. It was incredibly
funny. However his retaliation was quite good. I went to go grab one
of my peanut butter cups out of the freezer when i find that i cant.
It so happens that in response to the cup of water, Elder Lim took all
of my peanut butter cups, set them in tupperware filled it with water
and then stuck it in the freezer. Needless to say, when i had gone to
grab one i found them all stuck in ice. It was quite hilarious. We all
had a good laugh and it was pretty entertaining to watch Elder Thomas
thaw them out because of how bad he wanted one.
      So yesterday me and my companion had a couple interesting
experiences. First off, following our dinner, we had an investigator
we had planed to stop by. As we were walking down her street, we saw
two guys standing behind their truck, drinking. They saw us, and so
out of common courtesy we waved and smiled. One of them waved us over
and we tried to ignore it, however the other, started to franticly
flail his arms in an intoxicated attempted gesture to have us approach
them. And so, once again out of courtesy we headed over to speak with
them. We talked for 2 or 3 minutes just about where we were from and
small talk like that. However, one of the men was so drunk, he was
leaning on his truck just so he could stand up, and slurring all his
words together. I frankly was quite impressed could even understand
what he was saying. We clearly saw that these two really had no true
desire to hear a single thing about our message and so my companion
told them that we had an appointment and needed to leave. However, the
man who was still able to stand and talk somewhat clearly, did not
take the news all that well. He complained to us how we needed to stay
and talk to his completely intoxicated about god, because that is what
he needed, however after another min the conversation had switched
topics again and was going downhill fast! This time me and my
companion just took a step back and said, 'well we gotta go, bye!' We
then waved, turned around, and continued on our path to our
investigators apartment. However not even 20 feet after turning
around, the man that was complaining to us, now was coming up behind
us shouting at us. We stopped so that he could speak with us once
more, and he shared how he felt we were doing at our job. We took the
insults, have of which i didn't quite understand and my companion
didn't care to translate, and then once again, we continued on our way
to the investigators apartment. She was busy and so she couldn't talk,
but asked us to come by a different day. We then walked out of the
apartment complex on our way to visit a less active family that lived
just a few houses up the street. When we got back onto the street we
saw our two new friends, now walking up the street, carrying their
case of beer in their hands. We just ignored them and went on. We
turned into the new apartment complex where the family was and knocked
on their door. However they weren't home. As we turned around we saw
our two friends waiting in the court yard sitting down, once again
drinking. However at this time, they had their backs turned to us. Now
me and my companion had really no idea what the two wanted but we
weren't looking to cause these two to become more animated then they
previously were. And so, we slipped out the back alley, and went on to
the next area to try another family. As we were walking away, me and
my companion were laughing about the experience and how ridiculous the
men were. Them my companion realized his hand now smelled like beer
from having to shake the mens hands for so long. That made us laugh
even more.
      Now, later that evening as many of our attempts to visit
families were falling through, we decided to try a less active family
that lived on the other side of town, because Elder Thomas hadn't seen
them in quite a while. After getting lost for a min or two, we found
our way to the house, and knocked on their door. No one was home,
however, the neighbors T.V. was on and so we said what the heck. We
hadn't had much luck that day, so what could it hurt knocking on this
door to see if we could share a quick message. When we knocked, we
heard a man shout,' who is it!!!!!' My companion replied, ' we are
missionaries,' he said okay and then told us to wait just one sec.
When the door opened the conversation went as followed,
-hi, we'r......
-psh. Ha! Yah, right guys!!!!!!!! (SLAM!!!!!!!!!!!!)

My companion wasn't even allowed to get to words in before he
interrupted. And so we walked out.
I now think i can understand why my companion is so intent of focusing
of investigators that are referrals. I can only say that some of the
people here are crazy! However, i can also say that the some of the
people here also GREAT! We have three Sister's in our ward that refer
to us as mijos. They honestly treat us like their own children. They
are so sweet and kind it's insane. We also have been working a lot,
trying to help three of our recent converts. They have such difficult
lives and living situations, but we do our best to help in any way we
can to help bring them a sense of comfort, peace, and friendship. The
ward that i'm serving in is really one of a kind!

As always i love you all. I hope you are all doing good. I enjoy
hearing from everyone. Have a good week!

- Elder Wilson