October 13, 2015
What Lack I Yet?
HOLA CABROS CÓMO ESTAI?
So this week was a lot of contacting as usual. Can't really say that we had any crazy spiritual experiences, but we worked hard and had fun while doing it, and that’s what really counts, am I right?
Can't believe that Isaiah Wood is married. This next year is going to be crazy. Chris Lyman, Josh Timmons, Jeff Booher, Parker Garner, Tyler Willis, and Austin Atkinson will all be getting home soon and I can only imagine the amount of weddings that are about to take place within this next year. If you guys are reading this... I expect wedding invites! Wow... weren't we all just in Deacon's quorum yesterday?
Yesterday we had almuerzo with the bishop and his family. He likes to cook comida española and we ate a dish called "ropa vieja" yesterday, which literally means “old clothes,” but man was it good! Nothin' like some good ol' ropa vieja for lunch!
I have officially decided that "Santos, Avanzad" is my favorite hymn in Spanish. Page 38 in the Spanish himnario... man, so good.
Mom's weekly emails to me are better than general conference talks. I'm always blown away when I read mom's epistles. So thanks Mom for keeping me inspired and focused! Love, love, love your emails! Dads aren't half bad either.
So this week I prayed to know "¿Qué me impide de ser el mejor misionero yo puedo ser? ¿Cómo puedo mejor Padre Celestial?" (“What prevents me from being the best missionary I can be? How can I be better Heavenly Father? ") I have to say he responded rather quickly or as they say here "altiro." He just said, "Connor, you know you have way more to give than what you're giving right now. You know that you're not 100 percent consecrated to the work. You know there are many more people you can be talking to, FEED MY SHEEP!"
It's not that I'm not working hard or that I'm distracted. The thing is that as a missionary I can always improve. Really, as Latter- Day -Saints we can always improve. We had a zone conference with President this week where he talked about how we can become consecrated missionaries. We received so many palos. There is so much more that I can be doing to be the best missionary I can be! I'm working hard to literally just lose myself in the work and completely forget about myself. It's not easy to do, but I'm trying. I Love the mission and love how we can learn in so many different ways from so many different people and challenges that come your way while on the mission.
My scripture to ponderize last week was Mosíah 4:9 and this week is D&C 29:4. We're teaching some really great Haitianos right now named Remy and Bilus (I’m not sure how to spell her name). Remy speaks Spanish pretty well and understands everything. He'll be going to church with us this next Sunday. Bilus is really shy, but loves when we come to visit. The thing about teaching Haitianos is that you simplify everything and they are SO RECEPTIVE TO THE SPIRIT. I love em; they're so awesome and so humble. Contacting them is so easy as well. They know that we represent Christ and so they all let us in, the only problem is the language barrier.
Super happy and stoked to be here in Villa Sur. It's definitely a new world in comparison to Pajaritos, but I love it!
Elder Weaver
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