SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
From Boy to Man
Mom & Dad
I've been thinking about the time I have left here in this country. It has really come to be part of me. I mean, I really consider myself a Dominican. I love these people, and I will miss them so much, even those who don't want to listen to us, the dogs that always chase and bark at us, or the random drunk man that's is always interesting to talk to. Even the things I don't like, I will miss so much. Like when there is no light in the whole town for 24 hours, having to go to sleep drowning in your own sweat being eaten by mosquitoes when there's no water to shower in before you leave the house, or no light to iron your shirt before church or when, no one is in their homes the whole day not even the members to give you some water or juice, and then it starts to pour down rain, these are the things I really am going to miss, I love this country. I will always say it is MY country...
I am so grateful to be in the best mission in the world, with the best mission president in the world.
Things have been a little different this week after the hurricane; it took out a hotel right on the beach here and ruined this street. The place got flooded here, which is crazy because it never rains. It's like a desert here; it's the first area I have been in. It reminds me of home because there are cacti here, haha.
This week has been pretty good. I think I gave my last talk in the mission this last week, so it was 830 in the morning on Sunday, and we were preparing ourselves to leave and go pick up this investigator, and the branch president called and told me to prepare a talk for church, and I said that its fine ill do it cuz I thought at. First, it was for the next week but then like 15 minutes later, it got to me, so I called him and asked if it was for this Sunday or the next, and he said this Sunday, and said to make sure it was long cuz my mission president was going to be there, so he tells me 30 minutes before church when I'm already in the street to church that I have to talk, but its OK that's just another thing that I really am going to miss it went really well they told us that the chapel is going to be remodeled and that we will be moving into a little house for 5 or 6 months. We are going to baptize this guy named Avelino in a few weeks. He has 8 years with the missionaries, and his wife is a member that has her endowments. She tried and tried, and so have the missionaries, so we have been working hard with him, and we put a date for him, so we will be baptizing him a week or so before I get home. I cant wait to see the look on his face. His wife's face when he gets baptized. This is one of the things I am going to miss the most is seeing the lives of people change.
con mucho amor
ELDERblakeWILLIAMS
I've been thinking about the time I have left here in this country. It has really come to be part of me. I mean, I really consider myself a Dominican. I love these people, and I will miss them so much, even those who don't want to listen to us, the dogs that always chase and bark at us, or the random drunk man that's is always interesting to talk to. Even the things I don't like, I will miss so much. Like when there is no light in the whole town for 24 hours, having to go to sleep drowning in your own sweat being eaten by mosquitoes when there's no water to shower in before you leave the house, or no light to iron your shirt before church or when, no one is in their homes the whole day not even the members to give you some water or juice, and then it starts to pour down rain, these are the things I really am going to miss, I love this country. I will always say it is MY country...
I am so grateful to be in the best mission in the world, with the best mission president in the world.
Things have been a little different this week after the hurricane; it took out a hotel right on the beach here and ruined this street. The place got flooded here, which is crazy because it never rains. It's like a desert here; it's the first area I have been in. It reminds me of home because there are cacti here, haha.
This week has been pretty good. I think I gave my last talk in the mission this last week, so it was 830 in the morning on Sunday, and we were preparing ourselves to leave and go pick up this investigator, and the branch president called and told me to prepare a talk for church, and I said that its fine ill do it cuz I thought at. First, it was for the next week but then like 15 minutes later, it got to me, so I called him and asked if it was for this Sunday or the next, and he said this Sunday, and said to make sure it was long cuz my mission president was going to be there, so he tells me 30 minutes before church when I'm already in the street to church that I have to talk, but its OK that's just another thing that I really am going to miss it went really well they told us that the chapel is going to be remodeled and that we will be moving into a little house for 5 or 6 months. We are going to baptize this guy named Avelino in a few weeks. He has 8 years with the missionaries, and his wife is a member that has her endowments. She tried and tried, and so have the missionaries, so we have been working hard with him, and we put a date for him, so we will be baptizing him a week or so before I get home. I cant wait to see the look on his face. His wife's face when he gets baptized. This is one of the things I am going to miss the most is seeing the lives of people change.
con mucho amor
ELDERblakeWILLIAMS
