How old is Wesley?
16, priest age. ;)
Did Wesley get baptized in the lake?
Yes. My companion got super excited to do it.
When you talk about displays of your companion and branch president what do you mean? Is it what they say, or how they act, or did they put together visual aids?
:D It's how they act. For example, my companion will ask a simple question, and when they answer correctly, he jumps to his feet and gives them a double-high-five, all the while shouting, "That's it!" XD
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Over the last few weeks, I've had a few adventures on P-Day. Two weeks ago, we hiked the trail up to the top of the big hill that overlooks the city. It's nothing like the usual trails I know (well cut and trodden) as we weaved in through all the trees, avoiding the large spiders, and swinging on the vines, until we arrived at the top. Then, we understood how small the city was, and at the same time, how huge the windmills really are. 0_0 Then last week, we went to the beach closest to us. The beaches here are different, as there are no off-shore rocks, just sand. That, and if you pick up one handful of sand, thousands of little crustaceans will come squirming out, like a giant prison break. Both situations were great experiences, and the two make me re-think my perspective on things.
When you get a higher or larger outlook on things , you start to understand a little more about God. From a high place, we see tons of little humans running about their daily toils, and among the sands we find hundreds of little creatures striving for their survival, all of which appear hidden to our regular gaze until we take a focused look. God has a much greater and wider vision of all of us. In fact, he can see all of his creations, and yet he can still examine each of us individually. Our personal relationships with God show the great love he has for all of us. A mother of twelve children doesn't forget their stories, nor does a painter forget the work and process of his several hundred paintings. We are children of one of the most loving beings we know and believe to exist. Our Heavenly Father.
Something even as good as our relationship with God, is our relationship with others. As we can see, none of us exist alone in this world, for all living things were created in abundance. Our search to work well one with another makes a part of earthly trials. This week, we were able to see the great effects of team work and the blessings that come from it. In Osório, we have all our meetings in a rented building at the edge of town. The Branch here has existed for almost ten years, and hasn't experienced any real growth, until now. Their dream was always to have a chapel built to have our regular church meetings, and they always declared, "Maybe this year we'll get one." However, now things have changed, and that anomalous "maybe" has been eliminated. To build a chapel, the branch needs to maintain a frequency of at least 80 people for at least 8 months. This month is the last, and will be the most difficult when half the branch is traveling to the beach. So, what they've done is organized every single member that has a car and assigned them up to eight families each to go and take them to church. Prabably half of the families had one excuse or another, but at the end of all accounts, we have been able to maintain our numbers with the many less-active members who through the combined force of the church, have decided to return. \'o'/
There are tons of other great blessings and stories I could tell, but I guess that will have to wait until next time. Anyway, thanks for all the help, support, prayers, thoughts, comments, and anything else that y'all have done to help the work. I'd give you all Christmas presents, but I'm unfortunately super poor. Talk to the missionaries though, and they can get you free books and DVD's. ;)
Signing Off-
Elder Angus
Word of the Week:
excelente (ex-sell-en-chee) Excellent.
P.S. I goofed the last subject. It's Entropy, not Enthropy.
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