Hey
everybody! This year is already flying by, we are soon going to be in
February... weird sauce, I was in Girardot this time last year and it was also super-hot!
Oh yeah,
this is also the last week of the transfer already, Elder Guerrero will finish
his mission this week and we'll see who comes to join us in our crazy corner of
the Amazons!
So, this
week we flew once again to the nice and cold air of Bogota for the training for
missionaries all over the world. On Tuesday it was the first time in these
almost three months that I have been in Leticia where we have been in an
actually zone type meeting and it was weird. But it was great to talk to the
other missionaries in the zone and just other people in general. One gets
somewhat lonely in the Amazons. After the meeting we wrote the family, and had
to wait in the lobby of the Zone leaders Apartment Complex where we were
staying at to get our stuff. While we waited I talked to a cool older guy who
was super nice. He even invited us for a cup of coffee sometime, which we said
sure sometime if it could be hot chocolate instead.
Wednesday we
had the training, and it was really good. We got to hear insights from some
Apostles and other leaders of the church on the training we received last year.
They also changed some big things like some of the goals we will be making and
also the schedule. President Baquerizo is going to let us know exactly how it
is going to work for us here in Colombia Bogota South, and it will be
interesting.
Thursday we
flew back, and our plane almost didn't get connection to the tower here in Leticia and
so we almost took a little detour to Cali Colombia. But it was all good because
they got contact and we landed without problem.
We talked to
President Baquerizo about Antonio Casado, and he told us that if he can stay
clean for 1 month more or less, he can be confirmed and receive the Holy Ghost.
So we put a goal with Antonio to be confirmed on the 26th of February. Him and
his family seem to be doing a little better.
On Saturday
we contacted a family that lives in our area and invited them to come to church
the next day, they said they would come and we were pretty excited, but unfortunately
they didn’t show up. But on Sunday we got to teach them and they seem pretty
interested and so we are hoping to see some progress there with this new
family.
Our focus is
new people and extending baptismal dates, we should have some good stuff this
week!
I have been
reading the New Testament since I have never read it before completely in my
life and a lot of people here don’t listen to you if you don’t use it and so it
has been really great. I love the boldness of Paul, he is never ever afraid of
his testimony and shares about Jesus Christ to every person he sees. I hope I
can follow that example.
That’s
pretty much it for the week, I'm still loving being here in Leticia
Elder
Kendall
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| Me in Bogota with Elder Espinola and his son! |
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| Our adventures in the Amazons today |
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