My new apartment is one of the best and one of the worst apartments
in the mission. It has a very large compound in what seems to be a
fairly safe area. It is not far from the beach and me and two other
missionaries in the apartment actually run to the beach every morning
for our exercise which is pretty cool. Two of the missionaries have
washing machines which they let others to use and we have pretty
reliable current in the apartment from around 7 PM to 6:30 AM every
night/morning. Now here are the bad things: The apartment is disgusting
because no one cleans up after themselves and it gets dirty extremely
fast. I think I did the dishes every day this week and I'm very sure
that when we get back tonight I will do them again. The septic tank
started leaking again today and it smells so bad. But those things are
really not that bad, the real problem is the water. The water that comes
from the tank outside is super dirty and can't be used for like
anything because of how gross it is. The mission keeps saying they are
going to fix it but apparently they've been saying that for like 2
months now so we'll see. So we fill up buckets of water using the water
filter from the sink to take bath. Every night and every morning. The
internet cafe is nice though. Honestly the water thing is already
starting to bother me less I took a bath in the dirty water the other
day it won't kill me. I'll probably start drinking it too soon just for
good measure.
The area is pretty cool and we are working on that one small small.
It is a little bit far from the church and we had a difficult time
getting people to come from there this week but we will continue to
improve. My last week in Upper Caldwell we had 27 investigators at
church and this week we had 2... Small small.
My companions are really cool and they make things really fun so
I'm really happy about everything even though having a threesome is kind
of strange. We worked hard this week and I felt like there was some
considerable improvement within the companionship even in the small week
that we had together and I think that we will continue to move forward
that way.
I think it was on Wednesday we passed by this guy that was trying
to give us a hard time. He called us over and asked if we were saved. We
were like well we're trying you know. And he said show me in the Bible
where it says we are trying to be saved. I was kind of confused. He then
told us that we needed to know Jesus for ourselves before we started
going around deceiving others and told us to go and read John 3:16-18. I
told him he should go and read St Jude 1:10-11... I let my emotions get
the best of me because that scripture is not too nice but I was pretty
upset. I was honestly a little disappointed in myself for letting it get
to me but we actually passed to him later in the week and said hello
and he seemed to be happy when he saw us so I don't know.
The worst part of my week ironically came on Sunday. Church is in
this small little house that is inside a compound not far from our
apartment. The small house is not really the issue I was actually okay
with it but it was my first time in one like that. The disappointing
part came from the branch. Let's just say that there were a lot of
things said during the service that were not in line with the teachings
of the church. That really bothered me. I won't go into detail but let's
just hope that they make some improvements in the future. A lot of the
branch members are super sweet though and we got a referral from one man
which was also nice. We're fighting it!
Today was super fun though. We stopped by my old area today because
we needed to go there for something and I met a man that I used to
teach when I was first in Paynesville. He was so happy to see me and he
said, "You were the one that brought me into the church! My son is
baptized and me and my wife will be getting baptized on March 18th!"
While we were teaching him, he and his wife were not married and are now
finalizing their marriage certificate and will be baptized on the 18th
of next month. So wonderful to hear what small thing the Lord can help
me to do can make such a big difference in someone's life. We also went
to a super nice hotel today and had some really good food.
I'm really learning so much about myself and what I can truly do
for the Lord on my mission. I've been feeling so much of the Savior's
love for me lately and what a positive influence I can be for others if I
am obedient and study the scriptures every day. I love the scriptures
so much.
Quote of the day: "A wise man learns from the mistakes of others, a fool by his own." - Benjamin Franklin
Love you all so much sorry this was so long!
I forgot to put new pics on my flash so you will get newer pics next week.
Elder Bush
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