Hey everyone!!! I hope you've all had a great week this past week :) well, i was right ab out going with the person i thought i was!! He's from Uruguay, and we've been speaking a lot of spanish which has been pretty nice and good to help me with mine. It's funny because like i can ask him for help with how to say stuff in spanish and he asks me how to say stuff in english, so it's like a win win in that category ;) however, what's also pretty nice is that we have a couple investigators we are already trying to set tuff up with. However, they're not like super duper solid because they're latino peeps and so is my companion, so it's easier to get into that little friend point where they get along as buds, but don't necessarily preogress a ton because they're more friends and he doesn't like want to push them away by trying to be all churchy or something...... however, i could be pretty wrong about that because that's just what i think i see within these first few days. we have an appointment set up TODAY ON PDAY at 1, so i'll meet someone at least :P the members also seem a lot different than in the branch (or Rama in spanish), so that's kinda weird. It feels less homey and inviting. I've heard a lot about the ward, so i'm hoping that most of it is wrong :P but it is whatever you make of it, so imma come into this with high hopes of having a good time and enjoying it :)
So, what are some things that happened this week..... Well, we went downtown contating on Saturday and that went pretty good actually!! My comp. (ELder Sanchez) didn't think we'd need jackets because it wasn't SUPER cold, so we didn't bring any.... that was a mistake -.- it was stinkin COLD yall!!! but eese all good, i talked to some pretty ight peeps :) i talked to these baptist people and had a pretty good conversation with them. They kept saying these things about our church and were like "so, correct me if i'm wrong, but you guys believe..." and i was like "ummmmm no, we don't we really believe..." So it was a good, educational conversation. I got to explain some pretty good, basic doctrine and our stance on some things. Overall, it was a pretty good little discussion :) neither of us got bashy, and at the end, they were just like "so, how old are you?... where are you from?... we respect a lot what you do.." SO it felt pretty good to actually give them a better idea of what we really believe :)
ALSO, i talked with this guy from east Africa somewhere, and he's actually a christian and SUPER nice. He told me that apparently, a lot of the Muslim or Arabic people you see walking around don't even speak or read Arabic... like what the?? But he said he really likes our church because we know what we preach and don't go into it blindly just because other people do it. He also watched a movie apparently about how when the LDS church was starting up, how much it was persecuted and how many people were killed, so it made him wonder why it was hated so much and stuff and he wants to learn more. He asked me for a Book of Mormon so he could read it and understand our church a little more so he can look into it. He asked where our church buildings were so he could check it out. SUPER nice guy, and it'd be pretty sick if he actually gave us a call. Just a big bummer is that like half the people who are actually willing to talk to us are drunk or homeless or something, so it's like hmmmm you gots a bit of work to do :P haha but eese all good, not like they still aren't able to be taught and change their lives for the better :)
But yeah, not a ton besides transfers. That kinda takes up the majority of the week :P packing, getting transferred, unpacking.. yeah, not a hauge fan, but at least i only have to do it like every 4 or 5 months which is pretty nice for me :) I HATE MOVING!!!! I remember when we moved apartments in Brooks, it stressed the heck out of me, like baaaadd.... but eese all good, i'll be here for a pretty good while :) we live in a basement beneath some non-member dude. We actually had to sleep in the zone-leaders pad on Halloween because they were throwing a big party up above us and we couldn't sleep, so we drove over at like 10 o'clock to stay at their pad :P whatevs, at least i haven't heard them breaking the ley yet xP haha! but besides that, i get to be in a basement for winter again, so it'll be nice and chilly if we want it to be :) we have this puny little portable heater for the entire apartment!! haha but it does a good job :) i'll have to take some pictures and send em so you can see :)
anyways, i hope you guys all have a great week. I'm working on getting some letters sent out because it's kinda been a little while since i sent one. I actually work out in the morning!!! So that takes away that opportunity to write :/ but i'll be sending em out within the next week or so :) I lpove all of you guys, and i hope you have a great week. Take care!!
Love,
Elder Levi Windham
p.s. It's snowing today!!! this is like the first GOOD snow day we've had and it's ACTUALLY sticking to the ground!!! So i'll get some pics of that and try and send em too you guys :)
Monday, November 2, 2015
2 November 2015
Hey everyone!!! I hope you've all had a great week this past week :) well, i was right ab out going with the person i thought i was!! He's from Uruguay, and we've been speaking a lot of spanish which has been pretty nice and good to help me with mine. It's funny because like i can ask him for help with how to say stuff in spanish and he asks me how to say stuff in english, so it's like a win win in that category ;) however, what's also pretty nice is that we have a couple investigators we are already trying to set tuff up with. However, they're not like super duper solid because they're latino peeps and so is my companion, so it's easier to get into that little friend point where they get along as buds, but don't necessarily preogress a ton because they're more friends and he doesn't like want to push them away by trying to be all churchy or something...... however, i could be pretty wrong about that because that's just what i think i see within these first few days. we have an appointment set up TODAY ON PDAY at 1, so i'll meet someone at least :P the members also seem a lot different than in the branch (or Rama in spanish), so that's kinda weird. It feels less homey and inviting. I've heard a lot about the ward, so i'm hoping that most of it is wrong :P but it is whatever you make of it, so imma come into this with high hopes of having a good time and enjoying it :)
So, what are some things that happened this week..... Well, we went downtown contating on Saturday and that went pretty good actually!! My comp. (ELder Sanchez) didn't think we'd need jackets because it wasn't SUPER cold, so we didn't bring any.... that was a mistake -.- it was stinkin COLD yall!!! but eese all good, i talked to some pretty ight peeps :) i talked to these baptist people and had a pretty good conversation with them. They kept saying these things about our church and were like "so, correct me if i'm wrong, but you guys believe..." and i was like "ummmmm no, we don't we really believe..." So it was a good, educational conversation. I got to explain some pretty good, basic doctrine and our stance on some things. Overall, it was a pretty good little discussion :) neither of us got bashy, and at the end, they were just like "so, how old are you?... where are you from?... we respect a lot what you do.." SO it felt pretty good to actually give them a better idea of what we really believe :)
ALSO, i talked with this guy from east Africa somewhere, and he's actually a christian and SUPER nice. He told me that apparently, a lot of the Muslim or Arabic people you see walking around don't even speak or read Arabic... like what the?? But he said he really likes our church because we know what we preach and don't go into it blindly just because other people do it. He also watched a movie apparently about how when the LDS church was starting up, how much it was persecuted and how many people were killed, so it made him wonder why it was hated so much and stuff and he wants to learn more. He asked me for a Book of Mormon so he could read it and understand our church a little more so he can look into it. He asked where our church buildings were so he could check it out. SUPER nice guy, and it'd be pretty sick if he actually gave us a call. Just a big bummer is that like half the people who are actually willing to talk to us are drunk or homeless or something, so it's like hmmmm you gots a bit of work to do :P haha but eese all good, not like they still aren't able to be taught and change their lives for the better :)
But yeah, not a ton besides transfers. That kinda takes up the majority of the week :P packing, getting transferred, unpacking.. yeah, not a hauge fan, but at least i only have to do it like every 4 or 5 months which is pretty nice for me :) I HATE MOVING!!!! I remember when we moved apartments in Brooks, it stressed the heck out of me, like baaaadd.... but eese all good, i'll be here for a pretty good while :) we live in a basement beneath some non-member dude. We actually had to sleep in the zone-leaders pad on Halloween because they were throwing a big party up above us and we couldn't sleep, so we drove over at like 10 o'clock to stay at their pad :P whatevs, at least i haven't heard them breaking the ley yet xP haha! but besides that, i get to be in a basement for winter again, so it'll be nice and chilly if we want it to be :) we have this puny little portable heater for the entire apartment!! haha but it does a good job :) i'll have to take some pictures and send em so you can see :)
anyways, i hope you guys all have a great week. I'm working on getting some letters sent out because it's kinda been a little while since i sent one. I actually work out in the morning!!! So that takes away that opportunity to write :/ but i'll be sending em out within the next week or so :) I lpove all of you guys, and i hope you have a great week. Take care!!
Love,
Elder Levi Windham
p.s. It's snowing today!!! this is like the first GOOD snow day we've had and it's ACTUALLY sticking to the ground!!! So i'll get some pics of that and try and send em too you guys :)
Hey everyone!!! I hope you've all had a great week this past week :) well, i was right ab out going with the person i thought i was!! He's from Uruguay, and we've been speaking a lot of spanish which has been pretty nice and good to help me with mine. It's funny because like i can ask him for help with how to say stuff in spanish and he asks me how to say stuff in english, so it's like a win win in that category ;) however, what's also pretty nice is that we have a couple investigators we are already trying to set tuff up with. However, they're not like super duper solid because they're latino peeps and so is my companion, so it's easier to get into that little friend point where they get along as buds, but don't necessarily preogress a ton because they're more friends and he doesn't like want to push them away by trying to be all churchy or something...... however, i could be pretty wrong about that because that's just what i think i see within these first few days. we have an appointment set up TODAY ON PDAY at 1, so i'll meet someone at least :P the members also seem a lot different than in the branch (or Rama in spanish), so that's kinda weird. It feels less homey and inviting. I've heard a lot about the ward, so i'm hoping that most of it is wrong :P but it is whatever you make of it, so imma come into this with high hopes of having a good time and enjoying it :)
So, what are some things that happened this week..... Well, we went downtown contating on Saturday and that went pretty good actually!! My comp. (ELder Sanchez) didn't think we'd need jackets because it wasn't SUPER cold, so we didn't bring any.... that was a mistake -.- it was stinkin COLD yall!!! but eese all good, i talked to some pretty ight peeps :) i talked to these baptist people and had a pretty good conversation with them. They kept saying these things about our church and were like "so, correct me if i'm wrong, but you guys believe..." and i was like "ummmmm no, we don't we really believe..." So it was a good, educational conversation. I got to explain some pretty good, basic doctrine and our stance on some things. Overall, it was a pretty good little discussion :) neither of us got bashy, and at the end, they were just like "so, how old are you?... where are you from?... we respect a lot what you do.." SO it felt pretty good to actually give them a better idea of what we really believe :)
ALSO, i talked with this guy from east Africa somewhere, and he's actually a christian and SUPER nice. He told me that apparently, a lot of the Muslim or Arabic people you see walking around don't even speak or read Arabic... like what the?? But he said he really likes our church because we know what we preach and don't go into it blindly just because other people do it. He also watched a movie apparently about how when the LDS church was starting up, how much it was persecuted and how many people were killed, so it made him wonder why it was hated so much and stuff and he wants to learn more. He asked me for a Book of Mormon so he could read it and understand our church a little more so he can look into it. He asked where our church buildings were so he could check it out. SUPER nice guy, and it'd be pretty sick if he actually gave us a call. Just a big bummer is that like half the people who are actually willing to talk to us are drunk or homeless or something, so it's like hmmmm you gots a bit of work to do :P haha but eese all good, not like they still aren't able to be taught and change their lives for the better :)
But yeah, not a ton besides transfers. That kinda takes up the majority of the week :P packing, getting transferred, unpacking.. yeah, not a hauge fan, but at least i only have to do it like every 4 or 5 months which is pretty nice for me :) I HATE MOVING!!!! I remember when we moved apartments in Brooks, it stressed the heck out of me, like baaaadd.... but eese all good, i'll be here for a pretty good while :) we live in a basement beneath some non-member dude. We actually had to sleep in the zone-leaders pad on Halloween because they were throwing a big party up above us and we couldn't sleep, so we drove over at like 10 o'clock to stay at their pad :P whatevs, at least i haven't heard them breaking the ley yet xP haha! but besides that, i get to be in a basement for winter again, so it'll be nice and chilly if we want it to be :) we have this puny little portable heater for the entire apartment!! haha but it does a good job :) i'll have to take some pictures and send em so you can see :)
anyways, i hope you guys all have a great week. I'm working on getting some letters sent out because it's kinda been a little while since i sent one. I actually work out in the morning!!! So that takes away that opportunity to write :/ but i'll be sending em out within the next week or so :) I lpove all of you guys, and i hope you have a great week. Take care!!
Love,
Elder Levi Windham
p.s. It's snowing today!!! this is like the first GOOD snow day we've had and it's ACTUALLY sticking to the ground!!! So i'll get some pics of that and try and send em too you guys :)
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