Ether 12:27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.
Hey everyone!
Wow, it is kind of crazy all of the things that are going on right now! I am in my last full week of my mission! I never felt or believed that I would come to this time in my mission. You see other missionaries do it, but it never feels like you will. I'm doing OK though. I will keep on going until the end.
Well, this week was pretty awesome! It started off with an awesome BBQ with the zone. We bought a ton of chicken marinated in orange juice and other seasoning, like 35 pounds worth. That is a lot! We only ended up using half. Plus, we had a bunch of other snacks. It was awesome! There was a forecast of rain, so we ended up at the church playing basketball, but it was OK. We all had a great time.
We had an awesome Family Home Evening. We read in Joseph Smith History verses 8-13. I love the story of the first vision, and I really love the steps that Joseph Smith gave us that he took to have that world-changing experience. We talked about how each and every one of us at Family Home Evening had to read the scriptures and "ask of God" to know if it was true. We all had to ask God if the Book of Mormon was true. We all have received an answer. What we focused on is that that does not have to be a one time experience. Someone shared with me a story about a missionary in the MTC that had told the MTC President that he didn't have a solid testimony of the Book of Mormon. The MTC President in turn asked a visiting apostle what he should do. The apostle told the MTC president to tell the missionary that he (the apostle) had prayed the night before, and had received a confirming answer, and that the missionary could do the same. We need to continue to "feast on the words of Christ" and receive that confirmation. We then had brought all of the left over chicken to Family Home Evening so we could use it there as well and save Felipe some money. It was good. Again.
This week we also had an awesome exchange with the east elders. Elder Howald came with me and Elder Glauser went to work with Elder Peltzer, his MTC companion. Good for them. Me and Elder Howald went to translate for a friend, Marco, at traffic court. The court building is VERY nice inside. Elder Howald forgot he had a bike tool and a camera, and security caught him and so we had to walk back to the car. Once in the court, we went to the court room and they had us come forward to the stand, and the judge was like, what is your full name, so we gave it, and then a guy at the prosecutor's table told what was the charge, and she asked Marco if he would plead guilty, and he did, and had to pay a 204 dollar fine. What was crazy is the court got 155 dollars of the ticket. For their 5 minutes of service. Crazy.
After that Marco took us to Subway to get those flatizza things. Mine was crazy hot and a pepperoni slid of and stuck to my lip. It burned my lip pretty bad because it wouldn't come off. Now my lip is peeling. Fun!
Elder Howald btw is from Tri-Cities Washington. He is only 18. YOUNG! In his area right now they are doing a lot of contacting, because their teaching pool is pretty empty, so we went and knocked doors a little in a new place, and had some success. We found Jose from Mexico, who was pretty cool. We just sat and talked with him, and he said we could come back another time to have a discussion, so that was cool. We ended up arguing a little with this other guy who wouldn't believe in the Book of Mormon unless it spoke of the Book of Mormon in the Bible. We showed him Ezekiel 37:16-17, which talks about the sticks of Joseph and of Judah. Bible is the stick of Judah, and the stick of Joseph is the Book of Mormon. We then testified of the Book of Mormon and that if he read it and prayed about it, he could know for himself. He wouldn't take it, but he has his agency to make that decision.
My front tire also gave out. It was cracked all over for a long time, so we went to the bike shop and got it replaced with a new tire to match the back one. We really have become good friends with the guys at the bike shop. Clayton,one of the workers we know really well, when we entered the store, was like, "Whats wrong this time?" Funny guys. :) Well, we got that fixed and it was about time for us to head home. We talked with this really cool guy on the bus who is legally blind. He can see figures, but that is pretty much it. We talked about how we believe that we have trials for a reason, and that someday, all that is wrong shall be made right, and that some day, he would have his vision back to normal. It was really cool.
Saturday we had an another bbq! It was for mothers day. It was awesome! Presidente Filadelfo Gonzales cut and marinated the meat, and it was awesome! We threw a frisbee around a bit and had fun.
In church this sunday, I taught priesthood, which went well, and then gave a talk on developing your talents. I was SO DEAD after church! Everything went really well though. People participated in my lesson, and the spirit was there during the meeting, so I can't complain.
Well, that is pretty much it for this week! Here we go to the last week! Crazy! I love you all! Thanks for everything!
Love,
Elder Scott Turner Andrews
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