¡Hola Todos!
This week was one of the more memorable weeks of the mission up to this point. Out of the 50ish appointments we had set this week, even more doors being knocked on, and the 20ish houses we actually entered into, none of the people we invited to church actually came yesterday. I even had someone that tried to rob me (I'll let you know the details in a sec)! And even with all these things going on, we were still blessed with 8 investigators that we've never seen before in church: a boyfriend, a complete family of 3, a returning-inactive brother with his whole family, and another lady!!!
About the robbery attempt, it happened at around 6:15 while there was still sun out. We were approaching a corner when the robber passed in front of us walking and kindof looking at us funny. As we passed him, he turned and grabbed my scripture case that I was holding and started running towards his friend that was starting to run a moto in the other direction. I was able to catch up to him before he got to the moto, at which point he threw my scriptures back at me and hopped on the moto and they drove off. We headed straight to the pension and left everything there except for one Bible, 2 missionary copies of the Book of Mormon, and a small amount of pamphlets. We feel a little less like targets now because we really aren't carrying anything of personal value now, but man that was a little tense for a second! We even had the guts to go back the next day around the same time to drop off a thank-you note to the family that came out, gave us water, and talked with us a little until the coast was clear.
This week was one of the more memorable weeks of the mission up to this point. Out of the 50ish appointments we had set this week, even more doors being knocked on, and the 20ish houses we actually entered into, none of the people we invited to church actually came yesterday. I even had someone that tried to rob me (I'll let you know the details in a sec)! And even with all these things going on, we were still blessed with 8 investigators that we've never seen before in church: a boyfriend, a complete family of 3, a returning-inactive brother with his whole family, and another lady!!!
About the robbery attempt, it happened at around 6:15 while there was still sun out. We were approaching a corner when the robber passed in front of us walking and kindof looking at us funny. As we passed him, he turned and grabbed my scripture case that I was holding and started running towards his friend that was starting to run a moto in the other direction. I was able to catch up to him before he got to the moto, at which point he threw my scriptures back at me and hopped on the moto and they drove off. We headed straight to the pension and left everything there except for one Bible, 2 missionary copies of the Book of Mormon, and a small amount of pamphlets. We feel a little less like targets now because we really aren't carrying anything of personal value now, but man that was a little tense for a second! We even had the guts to go back the next day around the same time to drop off a thank-you note to the family that came out, gave us water, and talked with us a little until the coast was clear.
We also had to buy a bunk bed this week--what I least expected I would have to do while I sang "I Hope they call me on a Mission" :P President Northcutt has been planning to have 4 elders in this area, but with the shortage of elders (visa problems in the US), it's still just the two of us.
After district meeting this week, we decided to experiment the bus system here to get back to the pension. It's rather difficult to navigate on the busses here because there aren't any route maps. Well, we got on one that seemed to be heading close to where we wanted to go, but quickly realized that we were being taken to the clear other side of the city instead! I'm still a fan of taking the taxi instead!
The Gospel Principles teacher didn't show up on Sunday, so I had to teach a Word of Wisdom lesson on the spot. I was a little worried at first, but the manual is well-written and I was able to make it good and edifying for the new members of the church here. As we were walking around on Sunday, we found a brother that was constructing a little house of wood planks because his contract was ending in the other house that he was living in. Unfortunately, he doesn't have very much money so he just has a couple days to put something together for his family to sleep in from scratch. We jumped on the opportunity and started helping him put up the walls of the little house: he was pretty grateful for the help. He still insisted though that we eat the traditional 'merienda' meal of milk and cookies before we could keep on working on the house! He's a really great man for all the sacrifice he's having to put forth for the family.
That's about all I've got for you this week. Love you all!
-Elder Powell-
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