22 September 2014 - This Week.

Well, I tried to think of a creative title and...I've got nothin'. But life is good! This week was interesting. I feel as though time is escaping me. On Sunday, I always have lots of plans and goals for the week, and by the time Saturday comes around, I haven't been able to do half the things I've planned for lack of time! But this was a good week. I learned a lot! It has been raining a lot, but also it's been really hot too...A little bit of everything, I guess! Lots of mosquitos and bugs around. The good news is that bugs don't terrify me anymore! Yay! Although we did find a scorpion in our house the other day. That was a little terrifying...haha. But anyway, this week was rather strange as far as investigators go. First of all, Odiseo doesn't want anything to do with us anymore. His girlfriend convinced him to stop receiving us. That was unfortunate. This whole free agency thing is kind of hard to accept sometimes...haha. But hopefully one day he'll change. That was my comp's first heartbreak of her mission. She was pretty mad. But the good news is that Javier is doing well. He told his friends that he is Mormon now...pretty sweet! But...he's a recovering alcoholic, which might be a struggle. But I've had to deal with that a lot in my mission. So we've had a lot of struggles finding new investigators lately...and on Saturday, we were really stressed because ALL day, we went around looking for people to bring to church the next day...and all our investigators said no. We went to our last hope...a new investigator...about 15 min before we had to go home, but he wasn't home. In despair, my companion sat down on the sidewalk. Then, a man on a bike passed and nos saludo...and my comp asked him when he'd go to church with us...practically shouting at him. And he said to wait while he put his bike away, then came out and talked to us. He was half drunk...but said he'd go the church because he wanted to change his life. So he gave us his phone number and we went home. On Sunday, I called everyone to remind them to go to church without luck...then I called Gaston, doubting it was even his number, and he said he was getting ready! And he showed up! That was truly a miracle. The problem was that he still smelled a little like alcohol...but you know...he hasn't learned about the Word of wisdom yet...haha. But the reason that he was drunk on Sat. is because the Masaya fiestas have begun...yaaaaaaaaaaay. So apparently from Sept. 20 until December, Masaya lives in pura fiestas. SO MUCH ALCOHOL! It's disgusting. Lots of Catholic celebrations, rodeos, etc. These last few months are gonna be interesting! Thursday was really great, though! I went to my LAST multizone conference! We went with Zona Universitaria and Zona Granada...and almost all miy mission friends were there, including all the companions that I've had that are still in the mission. So that was really fun! And I heard things I need to learn...President truly was inspired that day. I know that Heavenly Father loves us so much. He wants to help us. He wants us to be happy. And what I am soooo grateful for is that He listens to our prayers. I have learned a lot about prayer this week. He should always be our first source of comfort and advice. He knows exactly howto help us if we let him and if we ask. I'm so grateful for that! I hope you have a great week! I can't believe September is coming to an end! Time is passing by SO fast! Love you! Hermana MacKay