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| The group that comes home at the same time! |
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| With President and Sister Taylor! |
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| At the Dallas Temple! |
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| David, Elder Adams and Elder Powell - buddies from the MTC, reunited again! |
Hola!
Thanks for telling me about y'all's week! I am sorry to hear that you have
been in pain, mother. I hope you get feeling better quick! I'm surprised I've
never caused some serious damage from sneezing. I have been sneezing a lot
lately, due to allergies, and it is just exhausting because my sneezes are so
powerful, they take everything out of me and scare everyone around me! Where is
Elder Sirmans from?
We had a good week with nothing special, no big meetings or anything, just
good, solid missionary work. Let me tell you a little bit about some of the
people we are teaching right now: Sophie Licea is a cute little 8 year old
girl, whose older brother and mom are members, but they have been less-active
since moving to Texas from Ohio a while back. Her mom's name is Oyuki, and she
has six kids, the oldest is 11, the youngest are two twin boys only six months
old. Her husband is only home one day a week because he works in San Antonio.
So she is always home, taking care of six kids by herself. I don't know how she
does it! But we go over regularly and try to help in any way we can, and it is
fun to play with the kids. It is always a sight to see when that train of kids
comes walking into Sacrament meeting, which happened yesterday!
Jonathan, Christopher, and Orlando are three brothers, all under 12, who
are the grandchildren of a member, a sweet little old lady named Margarita.
Their parents are not members and for a while were very against the Church, but
their hearts have been softening, and Margarita thinks that it is about time
that the kids get baptized. It is exhausting to teach them, because they are
always fighting with each other and horsing around, and they have almost no
attention span at all! So it forces us to get creative and teach short and
simple lessons. Exhausting, yes, but it is still lots of fun!
The other investigator that I will tell you about is a lady named Carmen.
She recently moved here from Mexico with her husband and two kids. She feels
lonely because her husband is always working, she doesn't speak English, and
doesn't know anybody; so we always make sure to take a sister or two from the
Relief Society with us when we teach her. She is not happy with the way her
family is, so we have been focusing a lot on the family and the difference the
gospel makes in the family, and she has really been loving it. It has been
amazing to see how prepared she is, she agrees with everything we teach her!
The only sad part is that her husband, even though he has never met us, doesn't
like us and doesn't support Carmen in what she is doing and learning. It will
be nice when I don't have to deal with or worry about wicked, stubborn,
hard-hearted husbands anymore.
There is a goofy gal in the ward named Betsy. She is 24 and just got her
mission call to serve in another Texas mission. She likes to come out with us
to prepare for her mission. She met us once this week at Carmen's to teach her
with us. After the lesson, as we approached Betsy's car, we could hear the car
on and running, and Betsy realized that she had forgotten to turn her car off,
and she left the keys in the ignition the whole time, for 45 minutes while we
were inside teaching a lesson! Who does that?! What a tender mercy of the Lord
that was, and a testimony builder to me that this really is God's work, and he
is happy we are participating!
So I was supposed to speak in Sacrament meeting yesterday, along with Elder
Barton, another Elder in the ward who goes home at the same time as I do. Elder
Barton went first and took a long time, and then he asked a member to share a
very brief conversion story and testimony, but he wasn't brief, and by the time
he finished, we only had time for a closing hymn and prayer. So I didn't get to
speak! It didn't bother me too much, but I was a little bummed because I felt
like I had prepared an inspired talk that the ward needed to hear, and I just
wanted to get it over with. But now I have to hold on to it, because I will be
speaking on the 26th of this month. Oh well, nothing I can do about it!
-I haven't yet taken a look at all my stuff to try to organize a box that I
will send home, but I'm still planning on it!
-Sending my bike home with that member is still the plan.
-Dinner with Rosalba consisted of chicken, rice, and tortillas. Simple,
but yummy!
-I know Elder Nish! He is a goof and so so happy! He took my place in
McKinney, and we see each other from time to time. Awesome missionary!
-Still biking. This past week we didn't have the car, but we use members
almost every night. This week we should have the car for the majority.
All is well, and I want y'all to know that I am enduring joyful to the
end! I love you all and I am so excited to see everybody! But, first thing's
first, and duty calls! Excited for another excellent week, and until next time!
Elder Williams
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