Hey Mom,
Thanks for the great news about my itinerary. According to Elder Grant I'll probably get my personal copy of my itinerary in like a week or 2...definitely I'll have it in 3 :P I think I still have a stash of american money to buy something in the airport to eat. I'll have to double check how much I have. Another thing that I want to know is how much money in total that you put in my checking account. I mentioned that a long time ago I took about $100 out already, so I want to know how much I need to take out and go shopping. I'll have you know that this last week I started souvenir shopping. I'll just say that with the little that I've started with, there are a couple very lucky little sisters of mine who may be getting a very precious Barahona stone as jewelry. We found a store that has the Barahona stone that I've told you about and I'll probably stock up on some more for others. I'll keep my eyes open for other things as well.
Did Kara injure herself during volleyball camp? How'd it happen? If she played on Wed and Fri I wouldn't imagine that it was something serious. I am a little bummed that she missed the whole week of volleyball camp because of it. I imagine that she'll be up and out this next week.
I totally wasn't keeping track of Dan Tueller and Matt Bosen. I think that that's pretty cool that they both spake on the same day. Not to mention that they had some pretty cool topics. That's definitely something that I've thought about. I plan on writing my talk on the plane ride home so that I'll have something to keep me occupied the whole time. I did come up with an idea a couple weeks ago, but nothing is set in stone. One thing that I'll definitely have to do is get familiar with my english scriptures again. We'll see what I do though with the ideas I've come up with. We'll see which one will be right.
Well, it definitely sounds like you are all keeping yourself busy. I guess your guys' summer is just as busy as mine. Although I'm not vacationing. I mentioned that we had a baptism planned for last week but it didn't go through because Homasi (the H is pronounced) had to go to the capital again. So we're going to try and help him settle in for something that'll 1) help him work towards a date, and 2) is achievable. He's definitely motivated to be baptized but he has some personal things that take place on the weekends. So we're working with what we've got.
Elder McMahan and I are working hard to find more people to teach. It is a little difficult here to get people to understand "why?" they need to listen and learn. I was thinking about how Dan was talking about how we need to teach people that they need to have desire to act on their faith. That's definitely an issue that we have here in the DR. A lot of people just see us as people who are just giving "good messages." That's when I say..."Well, not only." A lot of people here feel obligated to listen to us because they always say "la palaba no se rechaza" (you can't reject the word). So they tell us to pass by when in all reality they don't want to listen. I guess we get that a ton here in the mission. But we're trying to do what we can.
This week we have an 'intercambio' lined up for me to go to Neyba. I'm excited for that. I can't wait to see my old area again. I imagine that it'll be just as I remember. I'll be happy to see the old members there and see how they're doing. One fun thing that happened this last Sunday was that Neyba reported that they were teaching a kid whose parents are active members. After asking their names, it turns out that they're teaching a kid that I met when I was in Neyba. I met this family and they live super far away from the city part of Neyba. So we talked with them and they wanted to get their kid baptized (this was all 2 years ago) and it looks like that they're now getting around to it. I hope that they moved closer or are now going to church more often. When I was with Elder George that was the difficult thing; the travel distance and the inconsistant church attendance. But it looks like this kid hit his time now.
Anyway, that's about all I got for now. We're working hard and trying to help the zone out. Elder Grant and Elder Pratt will be going to the office this Sunday to go home next week. My time will be shortly coming up. One thing that I should mention, if anyone wants to write me a letter and have me get it, it should have been sent probably last week xD But all is well. I talked with a senior couple today, The Browns who take care of mail out here in the south now, and I'll probably be able to get one set of letters out before coming home. But we'll see what happens since we never know. Today was the first time that they've passed by our house all transfer.
Well, I hope you all have a good week!
Love,
-Elder Bird
Thanks for the great news about my itinerary. According to Elder Grant I'll probably get my personal copy of my itinerary in like a week or 2...definitely I'll have it in 3 :P I think I still have a stash of american money to buy something in the airport to eat. I'll have to double check how much I have. Another thing that I want to know is how much money in total that you put in my checking account. I mentioned that a long time ago I took about $100 out already, so I want to know how much I need to take out and go shopping. I'll have you know that this last week I started souvenir shopping. I'll just say that with the little that I've started with, there are a couple very lucky little sisters of mine who may be getting a very precious Barahona stone as jewelry. We found a store that has the Barahona stone that I've told you about and I'll probably stock up on some more for others. I'll keep my eyes open for other things as well.
Did Kara injure herself during volleyball camp? How'd it happen? If she played on Wed and Fri I wouldn't imagine that it was something serious. I am a little bummed that she missed the whole week of volleyball camp because of it. I imagine that she'll be up and out this next week.
I totally wasn't keeping track of Dan Tueller and Matt Bosen. I think that that's pretty cool that they both spake on the same day. Not to mention that they had some pretty cool topics. That's definitely something that I've thought about. I plan on writing my talk on the plane ride home so that I'll have something to keep me occupied the whole time. I did come up with an idea a couple weeks ago, but nothing is set in stone. One thing that I'll definitely have to do is get familiar with my english scriptures again. We'll see what I do though with the ideas I've come up with. We'll see which one will be right.
Well, it definitely sounds like you are all keeping yourself busy. I guess your guys' summer is just as busy as mine. Although I'm not vacationing. I mentioned that we had a baptism planned for last week but it didn't go through because Homasi (the H is pronounced) had to go to the capital again. So we're going to try and help him settle in for something that'll 1) help him work towards a date, and 2) is achievable. He's definitely motivated to be baptized but he has some personal things that take place on the weekends. So we're working with what we've got.
Elder McMahan and I are working hard to find more people to teach. It is a little difficult here to get people to understand "why?" they need to listen and learn. I was thinking about how Dan was talking about how we need to teach people that they need to have desire to act on their faith. That's definitely an issue that we have here in the DR. A lot of people just see us as people who are just giving "good messages." That's when I say..."Well, not only." A lot of people here feel obligated to listen to us because they always say "la palaba no se rechaza" (you can't reject the word). So they tell us to pass by when in all reality they don't want to listen. I guess we get that a ton here in the mission. But we're trying to do what we can.
This week we have an 'intercambio' lined up for me to go to Neyba. I'm excited for that. I can't wait to see my old area again. I imagine that it'll be just as I remember. I'll be happy to see the old members there and see how they're doing. One fun thing that happened this last Sunday was that Neyba reported that they were teaching a kid whose parents are active members. After asking their names, it turns out that they're teaching a kid that I met when I was in Neyba. I met this family and they live super far away from the city part of Neyba. So we talked with them and they wanted to get their kid baptized (this was all 2 years ago) and it looks like that they're now getting around to it. I hope that they moved closer or are now going to church more often. When I was with Elder George that was the difficult thing; the travel distance and the inconsistant church attendance. But it looks like this kid hit his time now.
Anyway, that's about all I got for now. We're working hard and trying to help the zone out. Elder Grant and Elder Pratt will be going to the office this Sunday to go home next week. My time will be shortly coming up. One thing that I should mention, if anyone wants to write me a letter and have me get it, it should have been sent probably last week xD But all is well. I talked with a senior couple today, The Browns who take care of mail out here in the south now, and I'll probably be able to get one set of letters out before coming home. But we'll see what happens since we never know. Today was the first time that they've passed by our house all transfer.
Well, I hope you all have a good week!
Love,
-Elder Bird
