Well, this last week has been really hard for me. I don´t think
that I will have baptisms this change. I think it would be best to that you
don´t come down on the Saturday before I leave. I have been working so hard
to get these people converted, and I thought I did it... however this last
week they not only didn´t show progress, they took flying leaps backwards! I
don´t know how else to teach them. I lost hope for a while.
Today I had a wonderful experience; So this whole week I have been kind of depressed,
because no one wants to progress. I was having a real struggle with loving the people. I think I was feeling like the prophet Jonah. No one would listen, no matter how hard I tried. I started to think that these people would soon burn. I tried my best to teach them that If they knew what was right, and they didn´t do it, the punishment would be severe. I felt that they had had enough warning, in fact, this week I was going to tell them all that if they don´t change now, I am not going to visit them again. I really doubted that there are chosen people here in Jipijapa. I asked God to help me to love them, even when they treat us so bad. I explained that I just need to love them until I leave.
Then, just barely, a kid that we taught a long time ago came into the cyber and said hi to me. He said he was just walking by, and just wanted to say hi. He didn´t have to do it, I wouldn't have even noticed him walk by. He was one of the families that we had already left because they didn´t progress. I felt happy to receive that confirmation that there are good people here, even though they don´t obey the commandments. Now, I feel like the Servant of the Lord of the vineyard, who begged the Lord to not burn the trees that yielded no fruit. He begged for more time to attend the trees, to see if at the end they yield more fruit.
So that's about it, for my week. Sounds like things are going good there. I
can´t wait to see everyone back at home! I am also excited to speak with
Bishop Nordfors, but I am not excited to speak in English! Haha, well Mom,
thanks for everything that you do, I guess Ill see ya in about 14 days! Love
ya.
Oh, and my companion turns 20 on the 2 of May!
(Elder Peters received wifebeaters for his birthday from a new, humble member in Jipijapa...it really IS the thought that counts!)
Tell Harrison happy bday for
me!
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