So I'm so out of shape, I decided. I just played basketball and I could only grab the rim with one hand! I still played pretty well. It was fun! We played for 2 and 1/2 hrs! Then Elder Curisinche wanted to leave - he's foreign and likes soccer. Ha-ha. And he was tired. But it’s all good!
Weekly update:
Monday. So after p-day stuff, we went to a members house and had FHE and dinner. It was good! Burritos, and some seafood dish. It was delish. Then they brought out a cake and sang to Elder Morrill. Then, I guess it’s a Spanish tradition to stick your face in the cake, so he did. It was good! Then we played some games and left. The Robles family is so fun. They are cool.Tuesday: We had district meeting in the morning! Then we ate some lunch at this place. I had a huarache. They are so delish. So I've decided that all this stuff is legit Mexican food and all the stuff at the restaurant's at home…that stuff is Americanized! In real Spanish culture, they don't even have guacamole! They just have avocado! The rest of the day, all of our appointments fell through, except one with an inactive family. They are a way good family, but they just are lazy, I guess. We're trying to get them to come. But they didn't show up yesterday.
Wednesday: This day was a great day. In the morning we went GQing. And to answer dad's question, a GQ is a Golden Question, it’s pretty much tracting, but we just go up to people and ask them a random question like "Have you ever wondered why there are so many churches on the earth, yet there is only one God?" That kind of thing. Then we usually ask them for an address and phone number, and give them a card. It takes like 2 minutes..That way we find a lot more people. Between the four of us in our district, we contacted 40 people. I went with Elder Morrill. He's funny. He's a lot like me, we had fun. We questioned some random people, when we questioned a guy, he was like “Oh hermanos!” We said like, “Hey!” And then he said, “I'm hungry, I'm poor, do you have something to give me?” So we said, “Yes, we have this wonderful book about Christ.” Then he said, “I'm Catholic. I love Christ. He's my savior, but what do you have?” We opened the book to the picture of Jesus Christ, and he said, “NO, NO, NO, I don't want that.” We were like “Uh? ok.” There were a lot of people on the street that we were on. Like 40 Hispanics. They just sit there and wait for someone to drive up and give them a job for the day. It’s pretty crazy. After that, we had, seriously, all of our appointments fall through, except dinner with a member. We ate Fried Chicken. It was delish! I hadn't had that stuff forever! But then we went to some more appointments....nothing. Then finally, we decided (Elder Curisinche and me now) to go see our set.(a person set for baptism), so we went to her house! She was there! and she had brought a friend. Her friend is Ires. We taught the plan of salvation. And by the end of the lesson they were all crying. It was good. So we challenged her to baptism, and they both said “Yes!” So we have two sets now. But we have to move their dates because they didn't come to church this Sunday again....;ugh! We have stake conference next week.
So I hope they come to church so they can be baptized...that’s the thing. We teach them, they are progressing, but they don't come to church....ugh! That night, after we parked. I looked at the odometer and it said 777! Which, to me, means heaven. Automatically a good day.
Thursday: Elder Curisinche had a meeting all day, because he is DL. (District Leader) So we dropped him off, and I went with Elder Morrill and Ward. It was fun. They have some interesting investigators. We even found a Gandolfo's!!!!!! YES! So Ii had to eat there, of course. I didn't know they had such treats in Omaha! Usually there is nothing! But oh my goodness, it was so delicious to the taste. After that, we picked up my companion, and went to a family's house to eat dinner. We had floutas. They are kind of like tequitos, but with like a potato, cheese, chicken inside. They were delish.. Then honestly. Nothing happened. We GQ'd some referrals. But they didn't have time. After, we went with the ward mission leader to a less active family. The family was huge. They have a lot of problems, but they have really sweet spirits. We want them to come to church. Then we went to Moises' Restaurant. And he asked Hermano Goff so many questions, and Hermano Goff answered them all, Oh my! It was such a good conversation. I think it really did make a difference with Moises. He knows so much about the gospel. And he's such a great guy. Positive, always happy, and his wife is the same. Great family. I'm hoping something happens with him soon. Hermano Goff is going to work with him more. because with the Goff's family support, they would make good friends. After that, we went home at like 10. A tad bit late, but for good reason.
Friday. Nothing happened at all. We visited three people: the family that’s inactive from Tues., this girl, her name is Esmiralda, (We talked with her for a bit, but she's a predominantly Christian and she understood. But, I don’t know, we didn't feel it), then Jose’. (He's a way chill guy and he really understands the gospel. But it’s hard to find him. We tried seeing him Saturday, but nothing.) Then we came home. Friday went by fast, but not a lot of people were there.
Saturday. We went out to Council Bluffs, Iowa to find some referrals, We couldn't find them, but we had like 3 GQ's. So we visited a member and he came to church yesterday! Which was good. We were happy about that. Then we drove back west because we had some appointments. We found one, Alfonso. He and his wife, and two Peruvians were there. They have been to temple square and loved it. So we were feeling good. Then we showed them the restauracion video and then a field of questions happened. So yeah. My first “bible bashing” experience. We didn't want to at all. We were like, “Well....we have another appointment,” but then they just kept going. We were there for 2 hours. It was good, I guess, because they want to meet with us again. They said they will read the Book of Mormon and see what’s up. So we'll see what’s going on. They seem like great people, but they know their stuff! After that, we couldn't find anyone again.....ugh. So we just left cards, and GQ'd. A lot of our appointments always fall through, but we have tons of referrals to visit. Often they are busy. Sometimes not there, but we try to find them.
Sunday. None of our investigators came to church....ugh! But three less active families came and it was great! After church, we had dinner with the office sisters! The fed us some good Irish food. It was yum. Then we went and visited a less active, she has been a member for 20 years, but got offended at church. Then we went and taught a family and it was a perfect lesson! They understood it, they loved it. They want us to come back again. They are going to read the BOM as a family. Just all perfect! So we hope to keep on with them.
Today, woke up, did laundry at the Sandovals house, wrote some letters, then we went and played basketball with our zone. It was fun. My zone leaders are cool. One of them plays football for the U. But he's still cool - other than that. Now I'm here at a community library! This is where we do our emails - in a room of like 30 computers. It’s pretty cool. Nice place. I need to get going to get dressed and go to dinner with the obispo! I hope you all have a great week! I love you all so much. You are on my mind all the time.:) you guys are so awesome. Vayan con Dios!!
Love always,
THE Elder Bradley Don Rigby
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