6/6/11

hey all :)

So, if you guys had difficulty pronouncing Mamanguape chances are you´re having troubles with Canguaretama too. They´re Indian names. I still don´t know what they mean, but maybe Amber can help you out :P

This week was great. We worked really hard, and time flew by super fast. I feel like we´ve finally opened the area. We´ve got investigators now, people going to church, and we even have a baptism marked for next Sunday. We´ll have to see how that goes though. This man is a heavy drinker, and smoker, and does other drugs, but he wants to quit everything and start a new life through baptism. As long as he has this strong desire, we´ll be right there to help him out, but if not, then there is nothing we can do for him.

I´ve decided that for the most part, a mission is all about trying to help people who don't want to be helped. Everyday we make contacts in the streets, talking with everyone, just trying to find someone who wants to recieve our help...

We have found some good people though. We had 5 people to church this week. Some of them look pretty promising. We had one man, Wilson, who already read all of 1st Nephi. He couldn´t go to church this week, but he walked all the way to the church to tell us so that we wouldn´t sit there waiting. He´s really nice, and I can see a lot of potential in him. He´s firm in another church though, so everything rides on his testimony of the Book of Mormon.

I can´t think of much else that happened this week. I´m just way happy to see everyone at home having fun. I can´t believe that I´ve almost been in the field for a year now! Just one more year and I´ll be home going on vacations too.

Thanks for all your letters, and pictures and prayers. I love you all a lot. I´ll keep working hard here for now, and do my best to not get too trunky.

The church is true, and makes people happy!

Love, Elder Forsyth