Hey folks, just some new updates -
P-day is officially moved to Monday. So, I´m hoping this will be better for ya´ll since you can write me on Sunday.
Also - my mission address never changes. It will always be the same unless the mission office moves.
But, enough of all of that! This week had it´s ups and downs. More downs than ups, but it´s cool, life is like that. My new comp is proving to be alot worse than I thought. It´s gotten to the point that I will talk to the President of the Mission about some changes that need to happen. I´ve never complained to the President about any of my comps, I´ve always tried to do my best and just deal with it, but this is hurting the work and endangering my reputation. I do not want people to link me and him (my comp) together. I do not want to be forever remebered as "that one Elder" here in Cascavel. I came here to help people, not to tear them down. I feel like I have to clean up after his messes during the lessons and that´s not the way a companionship is supposed to work. Maybe all of this is just amplified since I came from an awesome area, with awesome members, and a truly amazing companion. Elder Bower is the best companion I´ve had, and it will take alot to top that. I got closer to what I want accomplish here on the mission with him than anyone else. We worked well together, we had the same goals and the same ideas. It´s hard going from something like that to someone who stays mad at everyone all the time and only looks for ways to point out your flaws. But, if the Mission President feels like I should stay with him then I will, and I will not complain and you will not hear anymore about it. It´s just one of the harder times here on the mish. I´m grateful for it though, and I know I will come out the other side a better person. I´ve come to realize the worth of a good companionship, and how you have to work together to accomplish that. You can not be divided and win. It just does not work. You´ve got to be one in purpose. I guess that´s what I´ve learned this week. I´ve also learned that Faith is literally dead without works. I´ve seen miracles happen because of my actions and the actions of others, that, if not for the actions taken, would have resulted in nothing. Just really quick and then I´ve got to write my President -
A couple of weeks ago I was needing to catch a bus with some other Elders in their area. We were literally on the other side of the city, and it was a 30 minute walk to the bus station from where we were. We really needed to get on that bus to head to their area, because they had apointments at a certain time and the next bus would have screwed everything up. So, we started running. Just imagine three white guys in white shirts and ties running through the middle of a town populated by little brown people who wear flip flops and tank tops. We had about 5 minutes to get to the bus station before it left, and it seemed like it was the impossible. About halfway through the run we all lost our breath and had to stop. I was praying to God to help us regain our strength or to bless us with a miracle. We were still about 10 minutes away. I heard a voice clear as a bell that said to me "if you do not run right now you will miss the bus". I looked at the other two Elders and I knew that they had heard the same thing. We all took off and kept running. We had to help each other because we were already dying. I felt like I wanted to collapse when we we turned the corner and the bus was there, maybe 125 yards in front of us. We kept running until 75 yards, and the doors closed and it started to pull out. We yelled and waved and the driver saw us and waited for us. Now, the crazy thing is is that the bus system here is really good, and the drivers always leave on time. This certain time though, the driver was leaving 10 minutes late. I know that if we hadnt ran when we did we would have missed it. It truly made me see how much God loves us and how if He will help us with the tiny things such as a bus, then He will certainly help us with the bigger things.
Gotta go - I love you all!
Elder Standard
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