Monday, January 24, 2011

2011 Jan 24

2011 Jan 24

Dear Family,

What a crazy week! Because of all the craziness I hadn´t written in my journal for a whole week (Sat to Sat) and when I was trying to catch up, it was crazy to think of all the things that had happened. Monday, we brought all of our bags down to Momos from Canqui and then the Zone Leader Elder McKell was like "they just called and you weren´t supposed to bring them until Wednesday." Oops, but we just left them in a bishops office that was in the church there. But E. Ronfeldt and I took an elder that night down to Xela because he was having health problems and they were going to take him from Xela to Guate the capital. So we slept in Xela overnight (where we took the warmest shower in the hotel there in the world). Then we got back to Momos on Tuesday morning in time for the Presidente to arrive for our zone meeting (which almost never happens). In a nutshell, Momos is like a refiner´s fire and it is not a punishment. It is a privilege. Then we went on splits with the Zone leader and his comp to help them with citas and we slept at their house. Then we got up and went to Xela to go to our new areas. SOOO right now I am in a zone in Xela called El Bosque. I´m in an area called "las rosas" And our capilla is the nicest one, I think, in the mission and it´s on vista Bella Calle. And that is where I am right now. There are 3 companionships in the ward because it is so big.

Oh, and my companion is a Latino named Elder Xovin. This ward, though, is bombin. We were just walking down the street the night after we got there and one of the members just drove up and gave us a reference who I think we will be able to baptize. He has a really open mind and said that if he comes to the conclusion that our church is true that he and his family will be baptized! The problem is that he has been reading anti-Mormon doctrine so we are just like PRAY ABOUT IT! He had to go to Guate because he was sickish but the member told us that he got back last night so that´s good. And we´ve been contacting too. AND THAT´s our week.

And on Thursday the Bishop Burton came down. To kind of greet him, we decided to sing Called To Serve while he was coming in but we didn´t know when he would be coming so we sung it kind of early and we ended up singing it 3 and a half times (there are 4 verses in Spanish). He was really great. Basically, the church is going forward and progressing a lot because it is true. And pgs 10-11 of PME tell you what to do to be a good missionary.

OH! And at, seriously, the last minute (ward counsel before church started) I found out that I was giving a talk so I decided I would talk about following the Spirit so I was kind of quickly prepping a lesson during sacrament meeting but when I got up there, I didn´t even use my notes at all and I just ended up following the Spirit. The scripture ref that I forgot, though, was D&C 68:4. If the Spirit tells you to do it then do it and you will be blessed (Mosiah 2:41).

Sorry! I have to go. Have an amazing week! I love you guys and thank you for your prayers!

Love, Elder Froelich

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