2012 Feb 20

2012 Feb 20

Hey! This week was pretty awesome. There is this one aldea in our area that we have never visited called Chiquimula because we know absolutely nothing about the area at all. We know that there are less active members there but we have no idea where they are. So we had planned to go over there on Friday morning. (We had actually planned to go to an aldea called Tierra Colorada but nobody there could do it) and we tried getting in contact with everyone that we could think of before we left so that we could at least know something about the area, but everyone was either not home or they were not answering their phone. So I got to thinking if we should still go to Chiquimula without knowing anything. But then we just saw a bus going towards there and I made a split second decision and we got on the bus. My comp, Elder Leiva, didn´t know anything because he is new and wouldn´t know anything anyway but as we got closer to the aldea, I saw that it was a lot bigger than I thought that it was going to be. It was almost as big as San Francisco, and with the address that we had from the ward directory (center of the city) I thought that it was going to be impossible to find them because there is only one family in the entire city. And knowing that I was going to be the guy who knew everything in the area that I had never seen before was really stressing to me. So we got there and found the center of the city (which is always wherever the Catholic Church is) and we went from there. We started asking around but then I just felt that we should go down this one street, and then we got there and just stopped at one corner. And decided to contact everyone that passed by us and all of the houses until we found the house that we were looking for. So we knocked on the door of the corner that we were on and nobody answered, and then we saw a lady walk down the street and we asked them if she knew Santos and Ana Mejía Utuy and she said "yeah, they are actually my neighbors. I will take you to them." So we got there and we FOUND THEM! We got to know them a little bit better and it looks like we are the first missionaries to visit them in 12 years. They have not had any contact with the church for 12 years and we just found them and reestablished contact with them! So that was a great experience. The weird/crazy thing about this story is that I know that I was being guided by the Holy Ghost and that he was guiding my way (because my comp didn´t really put in any input in the whole thing) but I didn´t really ever recognize it as the Holy Ghost until afterwards when I saw and realized the miracle. So I am going to try to figure out how to recognize and follow the Spirit so that I can have more miracles in the future. I do appreciate a lot that I was a tool in the hands of the Lord to be able to find that family, though. I like that a lot. :) So that is the big story of the week. :)

My new companion is named Elder Leiva. He is from Tegucigalpa like Elder Posas. He is a good enough guy and we get along well enough but I miss Elder Posas. Elder Leiva is a better missionary, but Elder Posas is a really good person, as different as he may be.

I am getting really good at chopping wood. I can chop just about anything. So that is great and I love it. Right now, we are working with some okay people and finding a lot of people to teach but a lot of our investigators are having to go on the back burners because they are not doing anything productive. But we are finding some positive people but only time will tell if they turn out well.

That is cool that Janeen got into contact with my trainer, Elder McGuire. He was a fun companion. And that comment from Cullen Black made my day. :-) I love him. He will be a great missionary.

That is cool about Dad`s new job. He is just dominating the crap out of the computer industry over there in Colorado Springs! And way to go with the missionary work Mom! It is people like you who the missionaries love and you are in for so many blessings that you don´t even know!

Hey! I love you guys! Have a great week!

Love,

Elder Froelich