2012 July 16

2012 July 16 PM

Hey Guys!

It was kind of weird seeing that airplane itinerary. I just looked at it in a daze for a second. It was weird but also good. It gave me more ganas to work. It is crazy that in less than 2 months, I am going to be walking in the front door after 2 years of service to God. It was kind of crazy. It is crazy to think that I am so close to going home right now. Don´t worry though. I am not going to get baggy.

This last week was good. It was kind of hard because I was getting used to a new companion and because I was kind of baggy for Elder Vaughn because we got along better than I had gotten along with anyone on my entire mission and we got to be really good friends. Plus the change that he was taken out was a surprise to everyone in the ward so all of the members had been, where did Elder Vaughn go? And then they start talking about how great of a guy that he was and it makes me baggy for him. But things are going well with me and Elder Barboza. It is always hard at first to adapt to a new form of teaching and working that you get whenever you change companions but I am getting used to it and it is getting better. 

The baptism with Darinel went really well. He chose me to baptize him which was great, and we had some support from the ward as well. So that was really great to see. I bought him a white shirt so that he could use it on Sunday and he is looking really happy and his family really supportive of him to get baptized. So I am excited about that for sure. 

Rigoberto, the guy who we found in the back of a pickup truck, we visited him on Saturday (which is where all of the field pictures are from). He is doing well but out of nowhere, he and his wife had a fight and she left him with their 2-year-old daughter and now he is living alone. And since they live so far away, he can´t come to church, which is hard. I feel like he really does want to progress and that he really does have good potential to be a good member but he can´t come to church because of all the things that have happened. So that is unfortunate. 

Also, Victor and Mercedes (Victor is the investigator and Mercedes is the less active). They were progressing really well and Mercedes has said that no matter what that she wants to get active and get back into the church. But about 2 days ago, her mother died and so she is obviously heart-broken and her husband, Victor, has started to drink again. And because of all of this (but more than anything because of the death of her mother) they did not come to church on Sunday. We are going to visit them soon to see how they are doing and to see what we can do to help them out. 

Also, Mercedes has a 20ish year old daughter, Elizabeth, who married a less active of many, many years, Alder. They are looking very, very postive as well, and Alder even has a brother in Guate who is encouraging him to come back to church and they are looking very positive and I think that they are going to want to be baptized. But because of the same (por lo mismo) they weren´t able to come to church either. So we are going to go back over there and see how they are doing. I am not really all that worried about them but I guess we will see what happens when we go over there and see how they are doing. 

I think that I will be staying in this area until I leave. But I guess anything could happen. The Chapel is supposed to be done for the 28th of this month. It is looking really good so I guess that we will see what happens. I am excited for it to be done for sure. 

Well, have a great week!

Love

Elder Froelich