Monday, August 6, 2012

2012 Aug 6


2012 Aug 6 PM

Hey! 
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Yeah, my comp is Elder Monasterio.  I just got him on Tuesday he is new on the mission and only has about 4.5 months on the mission.  He is a tired person but is cool.  I can´t really complain. 

Also, I am falling in love with Colotenango hard core.  It is going to be hard to leave this area.  Now I am learning how to speak Mam with real (even though basic) sentences and they appreciate it a lot.  It is pretty amazing how much they appreciate that I am learning their language.  AAND the other day I made a tortilla that was almost perfectly round (it´s harder than it sounds). 

I was kind of getting worried about dying energy-wise for my last change but it is not happening at all!  I have been praying so that God would give me the energy and will to work hard until the end and it worked very well.  I am just an energetic and excited about missionary work as I ever was!  It is amazing how simple things like fasting and praying can bring about such a notable and amazing change. 

Also, this week I have been reading in Jesus the Christ.  Something that I liked was the comparison that it makes between pleasure vs happiness.  The world is full of people looking for pleasure which leads to feels of guilt or remorse when you remember it.  Happiness, on the other hand, it what the Church and Gospel are designed to help us live and bring about.  Happiness is what you do according to what God wants you to do and as part of the reward for what you do, God gives you feelings of happiness and peace.  Whenever anyone who has ever experienced true happiness remembers all of the times that they received happiness, they are filled with a degree of that same happiness that they felt when they did it the first time.  So that was something that was interesting and cool to realize and read. 

The Chapel was supposed to have been finished a long time ago but because of some hold backs, it looks like they might finish it in this month.  And our investigators are not looking all that well right now.  They are all starting to lie and not come to church and not complete with their commitments.  So we are starting to look for some new ones but we will see how that goes.  Prayers are very much appreciated.  I know that they are working because I am not bummed about it at all which means that God is helping me to not feel down but prayers are always appreciated. J
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Have a great week!

Love
Elder Froelich

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