It's nice to hear from you again! And it's nice to be able to let you know about my week again. It's sounds like you guys have a fun week ahead of you and that you've already been able to experience some of it throughout this last week!
Wow, so we do see another reason that being tall is not a good thing at times. Charging per inch for the poster board of me, at least I'm not tall in the mid-section! ;) I have realized here, that not being able to get any shoes whatsoever here in this country is one of those other problems for tall people. They litteraly do not make any shoes or sandals my size in this country haha! They are not a tall friendly country. They laugh at you as you walk with your companion that is half your height, they build things here so low purposely so that you'll hit so much as your throat on it, they shove 30 people into a bus that is the size of a van, and they don't even make any shoes big enough that would fit your feet even if you didn't have toes. Haha jk, I love this country, and I love being tall in it!
But about your question dad, our saturday and sunday was white with baptisms. We had 7 people get baptised. It was pretty awesome. And we'll be having more get baptised this saturday at about the same time as ----'s wedding reception because of the 12 hour time difference. Also, we are still teaching my companions brother and his family. He's not being very dilligent but his family is progressing well. But we'll keep working on him!
I'm glad you liked my last joke in the last email mom, I thought you would! ;) Also, I'm glad to hear that Brother ------'s cancer is in remission. That is an amazing story. I'm also glad to hear that Brother ---- is doing ok now. I hope and pray he heals fast and well. And tell ---- and -----, and ---- and ---- congrats on their new baby and grandbaby and that I love them! Also, mom, I'm glad I don't have to wear makeup like you each day because, I too cry often during lessons, but I don't have worry about mascara smearing like you do haha! :~) (that's a smeary mascara face)
Well, here's a story from my last week that I'd like to share with you guys. It's copied and pasted from what I sent to my mission president:
-"From tuesday night to friday morning I was sick and was not able to work because I had a 103 F fever. But the times that me and my companion were able to do were great and inspirational.
One of the stories from the times that we were able to do was: tuesday, when my companion and I went out to work for that day, we went searching for the home of our first time. Well, because the only times we had been to the investigators house before was when it was dark at night and it was really far off the main road, we ended up having to search for the house. We searched and asked around in order to find her house for an hour and a half, during this time I was already feeling really sick with a fever, and a headache, and body pains but after trying and trying we did not find her house and went home because of my sickness. But yesterday, Sunday, we tried to go there again, and as we came to a crosspoint, where we had for 4 ways to pick from to go, someone walked by and we asked if she knew the lady we were looking for and where she lived. Well she didn't, but she tried to direct us to ask somebody else, by saying, "Go ask someone up there, they'll know." Well after giving our thanks to her, I said to my companion and the two members that were working with us, "Let's follow her directions, and ask the person upstairs(Heavenly Father) that knows, since we don't, where we should go." Well we prayed, stood up, picked a path and walked, and the first house we came to, was our investigators. It was a really good experience that my companion, our helpers, and I really appreciated and that strengthened our testimonies of prayer.
The reason I even thought about praying at that time, was because of all of the articles in the liahona that I have read about the missionaries that don't know where to go, and then they pray, and then they magically find their way.
Well, I followed their example, and now I know as well, that we should look heavenward before looking elsewhere for help. And then we can cut our seaching down from an hour and thirty minutes and not finding it, down to five minutes and actually find the thing we are searching for haha."
I had a great week last week, and I'll try to make this one the same! You guys have a great week as well, and I look forward to hearing all about the events of this week next monday.
I love you all for eternity,
Elder Waters
God be with you till we meet again
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