Monday, August 8, 2005 Well, hopefully this is the start of good things; I’ve written two days in a row. Today we got to teach three lessons but they were all to old people that are “catholic even though we…
The Sanchez Family
Thursday, April 21, 2005 We got a lot accomplished today. We had an interesting finding experience this morning. When we went to visit our recent convert, Gerber Hernan, we found his Dad sitting on the couch. He lives in another…
Left my journal in San Jose
Thursday, March 17, 2005 Well it has been a long time since I wrote because I accidentally left my journal in San Jose after Zone Conference. Yesterday we taught a good second lesson to the Rose family. Brother doesn’t really…
Teaching the Rose Family
Saturday, March 5, 2005 Well, as you have probably guessed, I was really tired last night and so therefore my thoughts and my writing both got really confused. Hopefully I’ll do better tonight. Today was a good day. This morning…
Plans and Hopes Come Crashing Back Down
Thursday, February 17, 2005 Well these have been an exhausting last few days and I’ve been too dead tired to write. Here’s a few highlights. On Tuesday night we had Elder Miller and Campbell come out to do the interview…
“You don’t have a salary!?”
Sunday, February 6, 2005 We had a good turnout at church today. Not all of the Andales family came but we visited them tonight, taught them about the Plan of Salvation, and committed them to come to church next week.…
Ups and Downs
Thursday, January 20, 2005 Well even after the good lesson yesterday he still didn’t have the strength to say no to an invitation to drink. We dropped by their house tonight as always and sister went to go get him…
“I just sat there and felt like crying”
Monday, January 17, 2005 Today was a good day except for tonight. This morning after our planning session we visited the Zapata family out in Niyayos to do a first lesson follow-up. Brother told us that he’d only been able…
Trying to work with Members
Friday, January 7, 2005 I really have a lot more to learn about planning and being a senior companion. I had a lot of good things planned for today but some of them just didn’t work out. This morning I…
The struggles of addiction
Thursday, December 30, 2004 Satan has so great hold over these people. They literally are his slaves because they are slaves to their addictions. Everybody right now is getting ready to “celebrate” the New Year by drinking the night away.…