Monday, January 14, 2013
Dear Fam,
Yesterday it was like 54 degrees.
Sorry for all you Utah folk chillin' in the single digit realms. It is pretty
darn warm here. I love it. Well, tomorrow Elder Wright is departing from the
truest area in the Church, Allentown PA. I get a new companion tomorrow and I
am excited. It is a little bit unknown, but that's missionary life right there.
But in other news, I am not as new of a missionary as I used to be! The church
has a 12-Week Program, during your first 12 weeks when you are being trained,
you have an extra hour of companionship study where you basically relearn everything
and how to teach it from your trainer. Well, now I don't have that anymore.
That is very nice. Before, we wouldn't get out until noon. We start personal
study at 8, companionship study at 9, and now, we start language study at 10,
as opposed to 11 as it used to be.
So Carlos Castro and his family are progressing
a lot. Carlos, his son Derek, and his daughter, Shadailiz (Sha-day-lees, but
they call her Chachi), all came to church yesterday. His wife hasn't been
interested at all, but yesterday he told us that she has started asking about
us and the church. I hope and pray that she will start participating in lessons
with us and come to church. Carlos says that once she sets foot in the church
that she will feel it. Send a prayer that way. We taught them how the church is
organized and that we have a living prophet today and that he guides the church
through direct communication from heaven. I feel that a lot of times we take
that for granted. We have a PROPHET!!! He really does guide this church. I knew
that before, but in the past 5ish months I can say that with confidence and surety
that I did not have before. What a blessing it is that we have a knowledge of
the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Wow, yesterday and the day
before I ate a lot of food. Plenty of arroz, avichuelas, papas, mas arroz,
etc.... (rice, beans, potatoes and MORE rice!) I haven't had a day where I
had to throw up yet. Elder Wright keeps telling me that those will come though.
I need to find a balance of eating fast enough that the people know I like
their food, but slow enough so that they don't offer me more. It is tough.
Eating slow is terrible; I don't know how you do it Devin.... But with enough
practice I will be able to get it. I don't want to come home with an extra 100
pounds packed on me.
Well I am excited for the future. It
is going to be a little weird having a new companion, I have loved being with
Elder Wright, but I can't change it. My testimony has made leaps and bounds in
this short period of time. It will continue to grow exponentially. This is the
fetching best thing ever man. It is hard, fun, happy, sad, most gratifying
thing I have ever done. It is forever true.
Love ya!
-Elder Dial
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