So this morning we got up at 4:00 to go with a couple to go get their blood drawn and pictures taken to so they could get all the paperwork in order to get married. I have no idea what they ask for in the states when you want to get married, but here they make you jump through hoops. So we go before the butt crack of dawn and we are waiting outside the hospital for forever. Luckily we were one of the first ones in line, but son after we got there, everyone and their uncles starting showing up. it was like amad house. When it got time to open the doors, slowly everyone starting moving closer and closer until all the people in the front could barely move. I thought a brawl was going to break out. These people take their health care very seriously, because to be honest, its more like a first come, first serve type thing in te hospitals. There is little to no organization. It made me grateful to live in america. Sure we have plenty of issues with health care and stuff like that, but i will take that over what they have here anyday.
But all in all, everything got done finally. We have been asking this couple to do this for weeks now, and they always put it off. So we went with them to make sure they did it. The womans name is Daici and she will be gettin baptized with her little 9 year old niece this coming saturday. We are stoked because its the first baptism the ward has had in a while. Then the following week we have a cool 18 yeard old guy named Edgar, who we finally just got to change jobs so he could go to church and get baptized. He is super stoked and we are already teaching and ridicously deep topics in the lessons like endowments and exaltation and all the stuff that converts never even hear off. The crazy part is he justs picks it up himself reading the scriptures and listening in church. In addition, we have a 16 year girl who has a 1 and 1/2 year old son that is extremely anxious to get baptized. She has been waiting for some time, because she isnt married to her boyfriend. She is underaged, so she has to wait till her dad gets back from fishing for 2 months to sign the paper so she can get married and then baptized. Things are moving pretty well here.
I always thought that as I gained more time and wisdom in the mission, I would be able to find more time inbetween everything. But its the exact opposite. Im not only finding, but also looking for more opporunites to work more, do more, help more. Its wake up, do work, sleep, then do it again. Most times, the last person I think about is myself, and thats where true happiness is found. Ive realized that satisfying your own personally desires or needs can be, well, satisfying, but its far from fufilling. The biggest lesson Ive learned on my mission is to be humble. To give up yourself, and give it all to the Lord. It sounds so cliche, but "getting lost in the work" takes on a whole different meaning when it actually happens. The smile is no longer a forced habit. Its genuine.
Sorry the isnt any photos this week, or any really cool stories for that matter. I will pay more attention (i tell myself this every week, but this week its goning to happen) to what goes down during the week. Congrats to Dahlin and Nick for finishing strong. Write me when you get home!! Hope everyone has a great week. Love you!
Love,
Elder Kitterman
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