Hey everyone,
So i have a lot i suppose i should be able to write about this week. lets see if i can remember it all.
So changes were strange because we all thought I was staying and elder Matinez was going. pres had pretty much told him he would be going to merida next transfer, but it all worked out great. He as a lot to do back there in Champton and Im moving on looking forward. My new area is really sweet. For the first time I have more than one branch or ward. I have 2 wards, but one is at the point of being absorbed by the other because saddly very little attend each week. when we started the sevices, there was 14 including us. I have no idea how it became a ward in the first place. The area itself, is well, dead. Another one of those "start from scratch" situations. The Elder i replaced went home like i mentioned, and my new comp, Elder Jiminez from Puebla, is going home on the 16th of Dec. He tells me eveyday. Its not too hard to get him to work. He is a grea elder with a lot of expierence and love for the people. We work well together.
My last week in Champoton we had a lot of really cool expierences like long time investigators going around church telling members that they were going to be baptized in one or two weeks and just things like makes a missionary float. Im excited for those things to happen here soon. We did a lot a looking this week, which always can get interesting. We taught a lady who only let us in because i said i wanted to play with her puppy. She made the turn around, or where at one point during the lesson she changes her attitude because she felt the spirit, and accepts it all as truth. But when we asked when we come back she said, "I dont know if I will accept you guys when you come back". and obvious "why" was asked, and she started telling us all about how she always lets good things into her life and then just rejects it all later. It was something ive never heard before and it caught us off guard. we launched into like another 30 minute lesson and it fainally all ended when i asked the question "would you let a friend back in" "yes, of course" she says. I reply "and im not your friend?" She laughs and says, "ok, its cool if you come back" It seemed like a lot of work for such a simple resolution. Sometimes we just have to be good friends to these people.
Our only investogator that is progresing is named Jesus. he doesnt have much, but does the best with what he has. he works and lives in a cemetary. Its a tiny little room, about 5 by 10 ft, and very dirty. When we teach him, we teach sitting on buckets and he puts down his clothes so our pants and bags dont get dirty. There is no words for the type of humility he has. One night, it was pretty hot and the bulb was right by my head and he sees that im sweating from it, so he reaches over and unscrews the bulb. Keep in mind we are in the middle of a mexican cemetary, at night. It freaked me out. This place is terrifying. But we continued to teach him there in the dark. then something amazing happened as we began teaching about baptism. He expressed to us his desire for baptism, and his face lit up. I could literally see his face as clear as day and all his expressions. It helped a lot because i was able to see by his reactions what it was he needed to hear or learn. It was startling, but very cool.
I bought my new camera today. For thos that dont know, the other was stolen a few weeks back. Im sending some pics i took in the cyber where we are at now of my district. The chubby one is my comp. the other two are another companionship, and yes that is Elder Gutierrez my old comp. we are in the same district again. its pretty bomb.
Ive learned that if we look back we can too easily loose track of the present, and miss out on the future. I will miss my last area, as i left right when all the fruits from our work were showing through, but i did the best i could there, and now look forward to my time here.
Congrats to Omar for his mission call! Atlanta.....hmmm i think ive got a buddy down there. Im sure you will see him!
And lastly, but most importantly, my heart goes out to all the Elders in the McCallen Texas mission for their loss, as well as the family of those Elders. Its hard to think about how something like this would happen, but we are blessed to have the gospel and know that Gods plans are much bigger than anything we could ever come up with. Their blessing will be poured out in innumerables quanties Im sure. They will be missed and honored for their hard work and dedication.
I love you all and hope you have a great week!
Love,
Elder Kitterman
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