Elder Fin's Blog: November 4, 2013 Week 17

Wow time is flying on the 9th I hit 1/6 mark...

Those are some awesome pumpkins!!! I could pick out who carved what just by the faces.

Advice to Eli: I don't know what you should do Eli but I know that you could play up to the high.... wait you will be in high school....PLAY IN 9TH GRADE... you will learn a lot more and get to know the coaches. But it will take a lot more work. So, you can do it!!! Just start practicing right now run every day, go to the gym-downstairs, and become a disciplined player, if you can do all of these things you will be just fine in football in high school..but you can do what ever you want. That is so exciting! little league coaches are mas o menos!

OK I am going to try a new format of writing now that I have my recorder.

LUNES:

Played soccer for p day! We then went over to the Sossa family- they are a part member family from BOLIVIA we have tried a ton of times to go over and teach them but they are never there. But we finally got into their house! the wife- not a member, cooked some really good chicken noodle soup. We just talked about life and it was pretty hard to get to the gospel, but that is the way it goes with most 1st lessons. We were about to get it back on subject but then their daughter in first grade started reading One Fish, Two Fish- by Doctor Suess-- It was actually a lot of fun to hear that book again, BUUUT, it tooook for everrrrrrrr. and we couldn't just leave that would be so mean! But we invited them to family history on Wednesday. We then went over to the DE la Cruz family -- they are a past investigator family who haven't been taught for a long time... this isn't he same De la Cruz family. But we talked with them and set up a return appointment on Sunday night.

MARTES:

We got a new toilet! Our other one had a huge crack! and it pinched you every time you sat on it!

We had interviews with President, it was pretty much just like a doctor check up but for your soul. President Walkenhorst is awesome, he is so cool. After we went to our apartments, the housing missionary came and they said that they just got us a new BOX-apartment- it is 150 square feet bigger! and it is in the same complex! We are very excited! We had dinner with the Riascos-members in our area, but it destroyed me! got to love texmex!

After, no one was really answering the doors, we then went over to the Beniez's house and helped them move Hispanic style (stack everything in a trailer a mile high and leave)--Tetris at its best.

MIERCOLES:

WE had fun at a rest home with a recent convert.... and then some drama from one of our investigators... I will just say that it involves our gospel doctrine teacher, a member and our investigator AND a casino:( yep pretty wierd conversation)

JUEVES:

I had probably the weirdest Halloweens' ever in my life!

So we went with the other elders in our district to a translation for a court case for an investigator... but their wasn't enough room for all of us so we went on splits and me and Elder Cluff went and Tracked Downtown OKC, it was sooo sick we were able to talk to 2 people and share a message with both of them. One was a lady who lived on the streets so we prayed with her and gave her a Book of Mormon and told her that she always has some one looking over her--which is her Heavenly Father. It was very cool experience... we were then grounded from our cars the rest of the night so we just stayed in the apartments and had fun.

VIERNES:

WE had exchanges and it was me and ELDER Cluff, he is on his first transfer.. we had a really good lesson with the De Leon kids about the Tree of Life then we watched, A Sure Foundation, a Mormon message for youth and it fit perfectly!! It was a really good exchange even for 2 elders who don't really know what to do!

SABADO:

I got Elder Pugmire back.. had a correlation with HERMANO GARCIA our ward mission leader. We talked to some random guy on a roof, and he was a preacher and invited us to his church.. he said that they were going to bring a guy with cancer and heal him right before our eyes... I had to hold in the laughs! and they were going to have food too (with the spiritual food)- I have no clue what that is!

We had dinner with the Vireals who live in Edmond--and we got invited to a Thanksgiving Dinner! Then no one was answering the doors-- typical Saturday night, the mariachi music turns on and the booze comes out...I HATE MARIACHI MUSIC!

DOMINGO:

Fast Sunday + Spanish branch + Headache!

Nothing really happened we didn't have a dinner appointment:( but we did have a really good lesson with the De la Cruz father... we got a new investigator finally!!! and we then talked to our neighbor and she went to church but she went to one of the English ones, we then said that it starts at 12 and she said that she would try to be there next week.

But yeah that is pretty much my Halloween week,

MUCH LOVE FROM OKC

ELDER FINN