Still haven't got any of your package. :( But I got a letter from Ben Welling. Is he in the stake presidency now?
First week in Alta Vista, whooo. Did you know the Hoover Dam is in my area? It's pretty different from Desert Bloom. It's much more deserty and a little ghetto in many parts. We're going out to Searchlight and Boulder City tomorrow. Sister Webb was never my training leader, though...
Ay, that makes me sad to hear that .... had a bad experience. You definitely don't want to make the members cry or feel bad... why do you say they will never forget who she is again?
I have to admit, it has been kind of hard for me adjusting to this new area, but it's only my first week, so we'll see where it goes. Sister Hill is a sweetheart, but it's a little bit hard at the same time because I will often try to start up a conversation with her and she'll just either ignore it just doesn't want to talk about anything. I want us to have a friendship as well as a companionship and it's just a little harder to be myself around her. But again, it's only the first week. It's also kind of hard because they already have like 4 people set with a baptismal date this month and I feel like I don't really know them at all even though they have a strong relationship with the sisters already - well, sister Veazey and Hill. That's gotten better towards the end of the week, though. I just don't feel like I'm a part of the area yet, but everyone I've met so far has been super friendly and welcoming. We ate with the branch president on Saturday, President Pecjak. They're an awesome, missionary minded family. He's American, but served his mission in Venezuela, which is where his wife's from (speaks perfect English). They lived in South Florida for years where he served as a bishop in a Spanish ward full of Cubans.
We also had district meeting on Thursday and we were given a training on how the elect are connected...basically asking for referrals from our investigators. The district leader asked us why investigators are a good source for referrals and one of our zone leaders compared it to a woman's period... yep. He did it in a very classy way, though, if you can imagine that's even possible. The idea was that people are naturally attracted or drawn to changes that they see in those around them, like their friends, just like a woman's cycle naturally alignes itself to be on track with that of another woman's cycle. Haha. Anyway... it was a good training.
How was Renee's birthday? I need to get her something, but I have no idea what....any ideas?
On the bright side of all this, so far the investigators all like me and think my Spanish is really good. (Not true, but hey...) I am going to work hard, though, and try to help my companion open up a little bit. She was trained by sister Veazey and while sister Veazey is obviously a boss missionary, she was also a little hard to feel completely comfortable around. It's one thing to be a hard working, diligent missionary, but there should always be room to let your companion be your friend and see you as a human being who you can actually talk to as well. Heh, anyway.. I don't have a lot of time left here on my mission sadly and I want to be the best I can be.
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