This week was a lot of fun, but it started out a little slow.
On
Tuesday my foot got operated on. I had an ingrown toenail, so they had
to take it out. I was in the house on Tuesday and Wednesday, but because
we had some down time, I got to read a lot of church talks, and Elder
E and I wrote a song about Easter Island. it was fun, but I was
pretty ready to leave the house after two days trapped inside.
On
Thursday, we got to work like normal, and it was an awesome day. in the
afternoon we met M and his family. He was one of the first people
we contacted here on Easter Island, and he was very nice. This time he
was home and had some time, so he let us in. We taught him about the
Restoration, and he had some awesome questions, and he said he would
read the Book of Mormon. He didn't want to pray though, which was a
little sad. He didn´t know how to, so we taught him, and we'll see what
happens next with him.
After M., we met
M.. She used to receive the missionaries a lot, but these past 6
months she has gone through a rough separation. We found her, and she
was very nice, and we offered to do a service project for her. Here on
Easter Island, we do a lot of service and it works really well, so
people want to listen to us.
After M we
went to try and teach a young man we had contacted and we found a lady
outside of his house yelling at a tree. We realized that it wasn't the
tree that was the problem, but it was her cat that was stuck in the
tree. The tree was a palm tree, and it had no branches to climb. We
helped her tape together some broom handles and a bucket with salami in
it to lower the cat down, but the cat wouldn't come down. She actually
called the fire department and they helped get the cat down, but she was
really impressed that we helped her so she said "stop by my house any
day you want".
on Friday we were looking for
people from the area book and we knocked a door where this lady came out
and called us antichrists. that was fun. I was thinking "what is it
that I have ever done in my life that would lead someone to think I was
an antichrist". thankfully the answer to that question is nothing.
After
that we had a ward activity where we played soccer on a real soccer
field with synthetic turf. The smell brought me right back to Bothell
Football days. I was the goalie and I did a really good job! That means I
was eternally branded as goalie whenever I play soccer here.
On
Saturday we did the service project for M. We were pulling
these giant weeds for 3 hours, and it was so tiring. that same day we
also met an Argentinian who showed us a triple that a missionary had
given to him 2 years ago. we were talking with him, and he said "you're
from the church of Jesus Christ?" "I have a book from you guys". he is
pretty Catholic, but he still seems very nice and likely to listen to us
at some point.
On Sunday, I taught the gospel
basics class. We also stopped by the house of the lady that had her cat
stuck in a tree, and she told us right away to come in. her name is
D and she was very nice, which was refreshing because that whole
afternoon no one had let us in.
That was my
week, and Elder E and I are doing well here. Easter Island is
completely different from Santiago, so we are still getting used to how
things are here, but we know that we are what God wants us to, and we
know that our message is the most important thing in the world.
Love,
Elder Williams
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