Less questions this week, but still questions.
Stickers. I dont really have any idea what he would want, but what you have sounds awesome.
Temple Pics. I will try to pass by soon to take some pictures. Hopefully during general conference. Sorry i have been slacking on that. At least my new companion (we will get to that later, dont be pushy) has a really really really nice camera. We will take them with his and copy it over to my card. Just remind me next week so it will be fresh in my mind.
Guitars. The two that we have in our possession right now are not ours. One belongs to the mission and the other belongs to a member from Aranjuez who found out about the class and has committed himself to the commute. We will see what happens with the class now because my new comp knows how to play better than i do (seriously, i will give you the low down in like 2 seconds (if you read slow it will be like 8 seconds)).
EFT. Once again, it was a blast. He does it all in such a cool way. His focus is on using all the tools we have been given at all times all the time. He told us stories of people who were in really bad shape that he went to work with. He would start with a blessing, then do EFT, and top it all off with reflexology. With us, everytime we work with something, he puts it into terms we can understand and and always ties it into the gospel. It is super interesting. I will be blunt, mostly because that is who i am, and secondly so you can get a good example. Working with the luggage is now to the point that we can do it on our own. I got an idea the last time of something we might be able to do with him, so i ran it by him. In europe the women have zero standards. During the summer it sucks to have eyeballs. Everyone is either in the process of becoming, or already are, naked. I wanted to see if the miracles of EFT could help with the defense. It was cool. He didnt just go through the motions, he knew this was an important one for missionaries. He talked us through it which was really cool. I have always heard talks like it, but the way he referred to everything, and the little tweaks he put it really made it hit home. He said that the problem in the world is that we objectionalize women. It consider everything in front of our eyes as what it really is and what God made it to be than they are the tools of God and not the tools of the devil. Second, he said that we most importantly need to remember that these are our sisters. That is was i thought was cool. I have always heard people say they are daughters of God, which means a lot, but i relate more with the sister. Had Preston turned out to be a jerk, we would have destroyed him. It wasnt until we realized that he was even more committed to the protection and care of missy than we were that we let him join the pack, and he's alright. Then he threw in the EFT and it was really cool how it wasnt a loss of desire at all, it was just a change in mindset. Gaining control over what we want to feel. Like i have said about 12 times now, really cool. My favorite quote of all was when he was talking about how he wished every missionary would be open enough to try it because if we are free, we will be able to "have the faith to share with others what the Lord has had the faith to share with us."
I just had a thought of what that whole story might mean to 90% of those who have no idea what i am talking about. It makes me laugh how wierd it all is from the outside. Just ask mom.
Okay, so i will finally let you in on the big news. I know i know, it has been way longer than i promised, but now you will get the info. They split the Barrio 1 area because there was an incredible amount of blessing to be received by just one companionship. The brick wallace (as i like to call him) is now with Elder Bartholomew from Springville, i think. And i am with Elder Kay from mesa Arizona pioneering the new area limits. So much fun. Elder Kay started his mission in Cuenca one transfer before i was transfered to Aranjuez. We got to go a bunch of exchanges and it was always so much fun. Ever since then we have joke about becoming companions. It was cool when we both showed up to transfer meeting and had no idea what was going on. Now they call people to tell them if they are leaving and then make them wait until the meeting before they let them know where they are going. When i got there he was super excited at the slim possibilities. I naturally assured him that it would happen fo sho fo sho, si o si, because i had done all the necessaries to guarantee it (fasting, prayer, burnt offerings, the works). His natural resoponse after a short pause was that if we ended up being companions he would poop his pants, an acceptable response if you ask me. Well, the time came, pants were pooped, and now we are here. Okay, now for one of my favorite parts. It is so cool to have moments where i get to realize how well the Lord knows me. As tends to happen in the mission, i have made a lot of improvements, but recently i have been hoping that they would be of a permanent nature. Anyone can be a good person as a missionary, the challenge i think will be after. Well, Kay reminds me of someone i would hang out with as a normal human being which is allowing me to mold the two. Being a missionary and being a person. Luckily it is not too tough yet, but it is exactly what i needed, and exactly when i needed it, in exactly the way that will cement it forever, i hope.
Okay, i am almost out of time, but i just wanted to quickly tell you about a cool split we had last week. We planned for it to be with 2 young men, but one cancelled at the last second leaving us shafted. We called up Hestrobel, the mission leader, and he said he was willing and ready. So we split up, changed all the plans, changed all the set ups, and went of too hit the town. We passed by Carlos and he is doing great. Afterwards we were walking to nowhere because the set stuff went with the other companionship. That was when something amazing happened. Hestrobel is an extremely fat and jolly man. He walks slowly. As we walked, i got the chance to really think about where we were and what we could do and the idea came to pass by a potential. Weird idea because he was never home, but i felt like it needed to be done. I told that to Hestrobel and he got way excited. We got there and the man was not home. Luckily, the Lord is in charge, because there was a family there that has been praying to find a way to grow closer and change. After an amazing lesson with them (i am sorry this is so brief, i am out of time) we went to pass by someone else. When we got to them, i got another idea of another person we could pass by, even stronger feeling than before. I wasn't going to pass up another opportunity to see something great happen so we shot right over. We rang up to his room, nothing. We called him, nothing. Rang again, nothing. I was a little down about it. I said we could maybe go try and contact somewhere nearby. Hestrobel just looked at me and asked if we should pray. I love stuff like that but i have never been one to do it. He said that he felt like God wanted to show us a miracle. I thought it was a sweet idea and he offered to say it. We prayed and it was a really neat moment. I really needed something like this to happen. We had been through some weird stuff the earlier days with anti Mormon people and losing some investigators and i just really felt like i needed a good reminder that the Lord was in charge. He prayed out loud, i plead inside. We rang again, nothing. Called again, nothing. We sat for a second and decided to ring one more time, and right when we did, we heard someone come around the corner and ask if we were looking for him. It was the man we were looking for. It was exactly right.
Time is up.
Love you,
Elder Sky
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