so this week we did a lot of contacting. if you want an acurat picture of what contacting is really like, imagine this...
you are having a party. it is going to be an awesome party. but unfortunately you dont have phone numbers for some of the people who you want to invite to your party. so you decide to take a day and walk to all of their houses and invite them personally.
you head out in the morning and you get to the first house. now you are really excited because you really want this person to come to your party. you know it is going to be the best party in the whole world, and you really want them to come.
so you knock on their door and they open up the door and you talk to them for a bit, but they dont want to go to your party. so you go to the next house and the next and the next. some people do liten and they give you a time to come back and talk more about this party, but a lot of the people you really wanted to come to this party dont want to go.
that is what contacting is like. and this week we did a fair deal of contacting. and finally i was a little tired of people not wanting to come to my party! it is going to be fun! if you will just listen you would realize you want to go to this party! this gospel will change your life! for the better! I know it will because it has changed mine! and i want you to have this same happiness that i feel!
but some people just arent ready to be invited to the party. anyways i am getting too deep into this metaphor.
we knocked on this lady´s door and she opened up but she was leaving to the market so she didnt have much time. actually she didnt have any time and barely sid hello before she was walking down the sidewalk.
as she walked away, under my breath i said "buenas dias hermana, my name is elder arkoudas and this is my companion elder archer. we have the keys to your happiness and your salvation in our hands... but we can see you are busy so we will come back another time."
after i said that it kinda hit me that i really wanted her to listen. i have never met this lady before. still dont know her name, but i know that if she would listen, just listen. her life could be soooo much better.
in the words of alma."oh that i were an angel and could cry repentance unto the whole world..."
really this week has been really good. i started reading the book of mormon in spanish 10 days ago and it has really helped my spanish.
i know this work is true and i know it is worth it. it is by no means easy. all of you who are preparing for your mission (should be just about all of you) i want you to know that this is the best thing i have ever done. i am the happiest,sadest, tiredest, grateful, joyfull, disapointed, satisfied, and in tune with the spirit i have ever been.
all in all 10 out of 10 would definitely recomend.
elder arkoudas
I think I should add a little of the reply I got from him today:
new years was pretty awesome. we went to a steak house and i got this really good burger. then me and my comp went up ion the roof of our house and burned this old pile of garments that other missionaries had left in our house. then we came back in side and we about to go to sleep when the fire works started going off... so we went back up to the roof and watched the whole city light off fireworks for a half hour. it was pretty awesome. 360 degrees of explosions.
elder hansen is from wyoming and elder mullo(¨the native¨) is from quitos equador. super cool guys. they are in my district (really just them and us and a pair of hermanas) so we are a squad and we always do stuff together.
this is a sexy tie.
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