Another week seems to have flown
by. Where does the time go?
I included some photos this week from
my time here in Bela Vista. A picture of Elder Camargo discovering we
have water after more than a week without it. A picture of the package
and letters I got while here in Mindelo. A picture of my district here
including Elders Nhafé, me, Camargo, Young, Mendes, and Pugmire in front, as
well as Sisters Routson on the left and Addams on the right. Finally a
picture of the view of Mindelo from the top my area. This time has been a
time of trials and growth experiences (many of which I am sure are not yet
completed) and yet I found myself loving every second of it. The Lord is
stretching and refining me. Most of the time I am a little afraid of the
challenges, but I know that the blessings will come much greater than the
trials and so I secretly find myself asking for them to come and for the faith
to embrace them when they do. I feel like I have already grown so
much. I am so grateful for my time in the area of Bela Vista, in the city
of Mindelo, on the island of São Vicente.
I had a really incredible week.
On Monday night Elder Robinson arrived very late at night and we stayed up a little
late talking. Then we spent several days teaching him the area and
introducing him to all of our progressing investigators, especially Sidney and
his family and José's family. Elder Robinson is a vocal major who has
spent his entire life singing, doing theater, and playing several instruments so
it was really cool to play guitar with him and sing because we would both just
randomly make up harmonies and it was a lot of fun. He is an incredible
missionary with a strong testimony and I learned lot from him in just a few
short days.
On Friday we got a call saying there
were some changes and so I spent the next few days (until now) with Elder
Pugmire in his area. We taught some wonderful lessons and I learned a lot
of beautiful doctrines from him because he loves to study doctrine. And
they have a hot shower, which is always fantastic.
Today I made a new best friend.
His name is Elder Mercredi and he is from Canada. I love this guy.
I also think he is a super hero too. We like a lot of the
same things (although he is much more hardcore outdoorsy than I am) like
music, movies, stuff like that. And we have talked almost all day
today. We even went on a "division" to visit some Chinese
stores just to explore all of the fun and random stuff they have. We are
going to keep talking and hope that one day we get to serve together, but if
not we are definitely going to hang out after the mission. It's going to
be great.
You know, I am still feeling really
crummy physically, but emotionally and spiritually I am feeling better than I
think I ever have before. I am still living in difficult times and things
are still hard, but I feel the blessings beginning to pour in. I am so
happy. I wish I had the words to adequately express the changes that are occurring
in my heart, but I don't so please try to observe based on my words and
thoughts as the weeks continue.
Love,
Drew
Elder Camargo at the water box.
Mail makes a missionary happy.
Sister Routson, Elder Nhafé, Drew, Elder Camargo, Elder Young
Sister Addams, Elder Mendes, Elder Pugmire
View of Mindelo from the top of the area.
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