I am going to start out by saying the computer that I am on doesn't really work. The part of the keyboard where the numbers are and most of the punctuations are don't work. So if I put one of these ] today that means it is a question mark and if I put one of these * it is an exclamation. Cool] It may be hard at first, but you'll get the just of our new code thing cause this week will involve a lot of them.
First off, huh. WWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWW
Monday- I was doing super good. I was pretty excited about the six more
week in my area and about the three baptisms we had for this past
weekend. Everything was going pretty good. We got out to work and it was
a normal day.
Tuesday- I don't know why Tuesday, but I woke up a little bit bummed
that I was going to be in my area again. Such a long time and it has
been fun, but I was getting a little bored or something. So we went out
and it was going good. We visited this family that is super awesome. I
baptized one of the kids , Diego, about five months ago and he is an
awesome kid and we are teaching his dad. We had an awesome lesson with
the dad. The grandma has just barely gone to the temple and she is
awesome. We invited him to be baptized and he accepted and it was such a
spiritual moment. The grandma then looked at me with tears in her eyes
and told me that the very first time I came to help Diego get baptized
that she could see the authority that I held and knew I was suppose to
help the dad, David, get baptized too. It was inspiring. I then realized
why I was suppose to be in my area for more time.
The whole rest of the day went well after that. We ended up buying
pupusas and going to the house super happy with all that had happened
and with the dates that we had. We entered in the house and the phone
rang. I went and picked it up and it was my Zone Leader. He then told me
that President had just called. I was super confused and asked why. He
then told me that we were going to have Emergency Changes. I was like
WHHHHHAATTTTT]]]]]]*****. He then told me that I would be leaving my
area the next day. I asked where and he told me to a place called
Molino. It is in Santa Ana north. I was so confused. I didn't know what
to think, than he told me that I was going to be a Zone Leader. I
thought he was joking. Sounds like a joke, but it wasn't.
I hung up the phone and started calling everyone. All my recent
converts, the members, my bishop. It was so sad. I wasn't going to have
any time to say goodbye to anyone cause the next day I was to leave at
eight in the morning. I got all packed up too. That was super difficult.
I finally got to bed at one thirty.
Wednesday- We got up at five so that I could go and say bye to some
recent converts. I knocked on the door of Mama Iris and she was confused
why were there so early. I told her I was leaving and she started to
ball. It was so difficult.
I finally got on the bus though at eight and got to my area. My new
comps name is Elder Palma. He is from here in Apopa, El Salvador. He is a
super great missionary and knows a lot. We went around my area. It
looks like a super sweet area. The ward usually has an attendence of one
hundred and forty, which is amazing, and the best part is is that the
members have a schedule of when they feed the missionaries. Every night
we get fed dinner. I was super excited about that.
The rest of the week has been just like the other days. Being a zone
leader is a lot different than I thought. Everyone is always calling and
needing something. ON Friday I went on interchanges to this one area
named Rio Zarco. I did my first bapismal interview. It was a crazy
experience. I had a lot of fun though. I am not gonna lie though it has
been a lot of fun getting to know my zone.
Here in El Salvador it has been crazy though. All of this week it has
been raining like crazy. When I was in Ahuachapan it was flooding like
crazy and got up to like my knees. Here it hasn't been flooding, but it
hasn't stopped raining since I got here. A lot of people have suffered a
lot of damages. It has been crazy. They say it from a hurricane and
that it will keep going til like Wednesday. We went on Saturday and did
service for a family that two of the walls in the house crashed in from
the flooding. We got the whole zone together to do it. I can tell it
will be a lot of fun, but super hard, to learn how to work well with
other missionaries and how to lead. I have been reading in Doctrine and
Covenants section one hundred and twenty one a lot this week. I really
hope I can be a good leader.
I am not gonna lie though..... I am super tired though. it has been
such a crazy week. This next week should be more chill... I hope haha.
Sounds like all is well at home. Wow the World Series is already here again. This is already my second world
series. Time flies by. Also I can't believe you asked dad about Christmas. IT is already only two months away. That is crazy. I will
think about what I will need for Christmas.
I love you all and hope everything goes well for you all this week. I
am always praying for you. I am going to go home and take a nap now I
believe :]
Love you and talk to you all next week,
Elder Gillette
Elder Gillette
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