Hey fam,
Another record breaking week in District Marcos Juarez.
Last week I had gotten a call from the sister training leaders telling me that
one of the companionships I have in my district was in need of some help, not
with obedience, but in terms of doing the work with animo (good cheer?) and
enjoying it. So we did a "splash" on Wednesday, where 10 of us
(the 4 sisters, us, the ZLs, and 2 youth) went and just contacted people in
their area for a couple hours. At the end of the day, they had 36 new
investigators, which is unheard of in that area. The normal is 3 or 4 in
a week...and we quadrupled that in a matter of hours. In total in my district
(the three companionships) we found 60 new investigators...more than 7 of the
other 11 zones (A zone usually has between 14-24 missionaries, and finds 40 or
so new investigators). In other words, we killed it this week.
Monday and Tuesday were pretty normal days in the work, we had
an FHE with president and his daughter happened to have 4 friends over, so we
took advantage of the opportunity and taught a little there, and one of them
(Victoria se llama) showed up to church on Sunday. Wednesday we were in
Leones, I assigned one of the sisters to give the training based on the
scripture in Matthew 16:24-26. Then the splash, which was a huge success, and
showed everybody just how much we can do when we put our mind to it and have
the right attitude. Thursday and Friday was more work in our area.
Thursday I had to have a root canal...remember the molar that broke about 6
months ago? It had started bugging me again, and I went to get it checked
out, and they "operated" then and there, supposedly it was pretty
serious. I would explain it to y’all, but the truth is I can only explain
it in Spanish, seeing as I had never had a root canal before in the
states. But the molar had 3 "conductos" and one of them started
gushing out blood and wouldn't stop...it was a long 2 hours at the dentist
office. No pain meds, and they barely gave me anesthesia,
hurt like heck during it. And my face still hurts,
but no pain, no gain!
Saturday morning I got a phone call telling me that I needed to
travel to Bellville to do a baptismal interview for one of the ZL's
investigators. Antonella, mother of 3, super prepared, it was a really
fun baptismal interview. She knew everything, and had a testimony of
every principle that we talked about. She was baptized yesterday in the
tarde. Sunday we taught the 3rd hour lesson, on the Area Plan, which is a
focus on The Sabbath Day, Self Reliance, and the Temple. Then we had a
surprise visit from a member of the 70 to our branch! Elder Romeu from Buenos Aires, an area 70, came to talk to the youth
specifically but ended up giving a charla to everybody, based on a few
principles in For the Strength of Youth (language, music, friendships, etc.). It was only about an hour long and the left to go to one of the other
branches, but it was cool to have a surprise visit. Not quite like having
the President of the Quorum of the 12 like y’all had at home, but still!
This is the last week of the transfer, they will call us on
Saturday night. Almost 100% sure that I am gone, already have 4 months in
the area, and only 4 months left in the mission, probably headed to my last
area. Crazy how time flies!
Love y’all, keep on keeping on!
Elder Mangum
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