Week 9 (July 10, 2016)

Well I have officially been a missionary for 2 months and boy do I love it. Even if sometimes we don't do lots of missionary things. I want to be out in the world contacting and teaching investigators and really helping the work! This week actually went by really fast. Our people with baptismal dates are still wanting to be baptized, they just don't want to go to church. which is kind of a problem. It really makes things hard. Lots of members here are inactive or less active. every time we talk to members i try to share something about the importance of going to church and renewing our covenants through baptism. 

Some new experiences I had this week, One was I got to give a blessing. It was with Elder R., the Shaffers cousin. We were out on splits and we knocked on their door, which is really just yelling BUENO until they come talk to us. But we went in and he told us he was sick so Elder R. offered to give him a blessing and then he told me that I had to anoint the oil. That's cool I know how to do that, but only in English. I have no idea how to do that in Spanish. Luckily some of it is in our white handbook. So I butchered the parts that weren't in there and read right from the book and that was it. Then he gave the blessing, we taught them lesson one, and I will probably never see them again. I really like hanging out with elder R., he speaks English so its really easy to talk to him if I get lost, but I can also understand most of his Spanish, and when I can't he helps explain to me in English what he is saying. He helps me learn lots of new words, especially all of the weird Panamanian words. I really like using the Panamanian. Which is probably not good because when I get home and speak Spanish nobody will be able to understand me. It's all good though. Its been really fun working with him and learning new things. I don't really know what else to say. Not a lot has happened this week. We pretty much just talk to the members and the less actives. pretty boring.

I did meet with President Current this week for an interview. It was really fast. He told me that I can be a good missionary. I need to set goals for my mission and work hard and be obedient. which is easy because all of the rules he wants us to follow here I followed in the MTC. No big deal. 

Love,

Jayden