4.28.14

This week was pretty awesome. We finally got one of our investigators to go to church and he loved it. We jumped the attendance up from 78 to 102. A family was reactivated. And I was playing with a baby during Sacrament meeting and it threw up on me a little bit...(that’s what I get for not staying focused!) I finally feel like I am making an impact in this area and getting results. Elder Running was happy that I wasn't mumbling under my breath and being all angry during the walk from the church back to the house. Last night topped it off when the bishop called us and told us that he was very grateful to have us working in the ward. He said that he has immediately seen a difference and impact in the church due to having us working in the ward. We also did yet another worthless 25 minute service project. The old woman was like, “sorry you guys are going to have to do this but yeah...you're going to have to move these pieces of wood 10 feet to the left so that we can cut the grass where it’s sitting.” Before we started moving the wood and other things I asked, “now, you're not going to have us come over in a couple of weeks just to have us move the wood to another location 3 meters to the left, right?”  and she said, “of course not.”  The wood is just going to stay there for the rest of her life. Some people confuse me at how they just deal with certain living conditions here. Elder Running and I have said that if our mothers were here, they would lose their minds over the inefficiency, lack of work completion, and lazy Uruguayan tendencies. 

Thanks for fasting. Things are getting a lot better and I know that Rivera will be able to feel your fasting and praying from here!

E' McRae