Well, one more week gone. It went alright.
There are a few things that I can remember right now. A couple days ago we were at some apartments and Elder Harvey said we should go see a girl we're teaching. Her car was gone but we decided to go anyway. When we were almost to her door we heard a guy behind us say "Hey guys." We have no clue where he came from. We both though we had looked in that direction and didn't see anyone. He said his name was Jesus. He said it was ironic that we were there because the night before he felt God for the first time.
He said he was wanting to change and not do the bad things he has done in his life anymore. I did see he had the three dot triangle by his eye, which I don't know exactly what it is but that its some gang. He said he had stopped doing drugs last week and is doing good with that. He then said every time he thought about God he got goosebumps. He rolled up his sleeve and looked down and then paused, I think he was thinking about God at that point.
This could definitely be a trick that got played on us, especially with later events that have happened, but sure enough his arm was normal and then he got goosebumps. I thought it was pretty interesting. He made an appointment with us but wasn't there. We have been getting calls in the middle of the night from the number he gave us.
Elder Harvey called it before that happened and isn't sure if he wrote the wrong one down. One night they called 5 times in a row. I only heard one, luckily, but I answered it last night and she asked who I was. It got disconnected and she didn't call back. Hopefully that is done. So, we aren't too sure about Jesus but we will keep trying to meet with him at least one more time.
Yesterday we met a big group of dumb kids. Their "leader" was the worst of them all. He was probably 10 or so and cussed all over the place. His skinny jeans were at his knees and just said a bunch of stuff about Mormons and our holy water, baptismal font, that comes out of a faucet. We explained all that but still nothing with that kid. His little followers rubbed mud on our bikes and one of them took mine and rode it around. I didn't do anything because I figured he would bring it back, which he did and then rode it again.
There was a couple really good kids in there. One was baptized into the Catholic church and was telling them to stop doing all of this stuff. He said sorry to us about all of it and I just said it was alright, we didn't care but that he should find some new friends. I told him that a couple of times. Hopefully he will.
It's kind of hard going through that, only because you can't do anything. It's just a bunch of little kids who probably have a rough home life. Off and on through all of that I just kept thinking about how crappy of a life they are going to have if they keep acting like that.
Anyway, we did find a new investigator. We had a lesson with her yesterday. She is going through some tough times right now and hopefully will keep taking the lessons.
Well, I will write home again, hopefully.
There is a little hike today, I don't know if we are going or not. I'm not sure if I want to or not. We will see. I just see it being up a little hill and "hey look you can see the whole city" cool....
There are a few things that I can remember right now. A couple days ago we were at some apartments and Elder Harvey said we should go see a girl we're teaching. Her car was gone but we decided to go anyway. When we were almost to her door we heard a guy behind us say "Hey guys." We have no clue where he came from. We both though we had looked in that direction and didn't see anyone. He said his name was Jesus. He said it was ironic that we were there because the night before he felt God for the first time.
He said he was wanting to change and not do the bad things he has done in his life anymore. I did see he had the three dot triangle by his eye, which I don't know exactly what it is but that its some gang. He said he had stopped doing drugs last week and is doing good with that. He then said every time he thought about God he got goosebumps. He rolled up his sleeve and looked down and then paused, I think he was thinking about God at that point.
This could definitely be a trick that got played on us, especially with later events that have happened, but sure enough his arm was normal and then he got goosebumps. I thought it was pretty interesting. He made an appointment with us but wasn't there. We have been getting calls in the middle of the night from the number he gave us.
Elder Harvey called it before that happened and isn't sure if he wrote the wrong one down. One night they called 5 times in a row. I only heard one, luckily, but I answered it last night and she asked who I was. It got disconnected and she didn't call back. Hopefully that is done. So, we aren't too sure about Jesus but we will keep trying to meet with him at least one more time.
Yesterday we met a big group of dumb kids. Their "leader" was the worst of them all. He was probably 10 or so and cussed all over the place. His skinny jeans were at his knees and just said a bunch of stuff about Mormons and our holy water, baptismal font, that comes out of a faucet. We explained all that but still nothing with that kid. His little followers rubbed mud on our bikes and one of them took mine and rode it around. I didn't do anything because I figured he would bring it back, which he did and then rode it again.
There was a couple really good kids in there. One was baptized into the Catholic church and was telling them to stop doing all of this stuff. He said sorry to us about all of it and I just said it was alright, we didn't care but that he should find some new friends. I told him that a couple of times. Hopefully he will.
It's kind of hard going through that, only because you can't do anything. It's just a bunch of little kids who probably have a rough home life. Off and on through all of that I just kept thinking about how crappy of a life they are going to have if they keep acting like that.
Anyway, we did find a new investigator. We had a lesson with her yesterday. She is going through some tough times right now and hopefully will keep taking the lessons.
Well, I will write home again, hopefully.
There is a little hike today, I don't know if we are going or not. I'm not sure if I want to or not. We will see. I just see it being up a little hill and "hey look you can see the whole city" cool....
Alright, I love and miss you all,
Aaron
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