Because I love you guys

Yesterday I gave a talk in church. Saturday morning they asked me if I could give a talk. I didn't have that much time to prepare but it ended up not being too bad. I wrote my talk but didn't take it up with me because I wanted not to worry too much about the words and just say what I really felt. I kind of had a brain freeze a couple of times stalling not really knowing what to say, but I was happy with it.

This was a really good week in terms of teaching. I don't think I have had a week like this week. We got into almost every house that we knocked. We studied a lot together, practicing teaching the first time we meet somebody. So it was awesome to actually put it into practice. We met this guy named hèctor. When we knocked on his door he told us that he had been waiting for missionaries and wanted to get baptized. His intentiones are awesome but he has some issues with word of wisdom. He has two adorable little daughters so we'll see how it goes with him. Pray for Hector.

On friday we got a call and the first thing she said to us was that she had something urgent to tell us. She told us that her daughter decided to seperate from her husband and that she had been crying all night and needed help. We went over to her house not really sure what to say or what to do. On our way walking to her house my comp said to me it might be a good idea just to listen, and after sing hymns with her. I never would have thought of that because I have a terrible voice and my comp believe it or not might have a worse voice.  Inflicting that kind of torture on someone doesnt feel natural. But that is exactly what we did. We got there, she spilled a lot of stuff to us, and after we sang her favorite hymns. It was such a special lesson, something I'll never forget.

We've been passing by almost everybody in our area book. I think the main reason I heard this week of why they quit listening to the missionaries was because the missionaries were too worried about doing what they wanted, and not listening or caring about them. It made me think of this quote I heard that is something like He that serves unselfishly has very little competition. 

One last little story that has to go along with that. We had a problem with our toilet (again! seriously! its a curse)  so the office sent someone to come and fix it. The man that came and fixed it was an older man. He noticed that our bathroom wasn't super clean so he asked for cleaning stuff to clean the bathroom and we gave it to him. We were kind of worried and embarrassed he was going to chew us out or tell us he was going to tell our president about it. He came out and he said I cleaned your bathroom! Do you know why?  And we were like uhhhhhh no. And he said BECAUSE I LOVE YOU GUYS, with a huge smile. It was a cool experience.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf        Since the beginning of time, love has been the source of both the highest bliss and the heaviest burdens. At the heart of misery from the days of Adam until today, you will find the love of wrong things. And at the heart of joy, you will find the love of good things.

And the greatest of all good things is God.