We really did close to nothing this week. We had 2 days where we were just back to back meetings with the branch leaders and stuff like that, so we didn't have much time to do some solid missionary work, and then we were both sick for 2 days so it kind of just knocked us out, haha. Then we had Sunday to try and finish the week. Which was still a nice fat nothing. We had a bunch of plans fall through, so we decided to knock some doors in a neighborhood we had already tracted hoping for a miracle. Well we knocked a door and the guy came up and started talking about the Bible with us. We talked for like 30 seconds and then he goes, "Why don't you guys come in and sit!" and we were like...YES A MIRACLE. So we sat down, started with prayer, and then the guy just blabbed bunch of apostate crap about the Bible he learned in "20 years of study as a pastor." He wouldn't stop. It was all just completely misunderstood stuff he pulled out of the Bible. That's something that's really tough about some of these places with a lot of people who believe heavily in the Bible. Is they study it with certain groups or other religions and it just completely messes up their belief system. I can't tell you how many times people have told me, "God isn't in a church, God is in the trees and the plants and blah blah blah." It's horrible. This guy thinks that the Priesthood is not something that has to be conferred upon man, or is something that only a Prophet has full access too...he thinks it's something that God released freely to everyone...so he thinks everybody on the whole planet has the priesthood, and the only thing you have to do to be saved and have faith. JUST FAITH? Yeah, faith is super important, but God asks for a few more things than faith to give you a dang MANSION IN THE CELESTIAL KINGDOM. So we just listened to him blab for a sec, and then I frankly just hit him with a, "So if God tells you the Book of Mormon is true, you wouldn't follow it?" He goes "Nope." And I gave him another chance...you always have to do that because these people are just hilarious. So I said...."Octavio...if GOD HIMSELF told you that the Book of Mormon was true...and that THIS is the way to get salvation...you're telling us you wouldn't believe it." And he goes "Nope." So I just said, "Alright, well we can only help until that point. Have a nice day" And we dipped.
So other than that this week has been some good diarrhea and throwing up. Not the best, but I'm sure it could have been worse.
Love you lots. My camera cable broke so I'll try and sends some pics in a bit. Much love, talk to you next week.
Again...please excuse my shizzy letter.
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