meeting and one of the main things we discussed was to never lower our standards and be examples for the other missionaries that have more time in the field. After the meeting, we returned to Parral. November 6th, we did our normal routine and on the street this man named Abel called us over to come and talk to him. He seemed pretty cool and we gave him a pamphlet and told him we would come visit him later that night. After that, we had our normal comida at 2 pm with one of the members and then we taught Martin lesson 1, and he has a hard time retaining the information we teach him so it's tricky. But afterwards, our other 5 people that we were planning on visiting were unavailable, so we went to talk to Abel. And at first we thought it was going well. Then we start talking about our gospel and that's when things got interesting with him. But, before we got to his house, we found the same pamphlet that we gave him in the street. We thought he had just accidentally dropped it, but while he was talking to us, he told us that he believes the images of Jesus Christ on the pamphlet is a sin and that it breaks the commandment about graven images because it is not actually him on the pamphlet. I thought he was just kidding but nope he was being serious. And so he wouldn't accept any of the pamphlets. So then we start talking about the Book of Mormon, and believes the whole thing is fake. Also, after we gave 3 clear examples, in the Bible, where it is clear that the Godhead is 3 separate people, he still thinks that they are all one person. He had a lot more to say than just that, but that's all I'm going to write about him.
November 9th, we visited Martin and reviewed Lesson 1 with him and he said that he would go to the church the following week. We also talked to Belen, one of the Testaments of Jehovah for an hour outside her door because she said because we are different religions she didn't want us to come inside her house. November 11th, we had a soccer zone activity on the concrete, in the rain. It was a lot of fun, however I was being held back by the giant holes in my socks and shoes and that they have no absolutely no traction on the bottom. This week it got super cold and rainy, and I still didn't have a jacket because I couldn't find any good ones. Also for some reason, there are small rocks in the bag of beans that you buy here, but I didn't find that out until after I tried biting down on it. But, I know for next time that I need to sift through and get rid of all the rocks before I cook my food.
November 13th, while we were doing companionship study outside, a family came and talked to us about the church. And it turns out the son is a member, but the rest of the family wants to become members. After we talked to them, we had our food with a member and then we went to visit Sotero and Vicky. And she says she is so confused, because she has been taught one thing for so long and now we are teaching her something different, so we are trying to work with her through this. I forgot to recount our first encounter with Soterno. So, about 4 weeks ago, we were walking to an appointment and this old guy on a motorcycle tells us to come to him, but we just keep walking, So then he rides to where we were going and stops in front of us and starts to spitting I meant talking to us about who were are, and he just starts rambling about a bunch of stuff I wasn't able to understand. But this man spits so much while he's talking, so we stepped back to get out of his range. So that was our first impression of him, and then one day we were contacting and we saw him in his house, because his door was open. Anyways, I have been timing how fast how I can shower and change and get ready and right now my record is 9 minutes.
November 14th, Testaments of Jehovah knocked on our door and we ended up talking to them for an hour and we asked them a bunch of questions and they said they are going to come back next week with the answers, so I'm real interested to see how that's going to go. Later that day, we went and visited the family that came and talked to us and we found out a lot about them. Both of the parents have problems with smoking, they told they each had been doing it for the last 15 years. And then we asked them if they wanted to stop and they said yes. Then moments later, the mom lights one in the house haha. But the boy named Jose was baptized about 4 years ago but he said he wasn't confirmed. And the parents want to be baptized, but they aren't married. However, the 9 year old girl named Ruby wants to be baptized and so our goal is December 7th for her. She said she wants me to teach her English and then she wants to teach me English.
November 15th was the day before our branch activity so we went and bought everything that we needed for that. Then after comida that day, I went on divisiones with the District leader for a day and that was good to see how every missionary works in their own manner. We went throughout his whole area, inviting people to the activity in person instead of over the phone. But only one person was actually there. Along the way we stopped in the street to play soccer with some kids for a bit and that was fun. That night, I was able to learn so much Spanish grammar just by talking in English with him about it, so there are definitely advantages in having a companion that knows both English and Spanish. But he is an interesting guy for sure haha so back at home he said he would dump soup that went bad down the toilet. And so he did that here before I got there, and by doing that, he clogged the toilet full of potatoes, so we had to make several stops for a bathroom.
November 16, ended divisiones with him and we had our branch activity. We brought the 2 kids with us and it was a really good turnout. There was a question game, lesson about temples and family history, and then food at the end. There were about 35 people that attended the activity, which is way more than the church attendance. November 17, we brought the 2 kids to church, which was our first time bringing people to church so that was exciting. After church, we got a ride from a member from a different branch in the back of their caged off trunk in their truck, so that was different than just taking a bus.Then we had comida with the branch president family and I talked to Gabriel, the Branch mission leader about working out and food because he is very into it like me haha. Finally today, we got up, ate, went to central Parral to buy a bunch of stuff and did our groceries. There is a store that sells ties for 34 pesos which is less than 2 dollars so we got a bunch of those. And I finally found and bought a jacket that is actually good. I hope this very long letter made up for those times I wasn't able to send letters haha. Have a good week everyone!
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