January 21, 2013

 

The debit card came this week! I thought that it wasn’t going to come but it came. We have like a 90% completion rate with that packages no? They have only lost one out of all of the ones you have sent me. The problem is that the card was so smashed that you could see the numbers and (it looked like it had been opened) and my name from the outside on the envelope. I would put 10 bucks down that if I activate the card some random online purchases will magically appear on my statement. I was going to ask for permission and tell you guys that it came, but I figured it would be better if you just sent me another one. Don’t worry about the time as I really don’t need it right now. I just want it to buy stuff before I go home. Send it in a bigger package like the one that you sent me.

Things are great here. This week has been kind of rough, but that’s how it goes sometimes. This week I saw something kind of weird in my companion. He started to walk slower and talk more with the people about stuff that’s not really related to the work. He always wants to stay and talk to members for like 2 hours, so on Friday I started talking to him and got on his case a little bit. He stood up and walked into the bathroom and after about 30 min in the bathroom he came out and sat down on his chair and looked me in the face and said. "Elder I don’t want to be here anymore. I want to go home" I was kind of taken back and then told him that if he wanted the free airline ticket he was going to have to talk to president first. I told him to call pres and he didn’t want to, so I did it. Pres didn’t pick up so I called the zone leaders and the zone leaders sent the district leader to come talk to him. I really didn’t want him to talk to the district leader because I knew it wouldn’t help very much, but that was the actions that were made by the zone leaders. The district leader showed up and talked to him a little. I was kind of worried that it was my fault like maybe I worked him too hard, and that’s why he wants to go home. He said he has lost his desire to be here since he was with his second companion. After he left my companion looked at me and said "I just wanted to talk to president not the whole mission thanks a lot!" I felt kind of slammed, but really that wasn’t my choice in the long run. I guess if that is how he feels that’s alright. I think that’s how it is with a lot of things in missionary work as you have to deal with your companion mad at you for his good, but hope that he thanks you later. He will talk to President tomorrow as we have normal interviews, so it was kind of good timing.

There are changes this next week, and I could stay with my comp or get a new one, but either way president has a way with giving me comps that don’t like working too much. I guess I shouldn’t complain but some time I feel like the Elder Hendricks school for missionaries that don’t work hard.  Who knows? I think it has been the events of this week that have made me think like that, and maybe I’m just caught in the moment. My companion is a good missionary; he’s obedient but just struggling from a lack of desire. Other than that this week has gone well.

I bought some vegetables this week because I feel like I am lacking some good nutrition. I boiled them and ate them with a little salt --super delish. We didn’t have a very big pot, so it was kind of hard, but it worked out in the end. I will send pics. I also made no bake cookies to cancel out all the good that I did to my body with the vegetables. I will send pics of that too. Anyway I know mom wants me to write more but really there’s not that much to talk about. We are still working with less actives and had 89 at church so it’s growing. When I got here there were like 30, but I think it might have been because of the Christmas season. The work goes on and we are working good having a few difficulties here and there, but how would life be if everything was easy. Anyway see you on the flip side later.

Elder Hendricks

 

¡PURO PODER!

 

 

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