COUNTDOWN TO ELDER DRAPER'S 1 YR ANNIVERSARY
2/22/13 VIDEO (1 of 3)
Hello there Family and friends!
Well Hey! So I am still hanging in here doing good! Yesterday
ended the transfer with 6 weeks here in Virrey Del Pino and we are working
super hard! We are going to have a
baptism this Saturday! This Hermana of a member is getting baptized and she is
just great! She is progressing super well and understands the Plan of Salvation
and everything, most important she is super excited to get baptized!
So ‘NEWS FLASH” kido’s, in 11 days “
I WILL HAVE BEEN ON MY MISSION FOR 1 YEAR!!!!!
Whaatttt!!!! How crazy is that!!!! 1 more and I will be home!!!!! YAY! But not really YAY, gonna miss the MISH!!! haha
Well this past week was uneventful,.
nothing really exciting happened except there was one crazy event that occurred
when we were walking with a member family, who was taking us out to eat. This creepy
guy stopped us in the road and asked us what we had for him, I was so confused. He would not talk to Elder Bustamante or the
family, he kept saying, “ I only trust the American”, and he kept asking for my
address and all this stuff. After about
the third request I plainly told him, “If
you want to find me you can find me in
the Church on Sunday at 9 am, I’ll save you a seat” LOL. It was a super creepy
and weird experience though.
On the other hand a really cool
experience I had this week was teaching a lady named Betty. She has a problem with smoking so we taught
her the Word of Wisdom and we set goals with her! So the day after we went to visit her and she
had only smoked 3 cigarettes from her usual 20 cigarette a day vice! That was
so cool yet I am sure it was hard for her, very exciting for her and us!
Also in Church on Sunday we had the opportunity to hear from
the Temple President and his Wife. They
came to our ward and gave some amazing talks about the Temple and the
importance of why we need to go to the Temple. We are so blessed in Utah to
have so many Temples available to us! For the past few weeks Alina has been
practicing with the Priesthood Holders and as a choir we sang that day for the President and I was moved
as I glanced out at the ward and the amazing members here. Also the haircut
that Alina gave me is looking pretty darn good compared to some of the past
ones!
A funny little story, yesterday
after church, the relief society president was just cooking up a storm in the
kitchen of the church, and we were starving so we kind of just waited around
the kitchen and she gave us a plate of what looked like beef with soy sauce, it
smelt so good. I asked her what it was
and she told me to eat it and she would tell me after, so I did and it was
delicious little did I know it was cow heart, fresh... haha!
Well this week is Valentines day if I am correct, and so I hope everyone has a great Day of Love! We should share God’s love daily though right! So in my absence GIVE LOTS OF KISSES AND HUGS FOR ME TO ALL AND LOOK FOR OPPORTUINITIES TO PASS THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST ON ! Thanks for keeping me “Dear To The Heart: Mom, in your mini midweek emails, they jump start my Pdays and mean a lot! Well I LUV YOU ALL SO MUCH so go and have a good one now!!
Love,
Yours Truly,Elder Wade Draper
