life is too good to complain

30 july 2012

Man life is too good to complain about anything. Working hard and having a ton of fun. Life with Elder Vega again is just super fun and it has been really cool to see our relationships with all the other missionaries build stronger. I do love all of them in our zone and am really grateful to serve them. Pdays are just sooo hectic cause we run around helping people all morning then people want to have fun so we really don't have much time for anything. So i am really sorry that emailing has been so late. Well last p-day we played dart wars basically like talises metal tubes and pellets we use pvc pipe and nerf darts and it is super fun we have been doing it like every morning for exercise so super duper fun. Then on tuesday we had district meeting and that was cool to have the first one in a while where i just got to be there! hahah but cool elder moczygemba from overton my first area is now my DL so that is cool to see how much he has grown. but then afterwards went to a b-dubs that is up here!! IT WAS SOOOO GOOD!! hahahah then USA Basketball was playing exhibition against spain hahaha it was tough. But all is well. Then on Wednesday we went on exchanges with the spanish DL, all teh exchagnes we do are only with the DLs now instead of how it used to be every missionary, so I got to go to spanish and it was soooo great. We went to this one lady's house and she had a lady friend over who ahs read the bible a lot so she says and so she had a lot of questions and kept saying how she was open and wanted to respect our views but she didn't I tried so hard to explain everything to her out of love and she was just not having it. It was super frustrating! hahah so it turned into a bit of a bash especially as she was yelling and I was trying not to freak out so we bore testimony then left and saw another one of their investigators and had an amazing lesson and set her for baptism and it was just cool to see how the Lord blesses you. Then on Thursday we went to their District meeting as well and it was awesome and elder Vega and I got to Practice together using the skill of baptismal setting they taught and I realized how much power we have teaching together in english or in spanish! So awesome! But then that day our YSA bishop called us and gave us this awesome referral who wants to learn more so we met with him tat night after our baptism! It was soooo awesome! First of all Tyson's baptism was amazing we had such an awesome support from so many members and he is very sensitive to the spirit so it was just a very spirit felt baptism and his wife's parents, non-members, loved it! So who knows what will come of that. But I do know that he was just so prepared by the Lord and just is amazing! So on Sunday when he was confirmed he definitely felt it and was crying and it was sooo spirit felt. Then he got the aaronic priesthood afterwards too and the same thing! sooooo awesome and they are already planning on a year to be sealed so I might/ really want to be back for that with Elder Vega. But Friday we just got out and worked our best trying to visit people and plan and help the zone but it is always rewarding to come back to the apartment and just be tired! I love it. But friday night we also brought our new investigator, Piel (last name what all the guys call him), to our YSA activity Mr. Northstar. It was super funny I'm sure you could figure out the activity but basically man pageant and it was way funny! Then set up to see him again on saturday night. Then Saturday we were running around all morning then we got to go to the Spanish districts baptism cause Elder Vega helped in the teaching so that was awesome to see someone take that step and really how loving the spanish culture is. Then we got to work a little bit and then we had YSA EQ activity that we brought piel to they called it mEnrichment night hahahah we played dodgeball and had a spiritual side too and this was after the lesson that we had with him. He is awesome he has a hope to know that God is there but just doesn't now have that belief but is reading and praying and Came to church on sunday already!! He is super prepared by the Lord and the Lord is just blessing us for serving and I love it! Then on our way home we got a cake from the sisters in our zone they were apologizing for not helping us out with our pioneer day booth which wasn't that big of a deal but they are just awesome and super nice so they made a strawberry cake with nutella and rainbow chip frosting on top. It was sooooo good! We ate it in one night and the next morning hahah!! Church is always great especially when an investigator comes. And today I just got a letter from Jenna which was cool but more importantly got a letter from the missionaries in Elko and Nikolas Sotelo a guy we were working with FOREVER just got baptized!!! we got the program and i am just sooooo pumped!! So the work is awesome I just love being with Vega again and life is just wonderful! I forgot we went to the temple on Wednesday and that was soooo awesome especially cause I saw a bunch of people from Logandale!! I LOVE THE MISSION!! I love you all and feel your love! I think I'm doing okay with stuff but I do really want a lava lava, polynesian cloths with designs and super open and I'm wearing one of the missionaries and it is awesome! I also want one of the dress ones too! I JUST LOVE IT ALL!! I love you and stay strong!!

Love Elder Dubois