This past week was la Semana Santa or Holy Week. To celebrate I think they just drank and drank some more. There weren't a lot of parties going on or big celebrations but just everyone sitting in their houses watching whichever soccer game that was on, usually with a beer or some type of alcohol in their hands. I don't suggest trying to find 2 people on Easter Sunday with a big holiday and a soccer game going on in the same night. Almost everyone was home but they were watching the soccer game or drinking so safe to say it wasn't a very successful time to knock doors.
But this week was a pretty successful week I think. We got to mention the Holy Week and just teach about Jesus Christ' last week of life in Jerusalem. Most people knew what the Holy week meant and some people just thought it was a time to have a holiday and the weekend off. We actually got to talk to an Evangelical guy, and he said they don't celebrate Easter at this time of year and just follow what the pastor says. Me and Elder Knudson just kind of walked away and laughed that one off. There are so many different religions here and most doors we knock say there are either Catholic, Evangelical, or Jehovah's Witnesses. But sometimes we get someone who's just curious and looking for some direction.
But now to the fun or not so fun stuff that happened this week. Tuesday night the power went out at 2:30am for about an hour. So our fans weren't working and we couldn't fall asleep. Then we just wound up outside on the patio and we almost felt a little chilly with the breeze that was passing by and the sweat on our arms to cool us down. Safe to say that day and the next day were a little rough to get up out of bed and just start the day. I'm not sure how often the power goes out here but I don't know how many more of those nights I can take.
Now an actual cool story to kind of wrap things up, Thursday night we had found 0/7 people. We put 7 as a goal and we didn't really find anyone that was interested or that wanted to talk to us again. If I remember right all those lessons fell through and we almost decided to go in for the night and start making some dinner. But we decided to just knock on doors for 20 minutes and we ended up finding 4 people in those 20 minutes. It was pretty cool since we have been trying to find a lot more people to teach and just to get to know the sector and area a little more.
Then also today to start P-day off we rented bikes and rode for about 10 minutes crossing a bridge and just riding on a little trail until we got to a little pueblo of 30ish houses. Then we took a trail to see some Crocodiles and it was pretty cool.
I'll finish with sharing John 14:27, this scripture is pretty cool since we can always find peace in Jesus Christ and His atonement. Sometimes we turn to the world or music, our phones, or any other distractions but in the mission when we don't have that stuff I often find myself asking for strength for whatever it may be. I can testify that if we need help all we need to do is to ask for it and Heavenly Father will give it to us in one way or another.
Miss all you guys
Elder Roper
