hear that everyone had a good thanksgiving. You know what I ate?
Ramen noodles! Mmmm..
Derrek looks like he needs to join the Oakridge Boys! Jump on the
banjo. I respect that beard, no matter how nasty it looks.
QUESTIONS:
1. Have you and Elder Gull found any new investigators?
Yeah, we have a new investigator who´s gonna get baptized next week!
If everything goes smoothly.. He´s dating a member, and they live
together.. So they´re gonna get married! His name´s Cesar and his
girlfriend´s name is Silvia. They´re pretty awesome! They live in a
tiny wood shack with a dirt floor, but they´re happy together!
2. How is Elder Gull? You haven't hardly mentioned him the last few
letters. How is he feeling about the area?Has he been in one this tough?
He´s good! He said this is his hardest area too.. But I feel like we´re getting the
ball rollin a little bit now. The members seemto be warming up a little more. There
were 31 people in church yesterday! We´ve been in the low 30´s for a few weeks now, but that´s
more than when I got here!
3. How are your older investigators? Did you walk to church with them?
I don´t know.. We might start dropping people here soon. We had a
family lined up to go to church, no problems, then yesterday morning
we got the text message.. "my son is coming to visit, so we have to
stay home so I can make the food..." Because it takes all morning to
make noodles with meat.. We´ll see how things go this week with them.
We´re gonna take President Sanabria with us over there on Tuesday.
4. Are your shoes and suits still holding up?
Like champs! My Hush Puppies were fabricated in Chuck Norris´ garage.
Everythings fine.. My socks don´t even have holes in them. All my
shirts are still nice and white; it´s the "new technology in the
fabric.."
5. Are you still okay with us putting money in your account for
Christmas instead of packages. I haven't sent you anything just
thinking that I would just put money in like we had talked.
Yeah, I like that idea.. If not, you could just save the money from
Christmas and my birthday and buy me and iPhone 5 when I get back ;D
I´d be ok with that too....
6. Final question....What was your most memorable experience this past week?
We did divisions with the asistents! It was suprisingly fun!
They´re really down to earth and asked us what our main struggles are
here in Oviedo.. Well, the one that went with me got an ear full! It
was his first time outside Asunción..
So yeah, it was a good week! I feel good about it. It sounds like a
lot of youth are going to the Temple in December. Can you believe its
almost December?! It´s almost been 2 years since I got my call..
Woah..
What´s the deal with my track system at BYU-I? Do I have to start on
April 22nd, or can I wait til the fall track? I´d rather start in the
fall, that way I can make a little pirá piré for school.. Can I
qualify for grants and stuff? I wanna know the deets..
We had a fun experience on Friday! A group of Catholic youth invited
us to sit down as we were passing by in the street.. They learned a
lot in that little visit. They learned that Christ is JEHOVA and that
He, Heavenly Father, and the Holy Ghost are 3 separate beings.. They
learned that John was NOT the last prophet, they learned about
scripture from the Americas (I think we all know what I´m talking
about...), 3 glories of Heaven, and many, many other things. And we
used THEIR Bible! Yeah, the Catholic Bible! It turns out they only
change some of the verses, but we didn´t touch any of those. It made
me grateful for the Gift of the Holy Ghost that I received after I was
baptized by my dad, who has the Priesthood of God, which was restored
to the earth.. So I could have learned all these things! And so I can
discern the truth from the lies. It´s unreal how much I´ve learned in
just a short time, and it´s not because I´m some genius- we all know
how good my grades were in school.. It´s because the Holy Ghost is the
teacher! I´m guided in my morning studies. I´m guided throughout the
day- it´s because I have the GIFT of the Holy Ghost. He´s always with
me.
I love the scriptures, I love this church. I love prayer- I know that
God lives and loves me :D
I hope you all have a great week! I love you!!
Elder Colby Dane Heiner
I have pictures in another email comin in hot!!
**Here are some pictures that Elder Heiner sent this week. There are no captions.
I don't know about the feet picture. I hesitated putting it in. I think he may have done
something to that left toe. Look's kind of gross!
Elder Heiner & Elder Gull
This is for Aunt Katauna!
One Legged Rooster
Cutest Little Paraguayan Boy Ever!
