On Tuesday we talked with this pastor guy and this other
crazy Christian guy. They just wanted to bible bash and fight. They kept saying our blue book, or the Book
of Mormon, was another gospel and that we were wrong for having it. It was
pretty funny because they obviously haven’t even read the Book of Mormon. We then went to the church with a bunch of
kids from the area of the elders and we all played some football with them and
then we had the English class.
On Wednesday, I went to Cuauhtémoc on divisions and there
were a handful of investigators and members that recognized me from other times
I have visited them from way back in December.
On Thursday when I got back, during dinner, the member
said that she was going to make me some pizza because the last two times she
had done so I wasn’t able to be there. She told me she would make it for me for
the next week but we told her that I might not be there either because of the
transfers so she told us all to come on Sunday night and she would make us a
pizza.
On Friday we had a lecture or training from President
Chavez about talents and gifts. It was way cool, I forgot my little notebook
but basically he started off by teaching the difference between a gift and
talent.
A talent is something that we are able to develop through
training and practice. And a gift is a gift from god that is based of
worthiness and that is used to build up the kingdom of god. All of us have at
least two gifts (I think there might have been one more), agency and the holy
ghost.
It doesn’t matter how many gifts we have just how we use
them. He talked about the parable of the
talents. everyone was given a talent or gift based on their capacity. For us to
receive more gifts we have to use what we have and multiply and grow it.
On Saturday we went to a park and played baseball with a
bunch of kids who were investigators to get them to go to church on Sunday. It
was pretty hot and my comp got a funny sunburn on his face because he didn’t
get the sunscreen spread well.
We have been working a lot with a bunch of kids
lately because the elders found a bunch in their area because one got baptized
and all of his friends wanted to as well. Seven kids have been baptized in the
last three weeks.
On Sunday it was rainy and windy and we had a hard time
getting everyone to church. I taught the last class and one of the people in
the presidency of the branch extended me a calling as the gospel teacher, he
said that I had been there so long that I needed a calling ha-ha.
We got called last night at 10:35 after we were already
in bed about the transfers. I got transferred, Elder Babb in the other
companionship got transferred and sister Dudley the one with red hair from
Texas got transferred. I am now in Barrio Del Norte, I think it is in the
southern part of the city. We are like 10 minutes from the mission house.
My new comp is from Mexico his name is Elder Rolon he is
from Vera Cruz by the Gulf of Mexico. This is the last 6 weeks of his mission
because he goes home at the end of this cycle. He seems pretty cool don’t know
much about him yet though.
I have been called as district leader and from what I
know I have one companionship of elders in my district. My house is two story
and it looks pretty nice. It is just us that live there and we have a boiler
that works so that means hot water. My old companion, Elder Maldonado my
trainer, is now and assistant to the president of the mission I got to talk to
him for a bit and it was cool to catch up a bit.
Love Elder Blanchard
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