It has been a little over one week, and we both feel it has been many months. We have talked to most of our family by SKYPE and such. Bonnie is happy.
We are still learning our duties. We went to a ward Sunday and tonight I talked to one of the youth that was in that ward. We set up a plan to visit all the inactive youth from that ward and invite them to institute. There are about as many inactive as active in "active" wards, and many more in other wards. It is our duty to invite all the youth in this city of one million to come to institute. That is all. Nothing hard.
I taught my second class tonight about Joseph Smith's antepasados, or his ancestors. I loved it. I still pause and ask the class how too say certain words, but they love that. Last week I had eleven kids, this week I had seventeen. I love to teach.
We continue to meet new kids, adults, and others. It is fun. How can anyone meet us and not love us? There are many who are so desirous of helping Bonnie learn Spanish.
We are still outfitting our place, getting those things we need, and will probably be doing so for about 18 months. We are now trying to find someone who can make screens, so that we can open our windows when it gets cooler, for we can't now or the misquitoes will carry us away. But even now, when we have our windows closed all day, it is hotter in the place than out. (It was 97% humdity the other day.)
Today, in the middle of the day, I was sitting in a room realizing that I was a representative of Christ, and He had send me here. That means that every hour, every minute I have to be accountable for the things I do and the things I do not do. What would He have me do? There are people all around us who are not members and they may be searching for what we have. If I don't open my mouth and begin, then perhaps no one will. But the key is beginning. I need to create a friendship, and then talk about what we believe. It is a joy.
The young saints down here do not know how to sing. They sing loud, but they also sing off key. They always sing all the verses, and often it is hard to know what song they are singing.
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