Hey Mom and Dad,
So you went deep sea fishing for the 4th of July?? Wow that's awesome...were the fish huge that you caught, Dad? That'd be so much fun, and ah..good times with the whole family barbequeing. It was crazy, the morning of the 4th of July we woke up and started going about our normal routine when Elder Sanchez was like, "whoa, Elder Frome you know what day it is? Its the 4th of July!" It took me a second to click that we were missing a national holiday back home, but finally I was like, "oh yeah!... aaah que triste!"
Well, things are going great. Firstly, Yes Elder Ayala is actually from Ecuador and is now training a new Elder Barcia, who is from Guayaquil. Yeah, what're the chances of two Ecuadorians together, one training the other. He's a really neat guy and realy nice so I'm looking forward to this change as well.
Also, I got your package! The cookbook looks great! and I love how it gives all the quantities in grams as well as ounces and such. (here everything you buy tells you the quantity in grams) Thanks for the letter from Elder Martineau's mom. Funny, I didn't realize how much I missed him until I read that e-mail. He was definitely an awesome missionary that I looked up to. He was a great example of working hard but enjoying every minute of it. It really was a blessing to have all the elders we did that first change. I hope I can finish my mission like he did. It sounds like he has a wonderful family as well.
We had a great week! We are teaching a ton of investigadores and many are progressing. Elder Sanchez wants me to start acting like a senior companion to help me push myself even more which is great. I think one of the highlights this week was actually early in the week on Tuesday. That night we had a split with a youth and Hno. Sosa. I went with a youth and visited a family who we only taught twice before. We had only given them the Book of Mormon the time before, so this lesson we were only going to read part of 3 Nephi 11. It's simple but a powerful witness of Christ and the highlight of the Book of Mormon. :) We found out that they had read the chapter (always a plus! funny the little things that make missionaries excited, like when investigators keep their committments). She liked who the voice of the Lord was. So we started reading and I tried to point out how amazing it must have been for the people who had just gone through three days of darkness and tempest and storms and earthquakes to finally see in the day of peace a man dressed in pure white descend from the heavens and declare "I am Jesus Christ, the Light and the Life of the World." After we read I asked if they were able to pray to know it was true and they said they had. Then I asked how it went. The mother smiled and said it was good. From there I knew they had received their answer and were ready for a baptismal date. From there I took them through a couple scriptures about baptism and the introduction to the Book of Mormon and asked if they believed they needed to be baptized. They said they did, so then I asked if they would be baptized on the first of August and they said Yes!!!! I don't know why, but I was just way excited and thought that was a really neat experience. Probably because Elder Sanchez wasn't there, just me and another young man and I felt that they were ready and needed the committment, so I did it! They're a family that I know will be blessed by the gospel.
The only downside this week was Sunday, we only had two investigators in church! That was really sad to see. I don't even know what happened. Saturday night we passed by several to invite them to church, so yeah I don't know...It was a dissappointment, but there's always next week I supposed. Alright well I'd better get going. Thanks for everything!
Love you!
Elder David Frome
P.S. I've officially completed FIVE MONTHS of my mission!!!! already!!! yeah, time sure flies, eh?
So you went deep sea fishing for the 4th of July?? Wow that's awesome...were the fish huge that you caught, Dad? That'd be so much fun, and ah..good times with the whole family barbequeing. It was crazy, the morning of the 4th of July we woke up and started going about our normal routine when Elder Sanchez was like, "whoa, Elder Frome you know what day it is? Its the 4th of July!" It took me a second to click that we were missing a national holiday back home, but finally I was like, "oh yeah!... aaah que triste!"
Well, things are going great. Firstly, Yes Elder Ayala is actually from Ecuador and is now training a new Elder Barcia, who is from Guayaquil. Yeah, what're the chances of two Ecuadorians together, one training the other. He's a really neat guy and realy nice so I'm looking forward to this change as well.
Also, I got your package! The cookbook looks great! and I love how it gives all the quantities in grams as well as ounces and such. (here everything you buy tells you the quantity in grams) Thanks for the letter from Elder Martineau's mom. Funny, I didn't realize how much I missed him until I read that e-mail. He was definitely an awesome missionary that I looked up to. He was a great example of working hard but enjoying every minute of it. It really was a blessing to have all the elders we did that first change. I hope I can finish my mission like he did. It sounds like he has a wonderful family as well.
We had a great week! We are teaching a ton of investigadores and many are progressing. Elder Sanchez wants me to start acting like a senior companion to help me push myself even more which is great. I think one of the highlights this week was actually early in the week on Tuesday. That night we had a split with a youth and Hno. Sosa. I went with a youth and visited a family who we only taught twice before. We had only given them the Book of Mormon the time before, so this lesson we were only going to read part of 3 Nephi 11. It's simple but a powerful witness of Christ and the highlight of the Book of Mormon. :) We found out that they had read the chapter (always a plus! funny the little things that make missionaries excited, like when investigators keep their committments). She liked who the voice of the Lord was. So we started reading and I tried to point out how amazing it must have been for the people who had just gone through three days of darkness and tempest and storms and earthquakes to finally see in the day of peace a man dressed in pure white descend from the heavens and declare "I am Jesus Christ, the Light and the Life of the World." After we read I asked if they were able to pray to know it was true and they said they had. Then I asked how it went. The mother smiled and said it was good. From there I knew they had received their answer and were ready for a baptismal date. From there I took them through a couple scriptures about baptism and the introduction to the Book of Mormon and asked if they believed they needed to be baptized. They said they did, so then I asked if they would be baptized on the first of August and they said Yes!!!! I don't know why, but I was just way excited and thought that was a really neat experience. Probably because Elder Sanchez wasn't there, just me and another young man and I felt that they were ready and needed the committment, so I did it! They're a family that I know will be blessed by the gospel.
The only downside this week was Sunday, we only had two investigators in church! That was really sad to see. I don't even know what happened. Saturday night we passed by several to invite them to church, so yeah I don't know...It was a dissappointment, but there's always next week I supposed. Alright well I'd better get going. Thanks for everything!
Love you!
Elder David Frome
P.S. I've officially completed FIVE MONTHS of my mission!!!! already!!! yeah, time sure flies, eh?
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