Hey familia!
Not a whole lot to report here. Nothing really exciting happened this week. I really enjoyed the tape, it was good to hear your voices. I also really enjoyed getting the pictures. The laser pointer was kind of a weird, but fun thing to get, I thought it was a pen at first. I don't think I have ever seen a laser so powerful. It is fun to have at night because it scares all the cats and dogs, especially cats. Some cats are afraid to cross it so one time I put it in front of a cat and it turned to run and then I pointed it on the other side and it stopped. Then I pointed it in circles around it and it was too scared to do anything. I didn't point it again but it was too unsure to do anything but stay in one spot. It is also good to shut up the dogs. The dogs bark but then when they see the laser it scares them and they back off and keep quiet. Its kind of a handy tool!
Gabriel called me yesterday to let me know that he is doing good and that he recieved the Melchizedek Priesthood yesterday. He was excited. Speedy wasn't too happy that he called but oh well! We're playing pádel with Elders Maxfield and Henrie, and Gabriel on September 6 no matter what. I told Speedy we can do what he wants today but we are playing pádel on week 6 sí o sí(no matter what). Gabriel has it all planned out with reservations at the courts in Varela. I'm looking forward to it.
I can't believe how fast time is going. Time is going fast this transfer. Time goes faster the harder you work. We are working hard every day, but it doesn't really feel like we're getting anywhere with our work. I have some good ideas for the ward but I'm saving them til after Speedy 'andale andale arriba arriba's his way out of here so that I will have more control over how well they work. My first idea is to do a class for the ward members based on member missionary work. They always say that every member needs to be involved in the work but a lot of people don't know what to do, how to do it, or they have fear about doing it. I want to do a weekly or every other week class for whoever in the ward wants to come so we can help them be more involved and be more confident about doing it. We can teach them some things from Preach My Gospel, from the scriptures, do practices and activities. I know that for me before the mission, I didn't really know what I could do and I did have some fear about doing it as well. I think this way we can help people to get more involved with the work, get them animated about doing it and in the process it will generate more work for us as full-time missionaries. My other idea will work a lot better if we can get this going. My other idea is an idea I got from one of the teachers in the MTC that went to Mexico on his mission. It is called Finding and Baptizing in Multitudes. In the Member Missionary class we could talk about this and facilitate the members in making it happen. The way it works is we set a date, probably a Saturday and the more members that can participate the better. We all meet at the chapel, split them all up into 'companionships', plan out their routes with them, do a quick debriefing, say a prayer and send them all off to knock doors and give the people brochures and ask if they would be okay with the missionaries passing by to share a message with them about Jesus Christ, take down the names, addresses, and times to pass by. This way it would make it so we don't have to clap as many houses and when we do pass by the houses we are invited. The members would be excited to be able to participate in the work first hand. I guess they had a lot of success with it in the mission of the MTC teacher. I'd like to try it. While all the people are out working for a couple hours my companion and I will be making lunch in the chapel for all of them to come back and eat. I'm hoping it will be able to happen. This ward has a lot of people that want to help us but there isn't really much for them to do other than share with their friends. This will be a good place to try it out. We'll see. Speedy says its time to go so I gotta go. I love you guys! Thanks for everything!
Love, Matt
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