Wow, my final full week
Elder Albrethsen
Colonia, Uruguay
Comp: Elder Peaks
Monday, 5 de marzo 2012
Hard to believe I am where I am. Two years
have come and gone. It’s an exciting time, but a little sad. I love the mission
field. It's had its ups and downs!
This week was intense! We had a
ton of great lessons with our gators! Marcelo is moving this week—sad day,
but I hope to visit him in Chile someday. He is a stud!
We also had a couple great lessons with Christian—another stud! I’m going
to miss a lot of my friends I’ve made here in this country.
Relying on members to help us reach Jeromy’s mom. We are working with
everyone to make it to church. That seems
to be the big step these days, the hardest to take. We had Jeromy in church,
which means if his mom approves, he can get baptized this weekend. We’ll get
the details tonight on what’s going to happen. We have members going by to talk
with the mom since she gets home at 9:30 pm, sometimes 10 at night. So it’s out of our hands a bit. We’ll keep
praying for him and for all the rest of our great gators that we have, hoping
that they can continue to progress.
everyone to make it to church. That seems
to be the big step these days, the hardest to take. We had Jeromy in church,
which means if his mom approves, he can get baptized this weekend. We’ll get
the details tonight on what’s going to happen. We have members going by to talk
with the mom since she gets home at 9:30 pm, sometimes 10 at night. So it’s out of our hands a bit. We’ll keep
praying for him and for all the rest of our great gators that we have, hoping
that they can continue to progress.
Fun stuff we have done this week. We had a
horse come and mow our lawn haha
We had an asado with Marcelo and ended up eating kidneys and we had
tacos. They were ok... major lack of hot sauce!
The cookie face game and hamster-powered computers. We played a game which involves using
cookies put on your forehead and, then, using the facial muscles to move it to
your mouth. Sometimes crumbs get into
your eyes, but it’s fun! haha. My comp has the pictures and we are trying
to send them. It will be great to have a functioning computer again, haha. These
hamster-powered ones lack power and upgrades! The more advanced ones with
weasels are always taken!
Well, as I come to the close, I’ve really had the lesson shown
to me of how lucky I am to have the gospel in my life. A life
without knowing Jesus Christ or Heavenly Father would be one of extreme
difficulty. Every day we meet people whose lives could be entirely
changed and infinitely better if they would just stop and listen to the message
we have, but most still choose to reject us. I know without a doubt that
God lives and loves us and is continually refining us. I’ve seen many
miracles manifested before my eyes and prayers answered, almost immediately
sometimes! I love the gospel of Jesus Christ; it has
brought me to know why I’m here in this life and why our short and small bit of
time on earth is so precious.
These two years have been a mini lifetime and the lessons are permanently
with me.
I will never forget this country. Truly, this has been the most
unique experience of my life!
I love you all and hope you have the best week ever! Stay awesome!
If you have never
checked out any of the websites I’ve had at the end of my emails, I hope you
will take time for this one today. It has profoundly
changed many lives!
Elder Jonny Albrethsen
http://mormon.org/people/
Take a few minutes to listen to members of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints tell why
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