This past week was also very busy and stressful but very fulfilling too. I got some biggish news and random cool things to say.
Starting with the biggish news... They changed my going home date to October 31st o sea Halloween, not that big of a change but a change nonetheless.
Other coolish news... We have a meeting in Panama (City) as mission leaders on Wednesday with Elder Ochoa of the Seventy and then on Thursday
morning we will have a meeting with all the missionaries of the Bocas del Toro, Concepcion and David zones with him, but the cool part is that we are going to
get to fly back to David from Panama in a jet with Elder Ochoa and Presidente Carmack. I`m gonna be
flying on a plane with a Seventy haha, and we`re totally going to make a
video of it and he`ll be in it, you`ll see. Also it`s going to be really
weird getting on a plane and not go home, as i`ve had it in my mind the
whole mission that the next time i got on a plane it would be to go home,
haha.
Random favor that i am asking: can you send me the Aebleskiver recipe
we used to use at home? I found an Aebleskiver pan in my house and now i
gotta make them!
Now on a spiritual side, more big news...
A____ (from my old area in the other part of David) got baptized this last Saturday and he had me baptize him! It was
super cool because i guess the sisters hadn`t really been visiting him,
but he was still studying and praying on his own and with the family, and
one day he just felt that it was time and he called the Bishop and told
him he wanted to get baptized and the rest is history. The baptism was
really special because the family shared their testimony how their family was a
complete wreck and they didn`t even talk to each other and then
the missionaries arrived, and the gospel changed their lives, and now they are
preparing to go to the temple in a year. The gospel had worked such a change
in their lives in like 2 months, imagine living it for a whole lifetime!
R_____a and S____n are cruising along well. We went there to
teach them and we were going to have them start reading the Book of Mormon from the beginning and when we started talking about it she says, i`m
already doing it, i`m on chapter 18 already. She used to wake up at 4
in the morning not being able to sleep and she would watch tv, but now
she wakes up and reads the Book of Mormon all morning and she is
understanding it too.
So we have this guy named R_____ that we're teaching, and he is the boyfriend of a
less active member, and this week we put him a
fecha baptismal for the 28th and we put the wedding goal for the 21st of September, so
we started helping them with that. He`s a cool guy and is really
interested; he always has tons of good questions and stuff.
This Saturday
Z_____ is going to get baptized finally - i`m pretty sure i told you
guys about her, she was living with someone who didn`t let her go to church,
so she prayed for help and he suddenly left. Well, we got a ton of
appointments with her this week to prepare her. Every time we talk to
her about baptism she starts crying she is so excited, so it should go
well.
This upcoming week is going to be a crazy week, we planned it
and we have every minute planned out with appointments and meetings, and I`m
busier than ever in my mission and it`s sweet.
Well i
gotta go but just before I sign off I gotta say i love you guys and miss you. Stay strong
in the gospel, because it changes lives for the better, and i`ve seen so
many miracles because of it, and I know it`s true.
Love,
Elder Pfister
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