Igi wachi nikka. Wachi ner dummad
Feliz año y'all, not much happened this week. Just the usual. working hard, sweating a bunch, and livin' life.
Temple!
We had another opportunity to go to the temple! Two of our friends who want to be baptized came with us as well as our recent convert, hilary, and her family. It was a great experience and we were able to have an amazing lesson about the plan of salvation. We're helping hilary's family come back to the church and eventually enter the temple, so it was a great opportunity for them to take a break from the world and focus on the things of God. I really love the temple and am so glad for the opportunity I have to help others have that same blessing in their life.
Building a house minecraft style
We were able to help a family build a new part of their house and it was really fun. On the way there we got breakfast from a member which was ojaldres and chicken organs. Lung is proabably the worst out of them all. Building the house was just mixing cement, placing blocks, and repeat. They would yell at us in dulegaya when they wanted us to do something, which didn't help. I did get another Mola tie from this family and they tried to put a temple on it. At least they tried. You don't serve a mission in Panamá if you don't get some bad mola at some point. We almost got fed dulemassi, but finished just in time so we left before they had lunch. (Dulemassi is fish cooked in coconut water. After it's about half cooked, they take out the fish then serve it to you with a bowl of the coconut water to drink. Gotta love kuna food.)
New Year
Yeah not much happened. A lot of people got drunk, we had a lot of family home evenings. Again, everything is closed, so we just ate little ceasar's and played soccer at the chapel. It seems crazy to me that I've now been out more than 6 months and have also started my only full year as a set apart missionary. I have a lot of goals I want to accomplish and a lot of habits I want to start so I can serve my mission to the most it can be served. I'm really excited to see a lot of changes, to experience more of Panamá, and become a better reprasentative of Jesus Christ. Growth really does skyrocket on the mission, but only if you let God work with you. I don't want to hold anything back from the Lord and I don't want Him to have to hold anything back from me. When we are obedient and lay our all on the altar, He can open the windows of heaven to bless us. We we aren't obedient, the blessings of that commandment don't come.
That's basically it. These past 3 weeks have already flown by and I have seen a lot of change. I have a lot of hope for the future and am so grateful I get to be in the service of the Lord. I hope y'all can focus your lives on Him and His plan. Pray often. Read the Book of Mormon. Think celestial.
Elder Nelson
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