Another Wednesday email meaning that transfers just dropped! I'm staying in Almirante for another 6 weeks and my comp Elder Hulme got transferred to Colón in Puerto Pilón! I'm going to miss him because he was awesome. I'm getting a latino companion named Elder León. I don't know too much about him, but hopefully all will go well. It was a pretty fun week but all of it kind of runs together in my mind. Time flies.
Chiriquí Grande
We're continuing (?) the work to open up the group in chiriquí grande and it's been really cool. Our friend Mario is doing great and the members are excited to help us with the work. We've found some cool people and some members who got baptized 30 years ago when there were missionaries there. We had some really powerful lessons about the restoration of the gospel of Christ that were really special to be a part of. God is good.
Service
We had a service project at a members house this past week that was interesting. We had to rake the grass clippings from the weed wacker (They don't have lawn mowers here, they just take the guard off a weed wacker and go crazy.) But that wasn't what made it interesting. This ladies' dungeon-like room in the back of her house had flooded, so she handed us a broom and told us to sweep out the all the water. It was impossible. The room was tilted away from the door. We were shin deep in really suspicious looking water, sweeping with all our might, to no avail. The water just came right back at us. Of course, I should've given up. And I did. After an hour.
Ice Cream and Milk Shakes
For transfers, Elder Hulme and I had the grand idea of buying the 2 gallon container of chocolate ice cream from the chino (small convenience store run by chinese people. Every single one is ran by chinese people. No one knows why) That ice cream has been in there for a while calling our name. We don't know how long, but age is just a number. Yesterday we made the purchase and got to work downing it. We did our best. We really did. But in the end it won. It beat us pretty bad. Was it worth it? No. Am I thinking about doing it again? Yes.
Friends
Mario is doing great. He's come to church twice, comes with us on our trip around chiriquí grande, and is reading the Book of Mormon. He's really positive, but he lives far away and we only go there on weekends. It's hard to teach him throughout the week, but God will do His part if we do ours. Dalisbeth started going to college almost everyday, making it almost impossible to teach and help her. She's super positive and wants to learn, but her schedule is kind of rough. Orlando is also doing great, but we have the same problem of not really being able to teach him. He loved the Book of Mormon and the lessons, and even made his own plans to come to church. We're going to try our best to help him get baptized and come to church every week.
Spiritual Thought
Well, I'll just quote the Lord's living prophet because he got conections
"Think Celestial."
We need to make our decisions with an etenal perspective. Having faith in what God has promised us and that it'll all play out as He has told us.
Also,
"Priesthood keys distinguish The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from any other organization on earth. Many other organizations can and do make your life better here in mortality. But no other organization can and will influence your life after death."
"Priesthood keys are the power of God. His authority on the earth. Christ restored them to His church and now we can enjoy the amazing blessings they offer. A valid baptism. An eternal marriage and family. And so much more. This is the importance of knowing if this is God's true church."
I'm so grateful to be serving God in Panamá. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Elder Nelson (Lincoln)
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