Lincoln Mission June 4-10 2024

 Another great week in the work of the Lord. Seeing miracles and having fun. 

Noches de Hogar

Well, we were able to do a lot of family home evenings with friends this week and it was awesome. We have a friend named Luz that is super cool and working hard to change her life. The whole branch pulled up to it and had a bunch of fun. Luz is so close to being baptized, but still doesn't feel ready. She'll get there. We have faith.

Intercambios

This week I was able to do an exchange with my boy Elder Martin! He's my DL and a crazy good missionary. He works hard, corrects with love, and is one of the most creative people I know. It was a really good exchange even though we were walking in the blazing sun through the middle of a banana tree farm for hours. We also had a few random Nobes start walking with us speaking Nobere (their dialect.) Elder Martin knows a good amount, but I was completely lost. I definitily prefer Dulegaya. One guy walked with us for a long while, trying to get us to speak in his dialect,  before he realized that these 2 gringos had no idea what was happenning. 

Mola Stand

On that exchange with Elder Martin we also passed by a Mola stand! They had ties, bracelets, headbands, cuadros, etc. Anything a gringo could ever want. We met someone from Texas there too which was crazy. I tried to speak to the gunas in dulegaya but have lost it all. Sad day. I could only make jokes but couldn't understand what they said after. At least they laughed. Probably at the gringo trying to speak their dialect. Life is good.

Canoe work

We have a member who said he'll let us borrow his canoe so we can visit some our friends that live far away from Pablo (the kid that takes us to his part of the other side of the jungle.) This should help a lot because we have some really cool people that we weren't able to visit on a regular basis, but now we'll be able to give them a better opportunity to progress and make covenants with God. Win win.

English Class and Sports Activity

We just started an english class and it went really well! Of course they're making me teach it because I'm gringo. My comp can teach it way better than I can, because I have no idea why we speak the way we do. I just do it. 20 people came and it was really fun to figure it out with them. A lot of our friends taking the lessons came as well which helps a lot.

Chiriquí Grande Continued

This week we had our second sunday school and a counselor in the mission presidency pulled up (shout out to presidente Ríos.) Some members that were baptized years ago somehow appeared, so they came to the class as well. There were so many people in such a small wooden house that I was worried about it's structural integrity (we were on some sketchy wooden stilts.) Super good experience and I got to share my testimony of the Book of Mormon which always is awesome.

Well, I'm focusing a lot on faith and seeking God's will. We're seeing some difficulties, but if we focus on God all will turn out alright. Proverbs 3:4-5 (i think)

Elder Nelson II