October 17, 2011

Hola,

Our week was nice and busy. We did a fair amount of service this week. We helped paint some pillars white. My companion is afraid of heights so I did the top parts and he did the bottom. While we were there these guys came to measure windows because they are getting replaced. The lady (homeowner) didn't speak English and the window guys didn't speak a word of Spanish so we had a cool opportunity to translate. Translating is a weird thing, but it was fun. I think that was God's reason for us being there, to help them communicate with each other rather than for us to paint.

We also emptied, disassembled, and washed the nastiest pool ever. It was about half full and greener than green. Things were growing on the sides and little critters were swimming around. Worst of all, there was a dead bird floating around in there. We didn't really have a game plan so we just took it apart and let the water run out all over the yard.... maybe not the smartest. The ground was really dry so the water just sat on top of the ground for a while mixing with dog poop. It was sick. Then we washed the plastic, which took forever, and was kind of a never ending process because the yard was just sand and dirt. It was actually fun, though. I just pictured in my mind me scrubbing an elephant with a broom instead of me scrubbing a nasty pool with a broom.

We also had a very cool lesson at a park with a part-member family and the member's father-in-law. The father-in-law was just like the non-member son-in-law back in the day. But the cool thing is that the only person he'll listen to is his father-in-law.

We also had some other good lessons and it just feels good when you finally get let into a house. I love that! You're kind of like "We're inside... now what?" Love it.

We are meeting with a member of the Seventy on Wednesday.


Love,


Elder Wiest