My family!!
Happy Easter!
Thank you so much for the awesome Easter package! It was really
great! I wore that tie that you gave me the next day (I got the package on
Saturday), and I had a ton of people say how much they liked my tie. =) I
also got something from the Brown family; if you have a chance, please tell
them thanks for me.
Well, lots of stuff
happened this week. Last Monday we went to lunch at a Mexican restaurant
that I had never been to before. It was the first time I've ordered in
Spanish in a restaurant before! (that I can remember) The waiter was
really surprised that we knew Spanish...
Speaking of
restaurants, we have had some exciting things happen at the local Chipotle.
Turns out one of the managers is a less active member, so when we went to
pay for our food, she had told the guy at the register to give it to us for
free! She came out and talked to us for a while, then said that she would
give us our food free whenever we came if she was there! So we might be
going to Chipotle more often now...
I went on exchanges
with Elder Taylor this past week, and we had to make a stop at the DMV because
he needed to get a new license. Except guess what? In Ohio, there
are no DMV's! Here they're called BMV's... Weird...
With the combination
of really nice weather and Easter weekend, tons of people were outside this
past week, so we had lots of opportunities for street-contacting! Because
of that, we found so many new people that speak Spanish it's crazy! We're
really excited for all of these new people we've contacted. All of these
new contacts also gave us lots of opportunities to apply the Spanish missionary
training we got a few weeks ago. The work is going to explode in the area
pretty soon!
We had my first real
member referral this past week. A sister in the English ward speaks
Spanish and has become really good friends with a lady from Argentina who live
near our home that we didn't know about. This sister told us about her
friend and asked us if we'd like to take over some Easter treats and introduce
ourselves. Of course we did! We went over there, and this lady
(B----) was very interested in the church. She told us that she could see
the peace and happiness in the sister that had befriended her, and she wanted
that in her life. She asked us what was different about our church than
other churches. Well... =) So we will be teaching B---- tomorrow in
the home of this sister! This was a great example to me of how important
it is to be an example and a friend to those around us, as well as giving the
missionaries referrals... =)
A missionary recently
got home from Guatemala here in the English ward, and we took him out with us
to teach for the first time this past week. As luck would have it, all of
our plans fell through. So we decided that we would try a potential house
that just happened to have 4 Guatemaltecos living in it. This RM loved
it! He started talking to these 4 guys from Guatemala, and there was a
few minutes where I didn't have a clue what was going on because they were just
talking about all of the geography down there and using all sorts of Guatemalan
slang that I didn't know. He connected really well with these guys, and
we were able to have a really good lesson and set up another appointment.
I put this in here because it was a good reminder to me that in order to
help people accept the Gospel, we have to love them and be their friends
first.
And now the part you’ve
all been waiting for…the part where I tell you about how I saw the Easter
Bunny!!
Yep that’s right, even
though Nachistis said she was going to hunt the Easter Bunny, she obviously
didn’t catch him,
because we saw him in Huber Heights! We were headed back to our house Sunday
night, and as we were driving through the neighborhood, we saw a little bunny
hopping across the lawns. Obviously the Easter Bunny heading home after a long
day of work!
I hope you had the
opportunity to see the video the church put out for Easter. If not, you
can find it at mormon.org/BecauseofHim. (or something like
that) It was a really good video. It helps put in perspective the
real meaning of Easter. I am so grateful for my Savior and for the
sacrifice He made for me. Because of Him I have the chance to work out my
salvation. I have the amazing opportunity to become a better person every
day. Every day I come short of perfection, but because of Him my weaknesses
can become strengths and I can one day return to live with my Father in Heaven.
As President Porter puts it: "Every minute of every day is about the
atonement."
Thank you so much for
all you do for me and for each other! I really enjoyed seeing all of the
pictures of your Easter celebrations. I laughed quite a bit at the
difference in money found and at the dumb-looking lion-cat. I bet he's
not happy about that. At all.
Well, that's about it!
Until next week!
Love,
Elder Foote
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