May 9 - This week I learned that cats are always evil. We were walking in the
street and there was a lady trying to get her cat off an awning thing.
So we go over there and I'm like "Oh yea, we can definitely help." So I
reach up to grab the cat and it scratched me. I eventually coerced the
cat to come to me and I got it down, but it was not as grateful as it
should have been. And you know how Spiderman got sweet spidey powers
when he got bit by a spider? All I got was allergies. Cats are always
evil.
I found another cow skull, don't worry no one was home. My
mission to take a picture with every cow skull in Olmué is going really
well.
And I took a picture of the Heavens opening up for
Judgement Day. It was really weird, we looked over and there was a shaft
of sunlight opened up only on this one patch in the distance, so I
don´t know what happened over there but...
This week in my
studies I studied a lot about the faith. There's a quote from President
Nelson that I really like "When we speak of faith- the faith that can
move mountains- we are not speaking of faith in general but of faith in
the Lord Jesus Christ." Faith specifically in Jesus Christ is the
important thing. And Jesus himself said "If ye will have faith IN ME ye
shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me." (Moroni 7:33)
If we develop faith in Jesus Christ we can do whatever He needs us to
do. That doesn't mean we can do whatever we want, but it has to be His
will. I know that we can be strengthened to do what the Lord asks of us
through our faith in Him.
Love you guys!!
Elder Cheney
May 16 - This week I conjugated verbs until I wanted to die. I had a huge
headache and wanted to throw up, so I learned what it's like to really
study. I don't think I'll be doing it again anytime soon.
Also this
week the electricity cut out so we had to plan and do everything in the
night by candlelight. It was really interesting and I felt like Joseph
Smith so it was a good experience.
We went to a baptism of
the Sisters in our district and when we got there I was heavily peer
pressured into singing a duet with a sister from Utah in English. So for
those of you who never thought the day would come, I'm a singer now.
There
was a lot of really good food this week. A lot of meat. The pen drive
thingy isn't working so I can't send any pictures, but you guys gotta
trust me that it was a good week.
This week while we were
waiting for the bus someone came up to me and told me that I can't tell
people Jesus loves them because I`m Mormon. So this week I want everyone
to know that Jesus loves you! But seriously, everything that Jesus
Christ and God do is because they love you. As small and insignificant
as we are they care about each one of us and know us specifically so
take that thought with you this week.
May 23 - This week was fantastic because the bishop's wife told me I look taller
than when I got to Olmué. I don't know what's in the water here but it's
working!
Also if you guys want to know how to make the missionaries
happy, go to church! This week we had Marta and 3 less active families
that we've been working a lot with go to church and it was so awesome.
It's a good day when people go to church!
I know everyone says this, but the weather is spastic here. Saturday
started off really cold, started to rain, the sun came out and got hot,
started to rain again, stopped raining, the sun went down, rained
again, stopped, and got cold again.And that was the day. It was a little
stressful because I don't know how to plan for that.
A
scripture that I really liked from this week is Doctrine and Covenants
24:8 it says "Be patient in afflictions, for thou shalt have many; but
endure them, for, lo, I am with thee, even unto the end of thy days." I
love this because we know there will be hard times, but we can have the
help of the God. It's a pretty great promise that we can have God to be
with us, even unto the end of our days, So remember you're never alone!
Love you guys and hope you are all doing well!
Elder Cheney
