I did not see my transfers coming at all haha. I will be district leader again and be opening an area called Fresnos with Elder Rubio (my comp from 2 transfers ago), again!!! Before the mission he had typoid fever and salmonella before the mission and he's been having some reaccurring symtoms from that. He's been pretty sick lately and being assistant wasn't helping him, so Pres decided that together we would open an area and try to care for his health. Pres told me it was a special assignment haha.
I never thought I was gonna have the same comp 2 times, especially not with my favorite comp from the mission. I'm super happy about that. We're a little concerned about opening an area, especially when we have to keep an eye on his health, but it sould still be pretty fun. The old missionaries left the house disgusting though. We're gonna clean it all out tomorrow. I'm also excited to be district leader again. Less stress and more sleep haha.
The last week in Colinas was actually really good, besides an eye
infection I got haha. We went to go drop 2 investigators during the
week, and they ended up coming to the stake conference and really liking
it. Also 2 of my favorite investigators of all time were also there
and I got pictures with them. It was pretty bittersweet leaving the
area Colinas. My investigator Isaac told me when we were saying goodbye
that I had changed his life and he couldn't thank me enough. It was a
pretty sad moment, but the good thing is that I'm gonna go back for his
baptism. I'm excited to get to work here, but it's gonna be a bit rough
at first. This used to be one of the highest baptizing areas in the
mission, but it's dried up a bit. We're gonna give it our best though.
I love all of you guys, and hope you have a great week!
Elder Cherpeski
Pics: Isaac. Jorge. Presidente Williamson. Elder Monroy. Our disgusting house
6/18/2018
Well, it was a very bittersweet week. I have good news and bad news.
Elder Rubio was sick all week, and we hardly could leave the house. He
had to go home today, and since he had to go home once already for his
health, he won't be coming back this time. I'm pretty sad for that.
However, Presidente already had a companion planned for me. Elder
Hernandez came to the mission 10 months ago, but had to go home for
personal reasons. Anyways, today he came back to the mission, and I'm
going to be training him! While I'm sad that Elder Rubio is going home,
I'm glad that I'll have a good, hard working missionary. It's gonna be a
little tough opening an area and training, but I think we're gonna have
a lot of success here.
Most of this week I cleaned the house. I also got some sort of
stomach bug and was throwing up all day on Tuesday, but it cleared up by
Wednesday morning. It was pretty frustrating not being able to leave
the house this week. Especially since we really don't have a lot going
for us right now in the area. But with my new comp, I'm sure we'll be
working lots this week. Elder Hernandez is from Puebla, the same as
Rubio! One missionary from there ends his mission today, and the other
is just starting. Kinda funny. I'm sure gonna miss Rubio though. We
get along super well, and he's one of the funniest guys I know. But I
know the Lord has a plan, and everything will work out. Anyways, that's
about it from this week. Also Mexico beat Germany in the mundial, and
everyone is freaking out about it still haha.
Also, my other son is now training. I'm a grandpa! My nieto is from Chile!
6/25/2018
This was a really busy week. It has been interesting opening an area,
especially training. The good thing is that we share the area with
sisters, so they help get to the members houses for food and all that. I
feel like I have the area down now though. This week was crazy with
the mundial de fútbol. Saturday morning Mexico was playing against
Korea. You would have thought it was a ghost city. Almost nobody was
on the street, but you could hear the game because everybody was
watching to it and was really like a huge surround sound. It was a
really bizzare experience.
My new companion is Elder Hernandez. He's pretty quiet, but he's
definitely been opening up more lately. He was the first convert in his
family, and got baptized 2 years ago. Since then, his mom and brother
got baptized, but still waiting on his dad and other brother. He's
already really good at teaching, and has a strong testimony. However,
I've been helping him learn how to contact in the street, teach a bit
more clearly, and other odds and ends like that. Really I haven't had
to teach him too much stuff. He was feeling a little homesick this
week, so I kept him extremely busy. We had a ton of new investigators
this week, and 3 of them came to church! We're gonna keep working
really hard! The ward here is mas o menos. It's not the best, but
better than some wards I've been in. I went and presented my comp to
the Bishop the first day he got here, and the Bishop was really
impressed with that. He was telling my comp to try and learn as much as
he can from me. It was a moment that I realized that I'm not a new
missionary anymore, and that in fact I'm starting to be one of the
veterans. Overall, it was a good week. We had our zone activity today
and I was able to play basketball for a while today. I sure miss it
haha. I'm happy to hear that you're all doing well, and have a great
week!
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