sept 26, 2012

Hey all, has it been another week already??? What the freak!  Wow how fast is that.  Just to mention, transfers are coming up this week.  I don´t think I am going anywhere, but I do think some of our district is.  You never know! But yes that is the big news of this week.  Now on to last week.  Lets just say... it was different.  Fast like always but just a lot has happened.  First off, thank you for the pictures.  They are great and Elder G loves them too.  Also thank you for my clothes.  I just needed something a bit different and I just picked up the package today from the post office!  :) 

Well on to last week, sorry, hahah.  I don´t know, I just had a hard time on Friday.  You know when you wake up and you are just in a bad mood, and you don´t want to talk or do anything, well that was me on Friday.  I woke up and I don´t know, I just wanted to punch a wall, yell, scream, do whatever.  I don´t know why, must have been a dream.  With that said, I really wasn´t feeling the spirit.  After I got ready I was feeling fine, I calmed down and all is well, nothing huge.  But I still didn't feel the spirit.  Elder G was in a weird mood too, so we were both off.  Not sure why.  But anyways, we get going to work and we have contacting planned.  Bad idea, I just wasn´t feeling anything.  Usually I talk with everyone and knock doors, and I am in the spirit of the work, just ready to tear it up, but I wasn´t the same.  Something had happend, and I couldn´t put my finger on it.  I ran through my morning and just was lost.  From the moment I woke up to then, I had been praying and keeping a prayer in my heart.  Just trying to bring back this spirit.  But nothing.  Well we were in Naron, a near city to Ferrol.  It has a tad bit more people and is just a great area.  I wanted to pray in peace, just kneel down, and pray.  Well we walked around for a good 5min and I was tired of this mood. I tried to change but nothing.  I was mad, sad, gloomy, not feeling the spirit, not anything good!!!! AHHH!!!  Finally I found a little nook in a road, a dead end.  I turned the corner and there is a little walkway and just no one.  I told Elder G to just go away for a bit.  Finally I am alone, well sort off.  I knelt down and prayed.  This spirit of peace came to me.  I finally felt that love that life that I needed to push on.  At the end of my prayer the scripture Isaiah 41:10 came to mind.  I am telling the truth, I have never read that scripture, maybe once in seminary, but I am not sure.  I personally don´t like Isaiah, it´s hard to read in English and Spanish.  But I looked it up, and wow... just beautiful.  Just look it up.  I love it now.  The words Yo estoy contigo, just got to me.  Just to let you know at the end of the day I was fine, back to normal, and just doing great.  We had a great day too, we both were back to normal. 

Well on to another subject, Yolanda is doing great.  She is a less active and she is getting back into the groove.  She has had a very hard life with many bad things.  She is from Brazil and she mixes up her Spanish with other very hard to understand words.  She just quit smoking.  She said one day she bought a pack, looked at it at her house.  Just staring at it, and just got angry.  She said and she said this loud... well screaming.  "I don´t need you, ahhhh, I was like a buffalo and just started to snort and act like one and I tore the pack up, just tabacco going everywhere and it was all me. Just like a buffalo"  When she yelled, it was like a buffalo sound, like a snort. rawr! hahaha that was a nice lesson :)  

Naty is doing great.  She is really pushing for her baptism and she really wants to get to eventually get to the temple which is great.  Everyone else is doing good.  I am loving life here.  The members are great, the work, well is work, and my comp is great! I am betting there might be a change. I hope not, but you never know.  Well family I love you so much, thank you for everything!!! Thank you so much again for the great package that I got today! Love it!  Ohh by the way I had pig stomach again this week. mmmm tasty! Wish I didn´t ask what it was before I ate it.  hahah ooops! I love you!! Have a great week!

 

I love you!!

 

Elder Alex Laubaugh!!