Sometimes it rains so much here that you just have to wade down the street and smile when people think you`re a goof for not being inside. Right now the thunder is sooooo loud. I think the lightning likes to strike Siqui. But the rain is awesome, because it brings a reeeally nice breeze, and the sun goes behind the clouds and it`s not so hot all the sudden.
This week I was listening to trombone music and wishing I could play it. So instead, I drew a huge one on the board in district meeting and taught the district of missionaries how we can be instruments in God`s hands, and let Him make the music instead of us. If we try to use our "intelligent ideas" to convince the people things, they aren`t going to listen. But if we do what God wants us to and just teach the gospel, the people feel in their heart that it`s true. That`s why the trombone doesn`t move its own slide, and why I`m not playing one either right now.
In the City Central mission, there are 6 zones of coast. Every zone has around 12 missionaries, and this week we decided to all get together and have a "copa costa," which really just meant playing soccer all together. It was really awesome, because there were a ton of people, and a really good system set up so that everyone could play without having to wait very long. I`m getting a lot better at soccer, but these Latino missionaries are REALLY good. It`s honestly incredible to just watch them play. We also got new shoes for my companion, because his old ones had holes in the the bottoms, and the bottoms were peeling off anyway. It`s cool to see evidence of hard work sometimes.
There are a lot of miracles happening right now. We are teaching a ton of people who just know that God wants them to hear our message. Sometimes the people are just so excited to let us in and listen to the happy things that we have to teach them. And the members of the church here are helping us a lot with making these people feel welcome in the church too. God is really guiding us, because there is no way that the people would listen to me like that otherwise. It`s a huge blessing.
I love you all!
-Elder Cloward
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| Elder Almeida and I goofing around after playing soccer. He is one of the best soccer players I`ve ever seen, and he`s also just hilarious. |
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