sorry im late. today we had a meeting with the pres... for our 1 month in the mission field. what? hahaha who knew. its going by so fast. im just. on for the ride. still feel like 2 years is a long time. dont get me wrong. ive saved 10 mil for this week. its my birthday. this sunday. none of you even said happy birthday... thanks. hahaha jk... its all good. yeah. so... im going to buy a cake. im so freaking excited. cake. ah. cake. hahahah take joy in the little things.
so inappropriate funny story. me and my companion were using the yernals in the church. he looks at me. and says... hey elder. i like your watch... hahaha how awkward. he is so funny and when we work we get along. but not in the mornings or nights.
we have been fighting alot. because. i took too long to cook my top roman. hahahaha it was all fine. till he called the zls and than all night talked crap about me. so i was really strugling. i felt horrible. like the one person who is supposed to help me here. didnt want anything to do with me. it hurt. but i wont let it stop me from baptizing everyone. =D
so i saw the first plant that i recognized today... crab grass. haha exciting i know. but honestly ive been. searching. hahaha met a guy. i nicknamed him sam banks. looks the same. only spanish. acts the same. hahaha wierd.
So just so you all know i want to share this very important part of me life. in costa rica. they have national sloth day. and its oct 19th. so yeah. that day.... ill find a way to celebrate it. hahah maybe ill just walk slow.. or eat slow or not shave so im hairy. who knows. haha
pretty boring week. investigators not really progressing. itink its cause we are fighting. we have one. but thats it. trying hard. no results... oh well. just got to do my best. i love you all. tis week has been the hardest of my life. with valentines day. and my companion. i spent hours in prayer. and hours just breaking down. its so hard to be here. i worry about everything back home. haha i need to focus. and im good to go. i love you all. thank you for all you do.
we have one investigator. jaunita... she is doing well. one more week and she can be baptized. i hope things keep going well for her. i gave a blessing on a house. that was so cool. loevd it. in spanish. haha yeah. my spanish. is getting there. i know the alphabet in spanish. haha the song doesnt really work for it. but i changed it a bit. hahaha
so remember that guy i gave a blessing in the hospital from the states. we ran into them and they said. that the doctors are shocked. and they get to go home 2 weeks early... what. that was me. well. not me. but the power god let me use. isnt that amazing? im so lucky. to have this power in me and to be able to use it for good. and bless the lives of people.
this mission is exactly what i needed in every way. im learning so much. how to work. study. focus. and try my very best. im happy. i feel. happy. despite the hurt. the missing you and the wanting to go back hoem. i love it here. i love the people. i want to work. i want to be better. and i love it. god lets me be happy. and thats. what i needed. to be happy. i can do this. its hard but i can. i got all you behind me. and a giant push from god. haha how could i not.
i read the parable of the lost sheep. i found something i really liked. at the end. it says. he rejoiceth in the 1 that he hath found and helped return to the fold.
jesus rejoiced in the 99 that didnt sin. and lived good lives. and were safe. but that one. that one that sined. the one that was lost. and needed to be found. when it was returned. jesus rejoiced in that one more than the 99 others all together. what an example of repentance. i related it to me. ive never been perfect. as you all laugh we all know it. hahah but i know that what im doing here god rejoiceth in. because i returned. i was so lost. and now im so found. i have found myself. my heart and my soul. i know where my feelings lie. and what i can do to be better. be sad when someone isnt doing the right thing. but support them. help them know its not good. but dont tear them down love them. and when they are ready to be found. help them come unto christ.
that was me for my mission. i didnt want to go. till i thought about one thing. marriage. you may think i am too young. haha i am. i need to serve for 2 years. hahaa got ya. but i thought to myself. i dont want to get married for time. but for eternity.
i had to go get lost. i had to sin. to fall away. to reject the gospel. before i realized why i needed it. and now. look where i am. in the most beautiful place in the world. because i trust in god. and his son. that i wanted to be a part of not only my family but a part of my future family too. forever. i lvoe this gospel. in every part i think. how can i help someone to realizes why they need this gospel. so when someone isnt perfect. dont worry. support them in their life. and god. will make a way. maybe through you or someone else. for me. it was brooke. i needed her testimony. and example. to want to be better. and now. im helping others. who can you help to know. you lvoe them. support them and that you want to help them return. be kind and gentle. say i dont accept what your doing. but i love you. and it will make such a huge difference.
i love you all. keep the spirit with you.
love your almost 20 year old misionary. elder. evans.
haha i love youuuu
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