Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:01:00 -0500
Subject: Re: Happy thanksgiving indeed!
From: joseph.pitt@myldsmail.net
To: maryepitt@hotmail.com
Mary,
Hery i sent a huge letter to mom and dad. here is part of it.....This week was rufff. Right now we have no one that we are teaching and we didn't find any new people this week. No one came to church and things are just looking a little slow. I have faith that there are people in the area and that we can find them... but we just havent yet. We taught a few lessons this week and all of them just i felt like didn't get the message. So i don't know if we aren't explaining and teaching to needs. Which is one weakness i know i have. I feel like it is hard to teach to needs. That and i didn't feel like the Spirit was there during the lessons and it is obvisous when they don't understand and you are trying to explain. There isn't too much i can think of. I decided that i don't understand the latin mind.... it is so different and they were raised so different i find it hard to relate. I mean they grew up in the streets... dads drinking... fiestas everyweekend.... not going to church... and all of them say i love to just hear the word of God. Well hello what is the word of God??? in your eyes.... I just don't understand the thinking sometime. They have a hard time understanding that there is one one true church one correct way to follow God. It seems all the same to them. But i cant complain because i know there is missionaries in all there countries that are baptizing and doing everything like we should be able to do here. It will come. :)
We me and my compainion had a talk about planning. When we have lessons he doesn't really like to plan. just our views are different on them and i know that it has to be resovled so that we can have the spirit. And we talked about it, but he just says that his head hurts and he doesn't want to talk about it anymore... so we don't plan to much for lessons. Well the lessons that we do have set up. It is just a process and we learn alot from everyone so it is good. :)
This sunday though, the second counsler taught sunday school priesthoood and talked in sacrament meeting but i must say i learned alot this sunday and he talk so well. Actually Priesthood this sunday was just us too missionaries and him. The topic was how to raise a daughter.... but he changed it alittle and made it into how to make a eternal companionship. It was good. he had stories from his mission which were so crazy and man. i just felt so good a church and i know that he was suppose to teach all three classes.
We did have an amazing experience with a less active allen. Elder Weeks and I went over to see him. He had one of his friends over. He was english. So we just got talking and we asked Allen to get his scriptures. He was looking forever and couldn't find them. So as he was looking we started talking to his friend. He told us that religion wasn't for him and that he doesn't like talking about it. So i asked what do you mean religion isn't for you? He responded with that is a good question. He sat there thinking for a while and then he started telling us like he had been betrayed so many times, and now in his life he doesn't have any faith and he wants to get away from the people he is around and hang out with a better crowd. With people that love him. We started going with the restoraction. He seemed interested a little bit. We got to the life and Jesus Christ and the things that he taught and did. Then i asked how would you feel if you could start over and start a new life. He replied that it would be amazing. So Elder weeks invited him to be baptized. He accepted for the 24 of december. He had a huge smile on his face. We just talked more about baptism and had the less active tell his story of when he got baptised. It really rekindled the flame inside of him and he got all excited too. The lesson was something else. The spirit was there bearing testimony to everything that we were talking about. At the end of the lesson we ask if he would pray he told us. I don't want to be rude but i don't want to pray out loud with everyone. Please respect that. Elder Weeks and I actually started to laugh and we told him Elder weeks can pray to show you how and then you can say one. After the prayer of Elder weeks we asked again. He finally said the prayer and it was perfect! One experience i wont forget.
Everything is great here just pushing along and doing what we can. I have learned so much already and this experience is amazing!
Well my time is up i hope that all is weel. I was able to eat this week with too family... couldn't work to much cause everyone was drunk but.. haha alright love you all!!
Love Elder Pitt
