My health is at 100% right now. I had food poisoning the past week, we think from meat that I ate, it was some pretty nasty, really chewy meat. It tasted like turtle. Now I’m able to eat and am feeling a whole lot better.
My attitude had gotten down one day till my friend Maria Jose told me to buckle down and get to work. My attitude was mainly with my companion, we have really been struggling, so after I talked with her at lunch I went back home and I knelt down to pray to be able to have a change of heart. Then after I prayed I talked to my companion and said sorry for things that I might have done. He said I forgive you but he didn’t mention anything else. I told him what’s been bothering me, and it was about the things that he does that bothered me. So I named a few things he does like hocking luggies in public every 3 minutes, not eating what’s on your plate at meals and making smart aleck remark to everything I say. Then he just goes off and is yelling about what I need to do better, then he left. I felt bad so I said another prayer and then I just said to him “LETS GO WORK”. We left our house and I actually felt really good and didn’t have the spirit of contention or anything. We did really well the rest of that day.
My work habits are also really good. There are some of those days were I just don’t want to do anything, but I still work. I am learning a lot on how to endure my trials, yes it is hard, but I really feel so much better after I have overcame what it is I was faced with. Despite the trials that we were receiving there also are a lot of blessings. This last week we baptized 7 people. I will talk about the different people we baptized.
1st baptism was a Family of SIX!! I love that family we found them one day while we were teaching another family. This man came (Luis) selling tortillas to the home where we were teaching. I made contact with him and gave him a pamphlet and told him about the free English classes we teach every Saturday. He was especially pleased about the English classes cause he is very poor and has two sons that want to learn English but can’t afford other classes.
Then the next day we went over to their house and there was
Luis (the dad)
Jared (son) 16yrs
Elmer (son) 14yrs
Jeremy (son) 12yrs
Berman (son) 10yrs
Oliver (son) 8yrs old
Ernesto (son) 2yrs
The first visit with them I knew they were ready to be baptized so they all accepted to be baptized. They have quite a sad story, his wife left him with 6 children and he barely makes enough money to make ends meet but they live very humbly in their two room house, he supports them by making and selling tortillas. He has the responsibility of all these kids plus he has to work to support the family. You can just see the stress and tiredness in this poor guy’s eyes, but he does it “because he loves his family most”.
We have been to their house on numerous occasions so I have gotten to know this family really well. They are AWESOME!! Every one of them, I love spending time with them and they were all baptized on March 19th a day after my year and one month mark in the mission.
2nd baptism was a man named Eliezer. He is 25 years old and a reference/friend of Flavio our other baptism. He is a way cool guy, he is married but temporarily separated due to drinking problems and lack of work. She works and he has gotten his life in order and was baptized on the March 20th. H e and his wife are now back together and happy.
Sorry mom to hear about your allergies, ironically/amazingly enough I have not had any allergies at all and there is so much dust and crap in the air here it is truly amazing. (I just have everything else health wise wrong with me)
Ooh good luck Carly in that essay contest that would be really cool if you won!!
Yep Tanner got a gun…what’s new. Ha-ha jk That’s cool and that’s cool that my brothers are hanging out!
I am definitely looking forward to General Conference, that will be really cool. I just downloaded like 64 general conference talks on my iPod and am always listening to them. HECK YES I REMEMBER GOING TO THE CONFERENCE CENTER!!! That was such a neat experience!
That’s pretty much it as far is this past week, it’s been a really good week! It might be my last transfer here in Las Mercedes. If I get changed I will be so sad for me, but I will go wherever you want me to go dear Lord.
Ok so as far as putting photos up on Picasa I have put a lot up recently you guys also need to too. I want to see what all my nieces and nephews look like now so give me photos of them. I have been checking out my blog spot and you’re not putting up photos so at least add my baptisms.
Well I love you and thank you for all your love and support.
Elder Buck
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