Preaching on the Bus

Hey Family,


Before anything I just want to apologize for the letter that you received last week…this week was a lot better, but I will use the letter you sent to me to help me if it happens again in the future.

SWEET!!! Ammon’s leaving on his mish!! That is so cool, now all that’s left is Walker and then all my buddies are doing what they are suppose too.

That’s cool that you guys got some rain…I haven’t seen rain for almost 3 months now and it’s hot and humid like always ha-ha. That’s awesome that you guys are still blessed with work COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS!! Whenever I do get discouraged I just think about how you guys are struggling there in the states and then I buckle down and work harder to bless you guys. That’s cool that Carly’s doing softball again that will be fun.

Thank you for all the advice that you gave me for overcoming trials and doing the things that I’m suppose to do. I will do better and try not to get so discouraged.

Monday: I was still feeling weird and didn’t want to do much as far as work then that night I said a long prayer, praying for forgiveness and help. My mind gets so out of focus when I pray though….it makes it so hard to get an answer. Then to try to focus my thoughts on only things to be able to receive an answer also something that is very hard to do, especially this environment of where I’m at. I would love just to go to a quiet place, alone away from all the noise and try to talk with God, but here it’s impossible. Both our neighbors play their rap music so loud it makes it so hard to study, but you learn to deal from it.

Tuesday: Was a really awesome experience we had the chance again to listen to a general authority named Elder Martino, and that was really cool. That helped me to feel good and to feel the spirit. He talked from 9am-4pm, it was really good though. And while we were riding home on the bus I remembered a story that he was telling us about, one of his companions could not speak a lick of Spanish but that every time he was on the bus he would stand up and contact everyone.

At this point I was sitting next to my buddy who is also my Zone Leader Elder Baker. And I was like “have you contacted on a bus before?” and he’s like “no, have you?” I told him I haven’t but that I was. So I stood up and walked to the front of the bus and practically taught the restoration to everyone on the bus! Ha-ha there was one lady close to me listening and every time I said a sentence she was like “hallelujah” ha-ha it was funny but then afterwards I asked if there was anyone that would like us to pass by their house and share more of this message with them. No one wanted us too so I was like “dangit” and went and sat back down. But after I got off the bus my older Zone leader told me that the lady he was sitting next to was asleep-but when I got up in front of the bus and started preaching the gospel she woke up and was listening what I was saying. Then he told me that she was really interested and said that she wanted the missionaries to come by.

Then this week I found out that the missionaries have been going to her house and that she will be baptized this Saturday. I think that is so AWESOME!!! There were 43 people (souls) on that bus and that one lady that is going to be baptized has a family of 5 and her husband wants to be baptized too. I feel really good knowing that because I over came the fear of standing in front of 43 people and that I not only help bring one soul to Christ but her whole family.

Wednesday: Was a good day just working hard and visited Flabio and Juan Manuel that we had planned to be baptized that Saturday.

Thursday: We worked our butts off and had a lot of success…we worked really hard as a companionship and found 2 people who accepted to be baptized on the 30th.

Friday: I went on divisions so that my companion and my zone leader can work in my area and interview Flabio and Juan to get baptized the following day. When I got back later that day I went to a mans house named Luis that we contacted a day earlier and turns out he has 6 kids and 5 are above the age of 8 and all accepted to be baptized. His story is that his wife left him for another man and also her 6 children so he has been the mom and the dad and tries to support them and keep a business of making and selling tortillas.

Saturday: In the morning we had English class I taught with my Zone Leader Elder Baker and it went really good. It was really fun. Then after ate lunch and started my fast, and then went to go get our investigators ready for their baptism. Well the baptism was scheduled for 2 pm and we got to their house at 1:25pm to bring them to the church and the one Hermano (Flabio) didn’t want to get baptized but the other one (Juan) did. So we got him baptized and later talked to Flabio and he said that he will get baptized next Saturday.

Sunday: I wasn’t feeling good at all when I woke up Sunday morning…I felt super weak from all the walking the day before and not drinking or eating. I had to go on divisions with a member to a neighborhood called Recargo where Luis and his 6 sons live. And it is super far (about a mile and a half) and I was not feeling good, so when we got to their house no one was ready and where all dirty and not bathed. The dad said that he had to work but maybe his sons would like to go. So the oldest (Jared) went and the second youngest (Berman) and they said they had a good time. Also Hno. Flabio went to church and said that he really liked it and Juan got confirmed a member and then later that day went to a member’s house where we are teaching his brother who isn’t a member. He accepted baptism for the next week on the 13th so this week we will be having 2 baptisms I’m pretty excited!

I thought I would try something new. In each letter I write home I will put something funny like a joke or some custom they do here in Nicaragua.

FUNNY OF THE WEEK: When I went on divisions Friday one of the investigators was a lady (a really big lady) was wearing a shirt with faded letters that I couldn’t read very good at first. But during the lesson I looked at her shirt and I was able to see what it said. The shirt said “MY BALLS ITCH”. HAHA I felt so bad because I couldn’t help from laughing and the Elder and the lady thought I was crazy because they didn’t know what it meant. Here’s your sign.

Love,
Elder Buck