Things Are Improving

Hello Family,


I am doing better as far as my health so you guys do not need to worry about any of that now. I’m back to work and doing the best I can. I went to the doctor but he told me I had to wait some more for the cyst to mature, but it’s pretty much gone now and I didn’t even get it cut out.

As far as the mission I’m really going to make a commitment to stay. Mom, Dad I really really don’t want to go home because of health reasons, so you will just have to trust the Lord that I will be alright here in Nicaragua. Now that I’m feeling better again I’m 100% ready to go work my butt off again. We just had a baptism last week (Rosa) and we have another week (Vanessa) these are both references from the members so they are doing super awesome!

We just passed by Vanessa’s house last night and asked why she didn’t go to church (food allergies) but then I asked if she read Alma 7 in the Book of Mormon we left her. She said SHE DID READ IT AND PRAYED ABOUT IT!!! AND KNOWS THE CHURCH IS TRUE!!! I LOVE HEARING THOSE WORDS OF CONVERSION!!!

I am really loving the mission! Just when I have these trials (cysts, fungus, parasites) I have to learn to control my attitude. I tried a lot when I had that cyst and now it’s practically gone and I’m happier then I have ever been!!

As far as mission work goes. Our mission has a goal to have 4 people accept baptismal dates and to find 5 new investigators’ each day or we can’t enter the house. We have been doing that and we usually stop working at 10:30-10:45 p.m. (that’s when we should be sleeping) but its something that the president told us to do. It’s actually really helping me build better character and reach my potential because we are already tired as heck but we just got to keep on going, so that’s what we have been doing.

I have really developed a love for the people here, it is a blessing to be serving here and not in the states! We hardly ever get the door slammed on our face (only sometimes) but the people are actually really nice and invite us to come back some other day (even though they give us times when they are not going to be home ha-ha) But no...Really I love this work and I’m just going to try to give it my all, stop whining, and get lost in the work. I have 10 months left and I know I can do so much with this ten months.

I love you all and thank you for all you love and support. Sorry my letter is short we where in a meeting all day today and I got to go to work at 5pm.

LOVE

ELDER BUCK