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ELDER MERGENTHALER-1, DOG-0

 June 12, 2023

Hola! Todos Buenos días!! Espero wye estén bien pero bueno!  This week was packed, like packed-packed, so it's great, and it's also full of miracles, soo keep your seatbelt on, haha! 

On Tuesday, we had zone council, which is where everyone in the zone gets together and shares our difficulties and successes. We learn together. During that time we were invited to extend the invitation of baptism to five of our friends. It seemed like an overwhelming goal at the time, but also that's what missionaries do, so it should be a piece of cake. After zone council, I did splits (temporary companion trade) with a guy from my MTC group named Elder Hammond. It was so much fun because he cooked really good food for me, haha.

On Wednesday, I went back with Elder Palleros, and we had a normal day. I mean, I still implemented the things I learned in zone council, which led me to find a person! It also led me to talk to so many more people. With finding someone comes the other side--which means I was probably rejected like over 100 times, but I don't care. It fuels me to get rejected, so I'm cool with it, hahaha.

On  Thursday, we cut wood in the morning. Let me tell you, the crack of the wood is like music to my ears. We did that for a while, and on the way home, I'm walking home, minding my own business, and this meaty looking pitbull uses his wheelers to catch up to me and bite my leg. At first, I didn't really feel anything, but when he tried to go in for seconds and I felt hot doggy breath on the back of my leg, Elder Palleros smacked the dog with his backpack, so it ran off. Man, at that moment, I missed the USA soo much, hahaha.

On Friday, we had more divisions (or splits) but I stayed in my area, so that was dope. I got to laugh, have fun, and teach people. It's the best way to be a missionary--be obedient and have fun. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were kind of the same, except that on Sunday we had a member dinner, and during that member dinner they served me DUCK. It was sooo good. It tasted like a slim cow, but sweet.

So, that was my week. 

Miracles:

Well, this week I've been praying a lot to help me stay obedient when my comp isn't. I have been asking for the Lord's help, and guess what? There were two things this week that fell through that I was happy about because if they didn't fall through, I don't know what I would do. A second miracle was we were able to have like 3 awesome baptism invitations. All of them said no, but they'll get there because I could see it in their eyes!!

But, ya, that was my week. Next week I might be in a different place, and I might not, soo stay tuned peeps!

Love you all so much!

Elder Mergenthaler Out 







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