I pray you are well, at least as well as I am.
For my part, I have no real reason to complain as life is good in the jungle, but that season of labor has drawn to a close, I've been transferred. I'll be going to Downey, more specifically to Bell Gardens, the eastern side of the mission, the boonies. The place that I kept joking that people would go to die. Now I'm going, it appears the Lord has a sense of humor. My new comp will be elder Martinez, who dies in 3 months, so I'll probably be killing him, price I pay for joking around. I have mixed emotions, but that's life. I really don't want to leave, but that's because the jungle is changing, there's work there, but I don't know about bell gardens. it's near Huntington Park, which is heaven for spanish missionaries since the area is almost all spanish speaking, but I don't know for sure.
I'll miss the jungle, but it'll be fun to go somewhere new, to meet new people, eat new food, and try new things. I'm just slightly peeved that right as the jungle is starting to turn around, I leave, but that's life.
We are having a mission conference later this month on the 24th with half the mission. I wish it was with everyone but the mission president knows what is best for the mission and I sustain him completely.
My investigators are all progressing at least as far as I can tell, the V***s should be getting baptized this coming Sunday, not that I'll be there for it. Ros**** wants to learn more, but is busy moving so she's on the back burner, but that'll happen. She wants it. All I want is to go to there sealing and life will be good.
In other news a Less Active named F******** is starting to re-activate. The problem is that he was baptized with no testimony of the Book of Mormon so we're trying to get him to read it, but he really doesn't want to. He wants to believe but he can't logically accept that God exists because there's no evidence for him. Silly Believer in the Black swan fallacy (lack of evidence for something does not mean the opposite is true). He wants it, but he can't accept it, he's at war with himself, and he can't win, as he won't let himself believe, even when the logic supports our evidence.
I'm also starting to understand how draining a mission is, as if you don't have appointments, it's not bad, but if you have solid appointments for several days, you just get drained so quickly, it's really not even funny. You rely heavily on the promise that you will "walk and not be weary and run and not faint." I am tired,and I don't anticipate it getting any better. Only worse, much, much worse. Oh well, price of mission service. It will always vale la pena, ojala (worth it, hopefully).
Anyway, I really don't have much else to say, as I'm leaving the area so....
Always remember, Trust the Process!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It'll aways get better long term.
May the Lord Bless you in all Y'all do,
C
Elder Wilson
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
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