Heredia Week 6

Hey everyone, sorry for the delayed email! Here’s how the week went:

On P-day, we just hung out and played a bit of basketball—nothing too eventful. After P-day, we had a bit of Bible bashing, but it was the most well-mannered Bible bashing I’ve ever seen. You never know what you'll find while knocking on doors, I guess.

It was one of the sisters’ birthdays on Tuesday, so we all chipped in for a cake during district council. After that, all our lessons fell through, so we knocked on a bunch of doors. Thankfully, some members gave us pizza for dinner.

On Wednesday, we had a blitz with the zone leaders to boost our area a bit. It rained a bunch, but we found some awesome people—so we’ll see if they progress!

Thursday, we finally got a new washer. The old one was falling apart. We also talked to Daniel about baptism again, but he says he wants his own “pillar of light” to confirm it’s the right thing to do. That night, we had a really fun dinner with a less active couple. The husband isn’t a member, but he’s been coming to church for several weeks now, so we’re going to see if he’s interested in baptism.

Friday was pretty normal. We realized the new washer doesn’t drain, so we had to throw it on top of a nightstand because it doesn’t have a pump to get the water out. Later, we had a basketball activity with the ward, which was really fun.

The rainy season is officially back, so we’re constantly soaked—even with rain gear.

We had transfer meeting on Sunday. I’ll be finishing the mission here in Heredia!

 - Elder Kirby 







Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Last P-Day In Mexico City

Image
6 more days until Costa Rica. We got to do endowments and a sealing session today at the temple, we were there for a while but it was super spiritual.  Last weeked was the celebration of independence for Mexico and it was a party all weekend. We had a mariachi band during dinner. They fill egg shells with sparkles and some with flower and you throw them, and they explode and make a bit of a mess, but it's still fun. There were lots of fireworks all night long throughout the city. One of the Elders in my house brought Janga, and after our nightly house devotionals, we have had some super intense games of Janga. For instance, one night, we had around 8 people, and we were so into it, we took 5 minutes each turn trying not to knock the stack over. Not a whole lot to go into on this email now but I'm sure my next email will be in Costa Rica and I will have lots more to talk about. It's hard to not count down the days until I'm out in the field.   The 3rd picture isn't f...
Read more

Heredia Week 11

Image
Hey everyone! Here’s a quick update on my week! Monday was pretty normal—everyone did their own thing, so we went to the church to play soccer and basketball by ourselves. Later, we had a lesson with our friend Reynel. Tuesday was pretty uneventful. We had district council and then spent the rest of the day contacting. Wednesday I had my final interview with President Maddux. He gave me a lot of awesome advice for life after the mission. For lunch, we had Caribbean rice and beans before sitting through a 5-hour training with the assistants to the president. We got Papa John’s afterward, which was a nice treat. Thursday we were trying to make up for the time we lost in interviews and the training. Lots and lots of finding. The highlight was definitely putting a baptismal date with Reynel! Friday we visited a referral’s house and ended up teaching a bunch of different things. They even gave us lunch, which was super nice. After that, we did more finding until our mission coordination mee...
Read more

Still In Costa Rica

Image
How's everyone doing? Costa Rica is still good. Last P-day I ate an entire Little Caesars pizza and half of a 2 liter Coke. Why? I honestly don't know. Just kind of did it and then went and played some basketball. And you can probably guess how that went. We get a lot of opportunities to help some of the kids that we are teaching with their English homework. It goes ok but I realize that I can't teach English very well. It's been pretty hard contacting and finding new people but we keep knocking doors and keep trying. Discouraging but there's not much I can do to make people listen or take a Book of Mormon so I don't worry too much. We have a lot of references that we've contacted so we will see how that goes. But we do have a baptism date coming up soon. Food is still super delicious. Recently I tried some Cas drink. " Cas fruits have an astringent, tart, and sour flavor mixed with a subtle sweetness, reminiscent of a grapefruit crossed with...
Read more