Elder Acot: 9/26/22

 

¡Hola mi familia y a mis amigos!

This week was busy and went by fast! It is honestly kinda hard to remember everything that happened this week. We went to the northern part of our area on Tuesday which was crazy because it is just totally new from where we had been walking before. In fact we were so far north we were actually in the city of Asuncion. Our area covers four cities even though it is so tiny. While we were up north looking for someone specific we asked these two older guys, Julien and Mario, working at a shoe repair shack if they knew this person. They said they did not but then we started talking and then we started teaching! It was an awesome first lesson and they wanted us to come back. So just this week we met with them three times. One of the times that we walked up to the shoe shack it was just Mario and he was reading a book. THE BOOK OF MORMON. It was so amazing to see him reading it on his own time! Most of our friends that were progressing are slowing down. Having doubts, not reading, not praying, not going to church. The devil can do some work on people. So this week we did not have a friend come to church so that was frustrating. With work and praying hopefully in two weeks we can do better.

This week I also had my first divisions! It was so cool to go with another Elder and work in a different area. I worked with Elder Orr who is from Hawaii and has been out on the mission for about a year and a half. It was so different because there were a couple times Elder Orr would look at me for like my part of the lesson and it would be a part I had never taught before so I would stumble my way through it and mess up then Elder Orr would just have to do it haha. I still have so much work to do with Spanish. It sure is a marathon and not a sprint. It was good though to see how different missionaries work because I have only done what my comp has taught me.

With all the craziness of the last two weeks and all the newness it is all starting to slow down a bit and get more normal. With that comes doubt and frustration. This is because I can't use the excuse of I am new anymore. There were a lot of times this week where we have been to one of our last appointments of the day and I am physically exhausted from walking all day and mentally exhausted from trying to understand all day and all I can think about is sleeping. It can be discouraging when I go the whole day and maybe I feel like I did not talk enough or I did not understand enough. A mission is difficult and I am not going to try and sugar coat it and say it isn't. What I have learned though from this week is that ending my day with a sincere prayer to our Heavenly Father makes everything worth it. All the doubts, sadness, frustration, anger, disappointment, expectations, none of them matter when I am kneeling down giving thanks and asking for sincere help from Heavenly Father. I know that I can also push myself to do better everyday. As long as I am getting better each day that is all that matters. I invite all of you to give a sincere prayer to Heavenly Father tonight with any frustrations, heart aches, disappointments, sadness, in your life and just ask for comfort and guidance and you will begin to see miracles working in your life.

Love you all so much and I miss you! Have an amazing week and love one another!

Love Elder Acor