Sooooo.......Im proud to say i confidently feel like a missionary whos got some respectable time under his belt now!! I mean im coming home next year!!! LIke what?!?! already got a christmas, new year, and birthday down in the mish!!!
Alright so the scoop from Colombia...
So all day on new years eve was INSANE!!!! K, let me rephrase that, colombias always insane, new years eve was EVEN MORE INSANE!!! The streets were just packed with people, and most of them were dressed up in costumes and all.... I think these people mix up their holidays a bit here... But ya so it was packed and the music that you always here walking down the streets of Colombia was soooo much louder!! It was crazy haha we were just walking around thinking like wow how are we supposed to teach a spiritual lesson right now.... but it was cool to see all that they do!
So the biggesgt new years tradition here is that they make big dolls, kind of like scare crows, and then put them in the street infront of their houses waiting to burn them at midnight... so ya all week there were these huge dolls all over the street, most of them with weird masks and stuff...
THe other big tradition, thats really not that big of a deal, but everyone was talking about it, is that they try to eat 12 grapes in 1 minute and if they do it they make a wish... haha i found it kind of funny, they ALWAYS talked about it, and talked about it like it was a hard thing to do...
So ya for new years we actually did manage to squeeze in some lessons, and then at night there was a ward party where we played some fun games with the members and an investigador and all... but then the elders on the island stayed at our place with us for the night and we just hung out in the house all night till midnight and then went out on the porch and watched all the fire works go off and the neighbors burn their doll and it was pretty cool!! There were some suuuuper loud fireworks, haha nobody got any sleep that night, but it was neat!! A picture of theneighbors doll burning is on its way...
Only one other story from the week really, i got spit on. So ya not much to it really, i guess the guy was from some other church, and ya he spit on me...
Haha no jk it wasnt quite like that some guy infront of a bar was talking with his buddy and turned his head to spit on the ground right as we walked by and the spit landed on my shoe... he looked soooo emberrased haha and actually was really nice trying to apologize and all, my comp and i just laughed and told him it was all good, probably should have tried to contact him and teach him some other day haha, while walking away i was thinking about what a story that would be if the guy ever managed to join the church since he met the missionaries by spitting on them... but nah we were in a hurry to the next lesson.
So i got put in as the second councelor of the branch presidency here this week! President Pricoli and his wife came and told my comp and i we have to start helping the members not be so dependent on the missionaries and all, so im not sure why the President called me to be the counselor, but he told me it would probably just be for a short time till they call another member... but ya as ive said its super interesting how The Lord doesnt call on the most capable people, just the ones who He needs to see learn and grow!
Entonces eso es todo lo que tengo para compartir esta semana. Espero que les guste y que tengan muy buena semana! Como siempre sería un gusto dejarles con mi testimonio que sé que estamos en la iglesia verdadera, la de Jesucristo, se me hizo saber de la veracidad un poco más esta semana por el Espíritu que sentí al tomar de la santa cena esta semana. Sé que mis errores fueron perdonados en ese momento, y sé que eso solamente es posible gracias a este plan del Señor para nosotros sus hijos, hecho posible por Su Hijo, Jesucristo, y lo digo en Su nombre, amen.
les amo
nos vemos
Élder Tenney
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