It's hard to believe that another week is here already. This week it fills like we are getting a grip on our duties in the office. You know what that means. It might be time for a change. President Santos has been asked by the District President in Azua if he could have a senior Missionary Couple in Azua to help them grow to become a Stake. There plan is to combine 2 Districts Bani and Azua to make one Stake. President is leaning towards sending us there in the next month or two. It makes us very nervous because our language skills are not nearly as good as we need them to be but we also know if that is where we are assigned we will be successful there. Stay tuned!
Monday there was another Multi-Zone activity. This time it was for the Zones in the South part of the mission. Tuesday we learned that one of the Elders from Brazil hurt his leg playing soccer. (knowing Brazil soccer players I was sure he was just taking a "dive" to get the penalty kick) He went to see the local doctor who took X-rays. He did not find any fractures on the X-ray, but what to do you do if a leg hurts and you don't know what is causing it? You put cast on the leg from the hip to the toes. By Tuesday night it was cut off by Elder Buhler. I had a good look at it and he has a moderate sprained ankle and some inflammation in his knee of unknown cause. I think there is an outside chance that he might have some meniscus damage. I'm not sure what the cast was for. He is back in his area getting around with a limp.
Hermana Borup have found an effective way to practice Spanish and share the gospel to a captive audience. We have picked up people on the side of the road and given them rides. It's perfect. The price they pay for getting a ride with us is they have to listen to our bad Spanish. But they also get to have the gift of hearing about the Church. People seem to be interested, but then again they are captive.
We made another trip to the airport this week. A missionary that needed to come home early needed to be picked up and then released by President Santos. He is from a city near Barahona. He has been a member of the church for only 2 years and is the only member in his family. I'm not sure why he came home early but I know it must have taken a lot of faith to go in the first place. As a funny side note he served in Mexico. I asked hip how he liked the food. He wasn't very excited about it. He didn't like how spicy it was. There are not a lot of hot spices used in the cooking here.
Well it happened! We were told that if we drove the highway that we drive to Nizau (Elder Buhler calls it the carretera de muerte), we would see a dead body. It happened this morning on our way to church. There were some cones on the right side of the road and some police cars. Traffic, which is light on Sunday mornings, slowed a little and moved to the left. As we drove by there was a man lying in the road and a smashed up motorcycle. It didn't look like anyone was in a hurry to move the body and by the way the traffic only slowed a little it didn't seem like an unusual sight. That was a hard thing to see.
To end on a good note. One of the people that was baptized last night was a young man that is 18 years old. He has been coming to church for several months now. He seems nice enough. He always wears a baseball cap to church. He always appeared sober with a flat affect. He just looked like he didn't have much to be happy about. I have to admit that I don't know if that is true because I don't know him that well. However after his baptism he was asked to share his testimony. His countenance had changed. His face was lit up, you could see joy all over it. Today he came to church, no cap and a white shirt and a tie. He looked comfortable and happy, at peace.
We love the gospel and love all that it gives to us. the change I saw in this young man is what the Gospel of Jesus Christ is all about. The change usually takes time. It's fun when you can see glimpses of it all at once.
Have a great week
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