Patience Is The Key

What a week it was . . . probably the most influential of my mission, thanks to an amazing District Leader, and a lazy companion. On Tuesday, Elder Jackson, literally called the whole district to repentence, because our whole district is struggling lately and it is due to obedience problems.  This really inspired me! I remember my first companion Elder Botelho. I thought he was TOO obedient, but now with 7 months under my belt I realize that being TOO obedient isn't a thing. Which frustrates me because my comp doesn't wanna study and loves to sleep and listen to worldly music. It frustrates me because gringos get a bad wrap in our mission, but honestly, gringros run the mission. Every zone leader is from the US, and both the assistants are gringos as well. We'll see how this week goes with my new comp. 

This week we had a lot better numbers, and I'm excited to see that we're having a little success. I had a work visit this week with Elder Jackson, and I thought we were doing decent work.  He made me realize that we suck. We're not good at planning and we don't contact that well. So we're trying to change that.  Like I said, this was probably the most influential week I've had on my mission. 

This week, my pension is in Lima, her husband needed a surgery, so she left us with 100 soles to buy food, we'll see how it goes hahha. 

Lately, I've been studying in almost pure spanish, and understanding just about everything. Which is a big improvement from about 7 months ago!

I think my favorite scripture is Alma 37; 6-7 - "Through the little things, we can accomplish the bigger things"  - I set that scripture as a goal in my language study, and now all the members always compliment me and I love that. Patience is key in everything, especially here in the mission.

Elder Roper