Well this place is freaking real! Like, really real! Freaking this life I live here, is insane. This week has been normal but I have decided that this is the best mission for me. I think I went a little crazy after last P Day because I craved anything American because I was sick of getting so upset with my comp with him not being able to speak English. So I just said a prayer in my heart asking for something American to just happen to me and guess what, as we were going to a members house to share a message, a car drove passed bumping some Kesha. I think that was the first time I jumped for joy here. The next day. Me and my comp were eating in one of the DR restaurants and we were just sitting there and some random guy just come sits right next to me and is just blankly staring at me. I was like what the heck. As we were leaving, I had the prompting to talk to him but I ignored it to save my confidence from being shot down because I cant speak the language that well. So we walked outside the restaurant and I saw a car with the license plate saying ¨Im proud to be an American¨ I freaked out for a second and walked back in the restaurant and asked the guy in English ¨Is that your car?¨ He looks back and with a smile on his face answers¨Well of course Elder Garfield¨ He ended up being a Dominican who moved to NY when he was 30 and spent 15 years there. We talk about everything American for like 10 mins and he mentions that he flew an American Flag out his window the day of September 11th and it made me so happy! He shakes my hand and says ¨If I see you around again, feel free to talk some English with me¨ I told him that that was the best offer here I have had yet. I know, Tyson, freaking be a man and take in the DR. Well to be honest, I have. I eat their food (I eat a food called ¨Mangoo¨ on a daily basis, its a plantane and its freaking bomb) I say their words like ¨Freaking Binah¨ I am pretty sure thats my comps favorite word. it means freaking thing. I really am enjoying my time here even though its going fast! Well I am so greatful for all the tender mercies I have here. Things in San Francisco 4 havent changed much. We still have like 0 progressing investigators and only 15 members in church all that awesome stuff. But I feel as if change will come soon and I will be the one to change it! Things will get better and I am going to be the one who makes it better! I am trying everyday to be an effective missionary and I can feel me getting better each day! Well thats all for this week. I love and miss you all!
No comments:
Post a Comment