Another Successful Week!

Well this week has been so much fun! Im starting to get comfortable and settled  which has really helped me. This is by far the best two weeks of my mission and its just going to keep getting better!

Monday: Every Monday we have a family night at someones house in the ward. Almost thirty people show up to the event. It starts late at 8:30 but the bishop called and got permission for the missionaries to stay out late and get a ride home. A few months ago, a whole family was baptised just because of these family nights so usually theyre a real success. My first one was on Monday and it was so fun. There were tons of people to talk to, a lot of food to eat, and a nice message about the sacrament. We will have another one tonight

Me sleeping in the elevator on the way to our fifth floor apartment :)

Well my companion is suffering from.. ``im not used to the food and climate here so im getting sick disease"  that happens to alot of new missionaries. He is kinda being wimpy about it but ive convinced him that it will pass quickly and we have been able to work without too many interruptions. He is a really great companion. He is starting to adjust living in a house with three other missionaries so thats good. Hes also starting to talk alot more which is really great.

We have been spending alot of the week visiting less actives and our investigators. Its been packed with good stuff.

On our way home from one service project.

Working on a service project, didn't have time to change.

Building a fence was hard work, especially in the heat!

We are building a form to pour cement for the fence.

These were our shoes after the service project......I'm the one holding the camera.

First ill talk about my investigator Danielle. She is an 18 year old girl. We started visiting her after a reference from her cousin. She has a baptism date for 23 of March. She has recently come upon some doubts about the church but I told her that she has these doubts because she hasnt been going to church. Than I promised her that if she goes to church, she will be more than prepared for baptism. Lets see how it goes...

This week I passed a less active woman  named Adriana. She is a mother of four girls and a boy. The second time we passed there in the week, we found out that she was sent to the hospital because she was sick. The next morning we went there just to say hi but  the nurse kinda kicked us out. She was released that night and I went to her house where she asked for a blessing. It was really a great experience. She promised that on Sunday she wouldnt go to church because she was still sick but all her kids would!

Saturday I called the bishop telling him that we would need more chairs at the new church building.

Sunday was a day packed full of things to do. I prepared a talk for the SECOND sacrament meeting of the day. When I arrived at the first, they asked me to give a talk.. haha good thing I already had one prepared. Lunch was good. Then we got ready for the second sacrament meeting. Its so fun to see my friends and members walking down the street with nice clothes and a smile on their face coming to church! The building was filling up and I was getting worried about how many chairs we had. Next thing you know, a group of 15 kids started walking down the street. They were the children of Adriana with all their friends and cousins. haha luckily we had space for everyone. Last week we had 13 people from my area with the help from a few members that lived in the center of the city(Who go to the first sacrament).  This week we had 32 people!! How cool is that? Im hoping next week it will continue to grow. I gave another talk for the second meeting and I felt the spirit really strongly.

Well its been hard to type today and im kinda distracted so sorry if none of it makes sense haha.

Until next week,

Elder Horst

This is a view of our area.

Horses wander around everywhere, this one is letting me touch him.

It's Sean's birthday on Friday, March 15.  I sent him a red velvet cake mix with a can of cream cheese frosting.  He always does things ahead of time !!!

Happy 20th Birthday Elder Horst :)