Every week there are so many good and bad things that happen but I
will try and focus on the positive stuff. This week was difficult for
the district because hermana Schobert, a sister in my district, went
home because of some family issues that happened and it was really sad
to see her leave. When she first came she hardly knew anything about
the gospel and was struggling a lot but by the time she left she had a
deep love for the scriptures and a desire to serve with her whole
heart. I think it was a really good experience for her and it will
bless her family. Especially since most haven't accepted the gospel
yet. So now our ward is down to 5 missionaries and the sisters have
two areas to cover for the week so it is a little crazy.
This week we had Día de Hispanidad which is a huge stake activity
where we celebrate lots of different Hispanic cultures and there was
all different types of food and dancing and craziness that we only saw
a small part of because we got to get out and work. :) but next year I
want to come back for sure to do the 5k in the morning, then stay from
1-9 eating and dancing and enjoying all of the wonderful people. But
this year I was a missionary so we only had our dinner hour to enjoy
all the fun. It was a lot of fun to see the families from Costa Mesa
and Santa Ana 5, old companions and people that I have really come to
love on my mission. :) plus it was really missionary focused for all
the members to bring their friends. I heard good amount of success has
come from it but from our ward most of their friends didn't end up
coming. But it was missionary focused and we got to talk with a lot of
great people.
This week we found some really cool new people. This guy named
Ascensión met with missionaries a while ago and has since read the
entire Book of Mormon. He is struggling to recognize his answer that
it's true but he wants us to come help him figure it out. He doesn't
have support from his family but he is excited to learn. Plus he
talked about Alma and how much he loves it, just says it's a little
long. Haha We were excited for church this week because 4 people
committed to come but none of them showed up... Oh well. We will just
keep inviting and doing our part and they will come soon.
Last night we had a bit of a scary situation. The sister trio needed
to go sync their iPads to get everything in for the week but they
didn't want to walk in our area alone because it is a little crazy at
night. So we were waiting for them and a really cool Jehovah witness
came up to us and was asking where to by a "clean flicks" type thing
that turns rated R movies to PG13 and he knew Mormons would probably
know where to get one. So we are talking with him and he is super
awesome, then a drunk guy comes up and starts telling the Jehovah
witness guy that he should be a Mormon. By this time the sisters were
there and talking to the awesome guy with us. Then out of nowhere this
lady comes up from behind and wraps her arms around elder kemp and I
around the waist so we jump away from this lady and then this drunk
guy starts telling us how crazy Mormons are and saying really vulgar
stuff in from of the sisters so we and the Jehovah witness dude tried
to tell him to go away and he did enough that we could enchange info
with the other guy and direct him to a desert book. So he leaves and
we walk away to sync they drunk guy, girl and some other people start
following us yelling at us. It really scared the sisters and so I
don't remember everything that happened but I was standing between
these drunk people and all the sisters hiding behind elder kemp and I
and basically told them we were servants of The Lord and they needed
to leave and then we kept going. They almost immediately turned around
and left us alone and I really felt the protection of our loving
Heavenly Father. Sorry that was really long but it was an experience
that made me realize how much we are loved and protected by our
Heavenly Father and about how he is always looking over us. It also
made me realize really how much I hate drugs, especially alcohol and
how it can change a decent man into someone who can't control
themselves. The gospel is true. I know the word of wisdom and the
commandments that we have been given are from God and are to help us
be happy in this life. Love you! And don't worry the area I'm in is
really safe during the day :D
Love,
Elder Hyde
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