Hello!
We are on the grind here in Ciudad del Este. We contacted a lot this week and didn’t see too much success with it. Mainly because of the weather. This morning it hit a low of 36 degrees Fahrenheit, and it’s been sitting at a cool 50-60 degrees for a few days now. That’s not the greatest because when it rains people tend not to be outside. In fact, they tend to shut down everything when it rains, and they stay inside. Then when it’s cold people stay in their houses, and don’t come out, even if you try to contact their house. It’s really weird, it feels like we don’t have a lot of stuff to do each day, but the days and weeks seem to be flying by. And we are staying positive and pushing through it. I’m really thankful that my mission is helping me learn how to push through adversity.
We also received some good news this week. President and Hermana Hansen are doing a lot better. Hermana Hansen left the hospital a few days ago, and President is going to leave the hospital either tomorrow or Wednesday. They have been such good leaders, and it was great to see all the support they received while they were sick. The new Mission President, Antonio Faundez and his wife from Chile, are arriving on Thursday. Getting COVID is certainly a unique way to end your mission. We also got permission to have Zone Conference on Tuesday. The last time I had a full in person Zone Conference was in Ohio, so I’m really excited to go and see all of the other missionaries in the Zone.
I was studying in the Doctrine and Covenants this week, and was comforted by the third verse in chapter four.
“Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God ye are called to the work;”
At times it was really hard to work this week, but when I remembered this work, I remembered why I was serving. It may not always be what we want, but if we have the desire and faith to serve the Lord, we are called to the work. I saw that this week when a member of the branch helped us one day go to a few houses of people she knew to see if they would accept us to share a message. Even though it was cold, windy, and rainy, she helped us out and we were able to find a few people who accepted us and we are going to go back to visit them this week. The work of the Lord doesn’t come easy, but it’s comforting to know that we always have help.
I love you all and hope you have a good week!
Elder Watson
