April 12, 2011 Still in Tacuarembo

I am now in my second change, I am in the same area with the same companion, Elder Ferrin, but he is now district leader. So we are going to work extra hard. Wow its been almost 4 months, the older elders always say that time will go by faster than  you think, for me sometimes it does.... but the other times it just takes forever.  Besides from only having one belt hole left before my belt will be too big for me, we had our baptism on Saturday and it went perfectly!!! My companion was the one to baptise Maria, that was his first time in the water his whole mission. I gave a special music number, I sang "I'm trying to be like Jesus"... in Spanish and it was really great. We changed it around a bit to give it a different feel, I have really grown to love singing. I'm trying to be a better singer by the time I come home. There is a difference from having a great voice and being a great singer. The voice comes naturally, usually, but I have been learning a lot about how I can change a few things with my way of singing.  Maria and her husband invited me to go with them to the temple in a year or so to see them be sealed for time and all eternity. By then I'll be able to have a full  conversation with them in Spanish. There have been those random flukes that we just started talking and I just say everything perfectly. Gosh, I love obra de misiònal!!! Answers to dads questions--- things are great as you could probably see, we have changes every 6 weeks. I work by where the el presidente de la misiòn wants to put us.  The only time we take a vehicle is when we go to district meeting, we walk everywhere else.   The people don't like religion too much down here, some just listen to us to ´´be nice´´ and others just run away or ignore us.!  Then there are those few that are ready to hear what we have to say and accept us like Maria, who just got baptised.  Now moms questions------ I really don't know what to share with the ward family... just to always strengthen your faith and restore your testimony as often as you can, when you finish ready the Book of Mormon, pray to know if it is true even if you already know it is. When you pray don't pray like you are a recorded message, get down on your knees and pray with a sincere heart. It is a communication process between you and our father, and if you just wait in your quiet places he will answer.  Our Father in heaven know each one of us personally, and he really wants to help us and commune with us, but sometimes we just take a prayer for granted, its not a ritual that we have, its a literal way to talk with our Father in heaven.  Have faith and you will receive your answers, renew that which you already know!

Tell Devin "Don't think, just go and do!" I have already seen to many missionaries go home because they thought they could not do it.

 

I get my mail every district meeting, it usually takes 2 weeks to get to me. I haven't gotten much for the last two weeks but that's all good. It makes me work harder so that I can get to next week and see if something is there.  Everything is sent to the mission home then to us and it would be best advised to put a Mother Mary or 2 on the package because they usually don't open those ones.

Tell Emily Happy belated Birthday for me and tell her that I'm so sorry for spacing and not telling her happy birthday last week. I was really planning on telling her that. Wow, I'm getting old... she is already 13... and I'm going on 20.  Man, I was just 12 yesterday.... that is just so weird.... well, time to grow up huh?  So, I'm still alive and speaking Spanish.

I love you all,

Elder Gomm