Haven´t worked with President yet, but perhaps it´ll happen tomorrow. We´re having interviews in 24 hours anyways.
So it´s been a rough week, but I´m still positive. Every single investigator we had (except Nadia) fell through this week. Some told us they wouldn`t like us to come back, others canceled the appointments and told us that they´d called us, etc., so by Wednesday there was nothing...and the people we meet in the streets and whose doors we knocked were not the most friendly either. Yikes. Some of these people had baptismal dates for this week or next week, and many had been coming to church. The only recent convert who came on Sunday was Iran.
So there was a little frustration precisely Wednesday, but we prayed and read some scriptures and found some motivational phrases and we´re good now. We´ve got a pretty positive outlook on things and everything will turn out okay. The trick is to always find solutions and not worry about problems. I´ve had worse experiences.
On a much brighter side, Iran´s family is doing fantastic, and there´s two other families who have started coming back. We´re seeing actual changes in their lives, attitudes, and family harmony. It´s amazing to see it happen. I´ll never stop feeling the "thrill of flying", as Elder Uchtdorf calls it.
So Elder Wilde goes home today. Sort of a mix of feelings there. He´s an awesome missionary and he´ll kick trash at home too. In his place arrives Elder Newman from my generation. He´s from Vegas and is pretty cool. It´s strange to know he probably just arrived in his last area.
Don`t worry about Elder Hernandez and I, we´ll be cheerily working hard, trying to find solutions and having a positive spirit about everything. It´s infectious. It´s hard to be frustrated when you think about all that God has given us, and it´s hard to complain about Friday when you know that Sunday will come...that Christ has gone through all of this and much more.
"It´s funny how you find you enjoy your life when you´re happy to be alive" - High of 75 - Relient K
Love,
Elder Lund
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