Monday, May 23, 2016

American Pancakes cooked with a Perivian Gorge Forman

Monday, May 23, 2016

Family,

HI. 

I will start this letter with what happened yesterday.  We went to the hospital with a less active member to give a blessing to his wife with diabetes.  She might have to lose a leg because of all of the problem she is having, really sad.  We entered the very private six person room where the sister was staying.  We talked a little bit and gave her a blessing.  After that blessing the lady on the other side came and said, "Give me one too."  We did.  A woman then came over and told us, "My mother needs one."  We got their and she was an 85 year old woman that was sleeping.  The woman told us that her mom had been asleep for 2 weeks.  I gave her a blessing.  As I did so I felt two very strong impressions.  

1. This little grandma had been a good woman and God loved her a lot.

2. Her time was come.  She would not open her eyes again.

I wish I could have a logical reason to have thought those things, but I didn't.  I just felt them.  Many times we think we need to fully understand why we are supposed to do something before we do it.  But we should remember that we are agents to act and that the only thing that determines my actions are my thoughts, and words.

In other news, my comp and I are both tired, just tired.  We gave this week all that we had and we feel good about what that is.  Today seeing as we are in Huanuco and there is nothing to do ever, we are going to play it by ear and make that best of it.

This week in English Class we decided to tell stories to keep people entertained.  Meaning that one of us would make up a story and the other would act it out.  We told stories about missionaries and dogs. Forgetting the keys and midgets skipping through the woods singing YMCA and then running into a pot of gold.  haha you can say it was eventful.

That's the week.  I can't really think of other stuff that is happening even though I know it is.

Sonriendo Siempre,

Elder Glassett



Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Colonial is home sweet home

Monday, May 16, 2016

Family, 

I am in Huanuco.  AGAIN!  And I am happy about that!  I got here on Wednesday so I have almost 1 week here but I am definitely not counting seeing as I don't need any reminders that my time is limited.

My companion is Elder Checketts.  A great guy from Layton, Utah and officially my second American comp.  I miss Elder Calle.  He was the best. 

I got to church yesterday and in the announcements was the normal, we have a new Elder, Elder Glassett in our ward.  Which was then followed by the not very common, he will be giving the first talk today.  Dang-it. Thank goodness for personal study.  I don't know where I would be without it.

My area in big for Huanuco, but not for Huancayo.  We have all the basics like dogs, hills, houses of mud, apartment complexes and as always in Huanuco, Dust!  Lots and lots of dust.  I think it's fair to say I will not be using contacts here.

As far as getting to know the area, I am doing my best.  My comp and I are thinking of doing weekly divisions with members to cover more ground so I need to learn the roads and people quickly.

And it is a blessing to be free again.  I learned so much from my time in the office and I wouldn't try and take it out or replace it but it feels really good to work and get tired, to climb up hills and take advantage of studying the scriptures. It's harder but it's worth it.

All is well in the Andes.

Sonriendo Siempre,
Elder Glassett

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Week # Eleventy-Seven

Saturday, May 7, 2016

Family,

So I am writing my last weekly letter on Saturday.  On Wednesday I will be going to somewhere I don't currently know, but I'm excited. Sunday marks the end of the eighth change I have been in Huancayo. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Half of the mission in this city!!!!  Like I said I have no idea what will happen but i'll enjoy it.

This week was a little bit crazy for us.  We had the leadership council on Thursday instead of the normal Tuesday because of some medical issues that surprised us all. (Maybe I will go into more detail on that one later on but for now on I will say that we are all healthy and well.)  So that whole thing made us cancel and un-cancel council which means that we didn't start our training until Tuesday night-ish.. But may I once more say that the spirit is absolutely the one who leads and guides our thought process while we plan things like that.  As always, we started out ready with an idea and even more ready to decide to change our idea. (It's always like that.)  We had a good idea and we had done our part to think and plan ahead.  As we came to the end of the training we started feeling that is wasn't right. Nothing else, just that it wasn't right.  DANGIT!!! So we erased everything.  (Thank goodness we always do the rough draft on a whiteboard. And we started again.  After that we started talking about past trainings we have done and what we talked about.  We started thinking about one from a while ago about teaching, testifying and focusing on the Rock, Jesus Christ. But this time we remembered something Paul wrote, 1 Corinthians 3:11-14, For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.  In other words, i'm glad that you built your house on a sturdy foundation. But, if you put something weak on that foundation then your house will still fall down.  We would not have done this without the spirit. I have been thinking a lot about where it says; The Spirit will teach you all things which ye should do.  I would add in, If we let it.  

I hope we are all willing to listen and follow that spirit. It will take our best efforts and make them inspired. He will tell us what we need to hear. In the way we need to hear it.

Sonriendo Siempre,
Elder Glassett