November 28, 2011

This week has been another long one. We are really struggling to find new investigators. But we had a baptism this weekend which was really good. It was super stressful though. We showed up at 6ish and it was suppose to be at 7. Our baptism didn´t show until ten to and then another priesthood holder didn´t show until like 5 to. Then at about 5 after other people started showing up. It didn´t start till 730. My comp said that is Uruguayen standard time. This picture is form our balcony looking at Rio de Uruguay that town is Cortaba which is in Argentina. Last Tuesday during district meeting I got 5 letters which was a really nice surprise from Preston, Katherine, Sister Martin, Ben T, and  Anna.   Anyway back to this week before I have to go it has been really frustrating we are really struggling to find people we are suppose to have 20 contacts a day we average 5-15 but we never get let in which is hard because we walk so much in the heat and every one is just asleep because that is what they do here sleep form 2-4 or 5 then stay up way late and then sleep in. It is really hard. Members are so important. They are life3 savers when no one has talked to you for hours and you need to sit down and they give you cold water. They also give you people to teach. Tonight we have NDH with a family who got there friends to go to church and they seem really interested so hopefully we will have a family of 8 to teach after tonight. You guys should really read PMG pg.160 the importance of members they are just so important to the work. One last story about how we almost died before I go. We were knocking doors in this area like 35 minutes from home and we clap this house and this massive dog looks up. I can´´t remember what it is called it starts with a c but they are illegal in the states. They look like a leopard. We thought we were fine until this little yappy dog comes running out and then the big dog got up and runs at us. We held our ground but it came right up to Elder Bradshaw and sticks his nose right in his crotch and he thought he was going to die.The dog barked the whole time we talked to the guy and if we moved at all it would freak out and the owner was like 60 something and probably wouldn´t be able to save us if it attacked.  Then as we were leaving the dog starts barking and playfully chasing us. Thankfully we were saved by an old man with a slingshot who we then taught but anyway stray dogs are nice everyone else's dogs not so much. Anyway got to go. Love you miss you good luck these next few days.
Love Elder Wray