It's crazy to think about the time and how fast it is moving. It feels like just yesterday that I was driving my car fast, riding bikes, and not caring about time; now I am not driving, and I have to worry about time quit a bit. I did have a cool experience, we went on splits (where we trade missionary's for a day) so I went and stayed up in Alexandra Thursday through Friday. Up there they don't have a car so I got to bike yay, too bad it was on a hot day and my shirt was so wet with my sweat it was insane, but I still got to ride my bike! The splits were also super fun we went knocking on doors down this rich neighborhood over in Alex and not one person opened the door. It was funny because they all believed in Jesus Christ but did not want to hear our message or what we had to say. After splits we had ZTM ( Zone Training Meeting ) on Friday and that was cool it is where we gather all the missionaries in our Zone and talk, get to know one another better, and talk about new things that have or are coming up in the mission.
This
Sunday was fast Sunday and I never thought that I would fast twice a
week, since I fast every Wednesday too. I have now done it and it's not bad at
all. My testimony of fasting and the power of it has grown so much. I can
see the blessings that come from it.
I
can't think of very many weird things that happen to me down here, I
don't know why but it's pretty normal here. However, we do come across many
different people with many different stories, like the other day we
knocked on this one house and an older black woman came out all excited, she was all like "Hey I am a missionary for my church too!" She
goes on telling us about her church and what she believes in and
trying to counter our beliefs, Down here a lot of
people believe in the trinity (where there is only one God, no Son nor
the Holy Ghost) which is strange to me because the trinity does not make sense
at all. When we try to teach her/other people, how there is
a God the Father, and a son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, all they
do is get louder and louder saying, "There is only one God" and at this
point, there is no point in trying to teach them because they don't
want to be taught so we leave.
Something that was cool - Way last week during P-Day in the stake center
me and some other missionaries started to do some works-outs, that is
going to become a usual thing now, this is good! At the end of the
work-out we did yoga that was so fun because I am not getting fat out
here, it is not going to happen, no sir. Other than that I cannot think of
anything exciting to share with y'all.
OK
last but not least, ya I picked up my package and by the way I am in apt
21 not 1 but I got it. Thanks for the socks I am going to try really
hard to make sure that they will last the two years. The fig bars were a
nice touch because I love them and I can't find that kind here. Also thank
the Canadians for the candy eggs even though they were in a million pieces, they
were still the bomb. Also the talks you sent are dope to have.
I am not sure about the next package yet, but I will let you know for sure next week.
It
is funny, I am playing chess at lest twice a day and I am getting pretty
good, same with the yo-yo I got a cool yo-yo from Amazon and it is super
fun to play with. Other then that I am living life and pressing forward!
Love,
Elder Gordon
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