The Mission is Great

Hello People,

This week was interesting and full of fun!!

Funny story of the Week:

So for my entire life I have been a sleep walker, I will go do stuff in the night, make sandwiches, open doors, do random stuff, etc. So we live in a building with 3 apartments and we live on the second floor. And we have a window facing the street that is usually open and power lines pass right by our window but have a protective cover so you can’t shock yourself. So one night this week I slightly remember going and hanging something out the window on the power lines. So I go back to bed and about an hour later I decided to go check what I put on the power lines, so this time Elder Lambert was awake and he was like, “why are you hanging halfway out of the window... hey those are my ties!!!” Yeah I put both racks of Elder Lamberts ties on the power lines, he was not happy. I think that was my most creative sleep walk so far!

Painful story of the Week:

So this week I decided to go get my ingrown toenail #2 out. So Elder Fackrell and Gillingwater went with us because the latter had one too. So we went to a specialist to get it taken care of. Elder Gillingwater went first and came out and said it hurt a ton, and I thought he was just joking, so I get in the chair, she cleans it and since I’ve had two of these before I was waiting for her to use anesthetic, but nope, she just went and cut out my nail and a bit of flesh too. Boy did it hurt!! I was gripping the chair pretty good, but watched the whole thing! So yeah not going back there again. But she did a really good job and now it’s completely healed!

This week we had a bunch of lessons 24 to be exact, that’s 3 higher than standards of excellence. Let me highlight one lesson.

So usually every Monday we go over to the house of familiy lopez, and have a family home evening with them and their unbaptized daughter in law, Laura. So this week we went and it was their turn to give the lesson, but they weren’t prepared. So they asked us to give it, so we just chose a random topic and started teaching. We were completely guided by the Spirit. I had nothing to share so I asked if they had the Liahona from February because I thought of an article in that edition. Turns out that there were 3 articles directly related to our 3 topics!

So when we are in tune with the Spirit he will tell us all things that we should do!

“Don’t yield to Satan’s lie that you don’t have time to study the scriptures. Choose to take time to study them. Feasting on the word of God each day is more important than sleep, school, work, television shows, video games, or social media. You may need to reorganize your priorities to provide time for the study of the word of God. If so, do it!”

That was a quote By Elder Richard G Scott that I absolutely love and is a quote I shared out of the Liahona on Monday! Reading the scriptures is more important than sleep!! Crazy but true!

So this week we were invited to one of our investigators birthday party. We brought them a pizza and chips because we are poor. But they were grateful. Her name is Anais and her husband Ivan, they both are chosen investigators and their parents were there, who are also investigating the church with other missionaries. But it is so awesome to see how much they have all progressed in a month since we started teaching them! They pray like any other member of the Church and read their scriptures!! Funny story as Anais went to blow out her cake, Ivan went and slammed her face in the cake. Pretty funny!!

I’m so grateful to be a missionary, and serve my God and other people. I have learned how to serve others and to love them how Jesus would!

Love Elder Pugmire

Anais y Ivan