I finished and
submitted my essays this week. I was so stressed before i submitted them and
then it was such a relief to turn them in! The Sherman couple were so nice to
review and edit my essays with ways to improve. I think they were great. I will
attatch them to this email so you guys can take a look at what was submitted. I
tried to find some kind of way to fit in a Puerto Rican quota, but i dont think
BYU recognizes the Puerto Rico Nation as a legitament minority and foreign
power. I also included a picture of the prompts that i had.
Well this week was
great. I just feel such a need for Jesus Christ. Idk, there is so much darkness
all around us and then there is so much available light that can come through
Him! I need to repent and excersice more faith in Him. Here in our ward we go out
with so many members. We only have like 4 hours to work each night and so we
always split into two companionships and destroy. We have been going well with
about 3-5 teaching opportunities per day! I love Elder Eggers and Elder Smith.
We are the SPO office american dream team!! We have had the priveledge to meet
many great members of the church here, meet some less active members that just
need to feel loved to come back, and some awesome investigators. We are
teaching Fatuma, she is from Kenya and is here studying infectious diseases.
She is so cool and speaks english and portuguese so well. I mean english is
here native tongue. It was cool to visit her. Pricila is really cool as well.
She is 26 and is very much loving the Book of Mormon.
Today was crazy. We
tried to go to a cool place that we found on the internet that is in our
mission. It is called the Beco do Batman (Batman´s Ally) It is like an alleyway
with a bunch of graffitti about super heroes. So we got all excited to go and
even ate burgers today at this cool burger place called Stunt Burger. It is
like comic book themed and everything. Then we went off. We almost got lost and
also came to realize that this weekend and next are Carnival weekends and we
were right in Downtown SP. So much sadness. So many people poorly dressed going
to probably one of the largest parties in the world. We were passing through
crowds and people men and women alike were calling to us from cars. I literally
felt like it was the great and spacious building all around us. The sad
part is that there were teenagers there too, so young and already into this
mess. We werent that distracted by the commotion, it only got it the way of a
fun afternoon. We finally got the Batman place and it was filled with shady
characters as well, the spirit was not there at all. So we found some places to
quickly take some pictures that would not have any suggestive people in the
backround and then we left. It was not a very fun day, but i learned that we
need to be more careful and pay attention to where we are going and what will
be happening around there. I am truely grateful to have been born with the
knowledge of the true gospel of Jesus Christ and in a time with true prophets
of God on the earth. Satan is so decieveing and has so much power and deceit
over the hearts of so many people. While we were waiting for a bus to come back
and as the crowds and crowds of skanky people were just passing by, my
companion looked at me and said, "this makes me feel like we are
losing". Its crazy how much wickedness exists today. I hope that i can
fulfill my mission well and help others who are lost and dont know what Jesus
Christ has done for them. Our king was beaten and murdered for our sake and
every thought and feeling of his was felt on our behalf. He then rose, showing
us who we can become. i love the way this is shown and sung in the song
"Forever" by Nathan Pacheco. Here is the link to this awesome video!
Have a wonderful week,
pics are coming after this email!
Love you,
Elder Sanchez