The work here seems to be stopped dead in it's tracks. We have 0 progressing investigators, nobody was able to make it to church, members have been dropping the ball on us and I can't get to the bottom of it, or rather, figure out why all this isn't working. There is no recipe for converting people, but I'd hope that more people would at least be able to talk to us. Yesterday for example, we had every single one of our plans fall through, we spent the whole day talking to grumpy Hindu folk, and have nothing to show for it. I just keep telling myself that it's part of the game, I trust that the Lord has something big in store for us if we bear with patience our afflictions. I've been learning a lot, still love studying from Preach My Gospel with the scriptures. Yesterday we had a broadcast for the whole Caribbean area, from Elder Oaks and President Uchdorf. I am bad here where it is so hot, because I've never gone to a whole meeting without dozing off. The only talk I heard was President Uchdorf. I liked it a lot.
I was studying yesterday about praying with faith. It's in chapter 4 of Preach My Gospel if you want to look it up. It lists like 15 things that missionaries should do and think and have during praying. One of them stuck out to me, it was praying by the Spirit. At first, I thought it was dumb, because if I prayed by the spirit it would then be God talking to himself, but thought that that likely was not the answer. I studied it out a little bit more, and realized this; God has a whole bunch of blessings he's ready to give us if we ask. If we ask for things that he doesn't want to give us, he won't give it to us. If you pray by the spirit, you will ask for the things he's ready to give you, making the whole experience far more fruitful. Beautiful revelation for a Sunday morning. Praying is hard, and became more engaging and challenging.
I will be giving a talk on Sunday. I don't know what about yet, but that should be fine. I like the verse in D&C where it says to treasure up continually the words of life and it shall be given you what you should say, I'll likely have to simply do that, now that I'm down to the last week of preparation. Yes it's going to be in Dutch.
We played ultimate frisbee this morning as a zone, it was way fun.
I was passed the frisbee and was chasing it, having two defenders and dove and won the game. Well we were already winning, but it was even more winned after this other point. It was cool, I haven't before been one to dive for the frisbee.
I love you bunches. Did you get my letter yet? Has anyone got anything from me? I think I've only sent one thing to the fam though...
Thanks for all your support.
I think I'm going to go to school in China - they pay for you if you are learning Chinese.
-Elder Hulme
