Well this week went by a lot faster than I thought it was going to go by. Elder T and I have been working like horses to do all we can in his last days here in Nicaragua. We worked hard until the end!!
Well to start off the week, Do you remember the family of L and D? well this week we spent a lot of time with them. We have been helping them understand the importance of the gospel and how it can bless our lives. They understand but they are a little hesitant to take that first step into the fog. We don't want to force them or push them into it because we want them to make this decision for themselves. We are helping all we can. On Saturday, we actually spent almost all day at their house. Here in a lot of parts of Nicaragua, they have a hard time getting access to water 24/7 so the water comes and goes when it wants. So when we got to their house on Saturday, the water came and we helped them fill 3 fifty gallon barrels bucket by bucket. It was hard work since we had to carry full buckets across the yard for about 5 hours to finally fill the 3 barrels up. There wasn't enough pressure for us to use a hose so we had to wait for the bucket to fill so we could take it to fill up the barrel. So while we were working, they were asking us a lot of questions about the gospel and we were teaching them. I really love this family and I hope that this change that we can help them get baptized!!
Speaking of changes, my comp, Elder T, went to the office today to have his last interview with Pres Collado before he goes home on Thursday. So right now, I am with some other missionaries from Managua. I will be with them until tomorrow where I will meet up with my new comp, another gringo named Elder S. Then we shall head back to good ol Chichigalpa. I'm hoping that things go well with this new comp in my area. We have been working pretty hard so I hope that we can continue working really hard. Well it continues to be extremely hot in Chichigalpa and it doesn't plan on getting any better with Semana Santa coming up. That would be Easter Week that will turn all of Nicaragua into a nice toasty oven. It is the hottest week of the year and everyone leaves to go to the beach so they can cool off in the water. Hope to hear comments on General Conference this next weekend!!! Love you guys!!
"It is never too late to strengthen the foundation of faith. There is always time. With faith in the Savior, you can repent and plead for forgiveness. There is someone you can forgive. There is someone you can thank. There is someone you can serve and lift. You can do it wherever you are and however alone and deserted you may feel.
"I cannot promise an end to your adversity in this life. I cannot assure you that your trials will seem to you to be only for a moment. One of the characteristics of trials in life is that they seem to make clocks slow down and then appear almost to stop.
"There are reasons for that. Knowing those reasons may not give much comfort, but it can give you a feeling of patience."
--Pres Henry B. Eyring
¡¡¡Les Amo Mucho!!!
Elder Daugherty
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