So this has been a pretty amazing week. I got a new companin, Elder Shumway. He's 6ft 4 and super skinny. He's from Texas too but has lived all over the world. He is awesome. I really lucked out again on a companion. He's been in english work for a long time so his spanish is about as good as mine. Haha so its fun, were both learning a lot. Were working as hard as we can, talking to everyone we can, are being as obedient as we can, and are being very blessed. Yesterday i had he privelage to confirm Pierre during sacrament meeting. It was so awesome, he seemed to happy.
We've had some extremely powerful things happen this week. We've been trying out a lot of new things this week trying to switch things up and see what works. We've been doing this one thing we call prayer knocking. When people say no at the door the first time we just say, "ok well can we just come in and say a quick prayer to bless the house and the family?" Were getting in at least half the doors now. And then when we get in we talk about prayer which leads to a whole lot of other stuff. Its been great and we've been finding a lot of people because of it. This one house we got in, we talked to this lady named Guadalupe and there were a bunch of kids. We started talking to them and for some reason my companion and I just started talking about eternal families which usually we never start doing as the first thing. But we were talking to this lady and her kids, who are really nice kids, and we just both felt like we should talk about eternal families. And then the lady told us her husband had just passed away. It all made sense. She opened up to us and it was very emotional. we had a great little lesson with them and i think its exactly what thy needed. Were meeting with them again tonight an are bringing one of our recent converts to come with us, im really excited. It is amazing having the spirit work through you, especially when you don't even realize it. A lot of times we do something and have no idea why and then later we find out how important it was that we did it. haha i hope you understand that, its kinda hard to explain.
We had another lesson with Juan Chavez. This guy is so great i love him. We taught him the plan of Salvation. We would ask him a question and he would be like well this is what i have believed, but if you tell me somethin else then i'll believe you. haha he's the man! we had such a great lesson with him and brought with us a really cool kid in the ward named ricky. 16 yr old whos awesome. It went soooo well and we had him teach some parts. I think Juan Chavez is learning and trusting so much in us because we've been trying to make an effort to show we care. that we care about him and his family. And it seems to go a long way. "They don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." My mtc teacher told me that and now im learning how true that is. Its hard to see though because his son is an alcoholic and is awful to his parents. We've been trying to help juan with that which i think he really appreciates.
We've had some experiences this week that im not going to forget. The first day my new companion got here we went to this one guys house we've never met to give him a blessing. (he's a friend of some members) His name is Manuel and he's dying from cancer. He probably weighs about 40 pounds and looks like a haulocaust victim. It is very hard to see someone in that sort of condition. We've been going by every chance we get to go see him. We've spent a lot of time with him. He was meeting with missionaries before but they were sisters and for some reason he had a problem with that and stopped the lessons. Last thursday he was supposed to die so we went over and sang hymns for awhle and shared some scriptures on faith, hope and love. He actually lived through the night and told Hermana flores that he liked us and wanted us to come back, so thats what we've been doing. We've been teaching him very simpy and slowly. He's really enjoyed our lessons but is dying fast. He is getting worse every day and im not sure how much longer he'll live. One part was pretty funny though. We taught him the plan of Salvation, very simply and without scriptures, but all the way through. And At the end we asked him if he had any question about where we lived before this life, why were here and where were going after this life and he thought for a second and then goes, "Por que no toman cafe?" hahaha i couldnt believe it. We taught him the whole plan of salvation and he asks us why we dont drink coffee. haha it was pretty funny. We all laughed. Then we explained it. But it was actually great becasue his family has been listening in on our lessons. Especially his brother. And they've liked it a lot. At first they were hesistant of us but now they love us and always try to feed us.
I feel im learning so much every day and my testimony is constantly growing because we get to see little miracles all the time. Dad told me that a lot of kids aren't going on missions right now. That breaks my heart because this is the best experience ive ever had. I've only been out for like 5 months but i wouldn't trade this mission for the world. There's nothing like being a servant of the Lord and doing his work. I don't know what i would do without my mission. I feel like i have learned so much and i can see things so much clearer. This church is so true and i love being a part of it. Im going to write a letter to the Aaronic priesthood this week. If you could give it to brother hendricks or whoever is in charge of them that would be great. I know now more then ever that this church is true, that the book of mormon is true, that joseph smith was a prophet and that we have a prophet on the earth today. Seeing people gain testimonies and learn these things are true for themselves is amazing and it is so great to be apart of that process. I love you all and im still waiting on some family pictures! haha
-Love, Elder Foulger
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