Family,
The new 7-11 here in Goa just opened up this week.
Here's what happened: We went in to the 7-11 to get some ice cream and were
devastated to hear that they were out of cones, so we looked around the store
and noticed a box full of cones and asked if they were ok, and they decided to
serve us ice cream using those cones. They asked us if we wanted French vanilla
or chocolate flavored ice cream, and we both decided we wanted vanilla, but
when we got our ice cream, it was brown... I was very suspicious, but I gave it
a try, and I immediately know why. It was coffee ice cream. Elder Green thought
it was a joke and so he tried some too. We told the lady at the counter that it
was coffee, and she didn't believe us and tried to show us the flavoring mix...
We didn't really want to pay for it and they really wanted us to. We
eventually convinced the manager to try it and at that point she knew what she
had done and they didn't make us pay for it. She was super mad at us though. It
was kinda crazy. I hope they don't hold a grudge.
The work is going
pretty well. We are going to baptize the girl from last week this Saturday. We are super excited
for her. She is super integrated into the ward. She is really outgoing and so
she has a lot of friends at church. Our two other little investigators are also doing really
well, although they didn't go to chuch... They always ask really good questions
in lessons. I think they are really smart. I think they should still be
able to get baptized in just a few weeks. We actually also found a family this
week. I don't think we are actually going to be able to continue teaching the
whole family, but there is kind of a funny story with them. We met them last
week and scheduled a return appointment. When we came back, the parents were
both gone... Luckily I spotted the tatay who looked like he was outside trying
to hide. We invited him in and shared with him. He is gone now though...
Working somewhere far away. And one of the older girls in the family flat out
told us that she doesn't really want to listen to us. that leaves us with a 12
year old boy. We teach a lot of those. He is really sincere and went to church
this week. It is a shame the whole family doesn't want to listen, but I am
thankful that they will let us teach their son.
We also met some interesting people the other day... We saw a few people around our age hanging out and so
we went up and talked with them. We asked them what they like to do, and this is
what they said (in English): Eat, sleep, walk around, smoke cigarettes, smoke
marijuana, repeat. Pretty crazy, huh? We shared 2 Nephi 28 with them about eat,
drink and be merry. It was a pretty good lesson and they were really nice. Good
times. Everyone is super nice here.
Alam ko na totoo ang
simbahan natin and na itong missionary work is ang work ng diyos.
Love you tons!
Elder Benjamin Merrill
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