February 14,2011

This week has been difficult. I want to be a good missionary, a great companion, and an excellent leader but I feel so inadequate. We didn´t teach a whole lot of lessons this week nor did we have a lot luck finding more people to teach, and not one person came to church for the first time. My companion is really great though. He always has a good attitude about things and I think he teaches better than me even though I have 7 months more experience. I have a few ideas for activities and things the ward can do to help that I am proposing to the bishopric, but everything moves along at such a slow pace. The good news is Patricia and her son Diego were confirmed yesterday and are doing great. Sometimes I get stressed out because I still can´t remember where a lot of the streets and I get lost sometimes. Other times all the appointments fall through and we end up in a place where I´ve knocked every door several times and I just don´t know what to do. So, I keep walking and talk to everyone in the street and look for doors that I don´t remember knocking. I get down because the people that told me they were going to come to church don´t come. It´s exhausting.

In answer to Dad´s question: Yes, we can go with members to make their home teaching visits. I have actually offered to go with a few people. The difficult part is actually getting them to go.

Thank you for your reponse to my questions, Mom. I hope you don´t have to keep worrying about these health issues for much longer.

I love you,

Brett