Well this week was really crazy! We only had one and a half full days in
our area here in Sechura! The week really flew by, but part of me feels like we
didn´t really have a chance to do a lot of missionary work.
So on Tuesday before we ate breakfast, Elder Lindsay showed up at our door
and told us we had to go to the Union to give service for an organization,
translating from spanish to english for some doctors from the states. So, we
took off without having a chance to even eat! When we got there, we found out
that it was a ¨Club of Lions¨ from Utah that was here giving away prescription
glasses. We translated for the people as the searched the prescription and then
found the right pair of glasses for the people. It really was a lot of fun! I
saw a ton of people´s faces light up as the could see for the first time in
years. Literally, some of them couldn´t see a number that is as big as the new
TV Dad just got. They have horrible eyesight! Hey, maybe some of them will
actually read the Book of Mormon now. ;)
We spent all day Tuesday there, and didn´t even get back to Sechura until
8! Wednesday we actually had a normal day, but it wasn´t very successful
unfortunately. The people just weren´t home. We also found out that the Relief
Society President was in a car accident! I guess the van she was in was going
about 120 kph and went off into the sand, flipping five or six times! We saw the
van and it was pretty smashed up. Thankfully, she´s fine and even came to church
on Sunday. I hope that the other 14 passengers are doing well, it seemed to be a
pretty intense crash site.
On Thursday, my companion flew to Lima! We thought he would be leaving
early morning, but it turned out he didn´t leave until about 6. I ended up going
on splits with another elder, Elder Losser, for Thursday and Friday. During that
time, I was in Catacaos with him. However, I was only there for a few hours! We
ended up serving again with the glasses organization thing, and then he had four
baptismal interviews we had to coordinate. We even had to take one of them to
Piura, which took a total of 3 hours by the end! Definitely worth it because
Elder Losser and Elder Garcia had 4 baptisms this last weekend! Congrats to
them! However, it just seemed like a super long day...
Saturday we did our weekly planning and were finally able to leave to visit
some of our investigators...of course, this weekend was the 50 year anniversary
of the biggest High School that they have here in Sechura! As a result...no one
was home. We ran around to a ton of investigators that we would have visited on
Thursday or Friday but only ended up finding one at home. Oh well, that´s the
way that missionary work goes sometimes. This next week we´re going to work
harder and have a lot more results, I can feel it!
Sunday was also pretty crazy for me...I ended up giving a talk, teaching
Sunday School, and teaching Priesthood! All in one day with zero preparation
time. It was not easy...but I felt Heavenly Father helping me through it. I was
able to pull off the first two hours ok, but then in Priesthood I just got
handed the general conference addresses and told go. Unfortunately, it´s not
nearly as easy to teach from General Conference addresses as it would be from
the scriptures...as a result, I kinda tanked the class. Hopefully the people got
something out of it!
I hope you all know that I love you! The work here moves along steadily,
and I´m learning and growing with each and every day. President Chipman leaves
this week! I´ll let you know how President Rowley is...I wonder if there will be
a lot of changes! Oh, speaking of changes...we did have them this week! Elder
Lindsay, my District Leader, is now going to be a Zone Leader! Elder Naranjo and
myself are going to stay here, and they´re going to bring someone in to be Elder
Christianson´s companion. Crazy how things can change so quickly!
Hope you all know how much I love you! Have fun in Utah! Put out those
fires for me!! ;)
Love,
Elder Schofield
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