2-15-11 Tuesday
Today we walked - the weather was good and we were sick of biking. We
went to Rafaela's first and taught her on her porch. She says she
wants to feel the church is true super bad but just hasn't received
and answer to her prayers yet. All she could think about was her
nephew that had ran away a couple days earlier and she hadn't seen him
yet. We prayed that he would come home. We ate at our favorite
tortilleria and then went to see patrice - we talked to her for a
minute and then to a crossing guard by the school. Right when we got
done talking to her we saw Jesus - Rafaela's grandson - walk by. We
stopped him and told him that his grandma was really missing him and
that he needed to go home. He said he was going home right then. He
thanked us for telling him and started running in the direction of his
house. That was definitely an answer to our prayer earlier. Walking
was nice - we talked to a grip of people. We talked to 2 drunk guys in
the east side of our area. I was talking to one while Elder Watkins
talked to the other. The one I was talking to kept turning around and
.. peeing. He said it was because of 'the dang beer'. I said, 'well
stop drinking and you won't have to go so much'. Kind of funny. He
kept putting his hand on my head - trying to explain some bible story
about Enoch. I kept hitting it off. I took a shower tonight. I felt
pretty good about the conversation - even though he was drunk. I was
able to testify of the power of prayer - he and his buddy want us to
come back - but when they are sober. On the walk home we ran into a
guy that came here from Mexico recently for a job - it fell through
and he's now living in a park in Compton. He was in jail in UTAH a
couple years ago and went to church there - he promised to come to
church here. I hope he does.
2-16-11
Transfer day - My companion and I are staying. It was cloudy and rainy
today - fun. We went to the Galeas' after lunch and talked with them.
They're tough to read. They're a great family but just don't keep
committments. We taught Patrice for a little while - I wish we could
get her to church. We went to Dennis and Jennifers for dinner - Jayden
turned 1 today so we had some cake and ice cream. Then there was the
fight.. Jennifer unleashed on Dennis about not keeping committments,
etc. It was bad. We couldn't get alot of words in. We just told them
to stay calm so that the spirit could be with us. It was a really
frustrating night. We taught Julio - a member that hasn't been to
church since '89. He's addicted to alcohol and has diabetes - he wants
to quit and we want to help him. I hope we can.
2-17-11
After weekly planning we went out in the cold and fished for 2 hours
with no luck. It was frustrating. We went to Lalo's and found out he's
been smoking. That man really needs a fire under him to get him going.
We've been praying every day for help with him. He has two younger
kids and really needs to be a better example to them. We talked with
Jave and I flooded his bathroom because his sink doesn't drain. Nice.
We went to a dinner appointment forever away - her husband wasn't
there so we stood on the porch and waited a half hour - finally she
just went and got her neighbor so we could go inside - it's a hard
rule to keep but we are trying to keep 'em all.
2-18-11
After District meeting today Elder Watkins was feeling sick so we went
back to the apartment and I picked up Jesus The Christ again. I'm
about halfway through and have been studying it every morning for the
last few weeks - it's such and amazing book. At about 9 o'clock
tonight I started getting stomach pains. I sat in the shower for about
an hour and then threw up. I had diarhea and was vommitting the entire
night. Fun. We decided it was from the dinner the night before - some
kind of stomach flu. We were both running in and out of the bathroom.
It will be funny to look back on probably - but not so much right now.
2-19-11
I got dressed for correllation this morning and then decided I
couldn't go. After not sleeping at all I finally got some sleep - at
about 1 we went to the Galeas - it was raining pretty hard. We were
able to help put up a tarp to cover some things and help set up a
home-gym. It was a perfect service opportunity and a good way to stay
out of the rain. We had an emotional lesson with Julio and then taught
Dennis again. It was a pretty good night.
2-20-11
out of time!
it was a good sunday though - I love you all and hope you have a good week!
Love,
Elder Cottrell
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