A New Year In the Dominican Republic

 

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2011

A New Year In the Dominican Republic

Well, this week was good the work was kinda hard because it was New Year and the people here like to drink. On New Year's Eve and New Year's day, no one works, and no one wants to listen to us, but we tried. 

For New Year. We had fun. We had some other missionaries come to stay the night at our place. On  New Year's Eve, we ate with this family that we are teaching then we left and went to Villa Olga (my last area) but we were only there for a little and we met up with two other missionaries then we caught a taxi back to our house and just hung out at our house and went to bed really late but it was good it's weird thinking that I will be at my house the end of this year......The work here in this area is alright I am really trying to strengthen this area because when I got here, the only investigators we really had, were girls, so when I got here, I told my comp after 3 days that we need to find new people so we are

k. have been trying and focusing on families, we had to drop the girls we were teaching because they were not progressing and their intentions were not right. But now our church starts at 8, so the investigators didn't want to come this last Sunday cuz it's too early but, we are really hoping that they can wake up and get to church even though it's at 8.
Well, these next 8 months are going to fly by. I just hope that not too fast cuz,cuz I got a lot more to learn before I get home into the REAL WORLD, haha

con Amor
ElderBWilliams


I love you mom. I am so thankful for the great example you have been in my life, and I just wanted you to know that.
this was the part I liked the best from a talk I read by President Hinckley

Long ago, I worked for one of our railroads whose tracks threaded the passes through these western mountains. I frequently rode the trains. It was in the days when there were steam locomotives. Those great monsters of the rails were giant and fast and dangerous. I often wondered how the engineer dared the long journey through the night. Then I came to realize that it was not one long journey but rather a constant continuation of a short journey. The engine had a powerful headlight that brightened the way for a distance of 400 or 500 yards. The engineer saw only that distance, and that was enough because it was constantly before him all through the night into the dawn of the new day.

The Lord has spoken of this process. He said: "That which doth not edify is not of God, and is darkness.

"That which is of God is light, and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day." 

And so it is with our eternal journey. We take one step at a time. In doing so, we reach toward the unknown, but faith lights the way. If we cultivate that faith, we shall never walk in darkness.

Maybe someday you can use this or share it with someone, I love you, mommy.

I love my missionary boy. 8 more months, he comes home THIS YEAR.