Hey everyone how are you doing? This past week was a week of
a ton of walking, all of our appointments fell and no one seemed to be in their
house, so it was contacting and walking in an effort to find more people. But,
that is just how the mission is, the weeks that are difficult are the ones that
make you humble and obedient. But, there were some great highlights of the
week, including interviews with President Gwilliam yesterday!
Ok so we had some cool stories last week that happened while
we were contacting. On Monday we were walking around trying to find a reference
and we knocked on the wrong door and a Haitian guy answered the door. He spoke
little Spanish but we pulled out our Haitian material and started to teach him
the Restoration of the Gospel. He got a little smile on his face and told us to
come back later this week, so we are really excited to see his progression!
Yesterday Elder Gowers and I were out looking for a less active member in our
ward, and we knocked on his door but we found out that he had moved, but we
ended up talking to Ricardo, the older man who answered the door. We discussed
Christ and Easter and His Resurrection, and he invited us back tomorrow, it was
a powerful experience. We found a little problem with Nevel, he still wants to
get baptized but he wants to wait until his wife gets here from Haiti so that
they can get baptized at the same time, so we are continuing to teach and work
with him in an effort to still have him be baptized soon! Overall things are
going very good with the people we are teaching, and we are excited to see
where things take us.
This last week I had divisions as well with my district
leader Elder Carney. He is a great guy, I actually met him my first day in the
mission, so we had a good laugh about my first days here when I did not know
where I was or what to say with the language, it was so weird to see the
progress that I have made since then. Yesterday we also had interviews with
President Gwilliam. It was great to be able and talk with him and discuss how
we can better as missionaries and how we have the great responsibility to take
this gospel to the world, and there is no greater trust than that in the
world.
This last week Elder Gowers and I also made a music video (hop this link works to view https://drive.google.com/a/myldsmail.net/file/d/0B8aUIdnz2aY7aDRUemR5Ui1aR28/view?usp=sharing),
but let me explain. For our district meetings every week, someone gets assigned
the special musical number with their companion. For those of you who know me,
I do not sing well, but it is all good hahhaha. On Monday morning Elder Gowers
and I woke up an hour and a half early to meet up with the Zone Leaders and
hike a mountain in our zone. We went to the top, and right as the sun rose we
sung the song and it was pretty awesome, one of the funnest things that I have
done on the mission no lie.
Ok so funny story of the week. As we were walking around in
the sun this week we walked by a pretty ghetto street in our sector. This one
guy yelled at us if we wanted to go smoke with him because it was cool. We said
no and then they just laughed and kept yelling at us for like 10 minutes to
come smoke with them hahahhaa. Remember kids do not do drugs, they are not good
for you.
Anyway this was a good week, a ton of work, but that is the
way the mission should be. I hope you all have a good week, I pray for you all!
Do not forget to write!
Love,
Elder Tilghman
Ether 3
Obi Wan Tilghman
Star Wars P Day with the ultimate movie set up
Elder Carney
It was actually cold one day
A nice little ghetto farm
It was also Elder Gowers birthday on Saturday, and this was birthday breakfast, pancakes!
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