Learning From Others

This week was an alright week!  

 

we had some transfers and i had to do some driving missionaries to georgetown to get planes! but hey thats alright haha. its tough not being able to work so hard as you want to but.  

 

All will be well! we are excited to see how the week goes and really push for a lot of member lessons! 

 

This week we started helping a family renovate their shop into a house to rent! so we are hoping that we cant rent there haha. they are the nicest people. 

Honestly we have been fed by them every single day since wednesday and we probably will get fed again today. They are so nice and are making this appartment legit! 

One of the investigators we used to teach told us that its not confirmed but its suspected they they are drug lords too... but i dont think its true! 

if it is they are sophisticated mafia people and they will protect us very well. But we have gotten to do a lot of demolition of wood walls and concrete Ledges and ting! its been great! 

 

so we are doing well. We have had a couple disapointments this week. This one made  me super sad; on saturday we passed "ZR" and i guess she just up and left after they had an argument so she is nowhere to be found  and he was just wasted. He had been Drinking clear from friday night till saturday at 2 when we met him. really sad. He was vexed . 

We went by on sunday morning because in his drunked state he pleaded with us to come by in the morning and travel with him to church but his head hurt too much so he didnt come. 

We are seeing him tonight! But boy i dont think i have liked a family so bad as i do them and it kills me to see alcohol and small disagreements and upset parents just tearing them apart..

I think i have learned a lot of what not to do when i am married from my mission for sure. and a lot of what to do i see come from my parents!

But something good that happened was a young woman named "JL". She is one of the most comprehensive people i have ever taught. Like when we talk about somthing she actually understands fully what it means and well just expresses her opinions and actually learns. For example when we taught he about the priesthood and the restoration she said she didnt want to pray because she knew she would have to act if God told her it was true. Most people will just say yes they will pray and then never pray at all. she was honest and after talking about how christ is coming just now she agreed to pray about it ! she just is cool! will make a great member to the church!

I always enjoy hearing about what thing are like back home . 

But that is crazy to hear all about how normal missionaries are back home. I often ponder on if people see the same way as i saw missionaries back home. I really hope that for some people i am an Elder Dumke. Do you remember him! he was the greatest! one of my favourite missionaries or the one i remember the most who made the most impact on me!

being a missionary is wonderful! i definitly love it!

But i gotta go!

Love ya tons 

Love Elder Pierson

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Guyana Elections

Well just so you know i am alright for sure! 

Elections were on monday and they didnt know who won until the friday after i believe! 

and even then there are a lot of accusations of cheating . things such as fake ballots being found and a couple ballot boxes found floating in the river!  But all has been decided. and the Government has changed. So that could mean we get a lot more missionaries! talking to denson he said they should apply for 200 more missionaries just now. (200 so when they say no to that they will go for 100) haha But good thing is that the church Lawyer just got put in as the Attorney general or the minister of home affairs so they should pass for more missionaries in just a few months and then its up to the church to try and get as many as they can in the country! haha so we should have more at least 4 or somthing like that before i leave! :) 

 

But hey that is all predictions ! 

 A  lot of people are vexed about the results. But hey they dont riot! so thats good! 

 

But speaking of flowers i have been helping a lady named "BB" a lot in her garden and washing her house and ting! so i can  help out a lot when i get home!

I plan on being better at being helpful. A couple in our branch got married in febuary and the guy refuses to help clean or anything and cause of her always asking for help he wants a divorce .. already.. I do not intend to be that guy! so im going to be more helpful. 

 

but anyways thing are great in guyana! its going to take a while to get settled and for things to happen but it will be well! 

 

I heard from  a Man who is visiting Guyana From Toronto that alberta is in a bust or somthing like that. He said Everyone is selling and the housing market is crashing? is that true?  

 

but let me see about all the wonderful things i can tell you about! well! 

We got fed three times yesterday! :)  

Umm WE have found even more new investigators!  

we contacted a lady who had been taught previously and believed alot.. But also believes everything. Its really tought to teach  hindu's Because they really believe Anything! like Most often you will tell them about the BOFM and they will believe it  and some read it. But also believe in the guita and read that too! haha its tough. i feel bad telling them that if you believe that jesus is the saviour than all your other Gods are false.. its interesting! 

 

But as for transfers i am staying with Elder Ort for another 5 weeks! His visa for suriname is not coming through at all!

So all will be well! Its going to be a good transfer! 

 

Right now i am the only Zone leader because Elder Day went home to get some illness checked. But he should be back before the week is up! 

 

But i am having fun here in Guyana! 

 

 ii am sitting in air conditioning right now and my hands are freezing! im almost shivering ! its cooling the place to 23 degrees ... haha 

 

anyways!

Love ya!

Love Elder Pierson

Mother's Day

This week was really cool! we did a whole ton of work! we actually had 4 missionaries in our area this last day.. yesterday and we got 7 new investigators in one day! which is more that I got last week all week haha 

 

But this week was still pretty great! we had little less time to work because the car broke up. the starter stopped working and funny thing is I learned how to actually fix a starter instead of just buying a new one and replacing it haha but that took a good chunk of our day which made us be down for a bit of the week! but we were still doing well!  

 

"ZR" is doing great! he has been trying super hard to make changes and has been working on it! 

 

We still don't know who won the election. that should get announced in a couple hours! but we are still unsure what happens! 

 

we have been happy to see a couple families start to make progression to following Christ again!

ME and Elder ort are having some good fun! 

 

I have officially learned how to make roti! 

 

Today was a good day and so was the week!

I love you tons!

Love Elder Pierson

Mission Leadership Conference

Pickneys is a term for Children used in the carribean. Lydia and Brigham are christie and anthony's Pickney. Well literaly translated it means little Devil. but its used for kids haha. sometimes when we show people pictures of our families i tell people those are my pickney. haha no one believes me haha.

I love em as if they were! 

 

But Hey Guyana is doing great! I dont think i will get to email you on monday coming because there will probably be some civil unrest so were going to stay in and all the shops will be closed anyways but hey i will get to talk to you on sunday! ! so im excited for that! 

 

And Woah! elder Ort loves rugby as well so we get along ! 

But more impressive is the church attendance Wow i am going to come home to a crazy big ysa ward!  

plenty Potential Future wife's ;)

But im not focused on that right now!  

 

best thing for the week was to see "ISH" Get baptized! she was so excited! and it was great!

I actually gave her the Holy Ghost and Elder Ort Did the Baptism but she has such good support.

three of the Yw and one yw leader came to her baptism and it was amazing to see the support! it makes such a difference to have all that support!

We have been finding a lot of really cool people! lately

the missionary work is going well!

I didnt know derek super well, but that is still really sad. Its intersting to think of Gods plan for us and his eternal care for us! it always makes me glad to know that God will make Everything right with us. Every injustice we face in this life. God will Make up for it, if not in this life then in the next!

but yeah i will for sure keep them in my prayers!

Trinidad was a whole ton of fun! i got to sleep in the same apartment as Elder Little and Elder Hendry! (Elder Little was Jeff's MTC companion and Elder Hendry is from Lethbridge as well.) it was a blast! i am for sure going to lime and gaff with Elder Hendry when i get home!!  im glad i will get to fly home with him! 

 

but boi seeing Elder Little was amazing! and also the MLC was a spiritual Blasting! but hey it was great! 

 

Great! but yeah i am enjoy life in guyana! today i got myself a guyanese licence !so i am legal to drive till 2018!

Whoo!

But i love ya tons i think i told you most of the important things about my week! 

 

Love ya tons!

Love Elder Pierson

Things are Good

But hey this week was really good! it is super fun serving with Elder Ort! he is a cool Guy! we might be a likkle "Ridiculous" together sometimes haha members always laugh at us haha (in a good way) ill give you an example of our ridiculousness. At church me and elder Ort were sun burnt because we did some service the day before and Our necks killed. so most sunday we were trying to poke each others necks .. :) Kinda Funny haha. 

 

But yeah i got to give a talk in church ~! i talked on the plan of salvation and its amazing to know that everytime we talk someone takes somthing from what we say.    we went to visit a recently returning family and we always ask them what they learned at church. and the mother quoted me :) made me happy!

But "ISH" is doing well! she came to church again and is super excited for her baptism this saturday! she is great!  super excited forher! we asked her to draw us back the plan of salvation after we taught it to her and sunday gone (yesterday) we actually got to see her Book ! she made a book about the plan of salvation! and she understands so well!  ITs amazing!

"ZR" are making progress. They went backwards then forwards. we were teaching her one night and it was weird that he wasnt there and halfway through the lesson he came home drunk.. But he was at rock bottom . you could see it. he expressed to us how he was sick and tired of the life he was living and how he doesnt want to be who he is. So we came back the next night and talked about repentance and offered him a blessing to overcome and to change! and it was amazing! he is going to be such a changed man!

church was Great! things are good!

Lots of fun!

But i gotta go! i am going to trinidad tomorrow! till thursday! so i get to see Elder Bingham! whooo!!!! yeah!!! 

 

Anyways! 

Love Elder Pierson