Elder Jakob Lutze: Semana 78 (Andamos Flo)

Buenas!!!

Started the week off strong with an intercambio! Two really new missionaries came to my area with me. Elder Carrillo y Elder Dawson! It was really interesting. But it was a good day! Saw some big miracles! Funny moment happened when our member talked to them for 30 minutes straight. Then just to torture the missionaries more, I told her "Hey, Elder Carrillo wants to know how you met your husband." She just laughed crazily, and off she went telling another 15 minute story! I was trying so hard to keep myself from laughing.

We also saw the Soul Traveling man again! He walked into the restaurant and started talking to me. He reminds me of Oogway from Kung Fu Panda, especially when he said, "There are no accidents." He taught me a chakra of how to summon the master. It goes like this, "Youuuuuuuuuu." As I was trying to keep a straight face, I simply asked "Are you here to buy food?" He said, "No." At this moment, I realized he saw us inside and only came in to talk. But, "There are no accidents." Right?

The next day we did another intercambio! Basically a whole bunch of problems went down this week, so we were trying to help everyone out. I had a good time here in Vista Alegre with Elder Nelson! We contacted sooooo many people! It was a lot of fun!

Elder Clark and I saw a sloth!!! It was taking what we call "The Freeway." By that I mean it was just on the power lines, inching its way towards Panama City. Have you ever seen a sloth on a power line before? It was awesome!!! It was going so fast too! For a sloth that is. We call it "The Freeway" because there is literally nothing stopping the sloth from doing its thing.

Saw a bunch of kids unload a car full of beer... it was insane. There were at least 40 - 12 packs. I have never seen so much alcohol in my life...

According to our friend Steven - "Andamos Flo."

Did a CPEC! Gotta love the good old CPEC! It was a good time tho! Our bodies suffered after, but hey, more blessings, am I right?

Almost ruined someone's relationship, whoops. We contacted a lady and her significant other. We then texted said lady. The response was "This is her boyfriend."

So we respond saying, "Oh, hey Moises! How are you?"

We then got a message saying, "Who is Moises?!"

"Oh sorry, what is your name then?"

"Excuse me, Imma ask again. Who is Moises!?"

The bottom line is don't cheat because one way or another it will get exposed. And what could be more embarrassing than getting accidentally exposed by two white missionaries?

We did a "Milla Extra" as a zone for Baptism invitations! In the end, we invited 56 people to be baptized! That's awesome!!! It was really cool to see all the miracles!

Spiritual Thought

I heard Thomas Monson say something along the lines of "If we treat others as they are, they will always be that way. But if we treat them as they could be, we can change their hearts/lives."

I love that! If we are to help others become better people, we have to see them as God sees them! We have to see the potential they have! In terms of mission work, if we want to help people truly be converted, we have to treat them in a way where we see their potential. We have to envision it for the people we love and teach. Think about it!

Anyways. Love you all lots! Have a great week! Pray for my zone and my people! Also please, please, please, pray for Diego!!! Until Next Week!

-E. Lutze

Mom note - I will be gone the next 3 Mondays. So more letters to come after March 12th.