Camocim, 6-16-13
(Elder Shepard)
Good day, every one!
This week has been busy and last week was as well (sorry about the missed report).
Elder Bird is my new companion here in Camocim. He is from Arizona and he has been on his mission for about a year and two months. He´s a lot more strict about the rules, which in all reality is good for me, since at times I can get lazy. We live in an apartment that has two bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom, a balcony, and a back maintenance room to hang up clothes. It´s the perfect size for two missionaries, but now that we have four living together it´s a little tight.
These past two weeks we have been working hard to find more people to teach. There are a lot of people who are Catholic, but not practicing. Most people are willing to let us in to hear about God. So it´s easy sometimes to teach people but it´s harder to find some who are willing to act on it. We found a lot of people who said that they need God more in their lives, but never had the will power to change for the better.
Recently we found several young men who let us in and came to church. A lot of the youth here tend to run wild and are in bad situations in the streets: with drugs, smoking, drinking, and getting young girls pregnant. If they learn to do better by following Jesus and his teachings, it´s great to see the changes in the people for the better and a privilege to be the one to help them.
I love you and hope everything is going great.
Love,
Camocim, 5-19-13
(Elder Shepard)
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