Hey, Family!
I'm sorry to
hear that this week wasn't such a good one, with Aunt Hiltje and the
Boekweg family. I'll remember to keep the family in my prayers, along
with Katie's health and Dad's safety. I'm glad that the rest of you are
doing well. It makes me feel kind of guilty, because all of you had a
less-than-decent week, whereas my week was a good one. I feel like I got
a lot accomplished this time, especially in the language. For every
"fake" investigator I teach now, I feel like the Spanish comes to me
more fluidly, especially when I bear my testimony. We even got one of
the "fake" investigators to commit to baptism!
General
Conference was pretty supreme! I feel like a lot of those talks really
stuck out to me, especially the last one; David A. Bednar's talk to all
the non-members. I loved the story he gave and the lesson that followed
about how missionaries are teaching about what they've felt. That was
the talk that made me think the most, and I've realized that missionary
work isn't just about teaching people the gospel and getting them
baptised, but it's also helping them and giving them hope about some of
the biggest problems they might face in their lives. It's like one big
service project! It kind of makes me excited to get out into the field
in two weeks! (Still can't believe it's only two weeks away)(Also can't
believe it's been almost an entire month).
That
was scary to read about Dad. I hope he'll be safe over in Turkey, with
ISIS and everything. There have been some rumors going around the MTC
that the day after I left, America declared war on ISIS, and just
barely, I heard that Obama's trying to amend the Constitution to make it
so he can run for a third time. Anyways, Dad will be in my prayers and
I'll be praying for his safe return.
I hope they'll be able to find a sufficient
way to deal with this cancer soon. I'll pray extra hard for her from now
on. I love you so much, Katie!
We got a new crowd of missionaries in the MTC this week, and one of them arrived early, so he got to hang out with our district on Tuesday.
He's actually a really cool guy. His name is Elder Quesne (pronounced
"cane") and he's British! All of us were pretty psyched out about his
accent. I asked him how long it took him to get here, and he said it was
about 16 hours of travel, but one of his flights arrived late, so he
had to wait 7 additional hours, so 23 hours total. Can you imagine
travelling for that amount of time? I'm glad that I lived on the same
half of the world as my mission.
When I opened up
my email a few minutes ago, I was surprised to see an email from Elder
Nick Bybee there! He was just checking up on me and making sure I was
doing alright! He's such a cool guy! Have he and Emily been keeping in
touch? I certainly hope so. By the way, how's Emily doing? Is China
treating her well?
I've gotten multiple questions
regarding letters, packages, and addresses. To be honest, I'm kind of
confused about the post here too. I heard that sending a letter or
package down here can take up to 4 weeks, but that might change when I
get to Iquitos, seeing as how it's in the middle of the jungle. I
wouldn't send anything to the MTC, because I'll be gone by the time it
gets here. I've also been asked about pictures. The reason I haven't
included any in my emails is because the MTC doesn't allow it. It's a
weird rule, but I gotta obey it. Don't worry, though! I'm taking plenty
of pictures to send them to you when I'm able to!
Also,
Jim, those pictures you took at Disneyland with Geoffery, Thor, and
Captain America were adorable! He's turning into a good-looking kid!
So,
apparently (I just remembered this), the Peru MTC is the only one that
has had it's trainees go out and get some real-world experience with
proslyting. Er, was the only one. They're not doing it anymore,
but it is cool to say that I'm one of the last MTC-level missionaries
in the world to proslyte!
Anyways, I should probably wrap this up. I'd just like to bear my testimony that the church, the Spirit, the Book of Mormon, all of
those, are true. It's only been four weeks and I've seen how much it's
blessed my life. When I got here, my Spanish was nothing, but now, I can
carry on a (clumsy) conversation! I know that through prayer, Dad will
be protected and Katie can be healed. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Talk to you all in a week!
-Elder Dixon
P.S. Mom, can you send me that family picture we took in August? Thanks!
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