March 30, 2015- Good Food and a Surprise
Hey Familiares y
Amigos!
Things
are going well here in Norfolk!
I got to eat some super yummy food this
week! I ate mofongo, a famous dish from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. It consists of fried plantains that are
shaped like a ball with meat and spices in the middle. I also ate baliadas for
the first time. It is the most famous dish from Honduras. Hondurans are always
talking about them. A baliada is a soft tortilla filled with eggs, beans and cream cheese. I have to say that baliadas
almost rivaled papusas. They were super
good.
On Thursday, I
went on exchanges with my zone leader Elder Brown. His companion came down to Norfolk to teach
with my companion Elder Bradshaw. Elder Brown is an English-speaking
missionary. It was really weird to teach
in English again. But the hardest part
was saying prayers in English out loud. We went to a potential investigator's
house in their area. They hadn't been able to get in contact with him but when
Elder Brown and I knocked on his door he answered and let us in. He had a ton
of great questions and the spirit was super strong there. The guy had told us at
the beginning of the lesson that he was expecting a call from someone. He
received a phone call right when Elder Brown was in the middle of reciting the
first vision. We had to end the lesson right there because the guy had to leave
right then to go somewhere. It seems
that Satan always has something come up when we are reciting the first
vision.
On Saturday, we
taught our investigators Osman and Carmina. Osman was busy so we were only able
to teach Carmina. She surprised us when
she told us that she had read all the way up to 1 Nephi Chapter 8. It is so
awesome when our investigators have been reading and are able to tell you
exactly what happened in the chapters that they read.
For
some reason we've had a lot of people this week pulling out the scripture at
the end of Revelations to try to prove to us that we can't have the Book of Mormon.
On Sunday, we were talking to a man in front of this trailer, when another
man came over holding his Bible in his hand.
He immediately started reciting some scriptures in the book of Revelations.
In response, Elder Bradshaw and I asked him inspired questions. We were able to
steer him away from being so contentious. I asked him to look up Ezekiel chapter
37, where it talks about the Bible and Book of Mormon (the stick of Judah and
the stick of Joseph). He read the chapter and then he said that he would look
into that, and then he left us alone
We
got our transfer calls on Saturday.
It really surprised me when President Baker told us that Elder Bradshaw
and I would be staying together. This
means that I'll be his last companion because this transfer is his last
transfer. Then he said that I was called
to be the senior companion and the new district leader. Now I will be a district
leader over two Spanish sister missionaries and two English sister missionaries
and Elder Bradshaw and I.
A
couple days ago the church has put out a new initiative that is similar to the He
is the Gift initiative. This time the message is focused on Christ's
resurrection. The mormon.org website has a lot of information about the last
week of the Savior's life as well as a bunch of videos that simply and clearly
explain some of our beliefs. We have shared the website with a bunch of members
and investigators and they loved it. I would definitely encourage all of you to
check it out at helives.mormon.org
I
hope everyone has a great Easter and General Conference weekend!
Love,
Elder
Cannon
Me in front of Statue of Neptune in Virginia Beach
