Elder Garcia’s Missionary Adventures

13 APR 2021 I am in a new area now and it has been really great so far. To start off I do not have a car like I did in my last area. I would go on bike once a week in an exchange and the weather would be nice. So now that it's getting hot, now I'm put on bike. It is pushing a hundred and people are saying over and over again that it's going to get worse. I bought some super cool sunglasses though, and it also helps we live in the middle of our area. We could walk to a few of our appointments but biking gives you a breeze instead of cooking and walking in the sun.  Also I know my last name is Garcia, but I don't know Spanish. I've had to tell way too many people that and I feel so guilty for not knowing Spanish. I have my dad to thank for that. His name is David Garcia if you ever want to talk to him. It would be so nice to know Spanish. My Portuguese is coming along, or at least I think it is, I don't know because nobody here speaks Portuguese and I am not in Br...

  05 APR 2021 So this was my last week in my area, saying good bye to everyone in the Polo Club Apartment because I leave tomorrow. It has been a really great experience and I have gotten to know people in my area really well. I am excited for my new area and excited to meet new people. However I will also now be on bike instead of car and it just hit 100° yesterday and I'm told it will get 20° hotter than that.  This week we have been making serious progress with our investigators, at the moment we have 2 people on date and one once to move it sooner after watching General Conference.  General Conference was also really great. I enjoyed a lot of the talks and it was cool because we watched a couple sessions with people we are working with. One of the talks that stood out to me was Elder Renlund's talking about how life is unfair, but Jesus Christ felt the most unfairness. It talked about why bad things happen to good people and I really liked it because this question has...

 MAR 15, 2021