Learning to Endure in Ocotal

Hey y'all

Well good ole Ocotal, it is quite the relationship we have, kind of a frustrating place at times. Because the people are so nice and humble but they are soooo dishonest. I come to a house and the person yells "I am not here!" then I always say "Who talked?" and walk away laughing after two minutes of begging them to come to the door and talk. I don't mind blatant rejections, but dishonesty kills me. Especially when I know how important and amazing the gospel is. 

This Pday we had fun, this morning we rented a small turf field for two hours and had five on five soccer, it was quite a blast. I still am not very good at soccer, but I am improving and I even scored a couple of times today, and no longer in my own goal haha. It was a ton of fun and we have a really cool group of missionaries here. I learned humility when Elder Tax from Guatemala, and like 3 feet tall, crossed me over so good that I fell. That little dude can play ball. But I got fried by the sun today.

My companion is super cool, unlike many Dominicans I come across, he is humbleish, and works hard. I was dying though because the Sisters asked me to go teach their lady with them who is getting baptized this weekend, and Elder Aybar brought his A game. He brought out scriptures not even I knew, and shared a lot. It helps that both the Sister Missionaries with us are also Dominican... We get along super well though, he loves football, of the American variety, so I teach him some things when things are slow and the people are dropping, hiding and doing everything to avoid us. The Nicas think I am crazy when I line up and play press coverage on him in the street.

To answer some of Dad's questions:

Enduring to the end is easier with an eternal perspective on things.

It is so daggum hot here, but Ocotal is nice and not humid so I don't mind it here. In the capital and the coast line the weather absolutely sucks from the humidity.

The most uplifting experience this week was this couple I am teaching. They have had a rocky past and made some wrong choices like all of us, but they truly are changing and repenting and it makes me very happy to see the progress that they are making.

As for the branch here, it is rough, the people are cool they just lack honesty. If we had people complete with the simplest things they commit to do, it would be a ward already. I enjoy it though I have certainly learned a lot from them.

Other than that life is good, still skinny but love you all!

Love, Elder Morrison