Dear Family,
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| Elder Breinholt and Elder Toma |
My first week with my
[new] companion went really well. I had
to guide him and teach him everything about our area and start all the lessons
and talk a lot more. I felt like a trainer. It was really weird. He is a Gringo from Sandy, Utah. His name is Elder Breinholt. He has just dropped down from being zone
leader for 8 months in Antigua which is a really really cool city in a crevice
surrounded by mountains and volcanoes and is a really really old Catholic city. It's really cool there. But he dropped down to be my "step dad"
and continue my training. My first
companion left me and became zone leader for Villa Hermosa which is in (the
capital). haha So I have pretty interesting "dads" it seems.
Elder Breinholt is really nice and he loves the people and
knows how to show it and be funny and outgoing with them and gain their trust
really fast so it's really interesting.
My two trainers are very very different and it seems that there are
specific things that I am supposed to learn that I am noticing. But yes my
baptism went through. Hallelujah!! I
have one down now. His name is Douglas
Mendez and he is 20 (future missionary).
It went really well and we should be having three more this month so far
and trying to get more. I should be getting the package this week. This week should be fun we get to go to the
temple and do and see Christmas activities.
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| Elder Toma, Douglas Mendez and Elder Breinholt |
Me and my companion went to the beach this week. It was really cool. The waves are huge here! And it's crazy hot!
And the sand is black because of the volcano ash.
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| Elder Toma and Mendez family |
But yeah it's like 100 degrees here right now plus humidity
so we are sweating here. My companion
just baptized a really cool interesting guy that is Jewish from Antigua and is actually
part of the tribe of Levi and Judah. He
has lived just about everywhere and speaks a bunch of languages.
We teach about 60 to 70 lessons a week. It's a lot on the coast. I can actually
understand a lot now and I talk a lot more so that has made me happier. I personally
like teaching the Book of Mormon just because of how important and awesome it
is and it's just my favorite.
If you could tell me how to teach and what makes a good
teacher and things to do that makes it effective and gain the trust of those
you teach so they understand and like to hear and listen to you and have their
attention that would be nice. I'm always
continuing to adapt and change.
Love,
Elder Toma
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