Okay, so a little bit of how the mission runs. Our investigators have to attend church two times before they can be baptized, which means Sundays are the most important days on the mission. The two sure investigators that we had lined up to be baptized the 10th of December completely ditched us on Sunday. We passed by their house and they said they were coming. As we returned a few minutes later the door was locked shut from the outside and they didn’t return until later that night. So we had zero investigators come to church yesterday. Basically what that means is we wasted a week. Seven people who had a date to be baptized can not be baptized on that date now. So Sunday was completely disappointing. We really only have two real investigators. Everyone else avoids us at all costs. No one wants to listen to us. It seams like everyone is content with just sitting in their sin. Nothing we can say to them catches their attention. They all act like they know Jesus and are so thankful for Him but they can never explain to us what He actually did for them. They don’t understand their own religion either. They don’t think logically so when we just break it all down for them, they just vomit one of their memorized phrases to us. I don’t know how to just get them to think like a normal person. It is getting so frustrating. Everyone talks about South America being this amazing baptizing place but none of the missionaries here are baptizing anyone. I have been studying about agency and the spirit and trying to find ways to get these people to understand the importance of being baptized so they can be saved, but nothing is working. It is like there is no cure for... (i cant think of the word) its like being oblivious. We can’t cure their illogical thinking.
So yes, I am frustrated. I am not sure what I am supposed to be learning from this experience. I know there are missions out there where elders don’t get any baptisms for two years. But knowing that this is Ecuador, just makes me angry. Our president talks about how we should just be dunking people every week. But we are not doing it. So there must be something wrong with us... But that’s the thing. There really isn’t anything wrong with us. We are being obedient, we are teaching well, we have the spirit, we can even feel the spirit testify to the people that the things we say are true. They just want nothing to do with it. And it is like this all over the mission.
But really, i am having fun. I wouldn’t rather be anywhere else. It is just frustrating right now. Anyway, everything sounds good in AZ. It is so humid here that it’s disgusting.
Love,
Elder McRae
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