January 11th and 18th ......"I'm just working hard to help people come to the TRUTH!"

life is good here! I'm just working hard to help people come to the
TRUTH!! hahaha I actually had the flu this week, it hit me like a sack
of bricks. we went to the area the first day of me having the flu
(that was the most challenging thing I've had to do yet hahaha) then
the second day it was worse so I went to the area half a day then the
third day we went the whole day but I'm feeling a little bit better
now! I'm so busy I don't even have enough time to be sick! hahha we have
2 guys prepping to be baptized in 6 days, the passed interviews so
that's good! both are really willing to serve missions and they love
going out and teaching with us! we have a few more investigators but
none that are super serious, we just met a guy yesterday that seems to
be a rally promising guy! God is great, ginger beer is good, and
people are crazy! lol

I've been studying a lot about the Sabbath Day because there are a lot
of sda (seventh day Adventist ) people here and when I used my normal

 reasoning to explain why  its on Sunday to a dude he called our church a creed and told me I was going to hell if I didn't change so I figured I had better do some more study hahaha.  My favorite topic has been learning from the New
 Testament and also Proverbs from the OT, I love Proverbs. hahaha like,
read Proverbs chapter 15:1. Words I try to live by that and 18:7.

We had 2 baptisms on Sunday and ya boy baptized them hahaha it was
awesome and they are two really solid dudes! my week was super crazy!
rain season has started again, last week it didn't rain very hard but
this week!!!! it was crazy!!! we actually have a few New
Investigators that we set dates with, Joel is on track for Feb 21st

 and another is kate for the 14th of Feb!! super awesome!

I have a story for ya bout kate!
yesterday (Saturday) while we were waiting for a bus I saw a lady on the other
side of the road and I felt like I should go talk to her but I decided
not to cause I needed to wait for a bus, god had other plans. it
started pouring harder than it has ever and she had to seek protection
in the shack... right next to me, I couldn't help but just look down
and laugh when she greeted me and started asking questions bout the
church!! hahaha it helps to know God is looking out for me, even when
 I'm stubborn!

Elder Scatena

December 28, 2015...."This is the height of all the doors here"

Hello Everyone!

Church was soooo good. we are having issues right now cause the
Priesthood leaders are unable to perform their priesthood duties so we
have to try and teach them everything. There are  80 people in our Branch and we have a  branch mission leader.  My companion is 23 years old and has been out on the mission for 17 months.  We are teaching quite a few people.  We try to visit these people a lot and we should have anywhere from 5-10 baptisms in January.
Here is a pic of me standing in the door.  This is the height of all the doors here and a pic of me and my companions.

Elder Scatena