This week we had more excitement in the sketchy drug neighborhood. Saturday afternoon, the guy who we’re pretty sure is the main drug dealer told us that if we ever wanted to go into the most dangerous part of the neighborhood, that he would be happy to go with us to keep us safe. It’s super interesting to watch the superstition that even people who are only casually religious have about “the Jesus people ”.
The next day we were passing by the houses of a couple of friends to help them get to church. We were waiting outside of one house and saw a guy buy cocaine from the house next door that we know sells drugs. We walked around the corner and saw him talking to a bunch of police with rifles and shotguns and when we passed by the block again 15 minutes later there was a huge police truck parked in front of the house performing a drug bust.
Other than witnessing lots of drug related stuff this week, we also learned about how banana trees grow during lunch one day. We showed up at the time the host family asked us to, and when we walked in they were just starting to cook. 45 minutes in, they started cooking the meat. Needless to say, we wasted a fair amount of time waiting, but the family had a banana tree in their yard so we learned all about how banana trees grow and reproduce.
Over the past several weeks, we’ve been really focusing on how we try to find people interested in learning about Jesus Christ and His Gospel. We’ve been seeing a lot of success with this so we’ve been busy all week. What I’ve learned from this is that when we diligently focus our efforts on the right things, the Lord blesses our lives.
Thank you all for your support and know that Jesus loves you!
Elder Hansen
