November 2nd

Family and friends,

Well another week has gone by and I can't believe that it's already November! The time flies by so fast in the mission and I can't believe that i'ts almost time for Christmas! Well, so these last two days were Halloween but it's nothing like Halloween at home. The people really don't do anything here for that holiday. But it's weird here, there's dia de los muertos and it's two days. One day is for the adults and they have their parties in the streets and they drink a lot and then the second day is for the kids and the families go to fly kites and to have a picnic sort of thing. But I don't remember that last year. But it only has happened this year here in Teculutan.

Also, this week we had the chance for us to visit a lot of our baptismal dates that we have. But this week was really hard for them to attend church because some of them were sick and so it's been really difficult for us to stay positive as a bunch of difficulties have passed and stop our investigators from attending church. But we hope and pray that they can feel better and that they can attend church next week to help them progress to be baptized at the end of this month or in December.

One thing that I have learned this week in my studies is of the parable of the workers in the vineyard in Mateo chapter 20 and this chapter says that the Lord hires workers at the begining of the day and told them that he would pay them a penny a day, then at the "3rd hour of the day" and the "6th hour of the day" and the "11th hour of the day he told them that he would pay them what was fair. But at the end of the day the lord of the vineyard payed every one the same. One penny he gave to all of them and the first people were mad. They were upset. They asked why they didn't get paid more. But the Lord said well we made an agreement that you would get payed 1 penny, why would you be mad for what we made a deal on?

And in verses 13 and 14 says:

13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.

But when I was reading this chapter I was thinking a lot about how or why the Lord payed them the same. If the people who worked throughout the sun all the day long got payed the same, why would we work in the heat of the sun. But I thought about it in perspective of eternal life. Some people come to repentance at the "last hour of the day" and they are still permitted to partake and participate of eternal life, and we as missionaries are working throught all the heat of the day and where do we have room to complain. We have been given the chance to know this gospel and to share it with all the people.

Love you guys!

Love Elder Flygare