Tear Gas

By Elder Zach Seager -


So, we got tear-gassed this past week.  It was crazy!!!! We were at the bank to pull some money out and then this huge mob of teenagers came running around the corner. One of them screamed look the Mormons.  I was about to run and then the cops threw a tear gas bomb and it hurt so bad.  My buddies from the mission were so scared. I went beast mode and threw off my tie and tied it around my face so I could breathe a little better.  I used my tie to cover my eyes a little and hurried and pulled off my missionary tag and put it in my pocket. I was trying not to die and thought it was best to take my tag off so they didn't know I was a missionary.  Guess that didn't help much. It was so crazy. We ran down the street and hopped on a bus and dipped out of there. It was scary and 4 of the missionaries got locked in the bank, but everyone eventually got out safe.

I hope you guys are doing good! We are grinding out here and have been full this whole week! I had a cool different goal this week to contact every family I saw in the street. There was such a huge blessing from this. We are now teaching like 6 or 7 families. It is so cool teaching families and seeing how happy the families get when they find out they can live forever and have joy in their lives!  It's still crazy down here, but it's getting better slowly. (I think hahaha!) 

I hope you guys have a good Thanksgiving. Remember to be thankful for everything like the sexy beautiful mountains, the sexy snow, and trout in Utah! A lot of people only know one or two streets their entire life.  I had a very positive week and had a lot of people helping me out. I'm at the point where I understand all the rap songs in Spanish that are playing in the street.  I 'm in a ghetto and they only listen to rap down here. That's good news right? I'm having a lot of fun right now and we are crushing the game! We gave a guy a baptism date this week and he was so pumped. He almost started crying because he thought he wasn't ready, but he accepted it. He is stocked on life and has a super strong testimony of the gospel. He's been lucky to have some cool spiritual experiences to help him. In the process of teaching him, we have been able to reactivate his sister.  It has been a huge blessing to us!!! 

Happy Thanksgiving!
Elder Seager

#grinding
#godsarmyletsgo



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