31st Email Home January 19, 2015

Well, today is a very big change, because we had transfers, I am being sent to Tuxtla and my companion will remain the same, my new area is called something like palma 2 and its a new area that me and I think a kind of new missionary get to start and I think that he is a Gringo! So I hope I dont have to hear all the words, because I dont fully understand Español and so it might be difficult, but if so I will give it my best shot and try to baptize as much as we possibly can. I have to leave my son behind! NO!!

  I will do my best to work all that I can, I have been released from my calling to be a district leader for now and a trainer, so its a little easier. I have fantastic news that Paula is being baptized this Saturday, I will not be here to see it and also, she wanted me to baptize her, so once I tell her she might be a little sad, I wanted to baptize her whole family, but what more can I do the Lord wants another to baptize her and its all fine with me only as long as she gets baptized! 

  We had the opportunity to hear from Elder Valenzuela, part of the Quorum of the Seventy and was only talking about the plan for 2015 and what we are aspected to do and it just gave me a desire to work harder to give all I can, the goals are tough and do able. 

  Im so happy to hear that the family is much closer, I hope that my prayers are answered that all my family can go to church for the rest of their lives so we can enter the Temple together, It is my goal to help, these brothers and sisters here and also in my family. I love my family and my Amigos! I will be praying for you all!  

(I asked Chad if the members ever feed him dinner?)No dinner just lunch

( What do they feed you for lunch?)Chicken and soup and for a drink something like juice or Bolso (which is a ball of chocolate with some other things that are just terrible to even talk about) tasco late. ( Its a little better than bolso, but its still bad)  

(Are there any drinks there that you like?)Just the juicy ones, the definition for sweet here is like a mountain of sugar and the appearance is the worst or weirdest thing in the world!

Pork tacos

pancakes

more pancakes! I got a little hungry alright.

30th Email Home January 12, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xi4OsIdmn8

This is a cute video! Chad says " That video was the Bomb!"

I am eternally grateful for my family and for my Lord my God, you that give service for the Lord will be blessed, we see that as we give just a small portion of what we have like tithing, its only 10 percent its pretty much nothing and yet the God blesses us with so many blessings that we feel his presence and we change. Also, how the Savior Jesus Christ has forgiven many sins if we read the Bible it talks about Jesus forgiving people, like this one woman that had committed adultery, and the people were about to stone her, because it was the law of Moses and the only thing Jesus said was,"Any of you that is without sin let him be the first one to cast the first stone" and everyone departed and Jesus spoke to the woman,"where are the people that accuse you?" and she said," no man Lord" and with this response of Jesus," Neither do I accuse you, go and sin no more", and when I heard this he is truely the savior of the world and that any man can come unto him and be clean doesnt matter what you have done, you just need a heart of change a heart of believing that all is possible through our savior Jesus Christ, I try to be like him every day to help others come to know the truth, its hard, but possible I will not give up!

  I love the great blessings of the Lord, how its changing my family, I love when I hear news of my family that is not active change and have a desire to come back to the fold, the path is tough, but we have the Lord to guide us to the end. I challenge all my family that is not active and they have a desire to change to put your faith in Christ and pray with a sincre intent that you can recieve an answer and I promise you in the name of Jesus Christ you will have an answer, when you have this answer you cannot deny your answer and you will have a desire to go to church and to be perfect like Jesus Christ.

  Brandons hair is almost missionary length now, he just needs to send in his papers and prepare for THE BEST TWO YEARS! Then read the Book of Mormon cover to cover then GO! Well, I love you all!  

 My companion sleeping!

 Drinking coconut water

It was fantastic! Me in Paradise!

  PizzaHut! woot!

 The sisters had a Baptism and we were invited.

29th Email Home January 5, 2015

(The package that we sent to Chad for Christmas was held up in Mexico City Customs for 3 weeks then sent back home. Chad did not receive any Christmas gifts. I told Chad that his Dad and I are speaking in Church this Sunday on making commitments)


I love recieving pictures of the family and letters its so fun to see whats going on in the family, I am a little sad, but its completely okay I have a loving family and thats the greatest gift ever, no gift of the world can make me feel the eternal love of my family and so dont worry that I didnt receive nothing I have you all! Well, this week was super awesome we had another baptism!!!! It was the other child of the family that speaks English and he was very scared that he would change in a bad way, but I have explained that we change yes, but we have the gift of the Holy Ghost to guide us and also we improve to do good and then one of the Leaders of the Zone talked to him and he accepted and now is comfirmed a member this past Sunday!!!! Now we have to baptize the mother Paula she speaks English also, but was raised in Chiapas so she speaks the languages.. I will pray for you both, that you can give an inspired message of the Lord that the spirit will be with you both and can be a great help to others that stand in need of this topic. I also have deep desires that Brandon can attend church again, I have never had this desire in my heart so strong before, but help him to at least assist the sacrament meeting, please and thank you. I am starting to have desires to have others come to church more to know of the truth, yeah he has been to church, but theres always a chance that he can feel the spirit in this like we have, people are blinded and we can be the guide by helping them read, pray, and attend church and I know that who ever trys this with real intent to know more WILL recieve an answer I promise in the name of Jesus Christ. I love you all! No photos right now another member has a lot of the baptism so I will try to send them as fast I can!