70th Email Home October 19,2015

 HI family and friends! This week in the mission field has been interesting finding new less actives and getting a few to come to church was an awesome experience, because there are a lot of people that are far from the church, but all they need is a little budge! The families here are so nice, it's just a little hard out here, because a lot are saying," we don't have time", because their work hogs up all of it, no one gets paid good unless you work with the government or open your our business and the cool thing is that the church has opened the program on how to be more self reliant and they have 3 different areas to work in one is to help you study more efficiently and leave college with a plan in mind and the other is how to manage your business and the last is to help you start your our business and work without falling! I was very interesting when we had ward council and there was this one brother that explained all of this clearly and said,"You don't even need money to start and the goal is to be able to have more time to help your family and pay for your bills and for fast offerings and tithing!

   Sister Alondra, that we are helping to get baptized is getting closer and closer to her baptismal date and she likes going to the church a lot, just that her boy friend has been sick for a while and she has been taking care of him and it has been hard these past few weeks for them, but everything is going good! They are still happy and thats what matters more! We have been seeing other investigators and they are all good, but they aren't attending church, so our goal is to fast for them to help them continue! I know that fasting will change a lot with our investigators and also help us baptize more people, so we are going to see what happens this week!!! 

  I really liked the missionary momma's workshop, well the advice! I feel like a lot of missionaries compare and others think that they are better than others, but really if we could just forget of ourselves and give all of our energies to the who are looking for the church, everyone would have more sucess and their mission wouldn't be a burden for them. Always my goal is to be the best that I can to give everyone the chance to accept the Gospel and to enter into sacred covenants with the Lord and through this the mission is a delight for me to see people getting baptized! 

 Pictures!!! 

Finally little Cesars!! some thing is wrong with my memory I think I have to buy another one, because it's not letting me see my photos!

ITS MOLLY! 

69th Email Home October 12,2015

HELLO Familia y Amigos! This week has been a blessing to have with energies high and spirits at their maxium, we are getting closer to another baptism!! Sister Alondra has her date planned for the 24th of October, but we forgot that the ward has a especific day to go to the Temple in Tuxtla, which is about 6 hours from Tapachula! So, we have to cancel the date and put it a little further, only to the next week! Then, we are going to invite another sister Alondra to get baptized  and another sister Daniela, so everything is going AWESOME!!! 

  I feel the blessings rain down, when I hear about the family fighting against the darkness, it is so nice to hear these words, it brings peace to my soul and a ton of energies to help more, the people that are out here! God is blessing the family, I know that he is always here and when we need him, he will give us an answer! I have a firm testimony of these things! I don't doubt in the power of prayer or fasting or the power of the holy Priesthood, it is a power that is real and anyone can receive the council of the Holy Ghost!

 We are loving the hot days here in Tapachula, but when its cold its like Utah! When really it is about 75 degrees! The sisters missionaries, baked a cake for me and had to eat pretty much half of the cake, but it was good! Then it was really filling, when we had to eat afterwards!! But it all fit perfectly! It's been a little hard for my comp. this week, he has been sick with a stuffy nose and mucus, but we are still strong and still working! He doesn't want to buy medicine, I don't know why!?!!?, but he is doing better! MAN POWER! 

 Well, today is when I go to buy my camera and we will see if I don't break anything in the week, but I will be sure to take a lot of pictures to keep everyone updated! I have more pictures of the week, I just need to ask a few people to share the PICS! BYE FAMILY AND LOVED ONES until next week E. Rowland out!

68th Email Home October 5,2015

Happy Birthday Chad!

 Well well welll Family and amigos!!! What a beautiful week it was!!!  I am glad that all could see General Conference, although my experience was watching it in Spanish, it was a special moment and I took a few notes to remind me of this moment! It's not as special without a family to enjoy it, but we do have our district and that was all the family that I needed to have a spiritual connection!

 We have had success with bring some of the investigators to the conference and it was a special moment, because I could feel the spirit and I know that they could as well! We have a young boy that was baptized about a year ago and he still assists and we are working on getting his whole family baptized! We invited this boys mother to church and accepted, although she already went before, it was a sign that one day she will be baptized!! 

 In these days the investigators are falling away and they can't hear the words of the Holy Ghost and so we have been focusing more in the message of the restored gospel of the church and if people understand this they, will understand everything and the only thing that they can do is get baptized. The truth of the Restored Gospel is here again and it is a blessing to have it so we can live in peace and happiness forever, I know that the Gospel blesses lives and it can change the life of everyone, we just need to exercise our," spiritual muscles" and we will have strength once again!

 I love the this Gospel I know that it is true and the truth is in the Prophets and the the scripture through faith and prayer! What the prophets said this week is revelation from God and today when we can start to be more learned and obedient to obtain this eternal happiness! Thank you family for all that you are doing to help me and the Lord!

I was the first man to enter this spa....!

I was dying of pain!!!
The doctor of the mission gave us anesthesia to resist the pain, but I didnt know we were going to pass by her house, let alone visit her, we were just looking and we found her! My toe is healthier than ever! We could walk for a couple of days, because it hurt to walk, because my nail cut into my toe and because it was raining a lot and the water here is dirty! BUT I am good!I found a camera! I haven't bought it yet, I found it in Walmart and once we go to buy today I am getting it! It's a lot cheaper than other super markets! My friends told me that Chiapas was poor and there is barely electricity.... we have a lot here! For my birthday...I am thinking about a Cheese cake, they are soo good here!! We have dinner with the members some times, but not all the time, here the members are a little low and so theres not that much to offer.. but its fun when we can come over! I think that was the idea in Chiapas to have members help with missionary work, the members visit the less actives and the missionaries bring more members into the ward, but the members didn't do it so the responsibility is on the missionaries! We can talk to them, but if its not their time to change we can't obligate them.... sadly lol Well we have to go get our hair cut so until next week!

67th Email Home September 28,2015

Buenas? HELLO EVERYONE!!! We've have been working a little harder to find the less actives, it's and it has been rough! We teamed up with an old Bishop and he helped us find the people that were hiding in their stores and houses, not saying that they are bad people, but we would always pass by the less active members and we found one in her business, then said," Now who sent you guys here?" and we said," The Holy Ghost." and then we started talking to make them and her family is soo nice the only reason why they don't assist is, because the sister that we found doesn't like some of the members and she tells us that she doesn't like reading or praying, but we will see about that, once she's back in church! 

 We are still working on helping sister Cecilia get to church and also another sister her name is Alondra and we are helping them progress to get baptized, but Cecilia didn't come this week, but we will help her come to the General Conferences to hear of the Prophet! Also Sister Alondra couldn't go, because she wasn't feeling to good, we are going to be visiting her soon so that if she doesn't feel good still we will give her a blessing.

 The time that we put into helping these people everyday gives me the feeling of helping them more and so my mind forgets about what my needs are and whats more important. I love being a missionary and to help others! I always think of when we baptize someone, I think of the bigger picture that we are giving this family a chance to enter into the kingdom of Heaven and its soo cool to think about that and I want this time to last forever so that everyone has that chance! I have to go.... But I LOVE YOU ALL!!!

 Me and my companion on the other end with a returned missionary that returned to Japan, he served in Australia English speaking and he passed by here, because his girlfriend lives here and they are planing on getting married soon!!

I was feeling a bit talented in the church!

66th Email Home September 21,2015

...I woke up with a horrible night mare about Chad. I was so worried about him. I said a prayer right away and then his father said let's a prayer so we got done on our knees and prayed for his safety and that we would be at peace....When I wrote him I didn't tell him the details I just told him that I had a bad dream about him and questioned whether or not he was ok or was it just a silly dream...

I believe it was a silly dream the only nightmare is when my companion eats a lot of fatty foods! Happier than ever!!! = ) I haven't checked to see if I have money yet, but im sure its there.

Hi Everyone!!!! The latest in Tapachula, Chiapas! Its hot, its humid and it's sad to say, but I am one with the sun right now, we have air conditioning in the church and it's soo cold there, I don't think I am ever going to come home!! Our Land Lord of our house finally came over to repair our house! Apparently, when the people made the house they thought it was a good idea to put a pipe in the wall and this pipe was connected to the roof, with the pipe in the wall and the rain here of Tapachula, it would always fill the bottom of the wall,because the pipe wasn't blocked and so thats why we have been having rivers in our house, but everything is changing here, its a good thing that all the houses here are made out of cement! Thanks to the Nephites!!! 

  Our investigators are progressing pretty slowly, because most of them are adults and need to study and to work, so we are using prayers and the Holy Ghost to guide them to have time to go to church and to listen to the messages! We are also starting to work more with the less actives, because I heard that there are about 200 to 300 less actives only in our ward, we have the ward directory and members that are willing to work and so we are going to active everyone!! Then we are going to need another Church! WOOT! We have about 125 members assisting the church every week and with this boost of the others we could one day have a Temple here in Tapachula!!! 

 The works of God are very hard to understand some times, some problems like why aren't the members assisting like they should be or why can't we baptize a ton of people every week, if we teach everything good and work with the person, like asking questions or doing service for them, they should be more likely to accept the Gospel in their lifes, but when they reject the message it's not because you could share a scripture good enough, but the Lord has a time for everyone and we are always going to be tested to grow and to learn and there are times when we feel tired and we need a rest, we need to remember in this moment that what Christ has done for us, all of his sacrifices for us and never was for himself, but for the good of others. The thing is we need to keep trying to help others and not to be down on our selfs, because this will get you no where only to lead you to the same path. Remember our Saviour Jesus Christ always and act in all dillegence and you will conquer your battles! 

  Oh, Mom! I have new shoes so don't worry! The bishop gave me boots, but they look good and they are new and they are steel toed, so they will last a little longer!! Today I go on the Hunt for my new camera!! I hope I can find one, but if not I will wait until December to buy a really good one for less!  Well I gtg I love you FAM AND AMIGOS!

65th Email Home September 14,2015

HEY FAMILY AND BUDS! This week was an awesome week, with the rededication of the temple in México city! First, we went to a session that was about how the "Mormons" came into Mexico! It was a play that explained what is the Book of Mormon and what happened in the Book of Mormon and why it is so important, for us it was such a perfect video that explained to people that might not have know about the scriptures and now they know! The play later showed how they translated the Book of Mormon into Spanish and all of the play was full of stories of people that have felt the spirit and needed to find God and later the people find missionaries and their prayers were answered. It was very interesting, especially when all the actors were all Mexican, but they did a good job, I love my Mexican friends! 

 Then Sunday came and we had the choice to see the rededication at the stake center, but they had 3 different sessions during the day, we went at 12 and it ended about 1:30 and President Erying was there with Elder Holland! Elder Holland gave the most interesting talk, that I don't think I can repeat, because it's sacred and it was so crazily good! Other General authorities gave their talk and they could speak spanish, but President Erying only said,"Gracias" and which made everyone laugh! Then Elder Holland said," Tengo gozo en mi alma hoy!" and "Mi esposa es Hermana Holland!" and then again," Tengo gozo en mi alma hoy" the translation is, "I have joy in my soul today!" it was soooo funny and then giving his talk with such a tone that you could feel the spirit and the truth of what he was saying, then ended his talk in spanish, testifying to everyone that this is the church of Jesus Christ and that the temple is his Holy House! It was a moment so special and I can't wait to see them again in this up coming conference! 

  The gospel in these days have been blessing the people here in Tapachula, its hot and the sweat is real, but the spirit still works the same and its such a blessing to be along side our Savior Jesus Christ and the recent converts are preparing for their missions, in my first area, Villaflores a young man just told me that he just sent in his papers and here in Tapachula there is another young man that wants to go too, so I gave him my Preach my Gospel and all he needs to do is read it! Then he needs clothes, I have been thinking that when its about time to return home I am probably going to give my shirts to another young man that is leaving on their mission, I want to help these guys go without stress or a bad time, because they don't have a lot of shirts! 

 I am so happy that the mission changes people that weren't so giving or social and gives them energy to change and to learn how to manage money and how to clean a house ( although our house isn't too clean....) and to work with a companion, we plan out our day and then we go out to talk with people, wether they are angry or super happy, we learn how to handle all types of people and it's a blessing to be serving here with my companion, we know that God is with us and there is no one to say we can't do this work, only God has the power to say that! I love you FAMILY AND BUDS I hope to hear from you all next week! no camera still.... 

64th Email Home September 7,2015

I have been taking out money this past week and I still need to take out about 25 or 30 bucks, because I wanted to buy a protector for my scriptures and its made out of real cow hide and the member that sold it to me told me that, he didnt understand what I was saying, when I told him 600 pesos (like 35 dollars) to make the covers and he said,"Okay!" and then when we went to go pay the first part he was saying that it was 500 pesos each cover (like 30 bucks each one) and I was like no I am not going to pay for the covers, because my companion also understood that it was 600 for the both covers, but its okay if he was lying to me just to score more money, he will have consequences and I love my new scripture covers!! The pictures that I asked for weren't printed the way I wanted, but its okay, the brother didnt have the right equipment to make it beautiful, only a nail type thing... But they are nice! I have to take a picture maybe I can ask my companion! We have transfers on the 28 of September and its always every 6 weeks we have the possibility to change. Every mission has different rules and things. My favorite area I think it might have been Las Palmas 2 for right now. The members were so helpful and happy the young men are so prepared to missions and they always wanted to help us in anyway and yeah also it had walmart and starbucks and a sister that would always give us free hamburgers!  I will check my account in an hour, but I still have to pay for the covers for the scriputures 400 pesos more... Then yeah I free! I got to go, but I love you soo very much and Good Luck at work!!!