Monday, February 1, 2016

85th Email Home February 1,2016

Helloooo everyone! I have been doing really great this week! Our investigators didn't show up at church this week, but we are not sad, we are just worried for them, because it's the only way that they can get closer to God's love, to know of his plan and get baptized. We were close to get Brother Mariano into church, because he was telling us that his boss told him that they weren't going to work, because in the morning gets cold and they were planning on just waiting until the noon, but the day started off hot and we were waiting in the Chapel and he didn't show up, so we thought he slept in, but later in the day I finally checked the phone and he sent a message saying that he was working! He was very sad, because he loves the church, but we told him that it was okay. We also received a message from the bishop on Thursday, saying," Hey Elders! I'm not going to be in church this Sunday, also can you both give a talk about missionary work?" and I was like," Well, okay..." and so, we didn't have time to prepare anything Thursday or Friday, because I went to another area for a day, so I was worried, because I was running out of time and once the transfers ended, I asked my companion if he prepared his talk and he was like,"Aaa! I forgot!" and I started to laugh, when I got back it was a Saturday and did have time to study in the morning and so all that was left was Sunday in the morning! We woke up and got ready and started to study and I finished my talk in about an hour and I was thinking that it wasn't going to take along time to share my talk, but it lasted about 16 mins and my companion was next and he said that I didn't leave him a lot of time to talk, in a way I felt happy and filled with the spirit, because when I shared my talk I first felt a bit nervous, but then I felt calm afterwards and could, express myself a little more! 
 
  I am glad that the Gospel is interesting concept, I feel like we can suffer to hear the Gospel, because we haven't humbled ourselves enough, but when we enjoy the discussion, we have the desire to ask questions and think about the things we do in the church, then our hungry will be satisfied and we can apply these covenants or prinicipals in our lifes and share with others! For me I love the Book of Mormon, it is soo hard for the to put down when I study, because when we study, we can only study 20 mins the Book of Mormon and then 20 mins Preach My Gospel, and then other gospel library books, when I study the Book of Mormon, I feel the desire to know more, in Spanish it has a different explanation of what is happening in the story and I have learned a lot more from my studies. Oh, and did you and dad throw away the animated Book of Mormon videos?

 That is great that everything is going well with the nails business, I hope you are learning how to take out ingrown toe nails, because I might have some when I get back, I am trying to fight them, but my nails grow fast! It would be awesome to have a family get together every month, maybe watch a movie or play UNO or something, it would be fun!

Me and my companion are leaving to different areas tomorrow, I will be going to Huixtla and my companion will be going to Arriaga! I will most likely be ending my mission in Huixtla, being District leader! We are sad, but excited! Love you all soo very much!     

 My first pair of shoes!

                                                 My shoes that don't work anymore!


   I drank a lot of milk!


Saying good-bye to the Lopez Family

 Also, good-bye to Sister Blanca!

Good-bye to another Lopez family( not related to other Lopez)
Cabellero Family

Zone Picture! 
 We bought Cheese cake and we ate it all!


 District picture! 

I was getting drunk off of milk!

 We drank a lot of milk!


SUSHI! with the buds! 

California special! 





84th Email Home January 25,2016

 Hola! Family! This weeks report is about the investigators that we have and that are progressing, first off we have Sister Adriana, she is a mom of a daughter that will be leaving on her mission in a few months and we are talking a little more with her every once in a while, but she is a good person, she went to the church one Sunday and said that it was beautiful, but she only went to the sacrament meeting, but it's okay. We are still working on a way to get her married with her boyfriend, but I don't know when we could do that, maybe with a lot of prayers! The other person is a brother called Jorge, he went this Sunday and he said that he loved it, only we need to plan with him a little more, because we showed up late to church and so we didn't get the full experience, maybe next week! Then, there is a sister called Karla, she only is 10 years old, but she loves the church, we invited her to baptism and she said," YES!" her parents are Catholic, but her mom was, baptized in the Mormon church! We, will see if we can help open the eyes of the parents this week and sister Karla can get baptized! 

   That is soo cool to hear that Elder Whitehead has to shower with a bucket and a cup, that what I do some times too, because the water right now is super freezing, according to the weather system, it is about 82 degrees right now, but last night it was about 59 degrees and I was a little warmer this night, because I used a blanket, but these for these past few days, my toes were frozen! We don't have the privilege to drink sugar water often, but we do drink a lot of things that you can't find in the United States and I wouldn't recommend any of these drinks to anyone, like Pozol(Natural chocolate, mixed with other mysteries), tazcalate( Some of the people here call this,"Brick water", because it looks like bricks grinded into powder) avena( It's like oat meal, but with more water and sugar and you put it into a cup.). It is funny to hear from other members say,"Do you know what's happening at your house?" and I answer," No, because I can't look other websites." They tell me that right now United States is a lot colder right now, there are blizzards, in Utah, then I was thinking, should I tell him that,that always happens, but I didn't want to be a jerk. I am glad that the missionaries in these tough times can still, continue on, there are a lot of distractions and things that get us carried away from missionary work and then, the missionaries just choose not to obey. I feel like all the time I have been out here, I have no regrets, the only regret is learning Spanish to the max, but that doesn't matter, I still have the opportunity to learn at home and I still have 5 months or so left, so I am going to try getting it down quickly! 

    I am still thinking of the things I can buy to bring back to the family, although I have a lot of time left I want to make plans on what I am going to get you all! I still need the measurements of the family, like small, medium, large, extra large. If we can get the names of the people with the size together, it would be a lot easier. Example: Jared - Large, Garrett-Large, Etc. Por Fiz! Gracias! This is my small message, I am sorry, but I will do better next time! 

  Missionary activity, We watched, " Meet the Mormons"! 






My loving companion 

 We were trying to teach a young man about the gospel, but he took pictures instead