January 22, 2018

Hey!!! So this week was a little different. We had a rough time at the begining of the week. We couldn't find  anything. But then we got to the last part of the week. We found 13 new investigators in one day! It was awesome. Then Sunday rolled around and we had 5 investigators in church!! A high for this area. But the only thing was is that it wasn't that good because the people aren't progressing now. It is sad. Familia Lopez is amazing only that the mom isn't married and her daughters don't want to be baptized unless the mom gets baptized. So we are trying to work with her companion. So we also found a kid on Sunday and he is 9 who is a members grandson and he wants to be baptized. So we have a baptism. I am a little disappointed in a member. We have an investigator that works for a member. But there are fiestas in a place called Guacotecti and the member does food. So she didn't let him come to church and his baptismal date fell threw. I am very upset with the member. But also I got new shoes that the soles were a little worn out and my comp told me to buy new soles and he would put them on so he did! That was cool. We also worked with the Branch president we bugged him a ton hahaha but we had fun. I also bought an old baseball mitt which was dope. So that was my week!!!!

Voice Recording:
Well, We had a good week I'd have to say.  I;m a little bit sick so sorry.  We were having a tough time finding new people this week, but we found 13 people one day which was pretty cool.  I mean, that was on of  my highest day of finding new people.  My highest was 21 people, 1/2 of them didn't work out let's just say that, but these 13 people, they're alright.  It was only 3 families that we found so that's actually pretty cool.  We also found a pretty cool person that day, her name's Joanna but her mom is pretty cool.  Her mom's a medical forensic and we saw some pretty gnarly pictures with her.  Some murder scenes here and I'm like wow, that's pretty gnarly.  I was like That's a 009mm shell, .009mm case, that's a 40.  She's like wow, how do you know that?  I was like, I'm not dumb, I know a lot about guns.  So we kind of talked with them, it was pretty cool.  We also had a record of 5 in church this week.  Like for this area, that's huge.  In Moncagua not really, you could pull off 10 and you're like that's good.  But here 5 was amazing.  Right now we're struggling with the law of Chastity.  We need to get people married, but nobody wants to get married.  I got a couple people that need to get divorced and then married.  But that is so expensive here.  It's like $300-400 and they don't have money to pull that off.  So like we're trying to look for a lawyer that's a member that could maybe cut us a deal and help us out.  What else, yesterday, we found a 9 year old kid not baptized in a member family.   He's like, 'yeah, I'll be baptized."  He's already got all the attendances, Just got to make sure he doesn't drink coffee.  Like honestly, he's not breaking the Law of Chastity, he's 9 years old.  We found him and just working hard.  I don't know much to say, my comp's funny, he's fun.  The area's cool, it's pretty. I mean, I don't know I don't have much to say.  I haven't done this for a while so I'm out of practice, and my throat hurts.  Love you guys.  

January 15, 2018-- 18 months!

Hey guys! How are all you??? Well A new change started and we are just rocking and rolling. We've got some pretty good people to work with and they are progressing. But let me tell you. New Converts are powerful. And they are one of the best ways to get baptisms. Whether it is with their family members or if it is with their friends. We have one recent convert that is starting to bring her two sons to church and they are starting to like church a lot. So I am pretty excited about that. So we also have been doing something a little different to find new investigators. Because here the normal knock doors isn't very successful. So we go to the less actives. Like the most less actives that there are and tell them that we are there to bring them back to the fold once again. And they come back to church! And they all have family that aren't baptized so like we find and reactivate. It is very successful. The branch attendance was 49 and 23 were investigators less actives and us... Just about half the attendance. So I think it is working. Also this week I turned 18 months old.... WHAT??? Where does this time go??? I am very surprised on how fast time is just flying past... But ya I finished my sister mission now time to start the real one!!! Haha anyways I've just been having a blast here. It is weird now because there  are more people that  I know that have gone home than there are in the mission right now... So cool right? Hope everything is going good! Love you!!

January 8, 2018

Hey so like this was a pretty dope week!! Kinda sad but still pretty cool. So this week we found out that they are shutting the zone and shutting a couple areas. One is where the other 2 Elders are at. So we are going to have their area too! Which is cool because they have a pretty good family that they are working with. So I do like that part of it. But it kinda sucks that I won't live with the other guys again. That kinda stinks. We should have a lot of fun. So I worked with every Elder in my district this week. So Tuesday I went to work with Elder Arirama from Peru. He has a couple more months than I do on the mission. So it was fun to work with him. Then I worked with my comp. We found a girl. She was a little bigger and had a daughter and my comp said hey your daughter is like 1 right? She was like ya! SO he goes and you are like 21? She laughs and goes no I'm 15.... Just as old as Kourtney... The whole time she was breast feeding and she was showing us EVERYTHING!!!! Wow  sin vergüenzas... Anyways but we taught a recent convert family and they said that they were going to bring an investigator and Sunday rolled around and they did it!!! I was so happy and proud of them. More missionary work then the flipping old members. But ya so that pretty much was the week! Love y'all!!!!

Happy New Year 2018!!

Hey guys!!! What is up? This week was wild. So we finish calling all of our fams which was dope. Then Tuesday rolls around. We get up I finally did exercise! Hahaha then plan we start studying everything super cool right, I go to the bathroom and come out and my comp is gone! Where did he go? He went to the other Elder to talk, but he was broken up is what I heard from easedropping. But the other Elder comes out and tells me that it is a code red.... So I sent a message to President and called the zone leaders and did everything that I was supposed to do right. He was saying that he couldn't do anything and couldn't learn spanish and all sorts of stuff. So he pretty much wanted to go home.. We tried everything and it just wasn't working. But then we got a call from Papi Duran! He came is clutch! He called me and told me to translate for my comp and I told him all the stuff that he wanted him to know and asked the questions that he had and you know the norm right? Then Pres. Duran tells me that I have to love him so much and make it so that he never forgets me because I loved him so much. So I was alright I'll do it. So the one of the other Elders had a ingrown toenail so I left with the one that was still in good shape to go to a family home evening. So we get home and everything is normal again. My comp still shaken up from earlier but better. Then we get to bed and at like 1130 at night I get a call from the zone leaders that Elder Roundy and Elder West have emergency changes the next day... I was heart broken... I didn't want them to go. I wanted to help them more, I wanted to be their best friends and all sorts of stuff. It is just so frustrating sometimes. The mission is one huge emotional rollercoaster. So I woke them up and told them. Then Wendesday we got them off. I got my new comp Elder Mateo from Mexico. And Elder Mower got Elder Arirama from Peru. The both are great guys. Elder Mateo has the same time as Elder Roundy and Elder Arirama has 19 months. So we are doing just great. But we all worked really good for two days  together and then we get the next thing that happens. Elder Mower wakes up with some serious back pain and we don't know what it is. It progressively gets worse and then it gets to the point that his left lower back is throbbing with pain and he wants to throw up. We give him a blessing and the nurse told him to go to the hospital in San Salvador which is about 2 hours away. He got on a bus but couldn't make it. They got off the bus 30 minutes from Sensunte. Then they got an ambulance to take them to the hospital here in Sensunte. It was the CHEAPEST ambulance ride. It only cost me $10. I paid because the other guys didn't have money. So we find out he is in the hospital and we go to see him, but finds out we can't because he was in emergency. So he gets out and the nurse had came with the secretaries to take him to San Salvador. Then we went to work. Turns out that he had a kidney stone. So that's cool kidney stones at the age of 19. Sunday rolls around and we only had 1 in sacrament. I spoke and we had a total of 46 members there. sucks.... I am trying so hard but wow these people have harder heads then me. Must be the Lamanite decendency. But ya that was my week!!! Love you guys!!!