7/27/2011 - Meeting of the Mom's

Mom's Probing Questions:

How old was the boy you were trying to baptize? and did he end up getting back in to get baptized?
How may investigators do you have right now and what are their names? Tell us about them.
Tell us about what you do on a daily basis, what's your routine?
What's the most spiritual thing that has happened since you've been out in the field?
What's the weather like right now?
Where do you get to write to us, from what computer or place do you go? Can you send pictures?



The little boy was 9 and we are trying to baptise him this week he says he will but we will see. We have probably a pool of 30 investigators but about half are progressing just because we cant set another date when they are home. A couple of them are familia Ramirez who really want to get baptised but arent married we are working on that. A recent convert is conrado who was totally ready to be baptized the day we meet him his wife is dead and he lives alone the gospel is already changing his life and bringing blessing I got to baptize him this last Sunday and that was great. We conferm him thais Sunday. Well we wake up everyday exercise and shower Personal study companion study language study go out for a couple hours usually contacting. THen there is luch with our cocinera which is always good. After we go back to work and switch off between citas and contacting. At around 830 we head home and around 9 we get there.Then its dinner whatever is in the house if we are hungry Then write in journal repot dats and talk. 1030 bedtime. The most spiritual experince I have had was when we were teaching a family and the hma doesnt want to go to church because of fear of what her family will think. Basically told her the decision is yours but THey werent my word I was definatly talking with the Spirit. There have been more but that was my first true experiance with that and it felt great. Right now its rainy season so about 50 60 percent chance it will rain every day but rain doest bother me and the sun is definately not as powerful as AZ. we just come here to this computer lounge with our district and pay 5 q for an hour. We always do it after district meeting that why I write on different days some times. LOve you mom and thankyou for everything. write to you next week.

As a side note, I was able to meet Dallin's MTC companion and have lunch with her. It was fun meeting with you Janelle (Elder Tanner Hopkin's Mom). I was born in Mexico, she was born in Canada, we eat lunch in Arizona, and our sons are serving in Guatemala. Small world.

7/20/2011 - No Double Dippin

So here are your questions for this week:

How many investigators do you have right now?
How did your baptisms go?
What do you do on Sunday?
How many wards do you visit? or how many wards in the building you attend?
How many members are usually in a ward over there?
How far is the church from where you live?
Do you get to meet or do anything with the church members?
Have you done any activities with the other missionaries?
Tell us an interesting story that has happened since you have been there? Love the answer to this one

WOW! I forgot about the annerversery i cant spell. You both and your mariage is why I am here and the person I am. We have about 12 progressing investigators right now so thats good but we want more. Our baptism fell through because the kid has a terrible fear of water and he ran out after I tried to dunk him once. (Tell the truth...how long did you hold him under?) I was kind of awestruck at first but you cant help those things. On sundays we go to ward coucil in the morning at 730 then church right after. we eat lunch and then its like another day of missionary work sometimes we go and chastize members and investigators why they didnt attend. No we dont chastize we show our concern. we are asigned to 1 ward and only one goes to our building the attendance is like 100 to 120 and it seems like that is the average here but i am not sure. We can walk to church we just have to take a bus to get to our area first. During church and when we go visit them for leccions or service is how I have gotten to know members. We also take someone with us from time to time a baron. We do stuff all the time with missionaries when we have zone coucil district meetings and pday we havent taken any trips or anything yet. the interesting story is that kid who ran out during the baptism I felt wierd standing there is the pila and the kid crying really loud not wanting to go back in. Love you mom talk to you later.

Paragraphs, spelling, using words we have no idea about the meaning...It's a work in progress.

7/11/2011 - the most convenient day of the yr aka slurpee day

Mom's beaudacious questions:
Tell us about your new apartment? How big is it? How do you like it?
How do you like your new companion, you guys still getting along?
Tell us about your new dangerous area? Is it as dangerous as they say it is?
Tell us about the people there, are they friendly?
What or how do you guys eat? Do ward families feed you guys or are you preparing your own food?
How about laundry, where do you wash your clothes?
Do you live in an area where there's lots of stores and stuff or is it more rural?
What do you do on P-day?
Tell us about your baptism?
Do you have any more investigators?
Do you tract like the missionaries do here, door to door?

my apartment is one story two rooms and a bathroom there is on hall that is half one the area that ihalf kitchen half study area. I like it but we need to clean it. My companion and I are still great he tells me how pilas i am. we do work hard and he is still the most awesome trainer he actuall only has 8 months and he is training thats rare. Yea when I said last week it was dangerous it was. But its not like they hunt misionaries but there is always every once in a while we hear gunfire but its easy to avoid. The people we do teach are great they are receptive but there are still people that dont want anything to do with us. But everyone is kind they tell not to go somewhere because its dangerous and they arent even members. Ward members feed us sometimes but we have a cocinera that we pay when we go to her. Our area is just alot of houses no yards just houses right next to eachother. Pday there is usually some zone activity and then whatever. The baptism went great an hermano in the ward baptized her and then proposed to her they have been dating for a while. That is one family on their way to the temple. We have a ton of investigators we actually have a baptism set for everyweek of this change and two of them are families. We knock door to door it is the most efective thing we do.
Alright love you mom and talk to you next week.

7/6/2011 - First post from the field

Questions from home:
How was your last week in the CCM?
Did anything special happen this week?
Did the other missionaires do anything for the missionaries leaving?
How many missionaries get to leave with you?
What was harder leaving home or the CCM?
What is your new companions name and where is he from?
Tell us about your apartment or home you will be living at?
How far is it from the CCM?
How will you get around? Bus? Car? Bike? Walking?

Answers from the field:
My last weeks in the mission were awesome but fast nothing special happened except a farewell devotional Then it was off. I have been in the field for a week now and its soo great. Such a different life than anything I have ever seen . My trainer is E Rivas from Beliz he is fluent in both spanish and english and is an awesome trainer. we are in mezquital dont freak out but it IS the most dangerous area in the mission we cant even live there so we live in a slightly less dangerous area but you know its city life there are no stories of incidents with misionaries. My copm is really good at avoiding the most dangerous spots. The people are great though and we have the oportunity to be the most succesfull area in the the mission we just have to work hard. It wasnt to rough transition from ccm to hear. I have been wanting to get out here for a while now. Our apartment is pretty getto and non lavished but we are hardly there so we dont care thankyou mom for everthing I love you and will talk to you next week.