Week 77

cannot believe that it is almost christmas! how crazy! just feels like it was a week ago in the office when i was skyping you guys!!

but yea we had a pretty good week! everything went well with zone conference! (pres didnt kill anyone!) but heh gave some very interesting counsel of how we need to just baptize everyone and rush them to be baptised, even if the do inactivate afterwards. very interesting, but it makes sence for this area. 

so with jano and jasmine..... we realized that they have a son..... that was always hiding in his room, and is 8..... so yea he now also is getting baptized on the 7th! his name is alejandro, he's just super she but now we're buddies! and with that familiy we just go over every once in a while to read the BoM with them! its really fun just helping them uinderstand the story and how to apply it to the their lives! 

Irma is all good! she just had a little panic attack when she learned about diezmo because she makes like $15 monthly sellling used clothes. BUT with the spirit anything is possible! she now understand why she has to pay her tithing and she is still super excited for her baptism and wedding! her hubby is still super bitter but said he'll start going to church in january... hay vemos.

we were working with an old dude that is like 80 and who LOVES to bike. his name is miguel. and we invited him to the adult session of district conference to see the choir (he also loves to sing) and man he LOVED the conference! he kept saying stuff like 'that is so true!' so we'll see if we can get him dunked asap!

and then the 12 yo ariel almost go to church this sunday.... but his mom was asleep and he wasnt sure if he had permission...... but he did. but this sunday si o si he's going to be there! and he just has to wait three weeks to be baptized!

but guys i am so excited to see you all this sunday! it is going to be so special!!!! hope you all enjoy this christmas! and drink lots of hot chocolate! love you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

peep me and irma with our hotdogs!!!!!!!!!

Week 76

so it was a pretty great week down here in parral! but man it sure is hot!

ok so this week went sosososo well and there will be two wedding in january and 3 baptisms!! all during the same week! so that'll be fun to loook forward to!

so Irma is all good to get baptized we just need to wait for the 4th to get married! and her future hubby is warming up to us! but he recently went blind for his diabetes so he's still a little bitter... but we're going to make hotdogs with them tonight! but i do thinnk he'll come to church this week!!

jano and jasmine are also getting married the 4th! (no they dont know irma) and both of them will be baptized! we're just working with them on getting the little things down now aka reading praying everyday. but they are good to go! 

and then we found a patial family! with a 12 yo that snt baptized! and they are super receptive! and the son is already agreeing with the idea of being baptized in Jan. his name is ariel!

and then we were wroking with an old investigator from the sisters from a long time ago and she is sooooo prepared! we just have to help her with some doubts she has about what are the commandments (like she thought we cant drink coke....... oh sisters....) but if all works out this week she will most likely be baptized this month!

so i need to ask you guys a favor.... so this wednesday is zone conference. and pres isnt too happy with the zone..... please pray for the zone parral during wednesday plz! the APs told me that he will be speaking storngly to us........ so uhhh hay vemos!

but really all is well with the sector and the zone is gettting better! i just hope that i can stay here for a while and dont get a weird cambio! but love you all so much! cannot wait to skype with you all!! love you all! 

Week 75

so this week we were traveling sosososo much! but it was totally worth it because we got to hear a lot from elder packer (hijo). it was sick and in the end he basically said that we need to be baptizing every week..... so definitly made us think about how we need to step up the work!!

after the conference i did a mini cambio with the ap going around to sectors in the zone inviting people to be baptized. IT WAS SO AWESOME! we had a lesson with one woman and we wre in silence for like 15 minutes as the spirit was sosososososo strong! Also we got home late because we were ther in silence for so long oops. but it was awesome. the hermanas after the lesson were like WOAHHH!

but yea for our sector.... so irma is suppsedly getting the hour for her wedding right now! and she is doing soooooo well! and the RS pres bought her a skirt! so she was so happy and excited for church! so we just need ot see when she'll get married and baptized!

and for jazmine and jano we had a sweeeeet lesson last night! and today we will know if they will get married or separate! if they separate jasmine might be baptized this week! or we'll wait for the wedding. but we brought a youth to the lesson adn just told her basically if you want kids like this you will be baptized. it was awesome!

we found another antiguo that supposedly wants to get baptized really soon, who just seperated with her pareja........ so yea we'll see what happens tonight! 

but all is well here in parral! just SO HOT! and we might have problems with people washing our clothes...... atleast we have a tub! lol but hope you all are having a great week and hope you all see the christmas vid from the church! love you all!!

Week 74

so the weather has been super weird here and it will be blazin hot and then the next day is really rainy..... but the work still must go on!

so we had a pretty good week here, tstill trying to build up the sector a little more. but we have a cool couple that were antigous that we are working with and they are now super recptive! the only problem is they need to get mariied or separated........ so we have a big chastity lesson planned with them for this week! but hey they came to church! and they are sososososooooo ghetto it cracks me up! and jano still has a little weed problem or atleast i thinks so becuase he had a big ol bush in the back of his house.... pero bueno.... they have the deseos

then we started working with the sister in law of a recent convert named irma. she went to church a couple weeks back but it turns out that she never came back because she was a nervous about what to wear...... lol but we talked it through and now she is good to go! and she was really excited to get baptzed! so we had a SICK noche de hogar and comitted her for th 11th! and she accepted BUT............ on the car ride back she told us that she is not married............ and she has like 25 years with her pareja........... but they said they willl talk it over this week..... so please pray for Irma!

other than that we have some other peeps but we really are just looking! but i love you all so much and hope you all had a great thanksgiving!!! chaito!!!!

Week 73

well guys i am now with the farmers! and i litterally live on a farm! i wake up every morning to the roosters at 5:30.... but it really is a cool sector. but the zone sure does need some work lol. we found out that some missionaries stayed out late at a members house dancing -_______- but we're working with them!

so yea this sector is HUGE! and our bike are still broken so we have to walk a lot. and this sector needs a lot of help, there are like 2 people in the focus group, AKA gunna be touching a lot of doors thhis week!

so this week we had a sick council of leaders where we whent to the conce temple and president catala re dedicated the mission! WOW that was a super spiritual day! and after he re dedicated it he got a call from elder packer saying that he wants to visit the mission!!

But yea not much to tell here because we dont really have many people to teach yet and this zone sure needs some help, so please pray for us out here!!

ps we had a BBQ with the elders today!

love you all!

peep elder barson my new comp!

Week 72

so yea cambios came................ im moving AGAIN! im pretty bummed out about this cambio because seriously when i got here there was nothing...... and now its such a good sector!!! and also the zone is now on fire!!! but well.... gotta go where the lord wants me! and he wants me in Parral! o sea a super rural part of the mish!!! and im going to be comps with elder barson! but yea im going to be teaching start up farmers!

but yea we had stake conference this week and it was in another chapel, but as God provides a way we still got a good number of peeps in church!

so that girl that we found,victoria, came again and we still ahve only had 1 i repeat 1 lesson with her....... shes just super busy during the week but really likes the church!! so she'll probably get baptized this month....

we also got a cool `partial family there! its kinda weird cause the mom speaks perfect english.....

but yeatoday i have to go say goodbye to paola and guillermo......... but im like 99% sure that i'll come back to visit them! tey keep telling us how they have two extra rooms and to come whenever!!

but yea not much more to say with cambios! all i know is that ive got my work cut out over there in parral! love you all so much!

Week 71

so yea sorry i forgot to send a group email last week!! i was writing a members house then they made pizza..... so yea i kinda forgot lol. 

but yes all is well down here! but man it is stinkin hot! im seriously pondering the idea of working in a fedora.... hay vemos. but things are going really really well in the sector!!

so paola ALMOST went to the temple to do baptisms!!! BUT they were a little tight on money and she couldnt go in the end... but they do have plans to go during december!!! so not too worried about them! and they are so cute they keep saying that we can come back and visit whenever! and paola keeps calling us her prodigal sons..... dont know if she understands that story lol.

butr yea so we found a sweet dude the other week! his name is jorge! and he has been feeling like he is falting something in his life! and then we showed up!!! and he came to church last week but not this week (the member forgot to look for him......) but he has fecha for the 25th!! and he enjoys reading the BoM! so hopefully all works out with him!

we also found a girl touching doors and we had like a 10 minute lesson with her and she came to church!!!!!!! it was sick! we called sunday morning and she was like yea im reading are you guys waiting? and her name is vitoria she has 27 years. but we'll see how it goes with her! seriosuly weve onloy had one cita with her!

also we have been working with some antiguos and they are super receptive and some even stared coming back to church! one we think might be able to get baptized after she finishes her thesis. o sea like in december, plus she makes really good cakes!! and then another one was an old lady that legit hobbles and she walked all the way to church alone!!!!!

and then we are still working a lot with maria! she is really colse to taking a decision on moving! and she is so ready to be dunked! we just read the BoM with her now!

but yea this is the last week of the cambio! and im like 99% sure that one of us is going... kinda hope its not me because i want to pass christmas here! but whatever we'll see!

love you all so much!! and hope that you all are reading the BoM! have a great week!