Braulio´s family is in another area so I don´t know what happened to them. Carlos didn´t answer when my comp called him ONCE and has been deemed "not interested in the gospel". I will have to re-contact him when Elder García leaves.
We have a couple kids that we are teaching and I will start with my favorite. Her name is Alana and she has a little stuffed duck that she calls "Patito". This is because "pato" is duck and adding "-ito/-ita" to anything makes it small of enduring. Just like "cute" in english. Anyway... She is 9 and loves to mess with me using her Patito. Unfortunately for her... she doesn´t understand the fact that I and am in fact messing with HER! MWAHAHA!!! She is supposed to baptized this sunday but we will have to see how that goes since she wasn´t there yesterday. When she is baptized, and she WILL be baptized, Elder García says that she will probably ask me to baptize her since her dad is not a member. I agree with him. She is awesome and she just straight up loves me. Kids rock.
The other two are boys. Angel and Rodrigoyan. That last one has the coolest name I have ever heard. Rodrigoyan..... yeah. That´s awesome. He is 8 and his family is somewhat inactive and just needs the "ok" by missionaries. We will probably take care of that this week.
The third kid is Angel as I said before and he is an interesting case. He is 9 and living with his tios(Aunt and Uncle). His parents live in Chahuahua I believe and are very catholic. His tios are not members but love the church and want him baptized. They are trying to convince his parents but since he is living with his tios we only need their consent. We can only teach on saturdays and that means that the going is slow. I just hope his parents don’t come down to jump in the way.
We are also teaching a couple that live with a member that gives us lots of references. Erica and Memo(which is short for something that I can´t comprehend) are great and, I think, golden. They love our lessons, they have read and prayed and are still asking for more. We have dates for them on the 21st. I only hope they are married. (People rarely wear wedding rings here and that makes it VERY difficult to tell because they still consider themselves "married")
We are looking for our old investigator Gabriel and that is proving somewhat difficult and I don´t understand why. Elder García has strange ways of doing things sometimes.
So now to what I really want to say to you all. There is an elder that is still in the MTC that always came to me with problems with the gospel or the language. I wish I could train him because he is AWESOME!!! He will be coming down here in a week granted his visa goes smoothly and I wanted to share with him some things that I have realized while being here. And here is what I wrote:
I am very excited for yall to come down here!!! But be warned, The field is NOT what I expected it to be. It may be the hardest time of your life. There will be terrible temptations from all sides including your trainer and leaders. DO NOT FALL TO TEMPTATION!!!!! Keep those small commandments and great blessings will come. Many Elders here do NOT wake up on time or study. Make a commitment NOW to do so. Write it down. Keep it in your scriptures AND in your white handbook. Be an example whether you are given the title or not. It is vital for success and feeling the Spirit. I will probably have more to say next week but for now please do these things and share is with other elders. It´s hard out here. But faith is an action and a lifestyle. Through faith all things are possible.
I have been realizing more and more how much a mission is like the rest of my life. I thought the other day that my assigned mission of service is now my home. and how everything I do either improves or messes up my home. The people here are my family and my children. "Invite the Spirit into your home everyday and it will abound in joy and peace. Strengthen the gospel in your home and family with everything you have and you will never die." There is a phrase that missionaries use for elders that are going home soon. I have been told many times that I will "Kill my companion" and he is "Dying" in a week. First I would like to say that we are told NOT to use that terminology as it is not in line with the Spirit. But it does serve a purpose for some missionaries and it fits in this thought. This may be different in other missions but here, "Dying" is used to describe a missionary that is tired of working and gets lazy for the last part of his mission. I have seen this many times in my companion and in stories of many other elders. It is a very sad case and a terrible way to end the mission. I promise now to NOT be that way. I will live in faith. I will be apart of the work of Lord always from here on out. My mission call in the city ofPuebla
Do NOT give into those things that you know to wrong. It is not worth. Be a leader whether you have the title or not simply because YOU know it´s right. Invite the Spirit into every day of your live and strengthen the foundation that the gospel has in your life with every thought in your mind and every action in your body. Do not die, but have eternal life. Write down your goals and all thoughts that are of the Lord. It has always been a commandment to write and record sacred things. If you write something down, you are showing faith in that thing by the action of taking the time and caring enough to do even a little thing. My father taught me that all my life and I ignored him everytime. I wish I hadn´t. Be better. Be obedient in all things. Be a loving child of a loving Heavenly Father. He will never lead you astray.
Elder Heath
The other two are boys. Angel and Rodrigoyan. That last one has the coolest name I have ever heard. Rodrigoyan..... yeah. That´s awesome. He is 8 and his family is somewhat inactive and just needs the "ok" by missionaries. We will probably take care of that this week.
The third kid is Angel as I said before and he is an interesting case. He is 9 and living with his tios(Aunt and Uncle). His parents live in Chahuahua I believe and are very catholic. His tios are not members but love the church and want him baptized. They are trying to convince his parents but since he is living with his tios we only need their consent. We can only teach on saturdays and that means that the going is slow. I just hope his parents don’t come down to jump in the way.
We are also teaching a couple that live with a member that gives us lots of references. Erica and Memo(which is short for something that I can´t comprehend) are great and, I think, golden. They love our lessons, they have read and prayed and are still asking for more. We have dates for them on the 21st. I only hope they are married. (People rarely wear wedding rings here and that makes it VERY difficult to tell because they still consider themselves "married")
We are looking for our old investigator Gabriel and that is proving somewhat difficult and I don´t understand why. Elder García has strange ways of doing things sometimes.
So now to what I really want to say to you all. There is an elder that is still in the MTC that always came to me with problems with the gospel or the language. I wish I could train him because he is AWESOME!!! He will be coming down here in a week granted his visa goes smoothly and I wanted to share with him some things that I have realized while being here. And here is what I wrote:
I am very excited for yall to come down here!!! But be warned, The field is NOT what I expected it to be. It may be the hardest time of your life. There will be terrible temptations from all sides including your trainer and leaders. DO NOT FALL TO TEMPTATION!!!!! Keep those small commandments and great blessings will come. Many Elders here do NOT wake up on time or study. Make a commitment NOW to do so. Write it down. Keep it in your scriptures AND in your white handbook. Be an example whether you are given the title or not. It is vital for success and feeling the Spirit. I will probably have more to say next week but for now please do these things and share is with other elders. It´s hard out here. But faith is an action and a lifestyle. Through faith all things are possible.
I have been realizing more and more how much a mission is like the rest of my life. I thought the other day that my assigned mission of service is now my home. and how everything I do either improves or messes up my home. The people here are my family and my children. "Invite the Spirit into your home everyday and it will abound in joy and peace. Strengthen the gospel in your home and family with everything you have and you will never die." There is a phrase that missionaries use for elders that are going home soon. I have been told many times that I will "Kill my companion" and he is "Dying" in a week. First I would like to say that we are told NOT to use that terminology as it is not in line with the Spirit. But it does serve a purpose for some missionaries and it fits in this thought. This may be different in other missions but here, "Dying" is used to describe a missionary that is tired of working and gets lazy for the last part of his mission. I have seen this many times in my companion and in stories of many other elders. It is a very sad case and a terrible way to end the mission. I promise now to NOT be that way. I will live in faith. I will be apart of the work of Lord always from here on out. My mission call in the city of
Do NOT give into those things that you know to wrong. It is not worth. Be a leader whether you have the title or not simply because YOU know it´s right. Invite the Spirit into every day of your live and strengthen the foundation that the gospel has in your life with every thought in your mind and every action in your body. Do not die, but have eternal life. Write down your goals and all thoughts that are of the Lord. It has always been a commandment to write and record sacred things. If you write something down, you are showing faith in that thing by the action of taking the time and caring enough to do even a little thing. My father taught me that all my life and I ignored him everytime. I wish I hadn´t. Be better. Be obedient in all things. Be a loving child of a loving Heavenly Father. He will never lead you astray.
Elder Heath
