Here is one letter from the end of September and all the letters from October.
September 30, 2013
Hola Familia!!
Well I am finally
getting transfered. My new zone is Cordillera, my new area is Versalles
II, and my new comp is Elder Guerrero. I’m still going to be Zone
Leader, I’m excited to work in a new zone with a new
group of missionaries. My current zone didn’t do too good this month,
it has been a struggle. I read a talk yesterday that says that the Lord
was a “do as I do leader” not a “do as I say leader.” Sometimes it’s
frustrating when the missionaries don’t take
your example and don’t listen to tips you give them on how to be a
better more effective missionary. It definitely showed in this month´s
stats. Even with some of the challenges I’ve had in this area, I’ve been
looking back on my mission and this has been
the best area and the best transfers I have had. I can feel the Lord
working through us and I can see His love for each one of us. When Nephi
said that he was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things
which he should do I can say that I have had
those experiences. The Lord is moving His work forward and it’s a great
opportunity to be a part of His church. I’m so greatful for all that
the Lord has done for all of us and for our opportunity to be together
forever. That’s what drives me. Families can
be together forever. My family is pretty good too so I’m not too
worried :) haha
I love you guys so much!
October 14, 2013
Hola Familia!!!
Sorry I didn’t write
last week, things were a little bit crazy with the transfers. The first
week with my companion was horrible. I’ve never seen someone that has so
much hatred towards me. It seems he hated
me even before I got here, shouldn’t you get to know someone first
before you hate them, haha. I wasn’t able to enjoy conference very much
becuase I just felt terrible. I am still not sure what his problem is,
it’s pretty strange. I had to call the Mission
President and last Monday we talked with him. The President just told
me to help fix this elder. As of now things are good. However, I’m
walking on egg shells to not do anything wrong to make him mad and we
work at his pace which is pretty slow. I feel stressed
all the time...haha
The mission is doing
great right now. In September we baptized 272 people as a mission. 2190
investigators went to church in September too. It was a wonderful crazy
month. We have set a goal to baptized 325
people as a mission in December which would be the highest number of
baptisms in the history of this mission ever. Pray so that we can find
families that are married haha My new area is huge. It’s the biggest
area I’ve had. The members are cool, a lot of them
speak English. An average of 110 go to church each Sunday. It’s nice to
be in a church again because in Palmira is was a house used as a
church. There aren’t too many investigators here, we have a lot of work
to do. The problem is that I can’t say anything
or my companion will get mad.................Only 3 more weeks haha I
love you guys soo much! My last Christmas is coming up. Packages are
always welcome ;) haha Let me know how things are going!
Les quiero muchisimo!
October 21, 2013
Hola Familia!!
How are things going? This morning there was a big
soccer tournament in the mission and our zone took 2nd. We lost in
penalty kicks. It was pretty fun. This week has been pretty difficult
our area is really big and we lost alot of time
walking all over the place. We have some investigators but most of them
arent married and dont want to get married.....Its alot different here
than in Palmira I miss Palmira. My comp is still pretty tough I work at
his pace and do what he says because if I
dont he´ll get upset. Sometimes I dont feel like a missionary I just
feel like an object playing follow the leader. I dont know what the lord
wants me to learn. Maybe its payback for all the things ive done wrong
haha Halloween is coming up everyone here has
their decorations out its pretty cool. And everyone is startin to sell
chirstmas stuff. I cant believe its christmas time again. My last
chirstmas!! I love you guys sooo much. I think about you guys everyday. I
had a dream about lake tahoe the other night
the last thing I remembered was hugging grandpa.
Love you guys!
October 28, 2013
Hola Familia!!
So I haven’t really told you guys about this area
so I’ll give you a quick overview. It’s a huge area and without a car
it’s a lot of walking. We have 3 neighborhoods with a good amount of
investigators in them. It’s really comercial in
some parts, lots of restaurants and stores, and other parts are really
industrial, lots of factories and warehouses. We live on the second
floor of an apartment building that’s pretty ghetto but not really
dangerous. About 80-90 people go to church each week
and there are a lot of less active members. One of the neighborhoods in
our area is really close to another ward´s church building and they
dont want to have to pay transportation to travel to the church building
in our ward. That’s a big problem with a lot
of the members too. The members are really nice but aren’t really
connected with missionary work. That’s our focus right now. We made the
ward mission plan and this week there’s a big push to work together
members and missionaries to find a lot of new investigators
to teach. There’s alot of work to do here haha.
This week was another tough one. Things with my
companion are the same. This guy has some serious issues. I try talking
with him but he shuts down so much and gets mad for any little thing.
When we ride in busses he puts his backpack on
the seat next to him so I can’t sit next to him, at lunch instead of
saying a prayer together he does it individually, and in lessons he
always contradicts me and says the opposite or doesn’t let me talk.
Mostly I feel bad for the zone and for our investigators because
they are both suffering. The good news is that transfers are next week
haha It’s been a big learning experience for me. Hopefully November and
December will be good months because we didn’t
get anything accomplished in October. I just want to be a missionary
and work hard but it’s challenging when your companion stands in the
way.
Christmas time is almost here people are starting
to put up their decorations, I love it. This year has flown by. I hope
all is well at home! I love you guys so much. Thanks for all your love
:)
Con mucho amor
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