Tuesday, February 23, 2016

See I did email you on the 15th you just some how didn't get it!

We had stake conference this past weekend and it was really good! William H. Stoddard of the 70 came and gave a talk in the leadership meeting, the adult session, and the Sunday session. He is a very good speaker! And he did the best thing. He told the members they weren't doing enough missionary work! He brought all of us full time missionaries up front and said that we shouldn't be doing the finding that you the members need to be doing the finding and I know that is so true! We don't know the area but you the members do know the area and the people! Help the missionaries! 

Transfer P-days are the worst! So right now it is 7:42am when I am writing this and we still have no idea who is getting transferred. 

Our day goes as followed: (note this is a Spanish missionaries day here in Phoenix) 
6:30am Wake up and go running
7:15 am Take a shower and eat breakfast 
8:15 am - 9am Personal study (still no news about transfers normally) 
9am - 10 am Companion study 
10am - 10:30 Language study (somewhere in here is normally when we receive transfer news) 
10:30 am- 6pm (if not getting transferred ) Email, clean room, lay around the house and read scriptures 
10:30 am - 6pm (if getting transferred) Pack up room as fast as you can while emailing and getting distracted from other missionaries. 
6pm - 9-9:30pm Teach lessons and find people (It's frowned upon but say goodbye to the members) 
9-9:30 -10pm Plan for the next day (Hardest thing to do if you are getting transferred) 
Whenever we get done planning - 10:30 Finish packing if needed. Write in Books and things like that and then pray and go to bed. 

6:30am (next day) If someone in the companionship is getting transferred, they finish packing bed and bathroom stuff and eat breakfast and wait for member to give us a ride.
10ish Member gives ride to transfer building, then new member takes you to new area. 
Arrive in new area around 2pm. If missionaries have lessons they teach them if not new missionary unpacks and then they go shopping until 5pm
5-6pm Eat dinner with members 
6-9-9:30pm Work on finding and teaching 
Then plan, then bed 



Monday, February 15, 2016

Sup Sup Sup

During church a couple gave talks about how they just got sealed and how wonderful it was to know that they are going to be together forever! The husband really focused on how husbands really need to love their wives more and better. And how as priesthood holders we need to be there for their wives. And it doesn't matter how we show
our love, just as long as we are showing it! And if you are bad with dates write them down somewhere! I know this is very true that husbands
needs to love their wives and I just hope that if I get to that point I can be that husband that through the love I have for Jesus Christ I will also be able to share that love with my future wife!  That was Sunday hahaha.

So my week was good! We haven't been having like any success on finding or teaching... The members love us but they don't want to help us work. They just think that oh missionary work is only for the
missionaries but that's not true! We as missionaries are here to help the members do missionary work! We are the tools and you are the laborers in the vineyard! I would like to tell a story.

So imagine that you are in a stadium before we came to this earth. And it is a stadium big enough to fit all of Heavenly Father's children in it. Now imagine you are sitting next to your current best friend who is not a member and Heavenly Father calls a few people and has them come down to the field and you are picked but your friend isn't. And
Heavenly Father says these people will have the blessing of being born into the church or find it early in their lives. And then he tells you to go sit down. And when you find your seat next to your best friend
he or she says to you with tears in your eyes can you please do everything you can to find me. I know I can be stubborn but don't give up on me. I want to be with my family again.






Monday, February 8, 2016

Reese's Easter Eggs

Okay so I have gotten the question is there anything you need anything? And I really don't NEED anything but what I WANT is Reese's peanut butter cups or Easter eggs. Those are the best in the world!

But on a different note I had my first sick day on the mission. I think it was the stomach flu but who knows. I really don't care because I am not sick anymore!  I think it might have been the menudo one of our members made us! Hahaha I didn't like menudo before that day but now I really don't like! (If you have a weak stomach don't ask or search what menudo is). So around 3 AM-ish I was having a
dream where my brother Josh and I were on a roller coaster and I felt like I was going to throw up and then I woke up. And that moment I realized it was not a dream... And so I jumped off the top bunk and ran to the bathroom. Luckily I made it to the toilet, but I hugged the toilet for about an hour. It was awful! and I was sick like for 4 days it was awful!

We have been teaching a lot of people but the 3 people we had on date we sent them off to an English ward. Our total lessons numbers have been going down but that's okay.