Week 24: Feliz Navidad!

Hola familia y amigos y FELIZ NAVIDAD!!

What a wonderful time of the year!!! Today our P Day got changed so that we can spend today resting and enjoying the Christmas Spirit. Here's what I have been up to!

Last Friday we had a Ward Christmas activity and invited a lot of people to take part in it. We sang some hymns, a couple people played awesome musical pieces, we talked about the meaning of Christmas and ate some delicious Pozole. It was a really fun event and it was nice that it was here nice and close and not super far in the Stake Center. We had a couple investigators come and check it out, which was nice to see as well.

Our ward Christmas program for Sunday was really cool too. We had three really awesome talks about Christmas and Jesus Christ and it was very spiritually uplifting. Afterwards we had some Ponche and Tortas and chatted a bit. Again a couple investigators showed up and looked like they had a really good time. We have seen some awesome progress recently and I think it's due to the spirit at this point in the year. 

Yesterday we spent the day giving a few Christmas gifts to members who have really helped us out and some investigators that we are really close with. It was really fun to give a little tiny bit back to those that are constantly helping us out with the Missionary Work and share a little bit with them. A few of them were super surprised and felt really good so that was really awesome to hear. With Light the World, giving gifts and Christmas activities there are so many awesome ways to invite people to hear more about the church in this time of the year. It has been pretty great.

Today we had a little Christmas activity with the rest of the missionaries in our Zone and hung out a little bit and ate some food and hot chocolate and had a good time! It was a pretty fun way to spend Christmas day especially because almost nothing is open haha. 

Well that was Christmas for ya!! Now gotta prep for New Years Eve!!!!

Love and miss you all!!

Elder Anderson

No pics this week :(

Week 23: Cold-Hearted Rejection

Hola familia y amigos!!!

First week of this transfer already down, it feels like it has been flying by I can't even believe it. I am coming up on the 6 month mark on the mission and can ́t even believe that I am about to finish a fourth of my mission. Makes me cherish every precious day here in the mission and never take for granted the opportunities I am given. 

This week was a pretty tough one. We focused almost 100% on finding new people with very little luck. My companion Elder Ramos has spent his whole mission in the north so he kind of got caught off guard with the cold-hearted rejection we receive so much here haha. He's learning quick though which is good. Here in the city we find some of the most open, receptive people and we also find some of the meanest, closed off people we can find. It's all worth it though because people are listening and are making changes in their lives which is awesome to see. 

This week was also the stake christmas activity and we were able to go and celebrate a little bit of Christ's birth. Such a powerful time here in the mission and it is crazy how many people soften their hearts in this season of the year. It doesn't feel like December here but it sure does feel like Christmas haha. Lots of Christmas lights and lots of joy as well. 

That's really all I got for ya this week! Hope all is well back home and only 9 days till Christmas!!!

Love and miss you all!

Elder Anderson

Pictures!

1. A while back in the Christmas Conference with President and Sister Equihuas

2. Tortas we made and ate

3. Making the Tortas with Hermana Lulu

4. The DISTRICT

Week 22: Christmas Conference!

Hola familia y amigos!!

This week was super fun and had a lot of great highlights. 

This week we had our Christmas Conference, where the five southern zones of the mission came together to play games, sing Christmas songs, eat lots of food, and do some skits as well.  It was a super great experience and I think really helped the missionaries in this time of the year with Christmas coming up and everything. It is crazy the family feel that we have in the mission and I am so grateful for all the missionaries here in Xalapa. 

Also, this week is the week of transfers!! I will be staying here as senior companion and will be joined by Elder Ramos, from the other side of Veracruz. He arrived one transfer after me so it will be fun to have two newbies out here in the city together with lots of energy and spirit. I am grateful for this past transfer with Elder Gonzalez and have learned an incredible amount from him. We have a lot of great things happening here and I am so pumped to stay here for the Christmas season and help more people find this joy!

Other than that not a ton to update on!! Just doing the Lord's work day after day!!

Love and miss you all!

Elder Anderson

Pic!

 With President and Sister Esquihuas at the Christmas Conference

Week 21: Baptism!

Hola familia y amigos!

This week was a great week! This transfer is coming to a close and we have seen more and more miracles as we get closer and closer to the end. We found some more great people to teach and we actually able to give more and more meaningful lessons which has been something we have been struggling with. 

We also had a baptism this week! This weekend our friend Karla made the decision to be baptised and confirmed a member of the church. We first met her and her family our second day in this transfer and we could see that they needed the gospel in their lives. They were stressed, overwhelmed and had been having issues in their family. But after just a couple visits with them we saw a complete 180 degree turn. They were happy and energetic, and I know it was only through the healing power of the gospel and The Atonement of Jesus Christ that they were able to make this change in their lives. 

Other than that not much to report on! We have a fun Christmas Conference coming up which will make the last week of this transfer extra exciting. I love this work and I love this gospel!

Miss and love you all!

Elder Anderson

1. Baptism of Karla! 

Week 20: Thanksgiving in Macuiltepetl

Hola Familia y Amigos!

Another week here in Macuiltepetl and an early Thanksgiving to everyone back home! It is crazy to be spending my first Thanksgiving away from home. Good thing the people don't celebrate it here so it'll be just a normal week here preaching the gospel! Here are some highlights from the past week.

Unlike the last couple weeks we had a full week of work which was super nice. We were able to find a ton of new people to teach and we have huge aspirations for them. Finding people in the mission can be done in many ways. Of course there is the normal door approach but many times it ends with a fat door in our face. However, since my companion and I both love dogs we have found a ton of success in stopping dog walkers and asking to pet their dogs. After a short conversation and a lot of help from the spirit we are normally able to get a return appointment with them. After hours and hours of contacting you gotta get a little creative. Everyone needs the gospel of Jesus Christ in their lives so whichever way can get you in the door works.

Each Friday night we host a sports activity for the members in our ward and ask them to invite their friends to play with us. We always get a good amount of people and it has been a good opportunity to introduce some of our investigators to our members if they are too shy to go to church. We always play a little bit of basketball and then some soccer. And I don't mean to brag but us 4 missionaries here are almost unstoppable when its time to play some soccer. And our team includes two Americans who hardly know how to play. I guess our missionary calling is enough to lead us to victory haha.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving I would like to thank everyone for all they have done for me. I am so grateful for the time I have to serve here and I can't imagine what I would be without it. I am grateful for everyone that helped me get here and for everyone that continues to support and pray for me in my work here. More than anything else though I am thankful for the restored church of Jesus Christ and for the blessings and happiness that it brings. I am grateful for The Book of Mormon and for closeness I feel to my Heavenly Father when I get the opportunity to read it. I am grateful for our living prophet Russell M Nelson and for the revelation he receives for us. And more than anything I am grateful for my Savior Jesus Christ and that through Him I can be saved. I am grateful for His Atonement and for the strength He gives me everyday. I do it all for Him.

Love and miss you all!

Elder Anderson

Photos!

1. Macuiltepetl!!! 

Week 19: Corn Basket Workout

Hola Familia y Amigos!

The Lord is blessing us here in Macuiltepetl 2! We have found so many people interested in the gospel and we have seen so many miracles here too. It's funny because the rejections are a tad bit harder than they were in Tihuatlan but the good people we find are so much better as well. It's like when we deal with the harder rejections the Lord is preparing us for the people that are ready to hear our mesaje. He has a plan for us and the challenges are sometimes just the way to prepare us for the doors we will be opening in the future. So awesome.

This week we did a little service project out in the boonies of Veracruz cutting down corn for a member in our ward. My hands still hurt and Elder Gonzalez got bit by a spider and we don't know which one it was. I think we have eliminated Black Widow though. But yeah had to carry this big wooden basket on our backs and it was like going to the gym for 3 weeks. There also happened to be a waterfall on the way back that we stopped at and grabbed a few pics. It was a pretty good day.

Again this week we saw the joy that the gospel brings to peoples lives. The life here in the city is a lot faster and a lot more stressful and we have seen that many people have been just holding on to their jobs and their responsibilities and are relieved and helped when they find our message of peace and joy.

Not much more to report on this week!! Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!! 

Love and miss you all!

Elder Anderson

Pictures!

1. Burgers

2. All the corn

3. The basket

4. The waterfall

 

Week 18: Making Tortillas!

Hola Familia y Amigos!!

Second week down in Macuiltepetl 2. Still learning the area haha but we have seen so many miracles and received so many blessings here. We are working really hard and are seeing it pay off with every person we find and every lesson we teach. Here are the highlights

This week we had our Zone Conference. This was my first time having Zone Conference in the South and it was a pretty different experience. A lot of people that I had never seen before so it was good to meet more of the mission. It was super uplifting as always, but really hit Elder Gonzalez and I harder than normal and really motivated us to give everything in these coming weeks. It was a good experience for us. 

This week we helped one of our investigadors, Martha, makes tortillas mainly because we wanted to learn how. I think we both burnt like half of our fingers but made like 200 tortillas which was pretty fun. Basically pros by now I am pretty sure. 

Other than that not a ton to report on this week. We have a couple investigators really close to baptism and are really strong and we are working a ton with them. I have seen this week, especially a change in people when they begin to follow Christ and keep His commandments. There is a change in the well being and happiness in people when they start to find Christ and His gospel in their lives. I invite everyone who has it in their lives to invite someone else to enjoy the same blessings because it is a gift that many people are craving.

Love and miss you all so much!

Photos!

1. making tortillas

2. Zona Macuil!!!!

3. Some of the men from Colorado

4.Hiding

Week 17: Zona Macuiltepetl!

Hola familia y amigos!

I don't have a lot of time to talk so let's just get the updates!!

Things are great here in Macuiltepetl 2. We are working hard and I am working all day to try and figure out my area. Almost the opposite to Tihuatlan. The weather gets cold here sometimes and lots of rain. We are in the heart of the city and don't have a huge area. Those are only some of the opposites. It's been a good experience to try and figure out ways more effective to preach the gospel and find more people who are willing to hear our message. I have realized that every area is different and brings its new set of problems and difficulties. But things are so good and everything is possible with the Lord on our side.

A fun thing this week is that it was Dia de los Muertos. Here the tradition is Tamales, Hot chocolate, and really good bread. So of course we probably got fed that like 15 times. Not even upset about it but I might gain a ton of weight. But the traditions for Dia de los Muertos are really cool here and it was a great experience to learn about some of it.

Other than that not a lot to report on. Working every day to reach out to more people and spread the gospel!! 

Love and miss you all!!

Elder Anderson

Photos!!!

1. Zona Macuiltepetl!!!!!

2. Me with a huge moth :)

3. Painting we found and liked because its Dia de los Muertos and CoCo

4. Chinese food buffet

Week 16: Transfers!

Hola familia y amigos!!

My time in Tihuatlan has come to a close! After being born and raised here for 3 months, I will be taking my talents to the Zone Macuiltepetl, and my area is Macuiltepetl 2. My new companion is named Elder Gonzalez and I will have the incredible opportunity to be the Senior companion in our companionship. I am incredibly excited for this opportunity and can't wait to see what I can do! Anyways here was my final week in Tihuatlan!

This week in church was the "Primary Program" for our branch in Tihuatlan. They have more or less 10 primary kids, so it was super fun to see them perform their songs and give their memorized parts. It reminded me a ton of back home and I was another testament to me how similar the church is in so many different parts of the world. It is also a testament to see how much the church is growing. These few kids are some of the first kids in their families to be born within the church. The majority of members here are converts, so to see this rising generation with lives in the church makes me excited for their future. The members are so faithful here and are raising righteous families within the gospel of Jesus Christ. 

We also got to bring a few of our investigators to church for the first time which was super nice because it has been a challenge for us as of recent to get people to attend sacrament meeting. Of course it would happen in my last week here but you know what that's just life.

Elder Gavia and I had a super fun lunch the other day with a member that just recently was added to our meal list. We got there, chatted a little bit and all of a sudden she throws down 20 enchiladas in front of each of us. It was like the leaning tower of enchiladas, and we knew there was no way we were finishing all of them. She then proceeded to bring out beans and eggs and we knew we were toast. We tried our best, but unfortunately could not eat it all and finished with a few enchiladas remaining. One of our biggest challenges always is if we can finish the food haha I know I sound pampered right now but its like real life. 

Anyway, those were some of the highlights of the week! Love the work and am excited for the new opportunity in Macuiltepetl 2!

Love and miss you all,

Elder Anderson

Pictures!

1. Tihua       tlan

2. Eating some pizza

3 & 4 Some goodbye pics with my fav family 

Week 15: Carne Asadaaaaa

Hola familia y amigos!

I am coming up on what might be my last week in Tihuatlan! We will see what happens with transfers this week but I am fine with whatever happens. I am very grateful for Tihuatlan as my first area and for all of the things I have learned here. Let's talk about the week

On tuesday night we had a little carne asada party for the son of one of our investigators named Raymundo. We cooked up some bomb meat and spent a little time with their awesome family. 

We found a couple families this week who have been inactive from the church for many years but are great and I think have been waiting for the missionaries to give them a little push. They also have little kids who don ́t know really anything about the gospel and so it has been nice to teach them as much as we can. A lot of our work here in Tihuatlan is reactivating members because their are a lot of inactive members. It has been very productive for us to work and help them.

We also helped with a little service project for some members in our ward, moving dirt and stuff like that. Super fun to hang out with them but we were so dirty with our mission clothes because we didn't bring other clothes haha. 

Today we had a carne asada (yeah I know two carne asadas in one week what are you tryna do kill yourself?) with our Zone to celebrate our missionary who is finishing his mission this transfer and as a little goodbye for all the people who might be leaving to other Zones. We cooked a ridiculous amount and so we stuffed ourselves haha. 

That´s all for this week love and miss you all!

Elder Anderson

1. Carne Asadaaaaa

2. Us with our guy Raymundo

3. This whack like ramen noodle thing we are eating this week

4. Service is the best!

5. Repping the 303 with Ahlstrom and McCollum

Week 14: Chicken Feet

Hola familia y amigos!!

Another great week here in Tihuatlan. This transfer is flying by and winding down quickly. Loving my time with the people here and have been so grateful to call it my home for the beginning of my mission.

Elder Gavia and I had the opportunity to see a ton of miracles this week. Every day we can see how the Lord is blessing us in our labores and it is so rewarding. Early this week we had a little stretch of literally 15 minutes where we met a super awesome family in the street, found an inactive family that is thinking about returning to the gospel who have children that aren't baptized yet, and found another awesome guy who has a ton of questions about the gospel. Afterward we just had to sit there and rest because the Lord is feeding us so many blessings haha. 

Today we had a multi zone activity with Zona Poza Rica and Zona Palmas. It was super fun, we got to play some soccer and volleyball and hang out with a ton of missionaries. I might have gotten a little burnt but whats new haha. I also went up to the Christ statue again with Elder Gavia because he hadn´t gone up before. It really is beautiful and gives me a tiny glimpse of the glory that he has. This work really is all for him. 

Overall these weeks have been great. I love when we can get into a lesson with people who will listen to our lesson because the spirit I feel when I get the opportunity to testify of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and His restored gospel. Such an incredible opportunity. I love this gospel and testify of this work!

Love and miss you all,

Elder Anderson

1. Me downing a chicken foot 

2. Elder Gavia and I with our man Eder

3. Christ Statue!

4. Me with a beautiful view of Tihuatlan :)

 

Week 13: Trainer Lineage

Hola Familia y Amigos!!

Super crazy busy week this week! He is how it basically went down. 

Thursday we had interviews with our mission president. Always a fun time and a great opportunity to receive council from our President who has been called of God. It is funny thinking back to my first round of interviews about 6 weeks ago and how much I have grown in those weeks. 

Friday was our Zone Conference where the Northern Zones of our mission (Poza Rica, Palmas, Tuxpan, and Papantla) meet together and hear from Leaders of the Mission as well the Mission President, attend classes in order to better our work and hang out with our missionaries. They are always incredibly uplifting and I am always so grateful to receive guidance from the Leaders of our mission who are so strong in the work and in their faith. 

Something funny about the mission is that your first trainer that you receive in the mission is your Dad and your second trainer (if it is different than your first) is your Mom. And of course the trainer of your trainer is your Grandpa/ Grandma and so forth. Something pretty fun is that since Elder Gavia (my mom) is so new in the mission like me, and his trainer was new too, we have a whole family line in the mission. So in the Zone Conference I was their with mi Mama, mi Abuelo, mi Bisabuelo, y mi Tatarabuelo. It was a whole fun family reunion. I have a pic to prove it too.

After the conference Elder Gavia and I put on a Family Home Evening type thing for our branch in Tihuatlan. We planned a spiritual thought about General Conference, played some Family Feud, and ate Tamales with Horchata. It was a super fun experience and a good amount of ward members and investigators were able to attend which made it all totally worth it. (I also totally destroyed in the Family Feud so I may be going pro after the mission). 

And of course the week finished with another incredible General Conference. We are so incredibly lucky to be able to listen to the words of our prophet and apostles. I testify that they receive revelation for each and every one of us. A talk that really stuck out to me was Dieter F Uchtdorf´s about discipleship in this world. What a great reminder for us in this ever changing world filled with temptation and distractions. The line I loved was when he said, ¨Discipleship is not about doing things perfectly, it´s about doing things intentionally¨. The Lord blesses us when we make conscious decisions to live the gospel of Jesus Christ. I love that and am so grateful for the gospel in my life.

I love and miss you all and hope you had a great week!

Elder Anderson

Pics!

1. Zona Poza Rica!!!!!!!!!

2. My mom, my grandpa, my great-grandpa, and my great,great grandpa 

3. A little pic of our activity 

Week 12: Stake Conference & Slip N Slide

Hola familia y amigos!

This week we had stake conference here in stake Poza Rica. We got to hear from the temple president in Tampico and also our mission president. We also got to hear a ton of testimonies from return missionaries and from missionaries who are about to leave. It was awesome to see the strength from the members here all gathered together. Many of these members are recent converts or were recent converts at one point in their life, and I love seeing them all hold important callings and serve with power as if they had been doing it since birth. Once you take the step to follow Christ he really does change you and give you the strength to do anything possible. The youth of the membership here in Poza Rica just makes me super excited to see the growth that will occur within the next generations.

Today for our Zone activity we had a slip n slide and did human bowling. Super fun. We also ate at this place called Peter Pipers Pizza which I am pretty sure is in the United States too but its like a pizza buffet and I am pretty sure I had like 14 pieces. Not healthy but gotta make it worth the money. With the tortillas and pizza I may officially be more carb than person. Its scary. 

This week we had a ton of success finding and teaching people which is super exciting. We are hoping to get a ton of people to come to the church this week and see the living profet and his apostles instructing us on important matters in this day and age. I am so excited! They say here that there comes a ton of success around General Conference times because the spirit is so strong and it testifies of the living prophet that lives on the earth today. I challenge each and one of you to tune in this weekend and if you were already planning on it, I challenge you to invite friends to join and watch it with you. I promise the Lord will bless you. 

I forgot the tortilla count for last week so here they are

Last week: 36

This week: 41

Love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!! 

Elder Anderson 

Pictures!

1. Slip and Slide!

2. Eating at Peter Pipers Pizza Buffet and feeling like I was in the USA

Week 11: Elder Gavia (New Trainer!)

Hola Familia y Amigos!!

Great first week of the transfer here in Tihuatlan! I met my new companion on Tuesday and we got right to work! His name is Elder Gavia, he only has 6 months in the mission and is full of energy and loves the work. He is great at talking to people about the gospel and starting conversations and I have learned so so so much from him in this first week. We have been working like crazy trying to find and teach more people here and while there have been some challenges, we have been making some really good progress. 

One funny thing that happened this week is that we found this really cool family that lives close to the church building and we started teaching them. We got through one of the lessons and we wanted to invite them to be baptized. While inviting them to be baptized not once, not twice, but three times their 5 year old kid and their dog interrupted in some way or another. That little brat was definitely up to know good haha. Joking!!! They are all super awesome and they accepted and we are hoping to have them progress to be able to reach that goal of baptism. 

In preparation for General Conference in a few weeks I have been listening to a lot of old conference talks and coming up with questions that I would like answered during the sessions. I challenge all of you to prepare these next couple weeks for this incredible occasion to hear the words of the living prophets and apostles on the earth today. I testify of their power and authority and the incredible blessing it is to have that authority on the earth today. The central part of our message as missionaries is that that authority of God was lost for many years after Christ and was restored with Joseph Smith and is still on the earth today. Because of that we can be shielded from the temptations of the world and prepare to return and live with God again. What an incredible blessing!

I love you all and hope you are doing so well

Elder Anderson

Pictures!

1 & 2. Elder Gavia and our food at the local taqueria. :)

3. Picture of Christ and the moon 

Week 10: 1st Transfers

Hola Familia y Amigos!!!

Well... Its the end of the Trump and Obama era in Tihuatlan... Elder Almonte (the lost son of Obama) is heading out and I (hijo of Trump) am staying in Tihuatlan!! I´m getting my new comp tomorrow which is super exciting. I´ve heard he is super awesome and super fun so I can´t wait. Very grateful for everything I learned from Elder Almonte it is going to be super weird to not have him training me anymore but I am excited to continue the work in Tihuatlan!!! 

They say week 6 of the transfer is the week of miracles and they were definitely right. It rained 4 times this week. It was like a total Holes, Shia Labouf situation I swear. Someone must have carried Zero up some mountain somewhere. Crazy stuff. Anyways this week was overall super great! This weekend is the weekend of Mexico´s independance day which is super crazy. They go bonkers for this weekend and for their country. I love it. Saturday night we were able to go to a Stake Party in the Stake Center and it was filled with singing, dancing and entertaining and of course dressing in Green, White, and Red. Me and a few other missionaries went to the market before and bought a ton of clothing and stuff for it and got decked out. 

Not much else to report on this week. Just trying to better my spanish and prepare myself to keep growing in this work! This transfer is going to require a lot from me because while I am still being trained, I am the one who knows the area and everyone so I am going to have to be putting myself out there a bit more which I am excited for. Love this work and know this church is true!!

Tortilla Count: 36

Love and miss you all!

Elder Anderson

Pics!!

1.Elder Almonte and I stranded in Tihuatlan during a rain storm

2. Me and my brazilian Elder Macedo

3. Viva Mexico Sombrero

4. Zona Poza Rica!!!!

Week 9: Tortilla Count!

Hola familia y amigos!!!

Another great week in Tihuatlan! This upcoming week is transfers so this might be my last which would be super sad. This little town gave me a lot that I will forever be grateful for. Let's talk about the week!!

Last week at our District meeting we all agreed (for some reason) that if we didn´t hit our companion goals for the week we would have to wax a part of our legs. Of course we only set high goals out here in Tihuatlan so we came up short and had to get M X waxed into our legs (Mexico Xalapa). Super fun time, and the smooth m x on my leg is a nice change as well as a reminder to hit the goals that we set. Goal setting is something really important that I have learned and come to love here. It gives us so much direction and when we set high, but reasonable goals the Lord blesses us with the help and direction we need. 

This week we had a lot of disappointments, a couple HUGE appointments fell through that we needed and it didn´t feel like we made huge progress with our current investigators. We spent a looooot of time walking, but were able to figure out a lot of our plan for the upcoming week. We are hopeful for a lot of progress this upcoming week. We have a really small branch, with many members who are inactive or less active. Because of that one of our focuses has been on reactivating members. It has been interesting to visit a lot of these members and see how the gospel can re-bless their lives. We have gotten a couple of these inactive members to come to church these past couple weeks and I have visibly seen their change when they go. The Lord blesses us immensely when we keep the Sabbath Day Holy and attend church. 

I am starting a new exciting section to this email!! 

Tortilla Count this week: 46

Honestly disappointing start to the tortilla count update but I will hope for more next week.

Love and miss you all!

Elder Anderson

1. Our church!

2.  Our hermanas waxing my leg

3. Elder Taylor and I after the waxing had been completed

4. Christ statue sunrise

Week 8: Progression

Hola Familia y Amigos!

Another great week in Tihuatlan! This week we worked super hard and found A TON of new people to meet with. It is incredible how receptive and open the people here are to listening to our message and its been such a blessing to be here with these people. The work in Mexico is truly growing so rapidly and I couldn´t imagine being anywhere else. So much to be grateful for! Let´s talk about this week:

Earlier this week had splits with the District Leader where one of us leaves and the District Leader takes our spot in our area. This is for training and to help strengthen the work here. We have them every week but in the past I have left the area and the District Leader has been companions with Elder Almonte in Tihuatlan. But this time Elder Almonte left, meaning that I would be the Senior Companion and stay with the District Leader in our area. At first I was freaking out, because I didn´t think I was ready to plan and lead our day, but it was honestly such a blessing and I think I surprised myself with my ability to lead and serve. It is incredible how much the Lord has blessed me here with confidence and with the language. I can't imagine doing it without Him.

We have a couple people really progressing in the the gospel and we are hoping to keep them centered and progressing in our messages. We have been having troubles with the situation with the Triplets, and we have been praying diligently and having a lot of faith. I will definitely make sure to give updates on the progress of our investigators because it makes me so happy to be able to see their growth. Theres no better feeling than the feeling of bringing others the gospel that has blessed my life for so long. 

I don´t have a ton to say this week so the classic thing to do is to bear my testimony!! I know this church is true, and I know that Russell M. Nelson is truly leading it on the earth today. I know the Joseph Smith restored the true church on the earth as well as translated the Book of Mormon by the gift and power of God. I know the Book of Mormon to be the word of God and the biggest blessing in my life. There is power in this book and in this gospel that cannot come from any other source than from our Heavenly Father. Have doubts about the church or are curious about the gospel? Read this book! Feeling down, stressed, anxious, burnt-out, inadequate, lost? Read this book!! That is my message and that is what I am preaching every single day and I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

Love you all! I have pictures this week!

1. The hill from last week

2. Zone Picture from Zone Conference

3. A cool part of Tihuatlan

4. Me and the neighbor schnauzer CiCi which is my piece of home here