A good week

Buenas Dias mi Amado Familia!!!

 

So first off, that is some really interesting news about our bishopric. I know that Bishop Bransen (thats weird haha) will be a great Bishop. I may be here in Honduras but I can still support my ward back home!! Sometimes changes come unexpectedly, but everything happens for a good reason. When I started my mission, I had no clue why in the world I got sent to Honduras, but now im starting to understand why. God knows what hes doing!  

This past week for us in Monterrey was a verry special week. I think I wrote a letter a few weeks ago talking about some miracles that we had. We visited a member out of the blue and she referenced us one of her friends. Well, she got baptized yesterday. Ill send you a picture of Julie and her old friend Elsa who is the member that we visited. Her baptism was really really spiritual. She bore her testimony yesterday about her conversion. She had a tough conversion, but that has made her tougher and more ready to withstand all that more trials that will come. It was a good finish to a good week.

Im not going to lie, Ive had a hard time in monterrey. When I was here before, we worked our butt off, and didnt really have a lot of fruit. All of the fruit came after I left. When I came back, I worked my butt off again, and still with little fruit. Having this baptism has really lifted my spirits. It has been hard here, but I have learned so much and I mean so so much here. I have learned how to really work here, and how to be patient. I have learend of the power of real faith. At times, I could not understand the will of God, but after all is said and done, Im starting to understand. God had alot that he needed me to learn here. Truly, I am extremly gratefull for the opportunty that Ive had to be here. Next week again is changes, and I feel like there is a good chance that I could be out, We will see. Oh well, Ill keep doing what Im supposed to be doing! Take care fam!!

 

Elder High

 

 

 

The lady in the yellow dress is Elsa, the member that gave us the reference! super great!!

 

What do missionaries mean to you?

Buenas Dias Family!!!

 

Wow, so I have no idea where to start with what has happened this past week. So much good has happened this past week. We have had all sorts of super espiritual experiences this past week. This past week we had opportunities to have a leadership council, a zone conference, and of course General conference. After a week like this, we feel ready to keep fighting and to keep going forward in this work. 

In our zone conference, we invited a member of the high council in Stake Toncontin to come and talk to us about what misionaries mean to him. Id like to share with you what he told us. He said

When he was 17 two strangers in funny white shirts and ties knocked on his door. He listened and in 4 weeks chose to be baptized. When he was 17 the missionaries were angels.

When he was 18, he would help the missionaries teach his friends and family in his small little town. He spent almost everyday with the missionaries. When he was 18, the missionaries were his best friends.

When he was 19, he chose to serve a mission himself. He entered the mission field unknowingly what he was about to enfront. To him, all of the missionaries serving in his mission were so expierienced. When he was 19, the missionaries were his examples.

When he was 20, he was placed in leadership positions in his mission. He became the experienced missionary. When he was 20, the missionaries were his aprentices, his students.

When he was 21, he finished his mission. He went home with fond memories. When he was 21, the missionaries were whom he was.

When he was 22, he married and had his first son. He still worked alongside the missionaries now for a different reason. When he was 22, the missionaries were what he wanted his son to be. 

To this high council member, the missionaries were and still are Angels, his Best Friends, his Example, his Aprentices, Whom he Was, What he wanted his Son to Be. That touched my heart and opened my eyes. Many hondurans look to us in the same aspect. I feel hardly worthy to bear many of those titles that we bear. We carry those titles that ive stated, but most important we carry the name of our lord Jesuschrist around with us everywhere we go. In the preisthood session of general conference, the prophet spoke speaking of priesthood authority said, ¨Wherever you go, you go with your priesthood.¨ As a missionary, wherever we go, we go with the name of our lord and Saivor. You may know, but there is a rule for us that everywhere we go, we take our plaques. The misison plaque carries two names, the name of my family, and the name of my lord and Savior. Trully and honestly everwhere and literally everwhere we go, we go with Jesuschrist. It is very easy to think of all that COULD happen, but yet all that DOES happen is quite different. We come and go in the name of the lord, and in the name of the lord we are protected. This mission has been such a huge blessing to me. I marvel at every miracle that i have witnessed. I have seen the hand of the lord in this work. This church has to be true, is just has to be true. As said many times in conference, God loves us. We are his children. He has to love us. I love you all too, and will continue to keep praying for you all.

 

Elder High

Happy Easter

Hola!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Whats up Family!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes so this week was hot!! The week of Easter is the most celebrated week in this country. They call this week the Holy Week, as reference to the last week of Jesus Christ. Also, the Holy week is the hottest week of the year in Honduras. Everyone has the week off because it is a national holiday. THese two things combined doesnt mean good news for us. This week, everyone in our area took off to the beaches, or tourist places, and left us in the sun. Yeah, we spent many many hours just walking around looking for ANYONE to talk too haha. Me and my compaion are a little burnt, but oh well. What doest kill you makes you stronger! haha.Nah, we did find a few people to teach, and actually had a really good week. I really really really wish I had more time to write, but unfortunatly I have to be obedient. My time is up, but Love yall a ton!!

 

Elder High

If you ask, you will receive

Buenas Dias!!

 

This week has definatly come and gone. I do not have very much time at all, so ill keep things short. This week was a little more tough. We had a lot of really good lessions, and we have taught and learned alot this week. Its just that I dont feel like we are living up to our full potential. I feel like there is so much more that we can do. Its the good, better, best feeling. We are doing good, so we feel good, but I know we can do better, and I know we will feel better. But always, there is a best way to do things, which will help us to feel the best. I have been doing alot of study about prayer this week. The scriptures say many many times that if ask, we will recieve. If we ask for the best, look for the best, and do the best, God will give us the best. No argument. God is bound to give us the best if we ask for the best, and if we do the best. That thought has helped me through this week. I want the best and only the best for our investagators. I want the best and only the best for those I serve. To give them the best, I first have to have the best. I have had way to much to do, and dont really have much time to write today. Im doing fine, dont worry. I just want to leave this small thought with yall.

Love you all so much

 

Elder High

More miracles

Buenas Dias!!!!!!

 

Yes, I feel like the days are starting to get woven together. This past week has felt just like one giant day. The truth is that this week was crazy! Changes were this past week. Me and my companion did not have changes, but we had to make sure that all of the changes went smoothly in the zone. Luckily everything went smooth. 

Other than changes, this week again was filled with miracles. We have had multiple experiences incredible this past week.  Here in the mission, sunday always is one of those days that makes or breaks your week. Normally you work all week with the hope that those that you teach come to church on sunday. When saturday came, truthfully we only had one investagator who said that she would maybe go to church. We did not know why, but we felt like we were going to have 3 investagators. We worked as hard as we could on saturday, and really only had 2 investagators ready for church. Neverthesless, we kept praying that we would have 3. Church came and sure enough, 2 investagators showed up. We felt good with our 2, but we kept praying during sacrament meeting, and in the last 20 minuets, a third investagator showed up. That was one grand miracle for us. Later that day, we had a meeting with a high council member who is in charge of the mision work in this stake. After the meeting we felt like we needed to visit some investagators of the sisters in another area with this high councill member. This was an odd prompting because we did not even know the house of this family of investagators. We spent some time looking for this family, and we found the husband in the street. He invited us in and we got talking. This man with his wife have been investagating the church for more than 20 years. They have not missed a sunday in more than 3 years. They so badly want to be baptized, bu they are not married which is holding them back from getting baptized. The problem is that they are from a small little rural village not even close to tegucigalpa, and for them to get married, they have to go to the town of their birth to take out papers. To get to their town, there is only 3 options, Plane, Boat, or Foot. There is no raod for a car to drive. For that reason, they never got married, and they never got baptized. All I can say is the church is true, because this High counsil man had connections, and some family of his could get their papers for them withouth having to make the trip. If we never wouldve gone, they probably never will get married, nor will they ever get baptized. This family is going to get baptized the 23 of April thaks to this High Council man.

Miracles Exist. The tenth chapter of Moroni states that miracles are a gift of the spirit. That is a truth. THe spirit told us that we would have three investagatos in church. The spirit told us to visit this family that needs to get married. If we hearken to the spirit, we can see and witness miracles. Thats kinda cool. Like always, the church is true, Love you all.

 

Elder High

Who know's how to put a chicken to sleep?

Muy Buenas Dias!!!!!!!!!!!!

 So............tomorrow is changes.................but...............nothing is really changing hahaha!! I get to spend another change in Monterrey with Elder Paiz! I actually feel pretty good about it. Weve been working really really good together here, and we are starting to see fruits. This week a member gave us a reference, so we visited her friday and talked a little about who we are and what we do as missionarys. We called her saturday night to ask her if she would like to go to church with us on sunday, and she said no.. we thought oh well. On Sunday out of the blue she just showed up at church haha. She told us that she thought about the invitation and felt like it was an invitation that came from God. She said that she just felt like she needed to go. After church we talked to her a little bit more. We taught her about Jospeh Smith and the Restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ. She said that she has never felt the way that she felt before. She said she felt the same way in church in the morning. When the spirit was strong, my companion asked her if she has ever been baptized, she said no. My companion asked if she would like to be baptized, and she said yes, and not just yes, she asked us if she could be baptized before the month ends. We were kinda blown away, because finding people like her in Monterrey is few and very far between. Miracles exist haha. That is just one experience from this week. Just we have had a week full of miracles. I can not explain it just miracles exist. The Church is true!! haha

 

Love you all

Elder High 

So in this picture, my companion put a chicken to sleep, verry odd, but it is a sleeping chicken haha

 

So we had a zone meeting, and we invited president, so he came. it was really really cool

Buenas Diahsmm

Buenas Diahsmm [thats how they speak here....] hahahahaha

 

Oh yeah, im still here, thats great news!! Not going to lie, things are tough here, but I dont even care, the church is true!! hahaha!! The power of positive thinking always beats out rough times. Really, when i think about it hard, this week was actually really great. I had the opportunity to go on an interchange with the APs, the asistentes of President, I got to help a youth who i taught before go to the temple to be baptized for his father who passed away a few years back, and im still here as a missionary. Thats a pretty good list of pretty good things id have to say! Things are keeping on going great here!

 

So this past week I have done some deep reflexcion about many things. More than anything, about who I want to be. Ive thought, man, itd be nice to be persuasive, to be powerfull, to be loving. I have many examples of people who are persuasive, people who are powerfull, and of people who are loving, but what ive realized, is that I dont want to be like any of them. It doesnt matter if im powerfull or if im this or if im that. Really, my examples are not perfect examples, no one is perfect, so it is impossible to have a perfect example. My only perfect example is that of Jesus Christ. Really, he is the only person who was perfect in everything, so therefore, he and only him can truly be my example. If I try to be like Christ, If i try to teach like Christ, If i try to love like Christ, I will become pursauasive, powerfull, and loving, not in a the way that man wants, but in the way that God wants. My desire, and my goal, is to become like Christ. I am a long, long way from becoming like christ, but little by little, I can get close. The closer I get to Christ, the closer I get to perfection, and to my desires. The only way to perfection is through Jesus Christ. 

 

Really, I have learned alot this week. When things are tough, we have to keep going. When things are tough, we have to stop focusing on the bad and focus on the good. The church is true!!

 

Love you all so much!

Elder High

 

This boy is the first person Bradin baptized.  He was able to go to the Temple and do baptisms for his father who had passed away. So awesome that he is still active and doing good.

 

 Honduras Temple

 

 

 

  What a goof!