Sombreros

Yeah, so mabey this time, this would be my last week in Monterrey.. hahaha Nah, I love it here, but 31 weeks in a very smal area is alot of time. Who knows, mabey God needs me to spend even more time here. So changes are next week just so yall know. So other cool things that I found out is that in my mission, we the elders are authorized to wear sweet hats now haha. Me and my companion are going to go on a hunt to find some Sombreros today! yeah, things are pretty good right now.

 

So this week was a pretty fun week. On wednesday, out of the blue, President Ferman called us. He wanted to know every street of every neighborhood in our Zone. For the first time in my mission, I got to use a car to show President our Zone. It was different hahaha. On thursday we got to go take Julie and Omar, two of my recient converts to the Temple. It was really cool. Honestly, there is nothing better as a misionary than seing your converts in white in the temple. It was a special expierience, Julie is working in family history and her goal is that in the next few weeks, she want to go and do baptisms for her grandmothers. Neat stuff. This week was honestly a great week. I hope that you all also have a great week!!

 

Elder High

 My future hat hahaha

 

My companion, a parrot, and a chocolate bannana

 

My companion and the lights of Tegucigalpa

 

 

 

 

 

Perspective

Sup Fam!!

 

So this week was one of those stressfull weeks that happenes every now and again. Ive learned this week about the power of optimism. Everyday there are good things that happen, and everyday there are bad things that happen. We can choose if we will focus on the good or on the bad. Focusing on all the bad will just stress us out and make us depressed. Focusing on the tender mercies, the little miracles of life can fill us with hope and joy. Its easier to live when life is good, but really the way that we look at life makes it good or not. 

As I said there has been dificulties this week, but there were some huge miracles. We hardly had any time to work this past week because there were so much problems that we were trying to correct and take care of, but nevertheless, God blesses the dilligent. When we had time to work, we worked. We would have mabey one free hour so we would thank God for our one hour of work, and then we worked. My whole mission, in one hour, i could mabey teach 2 lessons if I tried my hardest. This past week we were teaching 3-5 lessons in our one hour. We couldnt afford to waste time. It was tough, and when the week ended we were tired, but God took care of us. We had multiple investagators in church on sunday. One Investagator recieved his answer to be baptized and will be baptized this saturday. One other decided after we visited him that he will quit drinking coffe so he can be baptized. God is good to those who take advantage of their time. My 2 years that I have to be a missionary are not my 2 years. My life for 2 years is dedicated to God. This time really is not my time, it is time God has given me to do his work that he alone cannot do. I love my mission. I love being here. I love working and serving God. Seek for opportunities to serve, and then serve selfeshly, and God will take care of the rest. Love you all.

 

Elder High

 

 

 

 

Change isn't always bad

Familia!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

This week was such a good week! This past week was changes, and there were a few changes that occured. Elder Paiz has left me. After 3 months together, hes gone. Now my new companion is Elder Rangel. Super chill dude. He lived in mexico till he was 14 and then he moved to Utah. He said that when he moved to utah, his second week there, the misionaries found him, and 4 weeks later he got baptized hahaha. MIsionaries dont waste any time haha. In our zone there has been a bunch of changes. Its been a little crazy adjusting to the changes and getitng all the misionaries on the same page, but really, changes were great. 

So Ive been thinking alot about happiness these past few months. I have witnessed that there is always a corelation between happiness and sucess. So saying that, Ive been trying to figure out what makes happy people happy. What i have seen and experienced is that many things in life dont always go as good as we want them to. It is very easy to get disheartened and depressed when this ocurs. Nevertheless, I know many people that even when things dont go well, focus on the miracles and the blessings that they have. THis helps them to push through and helps them to keep smiling even when things are tough. Those who rocognize Gods hand in everything alwyas seem to have a higher level of happiness. I believe that God didnt make us to be sad. THe scriptures say in 2nd Nefi 2 that man was made to have joy. God wants us to be happy, and satan wants us to be miserable. By focusing on the miracles of God, we can fufill the plan of God and live happy. The church is true! Love you all

 

Elder High

After sacrifice comes the blessings

Muy Buenas Dias Familia y Amigos!

 

Okay, so very interesting things have happened haha. This week was the dreded last week before changes. That entails that many misionaries get in their head that this is going to be their last week in their area, so they dont have to work.. that makes things difficult haha. Anyways, about those changes, I am going to spend another change here in Monterrey. By the end of this change, I will have spent 8 months in the third smallest area in the mission. Oh well. My companion Elder Paiz yes is leaving. Tomorrow I will be with an Elder Rangel. I have known this Elder for a long time now, and he is great. Ill be going forward with positivity.

 

So this past week was a little difficult one could say. We have had a few problems with missionaries in the zone, and most of our lesson plans fell through. We did have a chance to visit a few of our sure and sure investagators. This sunday was stake conference, and an area 70 came down, so we had really high hopes that our investagators would show up. Not one investagator showed up..... tough. BUT, 30 minuetes into the conference one investagator showed up. We talked to him after the conference, and i have never in my mission seen anyone so prepared to be a part of this church. His girlfriend is a very strong member, and really really is encouraging. Before we talked, the girlfriend had already taought him everything that we are supposed to teach him. It was a huge miracle for us. Its always interesting to see how after the dificulties come the miracles and blessings. God does and will bless us, but he is going to try us first. After sacrifice comes the blessings. The church is true!!

 

Elder High

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