tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1421562522592098372024-03-05T11:57:58.480-08:00Elder Zach Snyder Obregon Mexico MissionElder Snyder's letters and pictures from his mission experiences in Mexicomommasnyder.blogspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17402826157110494999noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142156252259209837.post-1213766284297031782017-06-05T22:05:00.000-07:002017-06-05T22:05:27.562-07:00Week 102: Victor's Baptism and my last email as a missionary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wow! I cannot believe this is the last letter that I am going to write as a missionary. Time has really gone by fast. I know that this is what everyone says, but it is true. I have really enjoyed the time that I have had to serve side by side with the Savior. </div>
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Well first things first. Victor got baptized!!!!! Wohooo! It was definitely one of the coolest baptisms that I have ever been to because we got permission to go to the beach. I also had the privilege to perform the baptism. :) I loved being able to take my shoes off, and put my feet in the sand, and walk out to meet an old friend. But best off all, I was able to do it with one of my new friends and with one of my brothers. </div>
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After the baptism Victor said that he felt new. He said that he felt like he was under the water for a long time, but that when he came back up, he felt clean. I know that when the ordinance of baptism is performed correctly and by someone who holds the proper priesthood of God, that God forgives all of our sins and mistakes and lets us start over again.</div>
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It was also amazing because I know that God knows us personally and will always answer our prayers. I also know that he will often wait until the moment that we are about to lose our faith to answer our prayers. 2 years ago when I saw the area of the Ciudad Obregón Mission and that part of the mission touched the ocean, I always had the hope that someday I would be able to baptize someone in the ocean. I never prayed so that this dream would come true, but I had the hope that if it was in God´s plan it would be possible. Now I can say that I know that Heavenly Father knows us personally just like he knows me and that my last week of the mission, he was able to make one of my dreams a reality. </div>
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This week was also big holiday for the Catholic church in this region. It was just like semana santa, but I think that this week was crazier than semana santa. It was the Festival of the Holy Ghost. I honestly did not understand the tradition, but on Saturday morning thousands of people got together in Huatabampo and walked from Huatabampo to Etchojoa. It is a pretty long walk, but when they get to this monument in Etchojoa, they start to pray. The funny thing is that this monument happens to be right in front of the our church building haha. So we had a bunch of people praying in front of the church. We have thousands of people that are willing to walk many kilometers early in the morning, but very few that go to church on Sunday. You would think that doing the right thing would be easier. </div>
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I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the only true church on the Earth. I know that Jesus Christ reorganized it through his prophet Joseph Smith. I know that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior, and I know that he rescued me. I know that the Book of Mormon is true because I have read it both in english and spanish, and because I have prayed to God to know if it is true and I have been given an answer by the Holy Ghost that I cannot deny. I can feel the power of the Holy Ghost as I read and analize the words written by ancient prophets and a feeling that tells me in my mind and heart that these things are true. I know that this is God's church because if it were made by man, it would fail. I know that there is no way that a 21 year old gringo would be able to convince people to change their lives and make the harder and more correct choice. I know that the Holy Ghost is the only one that can touch peoples hearts and that it is through Jesus Christ that people can change their lives. And that it is only through the Church of Jesus Christ that people can receive the saving ordinances of baptism that will grant the cleansing of sins for all those who have repented. I know that my Heavenly Father lives and loves me and knows me personally. I also know that this is true for every person on this Earth. That He loves each and every one of us, and he wants us to be happy and return to live with him. I know that through repentance we come closer to God and that we can receive relief for regret and peace for stress. I know that families can be eternal, and I am happy that I have been able to give up 2 years with my family so that others can be with theirs for an eternity. I love the Savior. He is one of my best friends. I look forward to the day when I will meet him because I know that He lives! </div>
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This has been one of the greatest experiences that I have ever had in my life, and one that will change my life forever. </div>
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I am sad to see it all end, but I know that this is just the start of a new beginning. </div>
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I have found my friends :)</div>
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mommasnyder.blogspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17402826157110494999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142156252259209837.post-85543843899416820302017-06-01T14:16:00.001-07:002020-11-02T19:56:50.944-08:00Week 101: Lots of Birthday Surprises!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Thank you to everyone for your birthday letters. I opened my inbox to see that it was full of bday letters :)</div>
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Well I have really enjoyed my birthday this year because to start my companion organized a surprise birthday/going away party with our branch. So on sunday after all the services, all the members brought out the tables and all the food that they had prepared and we started to eat and celebrate. :) It was really awesome. I was so thankful for all that the members did. </div>
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Then in the morning my district planned a birthday breakfast. We made pancakes and they bought me a 3 leches cake (there is the mexican cake that you wanted mom! haha!) Then in the afternoon my companion took me out to eat sushi. It turned out to be a birthday way better than last year. Last year my birthday was on sunday and it was the day of transfers and they closed my area and none of the members remembered. So this year made up for the last year. </div>
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Time is going by so fast. Last week I had my last zone conference and I got kind of trunky ;) I had to give my "dying" testimony and it was really weird because I remember my first zone conference and seeing the dying testimony of others and I thought that that moment would never come. Now that it has past it is weird to think that I will be getting home in 2 weeks. </div>
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Victor is doing great. We finished teaching him yesterday and he is ready to get baptized. He just needs his interview on wednesday and he will be all set. It is also confirmed that he will be getting baptized at the beach. I am happy that one of my dreams is going to come true. To have a baptism at the beach.</div>
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I cant believe that I am going to be starting my second to last week, it is so crazy. </div>
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Finishing my mission is bittersweet... I am really going to miss these experiences that have molded and made me into the person that i am today. But I am also so excited to see all of you guys again and jump back into life. </div>
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I love you all so much. Thanks for all your great examples to me over the past 21 years. I could not have asked for a better family. Love you </div>
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Well this week was a very interesting and stressful week but in the end Juan got batptized!!!! But before a baptism there is always a bunch of opposition.</div>
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To start the town has been preparing to pave the street in front of the church, about a week ago we realized the the church did not have any water. And everyone knows that it is essencial to have water at the church in order to have a baptism. So we started out talking to the workers in front of the church about why we didnt have water, and they said that they were going to check and figure out why. But I know how some people are and sometimes they just tell you what you want to hear. So the next day we went to check and they had not done anything. So that day we went to public works to talk with the people in charge of the project. But when we got there the engineers were not there, so we left our number so that they could call us. Then they called us and said that they had almost fixed the problem, but that they need us to come to the church. We got there and they showed us what we were going to do and they said that in the afternoon we would have water. So we went back to check again and we got there and it all looked connected but there was still no water. So we called a friend to come and help us out. His name is Ricardo. He is not a member, but the rest of his family is and he always comes to our rescue. So he came at night, after his work, and looked at what was the problem. He looked and he found the problem, but was not able to fix it in that moment. Then the next day (Friday) we went to talk to the engineers why they had not connected it yet and they said that they had to check something before they could connect the water to the pipes. They said that they could not find the old connection to the pipes in the church so they made a new connection but they didnt want to connect it because they said that if the water flows back into the old pipes it was going to destroy the street that they were going to pave. So we had to find the only person that knew about the pipes in the church which was an old plumber that helped build the church. We could not find him all day. So the branch president told us that we should just call Ricardo and connect it ourselves. So we waited until he got off work and at 6 he met us at the church to help us (we had already gone to buy all the parts that he was going to need). Then when he went to connect the pipe one of the engineers saw us and started to scold us for not waiting to check to see where the old pipes lead to. We explained that we had been looking for the Plumber all day and that we had not found him. So we decided to call him one last time, and in that moment it seemed like a miracle had occured because for the first time all day he answered his phone. But it was a victory short lived because when we started to talk to him we realized that he was completely drunk. So then it seemed like we had lost our last hope of fixing the plumbing before the baptism (which was the next day). So then we had an appointment and we went to the appointment and met back at the church at 730 with Ricardo. When we got there, the engineer was not their so we decided to connect the pipes :) (it was the city´s fault they should have connected the water 3 weeks ago but they decided to wait and see if anyone would notice). Then after an entire week of battling the opposition at 930 at night, at the very last minute we had water. The next day we filled the font without problems and were all ready for the baptism. </div>
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Juan's baptism was great. He had to have special pants made for him because we could not find pants big enough for him :p But everything went just great. His in-laws came down from guaymas and his father-in-Law was the one who baptized him. We were afraid that his father in law was not going to be able to lift him out of the water but we taught him a technique and he was able to baptize him without problems. It was so awesome to see someone ready to accept the gospel and he did it without any problems. He did it because he loves his wife so much and he wants to do anything he can to make her happy and that includes her goal of being sealed in the temple. So he has taken the first step. They are also going to be attending the district temple trip in the following weeks. We are so happy for them. </div>
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Also, Victor has decided that for sure he wants to get baptized and that he wants to do it at the beach. We also decided to move up his baptismal date to june 3rd because the 10th is the day that the branch is going to the temple. Everything is going great in Etchojoa. It is sad for me that everything is coming to an end. </div>
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ps. I finally took some pictures of our house and yes, the owl in the picture is real!! </div>
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It was so great to talk to you guys yesterday. I loved being able to see the family. I still cant believe that we are going to see each other in a month. </div>
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Well, I told you pretty much everything that was going on so I am going to be a little brief. Juan is going to get baptized this saturday. We just have to teach him 2 more commandments and then he will be ready for his interview. Then we had Jesus (who was drunk all last week) and his wife Lupita go to church yesterday. We had a pretty interesting lesson with them on saturday. We talked to them about baptism and Jesus said that he would do it but Lupita was kind of hard hearted because she has been going to one church for the past year and she has been preparing to get baptized in that church but for some reason still does not feel ready. And when we invited her to go to church with us she said that she didnt want to go because she has been going to her church and she doesnt want to go to a different one, even after we explained the blessing that she will receive after taking the sacrament. That was when I decided that it was time to be a little more direct with my words. She and Jesus have been having problems for the past few months and I told her that if she does not do something different her problems will never go away. That attending church and taking the sacrament is what is going help her receive the help that she desperately needs. The next day I was honestly really surprised that they both came to church early but they both end up really liking church. It also helped having the mission presidente there to make things a little more spiritual. </div>
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Then we had Victor come to church. He is planning on getting baptized my last day in the mission. </div>
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Also today we had a zone activity where we filled up 200 water balloons and had a big water balloon fight. I also bought a bunch of elastic band to make a giant sling shot with the goal posts. The sling shot was super awesome. It would launch the water balloons so far. It had to launch some of them at least 100 meters. </div>
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Also to prepare for Juan's baptism...The font has still not been emptied since the last missionaries baptized, and we could not get the pump to work, so we ended up taking out the rest of the water in buckets.</div>
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Also I had intercambios with the elders in my district because they were going to baptize 2 people. But it was super sad because both of them did not end up getting baptized. The first one, we got to his house to do the interview, but when we saw the guy, he was completely drunk. It was super sad the other missionary that had been teaching him also got really discouraged seeing him like that. Then I went to the other guys house and I was able to interview him. Everything was going super well. This guy was so excited to get baptized on saturday, also the rest of his family was going to get baptized in 2 weeks. I was getting to the end of the interview when I learned that this guy still needs to work on obeying the word of wisdom. I was so sad because I wanted so bad for this guy to get baptized but I knew that I could not give him the green light. I told him that it would be better if he could wait to be baptized because that way he could get baptized together with his family and it would give him 2 weeks to keep preparing. He was disappointed but said that he was going to keep preparing. But the elders in my district told me that now this guy is just super sad and doesnt even want to receive the missionaries anymore. They told me that it seems like he is hiding from them. I feel really sad because this guy was so excited to get baptized and now a drastic change has happened. It was also sad because he and his family didnt got to church even though they go every sunday. I really hope that he can get excited again about the gospel.</div>
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Hey I am super excited to talk with you guys this sunday. I was thinking about calling at 4 so let me know as soon as you can if that works out or if you need me to call later or something. </div>
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This week we had kind of a rough week. We struggled a lot more to find new investigators but our plan is to start working with the members more in order to have more people to teach that start to progress. Juan is super awesome. He is so ready to be baptized and he has all the support from his wife and from his in-laws. They have been helping a lot but he is all set and commited for his baptismal date may 20th. Our only problem right now is finding baptismal clothes that will fit him. He is kind of a big dude but we are going to figure it all out this week so that it all works out. </div>
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As for Jesus we were not able to teach him this week. For the first few days he was never home. Then on Saturday we finally found him but he was completely drunk. His family told us that he has problems drinking and that he has been drinking this entire week and that was why we could not find him. We also went yesterday but he was still drunk. It was really sad because we want to help him but we cant do anything when he is drunk. </div>
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Also this sunday it was super interesting because my companion tried to "kill" me. So there we were, riding our bikes to go visit someone. And we were riding our bikes side by side so that we could talk along the way, when all of a sudden, bam!!! Elder Martinez slams right into me. There was honestly nothing that I could do to save myself from falling so I did the only thing I could and jumped from my bike to avoid getting smashed in between the ground and my companion. I was able to catch myself with my hands but I still ended up laying down on the ground. I am not going to lie, I was pretty upset at my companion because it was not the first time that he has not been careful and crashed into me, but this was the first time that he has knocked me over. So I get up and went to brush the dirt off of my shirt but then saw that it had a few drops of blood on it. and I was like, "oh great my elbow is bleeding also" but when I went to lift my sleeve I realized that it was my palms that were filled with blood and a bunch of dirt. At this point I was just ignoring everything that my companion was saying to me because I was just really mad that he knocked me over and that I was the one that had to pay the consequences. So then I got on my bike and was like, "lets got to the pharmacy," because I wanted to buy bandages and alcohol to clean myself up. But then when i got on my bike, I realized that my pedal was bent so much that it was hitting the bike frame and it could not turn all the way around. So then we had to go walking and we were kind of far away from everything. But it turned out that the closest house to us was our investigator Juan. So we went to his house and I was able to wash my hands. Then we left our bikes at his house and we walked to the red cross because it was super close to his house. But I was very disappointed in their service because they did not help me at all. They just sprayed water mixed with disinfectant spray and didnt even give me a bandage. I was like, "you are not going to wash the dirt out or anything?" they then told me that I can go home and wash my hands with soap and that would get the dirt out. I then asked them if I could just wash my hands at one of their sinks and they told me that they didnt have any. I dont understand how the red cross does not have a sink but I just left and went back to juans house. Then he and his wife helped me out. They gave me alcohol and a bandage. Alot more than the red cross did for me. But yeah that was the exciting thing that happened yesterday.</div>
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Today we went to Huatabampo to hang out with the missionaries in my district. We bought a pizza and hung out with some of the members in Huatabampo. It was pretty funny because we did not have bikes to get around, so I had to use my mexican skills that I have been aquiring for the past 2 years. I had one of the missionaries from Huatabampo sit on my handbars and I sat on the seat and was stearing the bike. It looked pretty funny but that is what it comes too. </div>
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I love you all so much. I am so happy that I will be able to speak with you next sunday. Time flies so fast. </div>
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p.s. they sent me my flight plan. I am going to forward it to you. :)</div>
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Well it is my last transfer and my companion and I stay the same. Big shocker I know. But I am super happy that I am going to be able to finish my mission here in Etchojoa. </div>
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Well we had a pretty good week this week. We were able to say goodbye to all of our friends that were going home and to say goodbye to people that were leaving the zone. </div>
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On tuesday we had our district meeting and I bought a cake for the hermana upiachihua and for Elder Nilson because they were both finishing their missions. It is crazy to believe that will be me soon. We also had a really great sunday because 2 of our investigators were able to go to church. Juan whose wife is a member came to church finally. And he is still set on his goal to get baptized so we are excited for him. We were also able to help Jesus go to church. We have been teaching him for about 2 weeks now. And we had a really special lesson with him the day before he went to church. We had a lesson planned, but when we got there we decided to ask inspired question to teach him according to his needs. And after a few questions we realized that he did not know what his purpose was on the earth. He told us that there was nothing that motivated him to get up in the morning, so we then knew that we had to teach him about the love our Heavenly Father has for him and what his purpose in this life is. We felt that the lesson changed a little after that. Then on Sunday he came to church. :) </div>
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Also it was 5th sunday in the branch so we decided to talk about the branch goals (we didnt have any so we were able to set them ). It was pretty funny. I got up and explained to the whole branch what the purpose was in setting goals. I remembered a talk that thomas s monson gave when i arrived. He talked about alice in wonderland and the cheshire cat. The story goes that alice asks the cat which path she should take. And the cat answers her and says, "well that all depends on where you would like to go." she then responded that she did not know where she wanted to go. And the cat then said, "then it does not matter which path you take." I like this story a lot because it applies to our life. 1) If we do not have a destination we will never be able to get where we want to go. Just like Alice we will wander aimlessly watching all the opportunities that life gives us just pass by. 2) that we need to set long term goals to know were we want to be and short term goals to know how we are going to get there. 3) Follow up on our goals and make adjustments as needed. </div>
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Just learning this has opened my eyes and let me know that I have a lot of potential and how I can accomplish the things that I desire to accomplish. But it all starts with the destination. If we do not have a destination we will not be able to accomplish our potential. </div>
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Also last week we had to attend the district meeting because our branch president could not attend. And something that called my attention was what the district secretary taught. He asked all the branch presidents in the room what their goal in this life was. Then after everyone answered he reminded us what everyone's goal should be, and that is Exaltation. If exaltation is our goal then we will be able to do all the other small things in this life like raise our kids and be a good husband or wife. And it just made me think. What am i doing to prepare myself for exaltation? I know that I am far from that point and that I need to make specific goals in order to accomplish my long term goal. </div>
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I know that his church is true and that everything it teachs is to help us be better. I know that we have the potential to become like our Heavenly Father and that Jesus Christ is the key to helping us become like him. I know that everything that the church teaches us is to help us accomplish our goal in this life and if we choose to not obey the small things, we are only delaying our progress. I know my savior lives and that he loves me. He is my friend :)</div>
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2 weeks mothers day! 4 weeks my bday! 6 weeks airport!</div>
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Well this week was a pretty normal week. It has started to get hotter. We are also in the last week of the transfer, so next week I will be starting my last transfer of the mission. Time really goes by so fast. </div>
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Well the good news was that this week we were able to commit pretty much all of our investigatores to a baptismal date and commit them all to come to church. But out of all of our investigatores the only one that we didnt plan on coming to church came. His name is Ricardo and his wife got baptized like 8 months ago and all of his kids are active members of the church. He just has not joined because he is still not ready to give up his old life, but he is getting closer. He decided to go to church by himself so that is a step in the right direction. But our other investigator Juan did not go to church and we still do not know why. We have our next appointment with him tomorrow, so hopefully we can get him and his wife to come to church more so that he can start progressing. </div>
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Other than that, we have set a new goal in the branch. We have committed everyone in the branch to read the book of mormon in 3 months. We visited almost all the members in the branch and committed them all personally to read the BOM and then in church we official announced the goal to the branch. We have been seeing problems in the branch and after talking and making a plan with the branch president we felt that the thing that would help the members live the gospel more fully would be helping them to make daily scripture study a habit. I have started reading the BOM again also to support all the members and I have been reading with the schedule that we sent to all the members so that they will all be able to finish in 3 months. </div>
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But an interesting thing that happened this week was that we left our keys inside the house and got locked out of the house. :( And sadly there was no window were we could squeeze ourselves into, so the only option we had was to break the glass window in the door. So now we have a hole in our back door. Dont worry because we put a safety in place so you can only open the back door with a key. But now we are a lot more careful with they keys. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; text-align: -webkit-auto;">P.S. I forgot to tell you about this weird tradition that they have here in the northern part of mexico. For the past few weeks there have been people walking around beating their drums with these masks on. They are called Fariseos (Pharisees). And they pretty much walk around town all day beating their drums and on Easter Sunday is when they burn their masks. This is one of the masks that I put on.</span></div>
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This week was a pretty good week. We were able to teach a lot of people this week the only sad thing was that many of them did not really want us to come back for a second visit... haha. There are so many people and we really only have time to visit people that really want to learn more. </div>
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So in our house we have to wash our dishes outside because we dont have a kitchen sink. So we washed all the dishes and left them outside to dry but when we brought them back inside we realized that both of our knives were missing. Then we realized that the dish soap was missing also. We think that someone has stolen our stuff so now we have been storing everything inside of the house. </div>
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Also this sunday we were able to have a miracle. First of all I played the piano in sacrament meeting. Wooooooh!!!! And it was not perfect, but it turned out okay. I played nearer my god to thee and sweet hour of prayer. During sweet hour of prayer i was kind of nervous and I kind of forgot to breath while I was playing so I think that contributed to my errors, but I later remembered to breath and it got a little better :p But besides that we were able to have a new investigator at church. They recently moved to etchojoa and her husband is not a member. They also got married like 2 weeks ago. He seems like he is really interesed in the church and we have an appointment with him in the afternoon so hopefully everything goes well. </div>
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We also gave service one morning. There is a really humble member in the branch and one day we came by in the afternoon and saw that he was starting to build his house so we offered to come the next day and help him build. It was pretty fun and I got to learn how to mix concrete and build a house :)</div>
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One of the greatest things that happened this week was that I got to meet Elder Evans. We had a district conference for priesthood holders in the district and president Myers came to speak. But along with him came this Elder. I had never seen him before and from the moment I first saw him I knew that he was different. After the meeting, I started to talk with him because I could see that he was standing all alone. I supposed that he did not know how to speak spanish that well and that was why he wasnt talking with anyone. So I got to know him a little better. He did not speak spanish that well and he had just gotten into his second transfer. Then he told me with disappointment in his eyes and said that tomorrow he was going home. That he had some emotional problems and had to return home. I felt really sad and in that moment I sat right next to him and put my arm around his shoulder and told him that everything was going to be alright. That he had every intension to serve the Lord and that he did what he was commanded and now the Lord has a new mission planned for him. He then put his head on my shoulder and said very sadly, "I know." I was able to give him a few more words of encouragement but while i was talking with him the voice of the spirit whispered something to me. I could feel the spirit say, "he deserves to be here." I in that moment knew that this missionary was called to serve in this mission and that the Lord knew that he was going to go home early, but that it was necesary that he came. When it was time for him to leave I gave him a great big hug. And I was happy to hear him say, "thank you elder Snyder for being a great example to me." I am never going to forget that. </div>
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Today was also pretty fun because we went to Navojoa with all the other Elders and played soccer in the morning. The sisters were also there, but they were playing volleyball. but when we were all resting in the shade after playing a round, those sneaky sisters had gone to the store and bought water balloons and filled them up in the bathroom. Then when we were all resting they attacked us with their water balloons. it was pretty funny. Then after that, we helped fill up the rest of the balloons and had a big water fight at the end. it was a pretty great day.</div>
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I hope you all loved conference. It was really awesome. I had to listen to it all in spanish, but I could understand everything that they were saying. It is crazy to believe that my first conference I did not understand any of the talks and now I can understand all of them. </div>
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We had a pretty great week this week. Starting off, we were able to find many new investigators this week. We also were able to have our first Branch FHE. It was really great. Most of the branch members were able to come and we were able to teach them about the importance of a prophet and how they can take full advantage of the conference talks. Also one of our investigators went to conference and really liked it. We hope that he can continue to progress. </div>
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Of all the conference talks, the one that I liked the most was by Elder Rasband when he talked about obeying the first prompting of the Holy Ghost. I think that listening to the Holy Ghost is the most important thing that we can do in our life because the Holy Ghost will always guide us to make the right choice. It can also be one of the hardest things to do because it involves lining up our will with the will of God. I know that the only way that we can respond to the first prompting is by being obedient to the commandments and having a complete desire to do what it right. I also know that we will be happier if we live in this way. Our Heavenly Father desires us to be happy and if we do what we wants us to do we will be blessed. </div>
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We are also planning a branch mission activity. What we want to do is some sort of "meet the mormons" type thing, but we want to do it here in Etchojoa. The town is kind of small so everyone kind of knows everyone. So we want to have an activity were we show all the different members of the church and what they do in their everyday lives. We still have not planned out all the details but when we do, I will be sure to let you all know. </div>
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Today for our PDay we went to Alamos, which is a little town that is like an hour away from Navojoa. It was really cool. We went to see the catholic church (I know…it seems like we go and see catholic churches a lot, but there are a lot of them here), and we were also able to climb up one of the hills that is in the middle of Alamos and see the entire town. Also something interesting happened up top. One of the Zone leaders got to the top and then had an asthma attack and did not have his inhaler. So we brought him a plastic bag so he could breath in and out. Then when he had calmed down a little bit, he asked me to give him a priesthood blessing. So we went to a place where it would not call the attention of all the rest of the people and i was able to give him a blessing. And in that moment a miracle occurred. Like a minute after I had given him the blessing, his companion, out of nowhere, pulls his inhaler out of his backpack! His companion was like, "what the heck is this doing here?!?!" It was truly a miracle because he was able to receive instant relief. But it was a really fun activity. I will send you more pictures when I can get everyone else to send the ones that they took. </div>
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Love you all. I hope that you all got the best out of conference. It truly is such a blessing that we have living prophets on the earth today that are guided to tell us exactly what we need to do and know. </div>
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mommasnyder.blogspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17402826157110494999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142156252259209837.post-80292666742908563392017-04-03T21:23:00.003-07:002020-11-02T19:47:14.418-08:00Week 92: First Week in Etchajoa<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Well Etchojoa is pretty awesome. It was very interesting my first few days here. My zone leader showed me around for 2 days. So I had to days to remember where all the members live and how to get around. But I got it down really quick. It was not that hard to learn where everyone lives. The hard part now is to find people to baptize. We kind of struggled this week in finding new investigators, but we were able work with a member and talk with one of the members of her family who is not a member. She seems really interested in going to church. She was not able to go last sunday but we are going to try and get her to go this week. </div>
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Also the branch seems to be like a typical branch. There is a lot of drama between the members but we hope to be able to fix that. One of the member is super awesome. They own a restaurant that is very close to our house and they told us that the missionaries always eat for free :) They are the Velez family. They are some of the oldest members here in etchojoa and they also have a daughter that is out on a mission. The attendance here is around 34 with a lot of young kids. There seems to be an active primary here. We also have bikes. But my bike is not as good as the bike that I had in Alameda. I have had to invest money into my bike but it will be worth it. It is also kind of funny because this is my companions 2nd area in his mission and his first time with a bike. But Elder Martinez is a hard worker. He is going to help me work hard my last few weeks here. Can't believe I only have 11 more weeks. It sounds so short when I say it like that. </div>
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mommasnyder.blogspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17402826157110494999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142156252259209837.post-36929218563985134992017-03-22T09:13:00.000-07:002017-03-22T09:13:03.293-07:00Week 91: Transfers! Etchajoa here I come!<span style="font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">So I know that you are all wondering what has happened to me this transfer. Well I have been transferred from alameda. It was kind of sad to say goodbye to everyone but I know that our transfers are inspired and that the Lord has work for me elsewhere. I just really hope that the family that we found gets baptized. They are just so awesome, I have faith that they will. </span><br />
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Well I have been transferred to Etchajoa, which is a small town that is like 30 minutes from Navajoa. It is another branch, but I have heard a lot of good things about this branch and I imagine that it cannot have as many challenges as Alameda. But the most interesting part of this transfer is that I will be opening the area. President Myers did a white wash here. He took out the old missionaries and put us in. So I will be opening with a missionary that is very new. His name is Elder Martinez and he only has had 3 transfers in the mission. But because none of us know the area, right now I am in intercambios with one of the zone leaders who actually served here in Etchajoa. So he is going to be showing me the basics of where everyone lives and what buses to take. Hopefully I dont get lost :) Sounds like it is going to be quite an adventure here. </div>
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Yesterday we had stake conference. So we got to go to Mochis again :) It was really cool because one of the members of the 70 was present and also the president of the temple in Hermosillo. The name of the 70 was Elder Felix. He is from Oaxaca. He gave really great talks. I was able to go to all of the sesions of conference so I was able to learn alot from him. One of the things that we talked about was that we need to align our desires with God's desires and that when we do that, we will be able to experience true joy. He also talked about D&C 9 and that when we want an answer to one of our prayers we must study the answer out in our minds first and then ask God if what we have decided is right. And when we do that 1 of 3 things will occur. 1st - we will have feelings of comfort and peace that will confirm what we have chosen is correct. 2nd - that we will have a stupor of thought and that we will feel confused or frustrated or worried or feel anxiety and that will tell us that what we have decided is wrong. And the 3rd is that as we pray we will feel neither of these 2 things. That when this happens it is because God trusts us enough to make our own decisions and that we have to trust that he will help us make the right choice. He also said that the majority of answers that come to us will NOT come when we are on our knees but when we go out and act. </div>
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Well our house here in Etchojoa is definitely one of the worst houses that i have had. I like to compare it to the 3 degrees of Glory. When you first enter, you enter into the telestial world. The first 2 rooms dont have a floor, the walls are made of concrete and it is full of trash. The next room is the terrestrial world. It has a crappy floor (but at least it has a floor) it has the fridge and the tiny kitchen and all of our materials. Then the last room is when we enter into the celestial kingdom (it is where we sleep). This room has a nice tile floor, with painted walls and the most important thing…AC! I have heard rumors that the Elders before me had a cat and a dog as pets in the house. I will see if there are any stray animals that come lurking by. But one of the first things that we are going to do is clean up the house. </div>
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Sounds like you all had a super fun week. Tell oma and katie hi for me. I really wish that I could have seen the Lamb of God performance. I hope that some day I will be able to see it. </div>
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Well this week was a lot better than the last. We started off the week with exchanges. I went to Estación Bamoa to work with Elder Mull. We had exchanges for 2 days, so I was able to help out Elder Mull who has kind of felt discouraged in his area and I was able to take a little break from all the problems that have been going on in Alameda. </div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">But the great news is that the family that we have been working with finally came to church!!! The mother did not come but the dad and his 3 daughters came. We were also able to have another guy that we have been teaching come to church. We were both really happy. They also really enjoyed church. Luckily one of the primary counselors came to church so she was able to teach the primary. I taught Gospel principles and my companion taught Sunday school. the 3rd hour was kind of rough because the elders quorum president did not come to church so one of his counselors gave the lesson. It was terrible because we just read the entire chapter in the Gorden B Hinckley book, but we did not die so that is the good thing. </span></div>
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Also this saturday it was pretty funny because we went to visit this family that lives super far away. It is where we have to cross the suspension bridge to get there. The last time my comp almost fell off his bike so I told him to get off his bike this time. So Elder Sosa started to walk across the bridge with is bike. I was in front and had finished crossing and when he caught up to me he told be that he ripped his pants. So I started to laugh and asked him where they ripped. He then turned to the side and showed me that his entire pant leg had ripped open. It was pretty funny. When we got to the house Elder Sosa sewed his pants up and then we were able to go back to Guasave. </div>
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Today some members invited us to go with them to las glorias to eat. So we got to visit the famous glorias. It was the first time that I had seen a beach in years. It was pretty cool and the food was also super awesome. The only problem is that I dont have the pictures one of the other member has them. So when I get them I will send them to you. </div>
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Well this is the last week of the transfer. Next monday you will know if I get transfered or not. I honestly have no idea what is going to happen. </div>
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We have been focusing a family that has a lot of potential this week. They are a family of five. Their names are Rigo, Veronica, Brenda, Camila, and Valentina. They are really awesome. They always love it when we come to teach them. On Monday we went to teach them and we had a really great lesson. They also committed to going to church on Sunday. They also went to our branch FHE and they really liked it. Then on Friday they accepted to be baptized on april 8th. Then on sunday we passed by for them in the morning to confirm that they were going to go to church. But sadly they did not arrive. We passed by after church to ask what happened. They said that they had someone working on their house and they still had not finished when it was time to go to church and that they did not want to leave their house alone. But they said that they were going to go to church next sunday. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And today we had a pretty great Pday. We started off the day by taking our friend Diego out to breakfast. He is one of the returned missionaries in the branch. He has been having a lot of difficulties in his family. (he is also the only active member in his family.) So we wanted to take him out to breakfast so that we could talk and cheer him up. Then in the afternoon we went to another member´s house. Her name is Luisa. She was inactive when we found her but now she is super happy and in love with the church. She also invited us over to teach us how to make gorditas. I made the dough and helped cook them. They ended up being super good. We also made a deal with Luisa. She has been having a hard time giving up tea. So we made a deal that we would not drink Coke, unless the members had already bought it for us, and that she would not drink tea. It is kind of funny. We will see how long it lasts because my companion loves coke :) <o:p></o:p></div>
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Well this week we had a pretty good week. We have been teaching some really great families. They are always so happy to receive us in their homes and they ask really great questions... we just cannot get them to come to church. It is really sad because they say they are going to come and then we call them in the morning and they tell us that they arent going to be able to. It is kind of frustrating, but we are doing the best that we can and I know the Lord knows that as well. We were also able to find a new family this week. We had contacted someone in the week and we realized that they lived really close to one of the members in the branch. So we went with this member so that she could come with us to help us teach her neighbor. So when we got to the house that we wanted to visit, they told us that they had visitors and that they could not meet with us right then. So when we thought we were going to go back to the members house and thank her for her help she said, " hey lets knock on the house next door, they are my neighbors too, right?" And as missionaries we are always like "why not." So we knocked on their door and they were really nice and let us in. They are a young family and we could not teach too much because they were kind of in a hurry to leave but it was still a good lesson. They told us that they are catholics (just like everyone else) but they said that we could come back again. But what I like most of this experience was how much this member helped us. Her name is Luisa and we found her about 2 months ago. We knocked on her door and it turns out that she is a member and has been inactive for like 10 years. She is 24 years old. She has been coming back to church and she loves it. She always tells us how she has completely changed her life and that she is much happier now. Also, she is super excited to help us out with missionary work. She is always looking for more people that we can teach, different activities that we can do, and how she can help improve the branch. I am glad we found her and the branch is a lot more fun with her around. </div>
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We also had interviews with the president and a zone meeting. It was basically the exact same meeting that we had with all the mission leaders only this time with all the other missionaries. And it ended very well because the president decided to take everyone out to lunch. It was the best lunch of my life. We ate mixtas. For those of you who dont know a mixta is a steak taco but it is filled with melted cheese. They are like the best things that I have ever eaten and we got to have as many as we wanted. :)</div>
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Also this week Elder Sosa almost died, not really. It is actually a pretty funny story how it all happened. So we went to visit this family that lives super far away. We actually had the comida with them. They live like an hour away by bike. And the fastest way to get to their house is crossing the famous suspension bridge. So when we were going back to Guasave, Elder Sosa decided that he was going to cross the bridge on his bike. So he started going, but then his tire crashed into the side of the bridge and his bike made an immediate stop and Elder Sosa almost went flying over the handbars. Everything that was in his front pocket fell out including his nametag and the cell phone. The phone landed on the very edge of the bridge and almost into the water. Then when i realized that there wasnt any real danger i started to laugh :) Elder Sosa only got a little scratched up and nothing fell into the water. (We kind of wish that the phone would have fallen in so that we can get a new one but oh well) </div>
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And this pday we had a district activity. Everyone in my district was jealous the last time that we went to Sinaloa de Leyva so we desided to go this time as a district. So yes there will be more pictures of suspension bridges!! haha! I know everyone thinks that it is funny that I always send pictures of the bridges, but it is because their are not that many more things to send pictures of!! :) So we went to a museum in Sinaloa de leyva of the worlds ugliest woman (Yes, its a real thing, I didn't make it up). I know that Sinaloa is famous for the beautiful girls but this time it also happened to have a museum of this woman. Her name is Julia Pastrana, and she was called the ugliest woman in the world, if you want to look her up on the internet. Then we went to the bridge. Then we walked to the top of this hill that is in the middle of the city. Then we ate lunch and went home. It was a pretty good pday . </div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This week we started off with intercambios. The other missionaries in my district had another person that was ready to get baptized so we had exchanges to take advantage of the situation. So I got to go to Estación Bamoa this week with one of my good friends Elder Chichia. Estación Bamoa is a ranch that is like an hour away from Guasave. So we had a pretty good time. Their investigator, Jesus, passed his interview and was baptized and confirmed this last weekend. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then when I got back to Alameda we had a branch activity, which was our branch family home evening. We have started organizing activities in the branch so that the members can hangout more rather than just on Sundays, and because the church is really far away from everyone, we have been hosting the activities in the houses of the members which are a lot closer. We hope to be able to have these FHEs every two weeks. We had a pretty decent turnout this week and we were able to have a few investigators come. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On Saturday we were out working when it started to rain really hard. So we took refuge in hermana Pati´s house. There we waited for the rain to stop, but it never did. Then hermana Pati told us that she had to go to the grocery store to buy food to prepare for us the next day. (We eat with hermana Pati every sunday after church.) It was still raining super hard and hermana Pati does not have a car so she was going to walk with her little handcart to the store in the rain, so instead we offered to go because we have bikes. So she gave us a list and when we left the house, I felt like it started to rain even harder. We got to the store soaking wet, bought all of the things that she needed, and went back to her house. I was happy that we could help her. I knew that there was not really much we could do in the pouring rain, but I was glad that we had another opportunity to serve. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sunday was a great day also. I just love Sundays. We had a lesson in the morning then we got to go to church and help out with the classes. Then we went to hermana pati´s house to eat fish tacos. I just love the food here in Mexico. it is the best. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The mission has been going great. I am happy and I know that I am working well. This area has been kind of tough because there have been many difficulties. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">And even though I have not had really any baptisms here, I have been able to help reactivate quite a few members so that has been were I feel some success. But I am going to keep going out and working hard because I know I don't have much time left. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I cant believe how quickly the time goes by. I almost dont want it to end because i know that I will not have an opportunity like this in my life ever again. I only wish that I could have had more success in the past 20 months of my mission, but I also know that I have done my best and that there is nothing that I can do to change the past. I love this work and I love Jesus Christ and all that he has done for us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This week we had a pretty good week. All the companionships in my district had transfers except for us, so yes, I have new missionaries in my district. We were able to have a family home evening with one of the families in the branch. They also invited their neighbors to the FHE so we were able to talk about the gospel of Jesus Christ with them. The mother of the family was not able to go to church yesterday, but the members have been helping us out and inviting her to church. She says that this sunday she is going to go. It is always the best when the members help us out with missionary work. </div>
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I also had a leadership meeting in Mochis on friday. So I got to go and see pretty much everyone from my generation that is in Sinaloa because pretty much all of them are leaders. But it was a good meeting. We talked about chapter 3 of the teachings of Gordon B Hinckley that talks about how we need to be optimistic. As missionaries the people that have the most success (and the most fun) are the ones that can think positively and enjoy every moment. One of the missionaries said that the mission is like a carmel. It is hard and sweet at the same time. That we cant change our circumstances, but we can change our attitude. We talked about how we need to be positive and help all the other missionaries in our zones and districts have the same faith in their areas. </div>
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So we have been trying to start having activities in the branch so that everyone can get more excited. So we have been planning on having a branch FHE every 2 weeks in a members house (because the church building is too far away for everyone). We are still not sure what we are going to do, but we have the activity planned for this thursday so we need to figure something out before then.</div>
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We have also been making a lot of cakes this week. Elder Sosa and I made our famous galletas marias cake for our FHE with the branch president's family. And today we made a cake with one of the members that we have been reactivating. It was pretty fun and delicious in the end. </div>
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Mom, that is pretty funny that that woman you met from Mexico freaked out when she found out that I am in Sinaloa. Honestly, the parts of Sinaloa that I have been in have been very safe places. I have never seen or heard of anything crazy that has happened here. The only crazy thing was when they captured El Chapo who happened to be living in our area :). But everything is super calm, even more here in Guasave. </div>
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Well transfers came and Elder Sosa and I stayed the same. Nothing too exciting. </div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">And this last week everyone in my district baptized except for us. We had a total of 7 baptisms last week. And on thursday I had to interview 6 people so it was a pretty great day. It was such and awesome experience to see these people come unto Christ. Also one of the people that I interviewed asked me to baptize him, so I actually "got wet" this week also. </span></div>
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It was also the last week for one of the sisters in my district, so we all bought her a cake for our district meeting. It was also super funny because they spelled "misión" wrong. But we are going to miss hermana muñoz. </div>
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This week was also super hard for me because it is just hard not to get discouraged when it seems like all the other missionaries have progressing investigators and we can't seem to find anyone. But with prayer and the help of a fast, I have been able to feel strength from the Lord. I Also was able to receive much strength from the Sacrament. I love this ordinance and I now understand the importance of it and the power that it has in my own life. </div>
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I hope that this next transfer that we will be able to work hard and receive the joy that comes from serving the Lord. I cannot believe that I only have 3 transfers left. Time is going by so fast. It is so hard to believe everything that is happening. </div>
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Well many things happened this week. </div>
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So we started off the week with our district meeting, then the next day we went to mochis to see the broadcast. It was super fun because I got to see all the other missionaries that are in Sinaloa. And because I have been in Sinaloa pretty much my entire mission, I pretty much knew everyone there. And we got to take a picture with all the missionaries in Sinaloa from my generation. But the broadcast was pretty crazy. They changed so many things about missionary work. They basically got rid of all of the key indicatores. Now they are not going to ask us how many lessons we had or how many street contacts. Now they are only going to ask for people who got baptized, those who attended church with a baptismal date, and the new investigators that we found that week. I think that it is so much better. The missionaries are going to be able to work more efficiently and they are going to be able to be responsible to the Lord for their work and not so much to the leaders. </div>
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The next day we had interviews with president myers. It was pretty cool to talk with him. He started my interview thanking me for my service in the branches. (He has only seen me work in branches). He said that he was thankful for my enthusiasim and that I have not complained. He told me that many of the other missionaries complain about being in a branch. But it helped me feel good. We talked about some of the difficulties in the branch and he gave me some advice of what we can do. But mostly he told me to stay positive and that my success may not come in baptisms, but in helping other people in the branch. </div>
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On Friday, I had my first baptismal interview which was pretty interesting. It was a really awesome experience. I loved the desire that this man had to come unto Christ. It was also interesting because he anwered yes to question 4, which is if you have committed a major crime. And when that happens you have to call the mission president to see what he wants to do. So I called president Myers and he asked me a couple questions about what this guy did trying to see if he had truly repented. Then he asked me the most important question of all. He asked me if I could feel the presence of the Holy Ghost while I was talking with this man. I told him that I honestly couldnt feel much because I had to do the interview outside and it was freezing cold. :) But I said that we had felt the spirit while we were talking. President myers also said that he could feel the spirit. He told me to ask this guy a few more questions about what he did to see if he had truly repented and that if I still felt the spirit that it would be okay to give him permission to get baptized. I can say that when I heard this man explain how he felt after he had repented, that I felt him describe the exact same feelings that I had felt when I had truly repented of my sins. I know that he has repented and is committed to change. I felt the spirit the whole rest of the interview and this man is going to get baptized this Saturday. <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Also it is super exciting because the rest of the district is going to have like 6 baptisms this week so I will get to do a bunch of interviews. What a blessing that is. Being able to see others come unto Christ first hand. </span></div>
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Well that is all the spiritual side of my letter. What I did this pday was go to this one town called sinaloa de leyva. We went with the other missionaries in my district that live close by. It was pretty fun because it was something different from the everyday missionary life. But we got to cross a big suspension bridge that is kind of like the one that is in our area, but a lot better maintained. We saw a cool Catholic church too.</div>
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I am glad to hear that you all had a great and busy week. I love you so much. Next week is transfers. I think that I am going to stay in Alameda but who knows. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I got my haircut today by this woman who told me that I looked like harry potter. haha! I am 100% sure that this woman is crazy because she just talks and talks and when she asks you a question she does not even listen to what you have to say. But other than that random note…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Our week was kind of a rough week. We have still been looking for new people to teach. We found some people but as we started to teach them we realized that they weren't really that interested. Drugs are a big problem here. So many people in our area were all involved in drugs at one time or another. So many of the people we teach seem normal, but after a while we can tell that they dont listen to anything we say they just keep talking about random stories. So it has been pretty difficult to find people. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">You asked if I've gotten sick very much and the answer is no. </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Sure every once in a while I dont feel very well, but nothing that has been super painful that is really worth telling you about. So dont worry I have not been sick and the food here is amazing. Elder Sosa and I go out for tacos like once a week and they are delicious. I told Elder Sosa that when he finishes the Book of Mormon (for the first time) that I will take him out for tacos and buy him all the tacos he wants!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our branch is also still struggling. </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: small;">We are doing the best we can to help out the branch president, but it is really hard. We speak just about every Sunday. The rough thing is that</span><span style="font-size: small;"> I never have time to prepare anything to speak on because the president will usually let us know that we are going to speak during the announcements. I'm using a lot of my talks from 4 milpas. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But other than that we are still working hard in the branch. We have been organizing the branch council for the president (because the branch has not had one in years) and it was going to be this Sunday, but we had to cancel it because the branch presidents grandma died the day before and the funeral service was going to be on sunday the same day as the branch council so we decided to postpone it. One of the returned missionaries from the branch is finally getting a calling in the ward as secretary. Finally the president is going to have someone else to help him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This week we have a broadcast from the apostles that is for all the missionaries that are out serving. So on wednesday we have to travel to Mochis to see the broadcast. And because it is in Mochis we are going to have a big party with all the missionaries in Sinaloa. So it is going to be like a big reunion. Then the next day we all have interviews with president Myers so that should be good as well. Also one of the companionships in my district has a baptism planed for this Saturday. So I should get to have my first baptismal interview this week. I am pretty excited. </span></div>
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We also had our zone conference last friday. It is kind of sad because we are one of the only zones that has their conferences by themselves but that is because we are the farthest away in the mission. We learned about repentance and about how great a gift it is that we are able to repent. That we are able to escape the punishment of sin because of the Savior´s sacrifice and by following his instructions of repentance and baptism. </div>
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So our goal right now has been to help out the branch. And we decided to focus on the little things that everyone should be doing like praying and reading their scriptures. We have noticed that the majority of the members do not do these simple things. Also we have been waiting for one of the branch leaders to take action, but that has not happened and because we are not going to sit and watch the grass grow, we have decided to take the initiative. So we basically taught everyone that they need to read their scriptures and study their scriptures everyday. Also we started a class of gospel principles to teach all of the less active members that seem to not know the basics of the church, like the restoration. But it is going along well and I think that we are going to see some progress in these next few weeks. </div>
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It was also Johans birthday yesterday so we celebrated his birthday on saturday (because Johan likes to keep the sabbath day holy). And on sunday we had a little party but it was without music. </div>
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Oh something else cool that happened was we decided to help out the Elders quorum president with the lesson. Every sunday the class is always so boring because we just read out of the manual. It is like the priesthood lesson in the movie, The RM. And that is because he never prepares the lesson. So we decided to go in the week to help him out and teach him how to prepare the lesson. So we taught him how to study the lesson first and to answer the questions. Then on saturday when we came back to help him finish he thanked us for helping him and told us that we are the only people that have ever taught him how to prepare a lesson since he has been Elders quorum president. That was over 4 years ago!! Then on sunday he was pretty nervous to give his lesson but we helped him out. We participated alot in his class and it still wasnt super great, but it was a lot better than the other lessons he has had to teach. But after the last hour of church he thanked us for our help and told us that he is excited to start learning this year.</div>
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But that was pretty much our week. We are hoping to start focusing more on helping out the less active members but we know that we cannot do it alone and that we need the help of the other members. </div>
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We had an interesting week. We did not have too much success but we were able to see a few miracles. To start we made it our goal to invite 100 people this week to listen to our message. And we ended the week with 101 street contacts. The only problem was that we only received 6 new investigators out of all of that and of those 6 it does not seem like we will have much progress. So it has been kind of a hard week. But we are trying hard to do our part. </div>
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Some of the miracles that happened were when all of our plans fell through in the morning and I remembered someone that we taught a while back that said that he was going out of town and that we could visit him after new years. I really did not want to go see him because he lives in the complete opposite direction from where we were going, so at first I decided not too. But then I felt again that we should go look for him. So this time I decided to listen and we started heading in the opposite direction. As we got closer to his house a girl called out our names. So we started to talk to her and she said that she is a member of the church and got baptized in Tijuana and moved here to Guasave and has not been able to find the church. We then told her where the church was and gave her a copy of the BOM because she left hers in tijuana. Afterwards I could not remember exactly where the house of the guy we were looking for was and I felt that maybe the whole purpose of us going to look for his house was to find and talk to this girl. She did not go to church or any of our appointments this week but I still feel that it was inspired. </div>
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The less active family that we have been teaching went to church again!! wooo!!! I also got the stake presidency to talk to the branch president so hopefully that will help. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">Oh our district is doing really well. It looks like everyone is going to baptize this transfer. Finally i will get to do a baptismal interview. ;) </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">I still feel kind of discouraged and impatient. I feel like we are doing everything we can to have success, but we seem to be having very few results. But I know if I keep doing my part that is what counts.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"> </span><br />
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<span face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This new year we were able to start it off with a couple miracles. So we are teaching a less active familia right now. They have not gone to church in years, but they give us lunch every friday and we have been trying to help them come to church. And this week we comitted all of them to go to church. Then right before the sacrament hymn they entered the chapel and they were the only complete family that was there. </span></div>
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<span face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Also we had another miracle. There is another family that gives us lunch on tuesday. They all have a testimony that the church is true and I think they are the only family that has FHE in the branch. The only problem is that they are not married and they live together. (the problem is that the woman was married to someone else and she still has not gotten divorced, so these two cant get married yet). So with my other companion we have always avoided the talk about the law of chastity and what they need to do to fix it. But the other day I felt that we should go and teach them and invite them with love to repent. So we visited with them and reminded them of how they felt the day of their baptism and told them that they can all feel these feelings again. We told them that the lord was calling them and that he needs them now. Then we invited them to set a goal as a family so that they can get married and become active members of the church. It was kind of uncomfortable, but i felt fine afterward. Then the next day the mother of the family called me and thanked me for the message that we had shared the other day. She said that it was exactly what she needed to hear and she felt as if the Lord was speaking directly to her. Then on Sunday their entire family came to church for the first time in a long time. I know that the spirit touched their hearts. I know that this work is impossible without the spirit and it is only with the spirit that we can help and teach others. </span></div>
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<span face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well those were the two large miracles that we had. But miracles would not be miracles if they did not come with many difficulties which we had this week. So I tried to talk with the branch president about how he needs to call people to be his secretary and counselors. I even suggested that he make one of us his secretary, so that we can help him out with all of the work that he has. But so far he hasn't done anything about it yet. Then on sunday all of the teachers did not show up. There was no one to teach relief society, primary, gospel principles, or priesthood. So we had to teach the primary kids because there we so many. The seminary teacher taught sunday school. Then the third hour we were able to get the branch president to teach priesthood because we really needed his help. But that was our sunday. I was pretty stressed out with all that was going on. </span></div>
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It was so great to talk to all of you yesterday. It is always so much fun that I just forget what to say and just wait for you guys to ask me all the questions. I cannot believe that there are only 6 months left. It kind of scares me that it is going by so fast. It makes me sad that it all has to come to an end. When you asked me what my goals were for the last 6 months of my mission. I could hardly believe that I was at that point. I hope that in these last few months I can give it my all and enjoy the time that I have to serve the lord here. </div>
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I have been very terrible about writting in my journals. I need to start again. I love reading and studying, but hate writing in my journal. But I am going to start again this transfer. </div>
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One of the things that we have been sharing with the members this Christmas that I want to share with all of you is about the gift of Christmas. Our Heavenly Father has given us the greatest gift that we could ever hope for, which is the Gift of a Savior. Someone to redeem us from physical and spiritual death. And this year it is our turn to give our gift to Our Heavenly Father. But it is not something physical that we can give to him because all things physical are things that he has already given us or has loaned us. No, the only thing that we can give to Our Heavenly Father is our will. That we can give up something that keeps us from being like Christ or start to do something to make us more like him. It can be something keeping our thoughts clean, listening to good music, not complaining, or setting a goal to memorize hymns or scriptures. But that is what I want to invite all of you to do. That this christmas and new year we can all put aside the desires of "the natural man" and come to be more like Christ little by little. </div>
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Well, I know you all want to know about the tranfers so here they are. I am staying in Alameda and will be reciecing Elder Sosa. He is a new elder that has not been in the mission very long. Elder Chavez is getting transfered and is going to be a DL. It was pretty funny because when they told us Elder Chavez was like, "ahh I wasnt ready to give up being minor comp and have a bunch of responsibilities." haha. it was pretty funny but he is going to do really well. </div>
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Well I got here late, so I dont have that much time. I hope that everyone had and amazing Christmas and that you all have a happy new year. </div>
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Well this week was pretty great. We had a pretty average week with a baptism at the end of it. Everyone is getting excited for christmas and lucky for us no one is leaving to go visit family (unlike last year when we felt like we were in a ghost town.) </div>
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We had our baptism on sunday morning because the family lives really far away and they dont even have enough money to pay for buses each week, but they come as often as they can. The boy who got baptized is named Rubén. He got baptized 4 years ago but the president never sent his record to the church HQ and we found the old record, but it didnt have any signatures or dates so the mission just told us to baptize him again. So we got to have another early christmas baptism gift. </div>
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Today for our last free Pday we went to the suspension bridge that is in our area but this time we brought the zone leaders because they wanted to come see it. So we were all on the bridge and sometimes I forget that we are all still 20 year boys, so when we all got to the middle of the bridge everyone started to shake the bridge back and forth. It was pretty scary... it moves so much when we are on it but it is totally safe to cross (dont worry mom ;) ). So yeah we messed around on the bridge for a little bit then crossed our bikes over to the other side. Then when we were waiting on the other side, some guy on his bike came out of nowhere and crossed the bridge while riding his bike. So then all of us were like "oh so it is possible to cross while riding." Then a team of bikers came and they all went to go cross the bridge. And they all crossed the bridge super fast while riding their bikes. But while one of them was crossing the bridge one of the wooden planks fell off and into the water. So of course, all of us were like "okay on our way back we are all going to cross riding our bikes." </div>
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After we went to a members house to go eat breakfast and then we returned to the bridge and this time everyone crossed the bridge while riding their bikes. I will send you a video so that you all believe me. But it was pretty fun. It was the biggest adrenaline rush that i have ever gotten my entire mission. haha</div>
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Well I love you all so much and I am so excited to see you all this christmas. I think that I will be calling around 4 on sunday. And we will be calling from the church computer, so I hope that the internet connection does not fail. It has not been working too well the past few weeks. </div>
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