Buenas Todos,
Woah so much happened this week, its feels like it’s been a month since this past Monday.
Cool story of the week:
So Tuesday we get back from working and our neighbor downstairs Omar asks if we would like to split a 2 for 1 pizza deal with them, of course we took the offer. We went out for another 20 minutes to finish the day and come back and the pizza hadn’t come yet, Dominos here has a 30 minutes or free policy, so we waited another 20 minutes and it finally came, so Omar was very intent on getting a free pizza, so he went out there to get our free pizzas. Being a lawyer he went and used his negotiating skills, 5 minutes late he came back in with 2 pizzas and a huge smile on his face, free pizza is sooooo good!!!
It has been raining nearly every day here and overcast, which is amazingly better that the sun! But since it has rained there has been a transformation here in Tuxtla. It used to be slightly brown everywhere, but now everything is green, anywhere a plant can grow does grow, so yeah nice and green.
This week we finally received the Liahona from May, the edition of conference talks, so I have started to read a talk every day, it is modern scripture and is specifically applied to you and your family. So I encourage everybody to read the conference talks every day and study them thoroughly!!
So this past Monday we had a huge family home evening in our neighbors house, 17 members came and 3 investigators too!! It was a little cramped but it worked out. We talked about how missionary work is done by the members with the assistance from the missionaries and not the other way around.
President Gordon B. Hinckley taught: “So many of us look upon missionary work as simply tracting. Everyone who is familiar with this work knows there is a better way. That way is through the members of the Church. Whenever there is a member who introduces an investigator, there is an immediate support system. The member bears testimony of the truth of the work. He is anxious for the happiness of his investigator friend. He becomes excited as that friend makes progress in learning the gospel.
So heed the words of the Prophet and go out there and find people for the missionaries to teach, it could be a relative a friend anybody! The best converts are references from Members!!
So we ended the lesson by showing them the Church Video The Hope of Gods Light ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w49_1a9X0Q ) Thanks President Kasteler for that one!
Tuesday was a great day, we had the goal to contact 50 people in the street, which implies sharing the gospel with them. We crushed that goal with 70, time flys when you aren’t just walking around.
Wednesday was also pretty good, Hermana Itzel went with us for a couple of hours and then we ended the day by helping her start her family history. She had nothing, but after 15 minutes we ended up a few generations back!! Wooo!! It felt so good to help someone start their family history. I’ve been really excited about Family history lately! I found my first name last week for the temple... But it was a girl so I’m going to let someone else do that one. But I’m going to find a man’s name today so I can go to the temple and do his ordinances. Family history work is the same work as the missionaries!! So get out and start your Family history!!! Here is the Link https://familysearch.org/ Woooo
So I think it was Friday we were with Family Martinez, so we asked them if they had anybody we could share the gospel with, they said no, they had talked a little bit about their land lord, so I asked if we could visit him, They replied " well he’s a grump and is very catholic" so I said we would share a message of Peace and joy with him.
We went and found him reading his bible. He said he didn’t have very much time, we said ten minutes, Ok! We started to teach a little about the faith in Jesus. He knows a lot about that. I shared Ether 12:6 with him because he has had a lot of struggles in his life! He went to another room and brought us a very old copy of the Book of Mormon! Still had the pictures in the Scriptures, and he said a friend had given it to him a long time ago in a galaxy far far away... But it is cool to see how he could progress, we left happy.
Saturday a Hermano Charly left with us. He is super funny, has the best facial expressions and served a mission in Guatemala. We went to the House of 17 year old Gabriela. She is gold, the first time we were with her she asked if she could come to church with us!!! (never happens) So we taught the first lesson to her and she was like " yeah I’ve been searching for the truth for a while now" )but more properly because she is very intelligent) we were kind of stunned!! So she came to church with us a though it was really good!!
We had 6 investigators in church!! They slowly trickled in though. At about 40 minutes into sacrament a guy came in that we had contacted in the street, he’s a little crazy, but he walked into the room while we were listening to a speaker and said very loud "buenas Dias" a few members directed him to a seat, but I heard him tell them that he’s a member of our church, which i don’t think is true. In the next class he told us of how he had talked with god and had a story to share with us! Two weeks ago he told us we were in the United States, and we were like no this is Mexico. so yeah a little bit weird!
If I have learned anything on my mission so far, it would be about attitude. Your attitude changes everything. It all matters on your perspective, you can choose to be happy or sad, see the good in someone or choose to see the bad. Your personal happiness is up to you, how you choose to react changes everything!!
This morning I finished reading Jesus the Christ, I would like to bear my personal testimony, that I know that he is our savior, redeemer, Messiah. I know that through him everything is possible, that through him we can receive a remission of our sins. I know that he lives!
Love you all!!
Elder Pugmire
Woah so much happened this week, its feels like it’s been a month since this past Monday.
Cool story of the week:
So Tuesday we get back from working and our neighbor downstairs Omar asks if we would like to split a 2 for 1 pizza deal with them, of course we took the offer. We went out for another 20 minutes to finish the day and come back and the pizza hadn’t come yet, Dominos here has a 30 minutes or free policy, so we waited another 20 minutes and it finally came, so Omar was very intent on getting a free pizza, so he went out there to get our free pizzas. Being a lawyer he went and used his negotiating skills, 5 minutes late he came back in with 2 pizzas and a huge smile on his face, free pizza is sooooo good!!!
It has been raining nearly every day here and overcast, which is amazingly better that the sun! But since it has rained there has been a transformation here in Tuxtla. It used to be slightly brown everywhere, but now everything is green, anywhere a plant can grow does grow, so yeah nice and green.
This week we finally received the Liahona from May, the edition of conference talks, so I have started to read a talk every day, it is modern scripture and is specifically applied to you and your family. So I encourage everybody to read the conference talks every day and study them thoroughly!!
So this past Monday we had a huge family home evening in our neighbors house, 17 members came and 3 investigators too!! It was a little cramped but it worked out. We talked about how missionary work is done by the members with the assistance from the missionaries and not the other way around.
President Gordon B. Hinckley taught: “So many of us look upon missionary work as simply tracting. Everyone who is familiar with this work knows there is a better way. That way is through the members of the Church. Whenever there is a member who introduces an investigator, there is an immediate support system. The member bears testimony of the truth of the work. He is anxious for the happiness of his investigator friend. He becomes excited as that friend makes progress in learning the gospel.
So heed the words of the Prophet and go out there and find people for the missionaries to teach, it could be a relative a friend anybody! The best converts are references from Members!!
So we ended the lesson by showing them the Church Video The Hope of Gods Light ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w49_1a9X0Q ) Thanks President Kasteler for that one!
Tuesday was a great day, we had the goal to contact 50 people in the street, which implies sharing the gospel with them. We crushed that goal with 70, time flys when you aren’t just walking around.
Wednesday was also pretty good, Hermana Itzel went with us for a couple of hours and then we ended the day by helping her start her family history. She had nothing, but after 15 minutes we ended up a few generations back!! Wooo!! It felt so good to help someone start their family history. I’ve been really excited about Family history lately! I found my first name last week for the temple... But it was a girl so I’m going to let someone else do that one. But I’m going to find a man’s name today so I can go to the temple and do his ordinances. Family history work is the same work as the missionaries!! So get out and start your Family history!!! Here is the Link https://familysearch.org/ Woooo
So I think it was Friday we were with Family Martinez, so we asked them if they had anybody we could share the gospel with, they said no, they had talked a little bit about their land lord, so I asked if we could visit him, They replied " well he’s a grump and is very catholic" so I said we would share a message of Peace and joy with him.
We went and found him reading his bible. He said he didn’t have very much time, we said ten minutes, Ok! We started to teach a little about the faith in Jesus. He knows a lot about that. I shared Ether 12:6 with him because he has had a lot of struggles in his life! He went to another room and brought us a very old copy of the Book of Mormon! Still had the pictures in the Scriptures, and he said a friend had given it to him a long time ago in a galaxy far far away... But it is cool to see how he could progress, we left happy.
Saturday a Hermano Charly left with us. He is super funny, has the best facial expressions and served a mission in Guatemala. We went to the House of 17 year old Gabriela. She is gold, the first time we were with her she asked if she could come to church with us!!! (never happens) So we taught the first lesson to her and she was like " yeah I’ve been searching for the truth for a while now" )but more properly because she is very intelligent) we were kind of stunned!! So she came to church with us a though it was really good!!
We had 6 investigators in church!! They slowly trickled in though. At about 40 minutes into sacrament a guy came in that we had contacted in the street, he’s a little crazy, but he walked into the room while we were listening to a speaker and said very loud "buenas Dias" a few members directed him to a seat, but I heard him tell them that he’s a member of our church, which i don’t think is true. In the next class he told us of how he had talked with god and had a story to share with us! Two weeks ago he told us we were in the United States, and we were like no this is Mexico. so yeah a little bit weird!
If I have learned anything on my mission so far, it would be about attitude. Your attitude changes everything. It all matters on your perspective, you can choose to be happy or sad, see the good in someone or choose to see the bad. Your personal happiness is up to you, how you choose to react changes everything!!
This morning I finished reading Jesus the Christ, I would like to bear my personal testimony, that I know that he is our savior, redeemer, Messiah. I know that through him everything is possible, that through him we can receive a remission of our sins. I know that he lives!
Love you all!!
Elder Pugmire
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