Cool Experience!

Hey mom 

My companion were running around all day today doing things for the zone so I do not have that much time to write... I am doing good! Everything is good here in Iluman.  We had some pretty spiritual experiences this week.  

First we have had an investigator coming to church for about two months now and we finally got to teach him this week and we had a lesson with him in the church.  It was super awesome!! When we shared the first vision the spirit was super strong and he told us that he has never felt anything like it!! He could not explain how he felt!! IT was awesome and now he has a baptismal date for the 24!! 

Then we had some new investigators and during our first lesson I had the feeling to tell them that people might tell them stuff that are not true about the church but they just need to read the book of Mormon and pray about it and trust in God.  Well the next time we went there he came and met us at the door and told us he did not want anything to do with us and would not explain to us why... he told us that he would not read the book and would not pray.  So that was kind of hard but I really feel like the Lord is guiding us in our work. 

 Then we were teaching a less active member and she told us that she had a dream the night before we contacted her where her husband who died told her she was on the wrong road and that she needed to get on the right one.. Then me and my companion contacted her in the street!! So that was pretty cool!! Really I know that I am here in the lords work!! 

Elder Guild

Testimonies are so important!

Hey mom!!

I am doing good.  Things are all good here.  Me and my companion are doing well.  He does not talk that much which is a little weird for me but it is all good.  We are having a little bit of a hard time right now.  We do not have anyone progressing but we keep on working.  Mostly our ward is tough.  We have dedicated ourselves to visiting the ward members and trying to help all of them come to the conversion.  They are really weak here.  A lot of them were baptized the day after they met the missionaries and so they don’t really have much of a testimony.  

I hope everything is going well with school!  Just remember to keep a little time to study the scriptures! The lord will help you for your sacrifice.  Tell shalee that I hope she gets them off as soon as possible! and I hope everything is okay with ammon so that he can wrestle!  

That sounds like a great goal!! I will be checking in on that and I would love to hear experiences and things that you learn also!! I love the Book of Mormon.  My companion that I am with right now is probably on of the most converted people that I have been with and he has taught me a lot about the conversion.  Really one thing that he has brought to my attention is our testimonies.  I would strongly suggest reading the introduction and studying it out.  It will teach you how to get a testimony of the book of Mormon.  Then how we really become converted is when we are faithful to the testimony that we have.  In the testimony of the 3 witnesses it talks about the blessings that come from being faithful to your testimony also.  Here are some scriptures that I like also that you could study about the conversion.  Alma 5:14 & 26  Mosiah 5:2  Mosiah 27:25-26  

Well That is cool that you got to see Devin.  If you see him again tell him hi!! I am kind of nervous for when I come back because I really want to be a different person! I want to be changed!! That is in the end the point of the Gospel right?  Anyways love you mom!! Have a great week!! 

Elder Guild

Keeping Busy!

Hey mom!

I am doing good! Me and my companion are always at meetings or in the other sectors helping out the other missionaries  and it really has an effect on our sector.  Monday we had p-day.  Tuesday we had a meeting with the president from 1-7... Wednesday we had a ward counsel and then a meeting with the stake president.  Thursday went with sister in the zone.  Friday all the missionaries went in one sector to contact. Saturday we had a leaders meeting then we had to sent a ton of files in by email that took 2 hours.  Then Sunday we went with the other sisters in our zone... Then today we have to go to Quito and will not be coming back until Tuesday or Wednesday... But we do have one person with a date and the whole family came to church that we are working with!! So things are good we just don’t get to spend a lot of time working in our sector.

Remember how precious a testimony is.  If we never share it will not grow and can even be lost!! If you keep on sharing it will get easier!! ;) 

Elder Guild

I don’t get a lot of time to write today because we have to go Quito...

Hey JAcob

I am here being a missionary!! We go and talk to EVERYONE!!! They do not celebrate Halloween here but they have the day of the dead which was yesterday and they make bread in the shape of a person and make this super good purple drink with fruit in it!! IT is called colada morada!! Super good!  Just be an example for the kids in your class! You know what is good and what is not good! SO do the good things!! Sounds like you had a good time with the delgados!! Keep up being awesome and make sure you read your scriptures everyday and pray!! Love ya

Elder Guild

My Awesome Companion

hey mom thanks for the email

I am doing good with my new companion.  He is super great.  He really has got his teaching down.  I have never been with someone who teaches so well.  Sometimes I feel like I should just not even talk during the lessons!  But I am learning a lot and am grateful for the chance to learn a little bit more how to be a better teacher.  He is super cool and from Mexico.  He actually lives by cancoon!! So that is pretty cool.  Ya the president has given me a few stinky companions and one of them became one of my best companions but someone has to be with them.  I was able to learn a lot from it so I think it is okay. :)  I’m just glad I was not with my other companion longer because I am afraid I would have lost my patience with him.  I feel a hundred times better now though.

So we had two baptisms this week and that was awesome! Baptisms are always so spiritual and we were able to have a good service.  We are now just working on the parents.  They need papers to get married but on one of the papers a name is spelled wrong so they are having troubles and also they are always working and do not have time or the money to go to Quito to get everything fixed up.  But they are doing well and I feel like they will be baptized here soon! love you mom

Elder Guild

New Companion

Hey mom,  

I am doing good.  I have a new companion named Elder Uc.  He is a good guy.  He is from Mexico and I feel like we are going to have a good change.  He seems like he is super great. 

Our sector is actually doing pretty good.  We are planning on having 2 baptisms this Saturday so that will be super awesome.  Their names are Kevin and Stalin.  I think I sent pictures my first week here of them at the church.  They are awesome and they are really excited to get the priesthood and pass the sacrament!  

It makes me laugh with what happened.  And it actually reminds me that this week we were walking and these people were killing one of their pigs so we stayed to watch and it was pretty interesting.  They all took it down and put it on its side then they got a knife and stabbed it in the chest.  I think they were going for the heart but they obviously did not get it because it did not die for a long time and we ended up leaving because it was taking so long. 

Love you all!

Elder Guild

This lady is 98 years old and still works every day!

Another great week!

Hey mom,

I am doing good this week.  we had a really good week and had 6 people come to church this week.  Investigators that is.  One family of 5! The kids are probably going to get baptized the 25 of this month.  so that is really awesome! We just have to help the parents get married and hopefully they will get baptized also!! Pray for them! They are the Familia tulcan dias!  We also had a family of less actives come to church and had 7 less actives in total come! The family is super awesome though!  The mom’s husband died 6 months ago and she is living with her 5 children.  But they are all so great!! I love going and visiting them! Love them! The people here are really great people but they have fiestas every single week!! That is a little bit tiring!  

My companion and I are doing fine.  I do not get along with him like I have with a lot of my other companions but he is a super good missionary and he really knows what he is doing.  I feel good here.  I am happy with the work that we were able to do and with the zone! They are all working really hard! 

This last month president gave us a challenge that we were to read the book of Mormon in 90 days and it is going really well! I love reading the book of Mormon! I really do not have time for everything that I want to do though.  I want to study other books but the book of Mormon is just so great and I never want o put it down.  I am going to finish well before the 90 days.  This morning I was reading in Helaman 4 and found a scripture that I really like.  In verse 25 it is talking about how the Nephites became puffed up in their pride and forgot the lord.  and how they became weak like the Lamanites.  Just a friendly reminder to Cleave unto the lord and remember him in all of your actions! He will help you with whatever you need! Especially with the Young women’s! :)  Love you mom!

Elder Guild

Couple Pics

A Baptism that we had a while ago and our zone