Hey Guys!
This week was very good!!! We had 2 more baptisms here in 9 de Julio. We baptized 2 girls named Micaela and Jazmín. Their parents aren´t married and their dad is kind of a bum but their mother wants to get baptized. She has to convince her husband to get married first though. So we are seeing some success here and we have a couple more people who should be getting baptized in a couple of weeks. We'll see how that goes down. Also, September is pretty much done. In two days I will hit 14 months on the mission. The time is going by really fast. I don't know how but it does. Also, Elder Bednar is coming to our mission to speak!!! He is my favorite apostle and I hope I get to see him. Sometimes they don't let the elders in the country go to those meetings. I'm going to beg President to let us go.
Well, I hope you all have a great week. Enjoy General Conference because we are going to hear some cool stuff!! The speakers are always so inspired to answer our questions. Be ready to receive some great instruction!!
Later,
Elder Page
September 28, 2009
September 16, 2009
Sept. 14, 2009
Hey Everyone!!
How are you all doing? I´m doing just fine. Life in the mission goes on as you all know. This week was especially rewarding. We had 2 baptisms on Saturday!! It was a really good baptism. We got to baptize a family: the mom and the dad. I baptized Gabriel, the dad and Elder Gomez baptized Vanesa. Before I came here, Elder Gomez and his old companion baptized Maria; who is Gabriel and Vanesa´s daughter. It took a little work to get them to the water. They received a testimony really quickly but couldn´t stop smoking for some time. However, Elder Gomez and I made a special tobacco tea that helps people quit smoking. We bought some bagged tobacco and boiled it and gave it to them to drink. Apparently the tea gives them a bad taste in their mouths and makes them throw up after smoking a cigarette. Either way it worked!!! Before they drank it they made me take a sip. It was so gross. If that´s anything compared to smoking I recommend to never smoke. Wow it was nasty.
So as for some interesting news we had a huge fiasco in the branch on Sunday. Supposedly some members called our District President (who is like a Stake President) and told him that we as Elders were hanging out with the young women a lot and that my companion was interviewing them almost every week in his office. Obviously this did NOT happen. The people here are crazy. I´m a little mad at the moment. From what I got out of it, the 2nd counselor´s family and one of his friends want my companion out of here so they made up the rumors. Well, long story short, on Sunday we spent all day in church being interviewed by the District Presidency and we got everything settled. Does stuff like that ever happen back home? I don´t know because I´ve never heard of something of that nature happen. I´m sure somewhere it has happened but still.
Anyway, other than that "incident" things are going great. We still have 4 more baptismal dates here and are looking for more. We are working really hard and I´m losing a little bit of weight because of all the bike riding that we are doing. I like to say that the Lord gives a little and he takes a little, and luckily for me he´s taking a little bit of weight away.
Well it´s time for me to go. I hope things are well for you all. Have a wonderful week!!
Later,
Elder Page
How are you all doing? I´m doing just fine. Life in the mission goes on as you all know. This week was especially rewarding. We had 2 baptisms on Saturday!! It was a really good baptism. We got to baptize a family: the mom and the dad. I baptized Gabriel, the dad and Elder Gomez baptized Vanesa. Before I came here, Elder Gomez and his old companion baptized Maria; who is Gabriel and Vanesa´s daughter. It took a little work to get them to the water. They received a testimony really quickly but couldn´t stop smoking for some time. However, Elder Gomez and I made a special tobacco tea that helps people quit smoking. We bought some bagged tobacco and boiled it and gave it to them to drink. Apparently the tea gives them a bad taste in their mouths and makes them throw up after smoking a cigarette. Either way it worked!!! Before they drank it they made me take a sip. It was so gross. If that´s anything compared to smoking I recommend to never smoke. Wow it was nasty.
So as for some interesting news we had a huge fiasco in the branch on Sunday. Supposedly some members called our District President (who is like a Stake President) and told him that we as Elders were hanging out with the young women a lot and that my companion was interviewing them almost every week in his office. Obviously this did NOT happen. The people here are crazy. I´m a little mad at the moment. From what I got out of it, the 2nd counselor´s family and one of his friends want my companion out of here so they made up the rumors. Well, long story short, on Sunday we spent all day in church being interviewed by the District Presidency and we got everything settled. Does stuff like that ever happen back home? I don´t know because I´ve never heard of something of that nature happen. I´m sure somewhere it has happened but still.
Anyway, other than that "incident" things are going great. We still have 4 more baptismal dates here and are looking for more. We are working really hard and I´m losing a little bit of weight because of all the bike riding that we are doing. I like to say that the Lord gives a little and he takes a little, and luckily for me he´s taking a little bit of weight away.
Well it´s time for me to go. I hope things are well for you all. Have a wonderful week!!
Later,
Elder Page
Sept. 7, 2009
Dear Everyone,
Transfers were really exciting!! Elder Gomez and I are tearing it up here!! I taught the YM and YW last Sunday. It was interesting. There were a couple of roudies in the room so I played the hard drill sargeant on them in class. I ended up taking them to Primary so they could "play with the kids." It was funny. Now that I´ve got them on the leash I´ll be able to teach them without any problems.
As for working in the country...I LOVE IT!!! We have to take buses everywhere far away and we ride bikes in our area. The people are still kind of mean but not as much. The ones who listen to us are awesome!! Our biggest challenge is getting people to quit smoking but other than that we are exploding here. We are going to have 2 baptisms this Saturday, maybe 4, depending on if the people smoked. Right now we have 9 baptismal dates and 6 went to church on Sunday!!! I´m absolutely loving it. Here we get a lot of referrals because we participate in a radio program called Angels Among Us. People call us at the station if they need help or something like that. We get to help out many people and it´s great!! Half of our baptisms are coming from the radio!!! We have a couple of families that are great!! I´m truly blessed to be here in 9 de Julio. I hope things are going well for you all.
Later,
Elder Page
Transfers were really exciting!! Elder Gomez and I are tearing it up here!! I taught the YM and YW last Sunday. It was interesting. There were a couple of roudies in the room so I played the hard drill sargeant on them in class. I ended up taking them to Primary so they could "play with the kids." It was funny. Now that I´ve got them on the leash I´ll be able to teach them without any problems.
As for working in the country...I LOVE IT!!! We have to take buses everywhere far away and we ride bikes in our area. The people are still kind of mean but not as much. The ones who listen to us are awesome!! Our biggest challenge is getting people to quit smoking but other than that we are exploding here. We are going to have 2 baptisms this Saturday, maybe 4, depending on if the people smoked. Right now we have 9 baptismal dates and 6 went to church on Sunday!!! I´m absolutely loving it. Here we get a lot of referrals because we participate in a radio program called Angels Among Us. People call us at the station if they need help or something like that. We get to help out many people and it´s great!! Half of our baptisms are coming from the radio!!! We have a couple of families that are great!! I´m truly blessed to be here in 9 de Julio. I hope things are going well for you all.
Later,
Elder Page
September 1, 2009
Sept. 1, 2009
Hey Everybody!!
Things are going great here in the mission. So yeah we finally had transfers! I got sent out to the country where we have fields and cows. To get there I had to take a 5 hour bus ride. Crazy huh? My area is called 9 de Julio. Here we have a branch. My companion, Elder Gomez from New Jersey, is the Branch President and I´m his 1st Councilor. It´s really interesting. Half of our responsabilities are taking care of the branch. Elder Gomez said that we have to do tithing and all that jazz. It should be really cool. I am very excited. We already have a few baptisms planned and we are working really hard. Elder Gomez is my mission brother. Elder Sosa, my trainer, also trained Elder Gomez. I´m just really happy to be somewhere else and with someone else. Also, we are the only two missionaries who have bikes in our mission!! I never thought I would ride a bike here but this area is the "Pilot Area" for the bikes. I like it a lot. Contacts are kind of weird because we have to stop in front of people to talk to them. Either way, I like it. My area is huge. It covers a lot of ground. It´s going to take me a while to get these streets memorized.
The mission is exploding right now. We broke another record with 192 baptisms in the transfer. It was awesome!!! I´m a little nervous for my first Sunday here. I don´t really know how a branch works so I´ve got a lot of learning to do. I have the assignment of teaching the young men and women class. We will see how that goes. But yeah, I am very content with transfers. I hope you all are doing well. Good luck with school and all that good stuff. Be strong and KEEP THE FAITH!!!
Later,
Elder Page
Things are going great here in the mission. So yeah we finally had transfers! I got sent out to the country where we have fields and cows. To get there I had to take a 5 hour bus ride. Crazy huh? My area is called 9 de Julio. Here we have a branch. My companion, Elder Gomez from New Jersey, is the Branch President and I´m his 1st Councilor. It´s really interesting. Half of our responsabilities are taking care of the branch. Elder Gomez said that we have to do tithing and all that jazz. It should be really cool. I am very excited. We already have a few baptisms planned and we are working really hard. Elder Gomez is my mission brother. Elder Sosa, my trainer, also trained Elder Gomez. I´m just really happy to be somewhere else and with someone else. Also, we are the only two missionaries who have bikes in our mission!! I never thought I would ride a bike here but this area is the "Pilot Area" for the bikes. I like it a lot. Contacts are kind of weird because we have to stop in front of people to talk to them. Either way, I like it. My area is huge. It covers a lot of ground. It´s going to take me a while to get these streets memorized.
The mission is exploding right now. We broke another record with 192 baptisms in the transfer. It was awesome!!! I´m a little nervous for my first Sunday here. I don´t really know how a branch works so I´ve got a lot of learning to do. I have the assignment of teaching the young men and women class. We will see how that goes. But yeah, I am very content with transfers. I hope you all are doing well. Good luck with school and all that good stuff. Be strong and KEEP THE FAITH!!!
Later,
Elder Page
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