Day 145 | Week #21: A Week of Miracles!

This week was amazing! Elder Mejia and I did a lot of contacting and got a ton of new investigators. We planned to get forty lessons in, but we weren’t able to reach it. I hope next week we will be able to.

I saw a few small miracles this week. My companion and I were trying to find an investigator that we hadn’t taught in a while. So I said a prayer and waited for an answer. Later in the night a kid comes up to me and shakes my hand. It turns out that he is the son of our investigator that we were looking for. We followed him and he showed us the way. It was amazing!

Also, we gave a less-active member a blessing last week, because she was really sick. When we visited her this week she told us that she didn’t have to take anymore medicine after the blessing and she was able to get better.

Missionary Frisbee

Elder Mejia and I are getting along great and he is super awesome. He knows magic tricks and shows them all to the kids… its great! The language is slowly progressing, but I have been praying for the Gift of Tongues and I got back into studying the language. One lesson we had and I couldn’t really speak that well, but all of the sudden I said something and the investigator said, “That’s exactly what I was thinking!” I felt so amazed and happy that people can understand me and I know that it was the Gift of Tongues.

Also we visited a lady in our area. Unfortunately, her son is addicted to drugs. We talked to her and she started crying, because she doesn’t want him to die. I felt sad for her. We shared a little message, then I was called on to say the prayer. When I said the prayer I felt the spirit so strong and my mind was so clear, I wasn’t searching for words, it was amazing.

Anyway… that’s all for now. Have a good week!!!

Snoozing in the Mud

Elder Shoaee

Day 139 | Week #20: Dang Denge Fever!

This week was super "sick". — My companion, Elder Mejia, got Dengue Fever and we were stuck in the casa all week. I did have a good discussion with my companion on how I can gain more faith in Jesus Christ.  He showed me some scriptures and I learned a lot. 

Elder Mejia was better by Saturday and we went to teach a few lessons. At the end of the day we stopped by one of our investigators houses, Maria, and unfortunately, she told us that she couldn’t listen to us anymore, because her family that is supporting her in the United States  said, “If she joined the church, they wouldn’t support her or her children anymore.”  It was sad, but I know that in the Lord’s time, she will encounter the missionaries again and hear more about our message.

Elder Shoaee

Tie Given to Me by Elder Ruiz

Day 131 | Week #19: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

This week was fantastic! We had changes this week and I got new companion, Elder Mejia. He is super nice, very enthusiastic and a really good missionary. I have been showing him the area and he is learning fast. He’s from Mexico (close to the border), speaks Spanish really fast, is our new Distict Leader, and is the senor companion. He also has a lot of knowledge and is teaching me how to do the forms correctly and other missionary stuff.

Elder Shoaee  &  Elder Mejia

 

We are working so hard. This week has been awesome. We gave one of our investigators, Maria, a blessing because she was sick. I felt the spirit testify that the priesthood is a gift that we are to use to help people. Church on Sunday was amazing and we had a good turnout. One family came that hadn't been to church in 4 years!

That’s all for this week! I hope everyone has an awesome week!

Elder Shoaee

Day 124 | Week #18

This week we worked a ton and we were able to get two baptisms set up for the 1st week of December!

Elder Ruiz and I are super excited. This week we visited one of our investigators, Maria, and whom she and her son accepted our invitation to be baptized. With that said, we are teaching her more now.

Also this week, Elder Ruiz and I went to Chamelecón (it’s a little past San Pedro Sula), because Elder Ruiz had to get his residency paperwork. It took a while to travel there, but we were able to talk to a few people about the gospel though. On Saturday, we went with the ward leaders to invite all the less-active members in our ward. On Sunday, we had the Primary Program and our investigators came, it was perfect!

Barrio La Victoria Ward Primary Program | 11/23/2014

That’s about it for this week!

Elder Shoaee

Day 117 | Week #17: Gift of Tongues

This week was great! I have been able to speak the language so good this week and the lessons are getting better. I have started to learn more grammar during my study time and there is so much to learn. I am glad I have time, because there are still so many things I don’t know, but I know the Lord will help me.

We have been working with the members a ton in our ward to obtain referrals and get more baptisms in our stake. I just finished reading the Book of Mormon and now I started reading the New Testament. The New Testament is so awesome. The Bible and the Book of Mormon work together and this gospel is explained so well, because it is His ministry and example in this book. I feel the Savior’s love for me when I read out of the scriptures and I know that this church is true.

Pulhapanzak Waterfall

We have been so busy this week trying to contact more people to share our message with them. There are no addresses here, so it is hard to know where everyone lives. Basically, you have to remember the color of the house, the street, or some other specific thing.

Transfers are coming not this Wednesday, but the next. I think I might get a new companion, but I will still be in my area. I don’t know for sure, but I think that’s how it’s going to work out.

That's all for now… until next week.

Elder Shoaee

Day 111 | Week #16: "Broadway" in Villanueva

This week was legit! We put in the work and are teaching more new investigators. We celebrated my companion, Elder Ruiz’s, birthday this week. It was a surprise party! I faked being sick and I said, "We need to go back to the casa...please!!" I was limping and acting like I was terribly sick. When my comp opened the door, the other missionaries were inside and we had a cake and pizza. It was awesome!

Elder Ruiz Birthday Celebration

Also this week I have started some hardcore language study and I am reading the books and getting into deep grammar. I know it is going to take time to get this language down, but it will be worth it.

We had a musical on Sunday. The stake put it on for all the people of Villanueva. It was called "VENID A CRISTO" which means, Come Unto Christ. It was for investigators and less-active members. The missionaries sang one song, The Army of Helaman. It was super powerful. I could feel the spirit super strong. The mission president came too, it was awesome.

That's about it for this week!

Elder Shoaee

Day 104 | Week #15: Mixing Concrete, Building Foundations, and Teaching with the President

This week was good! The Mission President came to our casa and we  taught our lessons with him. The spirit was so strong and he was able to help us a lot, because people respect him more, he is the president, is older and has more knowledge.

Another thing that happened this week was we helped build a house and we mixed the concrete and poured the foundation. 

Unfortunately I got sick near the end of the week and I didn't do much besides sleep, take more medicine and then go back to sleep. I am recovering now. I"m just glad I didn't get Dengue Fever, because that is the worst thing you can get out here. That’s all for now!

Count your blessings,

Elder Shoaee