Week #86 | Two More Baptisms

This week was pretty chill. Elder Nolasco and I have two baptismal dates set. They are both from part member families. The first one is David, he is the brother of Nadia and Lorena who where baptized last month and the second one is a girl named Victoria. She has been going to church forever and turns 8 this week and she wants to be baptized. We are going to teach her and prepare her for her baptism. 

Also this week the power went out for one day, so we had to go back to the house early. We also got a bunch of references from some members in our area so we are going to work with that this week.

Elder Shoaee

Day #599 | Week #85: New Companion

Elders: Nolasco - Shoaee - Ruiz

This week was a great week. I got a new companion, his name is Elder Nolasco. He is from El Salvador and I will be his first companion in the mission. He is a super cool, nice guy and I am training him right now. 

This week we had a little bit of everything, we contacted, looked for references, and visited our recent converts. We also had the opportunity to do some service. We helped some members move a ton of dirt to their house. It took a while, but eventually we got the job done. 

We are still working on finding more people to teach. We had two new investigators this week. They are two brothers that have friends that are members. They are interested and want to know more about our church. We see a lot of potential in them so we will see how things play out this next week.

Elder Nolasco & Elder Shoaee

Day #592 | Week #84: Another Baptism

 This week was great! We had another baptism and got to do a ton of service. We went and captured a few pigs and built a pig pen for a nice member lady in our ward. We also helped  a recent convert make a latrine. We also have been visiting our recent converts and we are going to start teaching some of their family members. 

It was great to see Sara get baptized. She has had some trials recently and it is great to see her progress. On Sunday we had a Multi-Stake Conference with Elder Anderson via satellite.

Elder Shoaee

Day #585 | Week #83: The Gospel in Central America

This week was pretty good. Elder Ortiz and I are working on reteaching our recent converts and trying to help them continue to progress. We also are helping to organize ward missionaries and visiting teachers. We have been looking to find more people to teach. 

Things are going good and this is the last week of the change. My companion has been in the area for 18 weeks so who knows what will happen. This Saturday our ward is going to have a talent show, it is going to be awesome! There will be a conference on Sunday for Central America. The prophet (I think) and the apostles will be talking to us so we will be going to the Stake Center for that.

Unto All the World: The Gospel in Central America: Drawing on his recent experiences in Central America, Elder Christofferson describes the growth of the gospel and the strength of the Church in this beautiful part of the world. 

Elder Shoaee

Week #82 | Two Baptisms

This week was great on we had a Multizone Conference. It was a great experience and I learned some new things. I also saw some people that I know, it was cool. 

This week we have been passing for our recent converts and also trying to prepare our investigators for their baptisms. On Saturday we had the baptism of two of our investigators, Tania and Eduardo. Tania had been taught by the missionaries for a year and a half and finally she felt that she ready to be baptized. Eduardo is from a part-member family and we have taught him and missionaries before me taught him also. He was a little nervous, but we helped him out and he felt a lot better. I was able to baptize Eduardo and my companion baptized Tania. 

 

Right now we are teaching a guy named Lorenzo. He lives in a part-member family and we are also teaching a  lady named, Sara. Sunday we had a great attendance at church. This area really is great!

Elder Shoaee

Day #571 | Week #81: Hunting Rambo

This week we have been preparing an investigator, Tania,  for her upcoming baptism this Saturday . She had some doubts about Joseph Smith and how we have prophets today. We invited her to pray about it and to read The Book of Mormon. She accepted our invitation and at our next appointment with her she told us that she had received an answer, it was amazing. 

We were able to help a member find her pig in the jungle. The member tried to sell it two months ago, but it escaped and was running wild in the fields in our colony. We were looking for it for about an hour and a half, because it kept running away from us. My companion was able to tackle it and we carried it to the members house. 

It has been raining a ton this last week so the attendance at church wasn't that high this week, but it will get better.

Elder Shoaee

Day #564 | Week #80

This week was good. We had four baptisms on Saturday. Two sisters, Lorena and Nadia and two others, Vilma and Laura. Our mission president came to the baptism and was a witness for the baptisms. It was awesome!

This whole week we were going out preparing our investigators for baptism. We also are working with some others to prepare them to be baptized on the 20th. On Sunday we taught a mission preparation class and then the youth got a chance to practice. It was a very cool experience. 

Thanks Elder Shoaee