Day #671 | Week #95

This week was amazing. Elder Nolasco and I have been working on contacting more people. It is incredible to see how much better we have gotten at talking to more people. 

Also we did service project in the area of the other missionaries in our district. We went up into the mountain and got some wood to help a lady build a house. It was a cool experience. 

Another good thing that happened is that a man, Virgilio, that we are teaching wants to progress and be baptized. He has had some difficulties with a few commandments, so we helped him using the example of the savior when he said to the disciples, "Come follow me". Jesus was direct and they followed him and left everything behind. So we said that is what we all need to do and not to focus on how other people will react to it. When we follow Him we can know that God will direct him to where he needs to be. 

Elder Shoaee

Day #662 | Week #93 & #94 [58-Days Left]

Hey!  This week was chill... Elder Nolasco and I have been contacting a bunch this week and we are trying to talk to more people, even though we felt a little stressed, everything worked out fine and we were able to talk to a bunch of people. We also had to leave 3 investigators who weren't keeping their commitments. I know that in at a later time, they will want to do it. 

We also had an open house with the ward missionaries at the church. Every ward missionary explained the different organizations and rooms. As you can see from the photo below, we had a table set up with pamphlets about The Restoration, The Gospel of Jesus Christ, The Plan of Salvation, Chastity, Tithing and Fast Offerings, etc. and copies of the Book of Mormon. 

It was a busy week and I hope we can find more people to teach this week.

Elder Shoaee





05/09/2016

This week was really good I went on divisions with the other missionaries in another area in my district. I went with Elder Montoya. He is a new missionary so I went to their area to see how everything was going. He is a good guy and is really excited to be here. 

Also Elder Nolasco and I helped with a Mother's day BBQ. My companion helped serve the food and I helped keep the fire going on the grill. 

We are having some trouble with our appointments. They are falling recently so its been hard to get in contact with our investigators. We have had some lessons of success and we keep moving forward. 

Elder Shoaee

Day #648 | Week #92: These Boots Were Made for Walking

Elder Nolasco and I did some service this week.  We were able to cut firewood for a family. 

We also found a new investigator to teach, his name is Virgilio. He is a farmer and he is really interested in our church. We are also working with a lady in our new area who has a son who is a returned missionary. She isnt a member, but we are visiting her she still hasn't gone to church, but we have faith that she will go soon. 

Also we are working with our recent converts some are progressing more than others, but we are doing our best to help the ward and our converts progress. We also organized appointments with our ward missionaries so well see how that turns out this week.

Elder Shoaee

Day #641 | Week #91

This week was really busy. My companion and I have been trying to organize ourselves and work in our area. Sometimes it was hard, because our appointments fell through, but we just kept moving forward and working. The secretaries of the mission came and we helped them take out some of the stuff that was in the other missionaries apartment who left the area. 

We had a pretty good attendance at church. We are going to start teaching some references that we received this last week. Things are moving pretty well here in Ocotillo.

Elder Shoaee

Day #634 | Week #90: Moving Blocks & A Bigger Area

This week was crazy! We were able to do two service activities. The first one we helped move adobe blocks down a mountain and the second one we helped cut down a tree for one of the other set of missionaries investigators. 

Elder Nolasco and I are looking for new people to teach. It was a little rough this week as a lot of our appointments fell through, but we made the most of it. We contacted, did some service, and we taught all the people we could with the time that we had. 

Good news! Our area is getting bigger. In our ward right now we have four missionaries, but the area that the other set of missionaries are assigned to is getting closed. They are both leaving tomorrow so we will  get to take their area from them. Now we will have a lot more stuff to do. 

That's about it for now.

Elder Shoaee

Day #627 | Week #89: 1 Baptism, 1 Latrine, and 8 Blisters

This week was great!  We had the baptism of David, who is the brother of Nadia and Lorena. We had baptized Nadia and Lorena last change and now we taught their brother this change. We have also started teaching their parents. They are awesome and know a lot about our church. 

 

 

 

We also got to make a latrine, which is basically a huge deep hole in the ground. 

Three elders and I made it deeper and wider. 

 

  

 

We also found two more people to start teaching. They were a reference of a member and they are a mother and a daughter, their names are Sonia and Sindi. They are super awesome and really nice, I hope they can progress.

Things are going good in this area and hopefully we can keep going at this pace.

Elder Shoaee

Day #620 | Week #88: General Conference

This week was awesome! We helped chop down this members yard with machetes. 

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During

After

Elder Nolasco and I have had some amazing lessons with our newer investigators. Also we are still working with our recent converts and with their families teaching them. We had an Elders Quorum activity on Friday. We had a BBQ and helped cook the meat. We made salsa too. It was super fun and it was great to help support the ward. 

We were able to go watch the 186th Annual General Conference in San Pedro Sula. All of the talks were awesome, so all of them were my favorite. 

Elder Shoaee