Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
Transfer14 Week 1- June 24, 2013
Transfer 14 Week 1 "Super Sunday"
This week was so
awesome!!!!! Monday and Tuesday were such long days! I can never
sleep before training. At the the meeting on Wednesday where they
pair us with our new companion there were so many sisters! There were was
almost a 3 sisters for every elder. I couldn't believe it! It is so
weird to see sisters that are younger than me. But my new companion is
Elder Clark! He is from Orem, Utah! and he is super tall! He is
awesome and excited about the work!
On Sunday we finally had
the Mejia baptism! They were so happy! We visited them everyday
this week and they were just so happy and prepared! I have never been so
happy in my life. That is what missionary work is all about.
The baptism was right
after the missionary broadcast! That broadcast was so inspirational! I
loved every second of it and hope that you will all apply it in your endeavors
to labor in the work of salvation!
Sincerely,
Elder Luis Gonzalez
Monday, June 17, 2013
Transfer 13, Week 6 June 17, 2013
"Transfer Calls, Interviews, and Way too many Sisters"
We got transfer calls this week!!!!!!! I couldn't believe it!!!!!!!.......................................drum roll please!.............................................I will be staying in Oakland for another 6 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I will be in a trio and I will be training a visa waiter!!!!!!! 8 transfers in Oakland! I'm so excited.
This week we had a rough start to our week. We weren't able to get any lessons early in the week. Elder Villa and I worked hard and just barely missed reaching our goal. Wednesday we had an awesome district meeting! Wednesday we had an awesome zone meeting! Elder Packer, our Area Seventy was there and he talked to us about faith. Thursday President Meredith called me to be a trainer and told me, I was going to be in a trio. Friday I went to the Trainer's Training. 15 minutes before the meeting I thought to myself "there are so many missionaries here" but then 5 minutes I turned around and told another missonary, "there are so many sisters here." The mission will soon be 50% sisters and 50% elders. Saturday we did service at a school and helped clean stuff up. Yesterday one of our investigators passed his baptismal interview and his wife will be speaking with President soon and we are pretty sure she will pass hers too!
We got transfer calls this week!!!!!!! I couldn't believe it!!!!!!!.......................................drum roll please!.............................................I will be staying in Oakland for another 6 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I will be in a trio and I will be training a visa waiter!!!!!!! 8 transfers in Oakland! I'm so excited.
This week we had a rough start to our week. We weren't able to get any lessons early in the week. Elder Villa and I worked hard and just barely missed reaching our goal. Wednesday we had an awesome district meeting! Wednesday we had an awesome zone meeting! Elder Packer, our Area Seventy was there and he talked to us about faith. Thursday President Meredith called me to be a trainer and told me, I was going to be in a trio. Friday I went to the Trainer's Training. 15 minutes before the meeting I thought to myself "there are so many missionaries here" but then 5 minutes I turned around and told another missonary, "there are so many sisters here." The mission will soon be 50% sisters and 50% elders. Saturday we did service at a school and helped clean stuff up. Yesterday one of our investigators passed his baptismal interview and his wife will be speaking with President soon and we are pretty sure she will pass hers too!
Sincerely,Élder Luis González
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Transfer 13, Week 5 June 11, 2013
"Wedding Bells and Baptism by Fire"
Our week started out pretty rough on Monday night, we had only one lesson. But it was really fun! It was a family home evening with the Marcial family. On Wednesday we had district leader council. After the meeting we walked out of the ISC and saw TONS of missionaries there for the new missionary follow-up training. We continued to have canceled lessons throughout the week. But on Wednesday we had a family home evening with the Rodriguez family. They made us awesome milkshakes! Then we taught the ward missionaries how to teach others how to pray. The highlight of the week was that Los Mejia got married!!!! Its official! Then on Sunday the other family we are teaching with a baptismal date didn't come to church and told us they aren't ready for baptism. It was really frustrating. But altogether i LOVED this week. I love serving the Lord in His vineyard and helping His children return to him. I learned so much about what I need to do to be a more effective servant of Christ.
Our week started out pretty rough on Monday night, we had only one lesson. But it was really fun! It was a family home evening with the Marcial family. On Wednesday we had district leader council. After the meeting we walked out of the ISC and saw TONS of missionaries there for the new missionary follow-up training. We continued to have canceled lessons throughout the week. But on Wednesday we had a family home evening with the Rodriguez family. They made us awesome milkshakes! Then we taught the ward missionaries how to teach others how to pray. The highlight of the week was that Los Mejia got married!!!! Its official! Then on Sunday the other family we are teaching with a baptismal date didn't come to church and told us they aren't ready for baptism. It was really frustrating. But altogether i LOVED this week. I love serving the Lord in His vineyard and helping His children return to him. I learned so much about what I need to do to be a more effective servant of Christ.
Sincerely,
Élder Luis González
Alma 7:7 What is the most important thing?
Monday, June 3, 2013
Transfer 13, Week 4 June 3, 2013
"The Miracle of Serving Both Sides of the Veil"
Having two P-Days pretty close makes things seem really weird, but it was a true blessing to go to the temple. On Memorial Day we got to eat with Los Cruz who fed us some really good ribs. That night we started exchanges with the Zone Leaders. Elder Hill came with me. I slept terribly because of 2 reasons. 1. The apartment gets super hot. 2. Elder Hill woke me up with his sleep talking. But we had a really good dinner. I made us tacos while Elder Hill read my mail that I got. Wednesday we went to the temple as a District and had dinner afterwards. It was great! But that night we had our Visitor's Center lesson fall through. We weren't able to have a lesson with them all week, which is pretty frustrating because we are getting them ready for baptism. But the interview with Los Roa went great!!!! Thursday we got to give some service as we helped a family move into their new house. The hardest part was having to move a washing machine over a fence with only 4 of us. On Friday we got some pretty bad news. Los Mejia who are getting ready for their baptism broke the Word of Wisdom so they will have to put back their date one more week. I was so sad. I don't think I've ever been so sad in my life. Saturday we got to give some service again as we helped an investigator make fruit flowers for her children's birthday party. We then taught a sister that told us that we were the first people that she had ever let into her home to learn about the Gospel. At church yesterday it was pretty disappointing to see that one of our families with a baptismal date was not at church. We're not quite sure what is going. But we did have a new family at church. The little kids loved it!
After church we scrambled to prepare everything for the baptism. We had to look for a table for the programs and then we had to look for the family. But we finally gathered everyone and everything. We took some pictures and started the program. The children asked that I baptize them. So I did. I baptized the younger brother first. And then as I was about to baptize the older brother, the younger one started swimming in the baptismal font. It made everyone laugh as he sadly got out of the font.
I thought alot about what it means to serve the Lord this week. As I got to participate in the ordinances of the temple and also the ordinance of baptism, I realized that the promises of the Lord are so much greater and beautiful than we can really comprehend.
Having two P-Days pretty close makes things seem really weird, but it was a true blessing to go to the temple. On Memorial Day we got to eat with Los Cruz who fed us some really good ribs. That night we started exchanges with the Zone Leaders. Elder Hill came with me. I slept terribly because of 2 reasons. 1. The apartment gets super hot. 2. Elder Hill woke me up with his sleep talking. But we had a really good dinner. I made us tacos while Elder Hill read my mail that I got. Wednesday we went to the temple as a District and had dinner afterwards. It was great! But that night we had our Visitor's Center lesson fall through. We weren't able to have a lesson with them all week, which is pretty frustrating because we are getting them ready for baptism. But the interview with Los Roa went great!!!! Thursday we got to give some service as we helped a family move into their new house. The hardest part was having to move a washing machine over a fence with only 4 of us. On Friday we got some pretty bad news. Los Mejia who are getting ready for their baptism broke the Word of Wisdom so they will have to put back their date one more week. I was so sad. I don't think I've ever been so sad in my life. Saturday we got to give some service again as we helped an investigator make fruit flowers for her children's birthday party. We then taught a sister that told us that we were the first people that she had ever let into her home to learn about the Gospel. At church yesterday it was pretty disappointing to see that one of our families with a baptismal date was not at church. We're not quite sure what is going. But we did have a new family at church. The little kids loved it!
After church we scrambled to prepare everything for the baptism. We had to look for a table for the programs and then we had to look for the family. But we finally gathered everyone and everything. We took some pictures and started the program. The children asked that I baptize them. So I did. I baptized the younger brother first. And then as I was about to baptize the older brother, the younger one started swimming in the baptismal font. It made everyone laugh as he sadly got out of the font.
I thought alot about what it means to serve the Lord this week. As I got to participate in the ordinances of the temple and also the ordinance of baptism, I realized that the promises of the Lord are so much greater and beautiful than we can really comprehend.
Con Cariño,Élder Luis González
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