So if getting doubled in last week wasn't fun enough, Elder Dundon and I gained a new companion on Wednesday!
So a lot of you have probably heard how all the missionaries in Nicaragua have been evacuated because of the civil unrest there, so our mission was sent 3 Elders who have all been out in Nicaragua for about a year.
A quick update of the week though...
Monday: we had our transfers, normal p day stuff, dinner with the bishop here in the Mission Ward, and a Missionary Coordination Meeting.
Tuesday: we had our District meetings in the morning, so we all got fired up together for the first week of this new transfer. After that, we picked up some Chick-Fil-a (been a while), we did some service for some of the members in the stake, made a bunch of phone calls in order to set up appointments with investigators and get to know them. That night, we had an awesome lesson with a man that we found named Galileo. It was just a smooth lesson and he understood everything really well. He was hesitant to pray at the end, but we taught him, and after he prayed, the Spirit was there super strong. Elder Dundon and I were joking after the lesson because up to this point, we had only spent just a few minutes walking on the streets of Riverside because this day was full of meetings, service, and driving in between. We were lucky enough to get into the lesson with Galileo right after we stepped out of the car, so the Lord definitely guided us there for a purpose.
Wednesday: Elder Dundon and I had just finished planning, when we received a call from one of the AP's, Elder Briggs. It pretty much went like this... "Elder Briggs: Do you know where you are going to be at 1:00 today? Us: mission office? Elder Briggs: Yes, you will be having one of the Elders from Nicaragua with you in a trio."
So we show up to the mission office and find out that Elder Ngatuvai will be joining us this transfer! He is from Provo and went to Timpview, played football and basketball and even a little lacrosse! He has a lot of awesome experience from Nicaragua and he really wants to baptize this transfer. We took his stuff back to the apartment, went grocery shopping and then started working before dinner. We found two 24 year olds, Manny and Daniel, taught them the Restoration and committed them to a baptismal date on July 15th. After dinner, we talked to a man named Harrison. We were trying to contact his dad Jose, but Harrison was willing to talk with us, so we shared the Restoration with him and then he shared a lot of Bible scriptures with us about the Sabbath day. All in all, he committed to read the Book of Mormon, so we were happy with that!
Thursday: we set a lot of time to do seeking with faith. We contacted a lot of people and found a few new potential investigators to go by. I set a goal with the district that we would have 150 contacts between our 3 companionships this week, so all the contacts today helped a lot towards this goal. We also taught a man named Everardo (the other elders before us had been teaching him for a while). He committed to come to church that Sunday and has a baptismal date for July 1st, so we were pumped up for him.
Friday: In the morning, I went to the District Leader training at the mission office. We learned a lot about how "We become" and how to develop a culture of obedience, hard work, etc. within the mission. This meeting lasted until about 4, then we went to go teach a man named Menchor. We committed him to come to church again this week (he went last week) and he is progressing towards his baptismal date on the 8th of July.
Saturday: we played some good basketball in the morning. We taught Everardo again and found him a ride for church the next day. We got rejected a lot, but we also found a new investigator, Carlos. We were passing by because the missionaries before us talked to his dad once, but we ended up just talking to Carlos Jr. We are looking forward to going back and teaching the whole entire family this upcoming week.
Sunday: we had Everardo at church and he really enjoyed It! We gave him a blessing after church that he would have the strength to keep the commandments. We had 2 home visits after church as well with the Guzman and Reyes families. We are going to work with them to teach some of their neighbors and family members. Later on that night, we were about to head back home, but we were blessed with a Sunday night miracle! We had a family that cancelled on us Friday night and then they didn't come to church, but I put them in our schedule as a back up plan to our 8:00 appointment. The grandma's name is Blanca. She's in her 50s and she is taking care of all her grandkids because her daughter passed away. The elders before us were teaching Blanca and all her kids and they are accepting everything we have taught them so far. Last night, they let us in, and the smile on Blanca's face was just incredible. She has 5 grandkids who are all in between the ages of 7-11, and they love us coming over. We taught them the Gospel of Jesus Christ and Blanca and 4 of her grandkids have a baptismal date for July 8th. The love was there, the Spirit was there, and I'm really pumped up for this family. We set up a church tour with them for this next Friday and we are going to try to get one of the primary teachers there to meet all the kids! It was a great way to end the week, and it feels good to have some momentum going into this next week in this new area. This is what the work is all about!!
Favorite scripture of the week: Alma 5:12-13. A mighty change of heart is what helps us remain faithful to the end!
Monday: we had our transfers, normal p day stuff, dinner with the bishop here in the Mission Ward, and a Missionary Coordination Meeting.
Tuesday: we had our District meetings in the morning, so we all got fired up together for the first week of this new transfer. After that, we picked up some Chick-Fil-a (been a while), we did some service for some of the members in the stake, made a bunch of phone calls in order to set up appointments with investigators and get to know them. That night, we had an awesome lesson with a man that we found named Galileo. It was just a smooth lesson and he understood everything really well. He was hesitant to pray at the end, but we taught him, and after he prayed, the Spirit was there super strong. Elder Dundon and I were joking after the lesson because up to this point, we had only spent just a few minutes walking on the streets of Riverside because this day was full of meetings, service, and driving in between. We were lucky enough to get into the lesson with Galileo right after we stepped out of the car, so the Lord definitely guided us there for a purpose.
Wednesday: Elder Dundon and I had just finished planning, when we received a call from one of the AP's, Elder Briggs. It pretty much went like this... "Elder Briggs: Do you know where you are going to be at 1:00 today? Us: mission office? Elder Briggs: Yes, you will be having one of the Elders from Nicaragua with you in a trio."
So we show up to the mission office and find out that Elder Ngatuvai will be joining us this transfer! He is from Provo and went to Timpview, played football and basketball and even a little lacrosse! He has a lot of awesome experience from Nicaragua and he really wants to baptize this transfer. We took his stuff back to the apartment, went grocery shopping and then started working before dinner. We found two 24 year olds, Manny and Daniel, taught them the Restoration and committed them to a baptismal date on July 15th. After dinner, we talked to a man named Harrison. We were trying to contact his dad Jose, but Harrison was willing to talk with us, so we shared the Restoration with him and then he shared a lot of Bible scriptures with us about the Sabbath day. All in all, he committed to read the Book of Mormon, so we were happy with that!
Thursday: we set a lot of time to do seeking with faith. We contacted a lot of people and found a few new potential investigators to go by. I set a goal with the district that we would have 150 contacts between our 3 companionships this week, so all the contacts today helped a lot towards this goal. We also taught a man named Everardo (the other elders before us had been teaching him for a while). He committed to come to church that Sunday and has a baptismal date for July 1st, so we were pumped up for him.
Friday: In the morning, I went to the District Leader training at the mission office. We learned a lot about how "We become" and how to develop a culture of obedience, hard work, etc. within the mission. This meeting lasted until about 4, then we went to go teach a man named Menchor. We committed him to come to church again this week (he went last week) and he is progressing towards his baptismal date on the 8th of July.
Saturday: we played some good basketball in the morning. We taught Everardo again and found him a ride for church the next day. We got rejected a lot, but we also found a new investigator, Carlos. We were passing by because the missionaries before us talked to his dad once, but we ended up just talking to Carlos Jr. We are looking forward to going back and teaching the whole entire family this upcoming week.
Sunday: we had Everardo at church and he really enjoyed It! We gave him a blessing after church that he would have the strength to keep the commandments. We had 2 home visits after church as well with the Guzman and Reyes families. We are going to work with them to teach some of their neighbors and family members. Later on that night, we were about to head back home, but we were blessed with a Sunday night miracle! We had a family that cancelled on us Friday night and then they didn't come to church, but I put them in our schedule as a back up plan to our 8:00 appointment. The grandma's name is Blanca. She's in her 50s and she is taking care of all her grandkids because her daughter passed away. The elders before us were teaching Blanca and all her kids and they are accepting everything we have taught them so far. Last night, they let us in, and the smile on Blanca's face was just incredible. She has 5 grandkids who are all in between the ages of 7-11, and they love us coming over. We taught them the Gospel of Jesus Christ and Blanca and 4 of her grandkids have a baptismal date for July 8th. The love was there, the Spirit was there, and I'm really pumped up for this family. We set up a church tour with them for this next Friday and we are going to try to get one of the primary teachers there to meet all the kids! It was a great way to end the week, and it feels good to have some momentum going into this next week in this new area. This is what the work is all about!!
Favorite scripture of the week: Alma 5:12-13. A mighty change of heart is what helps us remain faithful to the end!
Have an awesome week!
Elder Moon
The Tres Lagos ward with Hermano Rodriguez (bishopric member) on the last Sunday
The new Trio
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