He's home!

Estoy Contento

Hey family!  I only have a few minutes to write.  I love you all!  This [mission] was and will continue to be the best decision I ever made in my life.  I know Heavenly Father is proud of me and I am grateful that I can continue to serve him after I return home.  Life is a mission for all of us.  The next adventure awaits!  See you soon!

Last Preparation Day!

I am a bit boggled right now. I will try to remain calm and controlled for the last e-mail I write home. WOW. Two years was like two months. OK. Down to the nitty gritty!

We had many miracles this last week. One of them was when M. had work off on Wednesday and we were able to teach him the last of the commandments before baptism! He and V. were interviewed that night and passed! V. was basically jumping up and down, she was so excited. I was also able to interview P., who is the husband of a member we moved from Centinela (my last area) to this ward. It was crazy to see the difference the gospel has made in his life thus far! The Church and gospel are true!  All three of them were baptized at 1:00 yesterday. It was an amazing turnout from the ward, too. People were standing in the back!

C. is progressing nicely and came to church yesterday. She will be baptized on the 18th. She went to the baptism on Sunday, too!

My birthday was great! Thank you all for wishing me a good one! I got the card and love it! And thank you Aunt Sharon for the cake!

I know I was sent here (and am still here) for a reason. I know that you are also in the place Heavenly Father wants you to be. In D+C 138:56 we learn that we have been preparing since the pre-mortal existence to preach the gospel. It does not say, "only full-time missionaries have been preparing". It is talking about every member of the Church, and it applies for our whole life. We are all missionaries. As President Tyler always said, "Life is a mission". I have served here for two years and am almost ready to be transferred home, to continue serving for the rest of my life. I love you! I know we can change and be forgiven. We receive so much joy when we obey, and only through the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can we be saved with our families for eternity! I love you forever!

Pluggin' the Holes

Hey ya’ll! This last week was another great week! M. worked the whole week so we were not able to teach him, but V. and Ma. are progressing nicely. V. should be baptized on the 11th! :) Ma. probably won't until sometime later in August. I don't know if I will be here, but hopefully.

We helped the Elders Quorum President make some home teaching assignments the other day and we could feel his excitement growing for the work. We then had the BEST ward coordination meeting of the mission! It was incredible! When it was time for the prayer, all the missionaries automatically knelt down and the auxiliary leaders joined us. I hope that we can keep them that awesome!

The ward youth were having a dunk contest with their leaders after YM/YW the other night, and it was fun to watch. They challenged me, too, so I threw down a few times. ;)

So, weird story. Friday night I had a dream that C. came back from Mexico. Saturday morning I called to follow up with her friend and found out that C. actually did get home this week! It was super cool!

On Sunday we had six people at church, all progressing towards baptism. V. is on for the 11th, C. for the 18th, and the others will hopefully go down this week or next. Wow. Still lots of work to do! :D Well, I need to run. I love you! Stay safe this week and I will keep you up to date with everything that happens! Remember to smile more this week. I will, too.

Elder Jamoncito

July was CRAZY!!!

Hey everyone! We had our Noche de Hogar last Monday night and it went very well. They watched 17 Miracles while we gave out popcorn and drinks. Everyone cried and the Spirit was very strong. I really want to watch it now. The O. and D. families came. They actually carpooled there. :) C. came, too. It was a very successful event.

C. is very smart. We taught her several times last week. We came back and followed up on the Plan of Salvation pamphlet that we left with her and she remembered 90% of it, so we focused on the Spirit World. She left for Mexico this week, to renew her visa. Hopefully she will be back soon. We have been praying she will not get stuck down there. :)

The O. family is progressing nicely. We will need to move the dad's date because he will be out of town for work this week, but they love the gospel. The daughter M. wants to get baptized really bad. We set a date with the D. family, too. We went to the Visitors Center on Wednesday and it was way cool. Most of their preguntas (questions) were answered on the tour. They came to church again yesterday, too.

Yesterday was a great day at church. We trained our ward council with the broadcast and built them up. Everyone left very excited. We all knelt to pray at the beginning and ended with hugs all around (except the hermanas). Basically we pumped them up and showed them the potential that we see in the ward. :D

It was a miracle week again. The Lord is blessing us. I am excited to keep working and "know that He is God." I hope you all are recording the blessings and miracles you are seeing in your life, too. I love you!