Monday, May 18, 2015
Week 11
this week wow what a week!!:) i got the package from grandma wahooo!!! thankyou so much 1st off i gotta talk about yesterday what a day hahah the 1st thing that happened is we got to church we walked into the chapel and the 1st counselor told Elder Mathews hey you know you Elder Vallejo Elder Best and Elder Tams are talking today in sacrament and he was like haha no you never told us and he was like well you are haha this is like my 4th sunday here i still suck at the language and i have 5 min to prepare a talk for all these mexicans so you know me im freaking out and my heart is pounding out of my chest!! i love this feeling though its like a big mix of nervs and the spirit i decided to talk about prayer i read some scriptures read out of a pamphlet and beared my testimony it was about a 5 min talk it was really scary but it was awesome because i could feel the spirit so strong it was helping me with what to say i wish that i could feel like this in every lesson that i teach so that was one super good experience and I'm sure ill have many more opportunities the next thing that happened yesterday is i went to a meeting with the zone leaders with Elder mathews my district leader to report about my área it was pretty cool we have alot of good dudes in our zone and in our district they asked me what my goals were and i told them to only speak español which i have been doing for the last week and it has helped me alot and that i want to be more Christlike and have charity and love for the people here
the best thing that happened this week and yesterday !!I'm crossing my fingers that because I'm telling you guys this im not going to jinx myself or anything we have an investigator her name is Carmen Elder best has taught her for like 2 months her family is recent converts but she has a boyfriend and has 2 niños with him and we have been trying to meet with her for the last couple weeks and they have been blowing us off we told them that they had to get married or Split up if she wanted to get baptized! we haven't taught her for like 3 weeks and she hasn't came to church but then yesterday she randomly came to church and we talked to her and she told us that she wants to change her life and that she doesn't think her boyfriend is a good father for her kids and stuff and shes going to break up with him and move in with her mom and she wants to be baptized this saturday we have a lesson with her tonight so pray that everything goes good and that she can be strong and make this change in her life but for right now at this momento were planning on baptizing her this saturday and Elder Best said that he wants me to do it so i can have a baptism in my 1st área but its more then that shes a really good person and she has just had a hard couple of months but i think shes going to get out of her slum I'm super excited for her I'm excited to have a baptism to because it will be good for all of our other investigators were gonna invite them to it and have a Little fiesta
i love this góspel and what it has taught me so far i need to be a better person we all do its a daily struggle if you want to become as he is the Son Of God and thats the ultimate goal and thats why missions are good is because you can spend 2 years every day all day to try and be better and to try and humble yourself
i love you all and im grateful for you and i want you all to be eternally happy and i know that you can through this wonderful góspel that Jesucristo has put on this earth
que tenga un buen semana :):):):)<3<3<3<3
Elder Sammybear Tams
i miss my mommy calling me Sammy bear
Monday, May 11, 2015
Week 10 First Area Cerro De Estrella
this week was a good week I got to talk to my familia :)
i wrote in my journal mayo 6th mierqulez
today we had a conference with elder walker and his wife there from the quorum of the 70 there from argentina there super cool people i liked them alot he talked about conversion a couple of things he said that i liked was he said when were teachiing start with the end in mind the end is seeing the family in the temple
change yourself around others or change ourselves to be better because of others i loved that because that's super important being here you have to learn from everybody you come in contact with especially me being a young missionary i need to work harder on that
he said for 2 years you count down and for what so you can return home to old lifestyles the mission isnt for 2 years its to prepare you for eternity
endure to the end there is no end so what do we look for...the temple
mayo 8th viernez
i wrote in my journal I'm super happy tomorrow we get to skype our families and its kinda been a rough week because i have been thinking of skyping my family all week its also been a good week though we got to do service for 2 people we cleaned this old ladies house like really good she is a super nice lady and her house really needed some cleaning so we just went in there and started cleaning because Mexicans don't like help if you ask them they will say no service is the key to happiness not only on the mission but in life the more you serve other people the more you think first on what you can do to help someone else the happier you'll be
mayo 9th sabado
i wrote in my journal we skyped our families today i was scared that i was going to get home sick but it didn't it just mad me more motivated and want to be a better missionary my family has always motivated me to be a better person though and to try my hardest I'm super happy here I'm excited for the future we have 4 investigators that our really good they came to church this week and they all have dates to be baptized i just home that they can continue to progress 2 of them have a hard time with the palabra de sabadaria so we taught it and asked if they would follow this commandment and they said they would i know that god will bless them if they do
yesterday was mothers day and it was a pretty good day at church they did like a little party thing after church and they had cake and stuff but basically it just made me miss my mom and all the great women that i have in my life i just want all of you to know that i love you so much and i wouldn't be where i am today if it wasn't for you guys and for the spiritual experiences i had through you guys and your testimonies that strengthened mine
te amo mucho all of you i hope you all have a great week and remember the covenants you have made with god and stay true to them if you do i know you will be blessed
Elder Tams
Monday, May 4, 2015
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