Week 17

Hey yall, so whats going on? Im loosing my mind right now. Im kinda sick againits been for aboutta week. I think i ate some bad meat lol. But, I just finished my training, and now im district leader and im training another missionary. The hermanas are going to the city to talk with a dermatologist and theres a dunkin donuts and so im having them buy me a box for my new compa. hope he likes them lol. My life is gonna be super stressful, and im not ready. but its fine, Ill learn a ton, and im progressing, thats the best part of life.


So this week not a ton happened It was fine i guess. I spent a lot of the week looking for new people to teach, but nobody wanted anything except for a dude named cristian. Guy is super young, and has a ton of questions. So were down to teach him. So we went to his neighbors house who is a member, i dont think that he was too comfortable with his family knowing that we were teaching him. and so were teaching about prophets. and we asked the boy, "what do you know about prophets?" and he said nothing, the hermana turned aroud and said, "you guys are prophets" NoOPE. we arent.


We also met a young mom and her husband who want to know more too, her name is Dilsy. and shes kinda passive about her church attendance but, she wants to know more. so we'll be teaching them this week.


Well, thats about it for this week. The book of Mormon is super true, and remember to read it every day if you wanna better life. Hope the week is a good one.


Elder Owen

Week 16

Hey whats going on? The week here has been good, just waiting to for the transfers out here. were working hard, had three baptisms this week, Bryan, Karen and her daughter Ileana. Karen.


The Baptism was nuts. Every time something good is about to happpen, theres always opposition before baptism. So the other elders had a baptism at four but there were super late and ours started at five. there were hermanas who needed the font to have hot water cause their investagador got his leg chopped off and cant only use hot water- the only wat to heat water here is the oven or a metal coil attached to a cord you plug into the wall haha. so it was taking for ever. and then Bryan, his baptism was at six. He showed up at five thirty. Karen is a big lady- the clothes we brought didnt fit her. So the crap hit the fan on saturday. But, all the baptisms happened, they were all happy and so are we. except for the aunt of Bryan, she got mad cause we didnt take a pictue of Bryan in our White clothes. Called my comp a Planchero which is like a sinner while on a mish or rule breaker. lol, super obedient guy. not a planchero. haha.


So, Im doing super good out here i love the people and i love serving them. A lot of them call me the niño grande haha. They say that im like a kid. Which is super good! Kids are the happiest and most charitable persons i have ever come in contact with. And honestly, i fell like a "niño grande." I am super happy out here. And its not that ive always been this way, so im diffeerent cause of the mish. And its not really the mish. I attribute it to graditude. We should all be grateful for the life weve been given. Especially up in the states, gee.


Well thats it, sorry its lame and short like everyweek haha. But, im doing super good out here, i love the gospel and being in the lords work.


With Love,


Elder Owen

Week 15

Hey everybody! Hows it going? Well im out here on the mish. Its been a solid 26 degrees all week. So its been kinda nice hah. Ive killed 64 cucarachas. Theres been a ton this week, but no more in my bed, haha. Good week this week lots of good stuff happened


First, Guillermo got confirmed into the church and was super happy about it. Guy is super low key and doesnt really show his emotions that much. But yesterday, you could tell that he was Stoked to be a member of the church.


Second, this member Named Jordy. he reciently converted to the church. He is 19 and all his friends are thuggy Gangsters hah. His family is not a fan of the church. And a ton more of problems in his life, but i mean thats the life. He has been preparing to go to the temple and He is super great person, hes had a ton of friend killed in shootings and stuff, and he asks us, "would it be fine if i did their temple work?" and this week were going to go to the temple with him so he can go do work for his dad, who passed away years or so ago. God always wants to bless his children (us) and especially when we do good things, a miracle in the life of this family, is that they have enough money and food, and even enough that they could build their house outta bricks, instead of wood. good stuff.


Also our investagador Bryan, he quit smoking cold turkey after talking to him about the Word of wisdom, and he has not looked back, and is ready for his baptism this saturday. God always is wants to bless us, you Know?


Hope yall have a nice week.


Love


Elder Owen

Week 14

Hey, hows it going? My weeks been good. ive killed 47 cucarachas so far. but its not enough. in the middle of the night on sunday, i woke up with one climbing on me, ugh. I was kinda mad, it was at two, and i had to fight this sucker until he finally got tired enough that i could catch him and throw him into the other room. Lifes good here haha.


So Guillermo got baptized this week! Which is a huge success for him. He did some things that were pretty crazy due to his use of drugs and alcohol and didnt think he´d be able to be baptized very soon, but he had an interview with the pres of the mission and was told he was good to be baptized. Talking with Guillermo after this made me really happy for this huge step in his life and that he was able to repent of everything that he had done. Like, i was super happy for him and i cant even imagine how good he felt. At his baptism was a lady named Yohanna, and she wants to learn about the church and we didnt even invite her, she just kinda showed up, miracles are always happening out here its crazy.


Another miracle is our investagador Bryan, dude got kicked out, or left his house because of family issues, and moved in with his aunt and their family, He has a super huge desire to change. He used to be super into drugs and stuff, but now he only smokes cigs and when we met with him yesterday we taught the word of wisdom which means dont do things to your body that are bad, like drugs and unhealthy food, good stuff. He said to us, after learning that, "shoot, thats super cool. When i first met with you guys i had this crazy feeling that i should stop smoking and i only smoke 3 cigs a day" (he was smokin a pack) so yeah, miracles left and right out here.


Love yall


Elder Owen

Week 13

Hey everybody, how it going? Hope yall are enjoying snowy january. Im out here in the heat, but actually it got down to 17 degrees here last night, which is like 68 degress. and i was super cold. Which is a problem, cause 68 is nothing haha.


Well, my week was kinda strange, we had a ton of rejection. I dont feel down or discouraged or anything. But it was kinda interesting. With our investagador Guillermo, he could get baptized yet cause hes gotta figure things out first. tellin him this was pretty tough, but oh well, he wants to keep imporving so were gonna help him with that.


We met a cool family this week or last week i dont remember exactly haha. but, super cool, loved the message and wanted to be baptized and they told us that they wanna come to church.They didnt have a church, but are very open to hearing about jesus. we didnt even invite, they said that they were planning on attending church. but, we call them sunday and they said, "oh hey, we got invited to another church, and were going there now" gee, that was almost like getting broken up with.


But, on sunday were at church, and this random guy is there and is super stoked about the church and participating in lessons. And were gonna meet with him today and see how its all going. And the best part was all of church was about prophets and the restuaracion and he loved it. So that dude, Bryan, was just a little sign to me. Like you can have a ton of problems, but God will help you out before the end.


Talk to yall next week


Elder Owen

Week 12

Hey everybody. Happy new year! My new years eve was fantastic. I was in the house by ten and finnished my laundry by 11. Woke up at 12 cause of all the bombs, well fireworks hah. Oh. and i bought some new soap for my laundry, so that smells really nice haha.


So this week some interesting things happend. So my compy is the new District leader, we had intercambios? trades? i dont know how to call it in english. But it was cool. hung out with elder viera dude likes to have fun and work hard so it was fun. but over all the coolest thing is what happpened with a dude named Guillermo.


So dude is a recovering alcoholic for 2 years sober. and is super interested in the gospel. We had a lesson with him a few days ago, but before that i had a feeling that i should study the word of wisdom. For all who dont know what that is, it means that you dont do things to your body that are harmful and in return youll have wisdom and strength. So wek went to teach him the lesson and he has a smoking problem, and so my random studying of this topic really cam in handy. So i was able to teach fluiently in spanish what this meant to me. He was ssuper receptive and is being baptized later this week. Just gotta say, thats neat right?


Well thats pretty much it. short as usual. Have a good week.


Elder Owen