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| Elder David Gurr at TGI Fridays in Tiloarque, Honduras. 12/15/14 |
Sunday, December 21, 2014
12/15/14 December 15th Elder Gurr
Hello family,
This week has been another crazy
week. It's getting harder as you can see
as it comes to an end. This week has
gone by so fast I really can't believe it.
We have been really focused on two investigators. One is being super hard because he feels like
he needs to talk to his old church first before he can make the decision and he
is not looking good for this Saturday but we will try our best to see what we
can do. We feel that even though he has received
an answer he still is to attached to his old church. We have been teaching him for 3 months and now
his church is trying to stop him from being baptized.
The other on hasn't attended for 2
weeks straight and we feel she is scared to be baptized so we are going to visit
her today and see what we can do. I feel
like she might not this Saturday but maybe this Christmas.
Well it has been super crazy the
progress happening here. Not much new. I
really am just focused on 2 people because after that there is no one left but
still contacting to help my companion have new investigators. Love you all. See
you next week.
Elder Gurr
12/08/14 December 8th Elder Gurr
Hello Family,
Wow another
week has gone by so fast! We found this
guy and he was great and he had a question about which is the true church. The spirit was strong in that lesson but we
found out in the end he has work so he can't attend church. Maybe in the future when he doesn't have work
he can get baptized. We are working with
another investigator and the work is still hard because he needs his friends to
pass by to give him a ride. We will set
that up for him. Our baptism for the
20th is still progressing. We watched
the video found on christmas.mormon.org
with her and she liked it. It's a great
video to check out for this Christmas.
We are also
teaching this less active member and he went to church, but he fell back into
the temptation of alcohol. It sucks to
see that but we hope for a Christmas miracle.
We are also
teaching another investigator and we have challenged him to get baptized on the
20th. We will see if he can be baptized because
he still hasn't received an answer that he should be baptized, but he is
studying hard and we believe he will be able to do that. We pray that he can receive an answer.
Also we
picked up a new family and they are great.
The Dad has gone to church for 10 Sundays straight and we were able to
meet him. He wants to get baptized but
not because his wife is a member but to really know if the church is true. We also found another part member family and
the problem is the wife thinks that we worship Joseph Smith but it's not true. We are trying to help her understand the
church has the same foundation as the church of Christ of the old days. We have an appointment Wednesday to see if we
can help her understand.
Well that's
all I got for this week hope you enjoyed it.
Elder Gurr
12/01/14 December 1st Elder Gurr
Hello family,
Yes I am still here. So this week has been crazy because we thought
we were not able to complete appointment with several investigators. The thing was we passed by 3 people and they
kept telling us they were busy, but then out of nowhere they came to church and
they were more willing for us to pass by this coming Tuesday. The Mom and her two daughters are
investigating the church. The girls are
wanting to get baptized, just the mom doesn´t have an answer yet. She is a positive person just the fact is she
just needs more time.
We have another investigator who is
super great but his parents do not want him to go to church. His parents won't even let us talk to him but he
does and he seems willing to go to church and has friends there.
Well not much more happened this
week but we will see who we could baptize the 25th because it would be really
cool to do that. We also have another investigator who is very positive that
came to church finally. He looks to me
that he could get baptized the 20th or the 25th. We will see about that. That's
all I have its been a great area here and I am glad to be finishing here. I
feel like this is my ward. Well, see you next week
Elder Gurr
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
11/24/14 November 24th Elder Gurr
Hello family,
This week has been insane because for about the last week we had been training this new Elder Small because his trainer is going home next week. It is crazy to think that all this is happening. We just helped trained him for the week then we are going to be done. Also we will find out the changes next week. I can't believe how much time has gone by. The moments roll. Well we will find out if we have changes this week because next week there are transfers and I hope I do not have to leave here. Well this week was crazy because Elder Small is from Japan and his Spanish is not that bad at all. We taught some people and oh yah we had a baptism. That all I got for this week and this computer is really slow so that's all I have. I love you all and can't wait to see What happens next week.
Elder Gurr
11/17/14 November 10th Elder Gurr
Hello family,
This week has been a great week.
Well what we have been doing is finding a bunch of people to be baptized. It has been great because in church yesterday
we had 9 investigators in church. It has
been a blessing because we had no idea what to do. We have tons of people progressing. One of our investigators is going to be
baptized this week which will be the start of completing a family. That next
month he will get married to his girlfriend (they don't live together) and we
are invited to the wedding. That is our
main guy for this week and next week we have more people who could be baptized
the next month, but we will see about that.
Other things, well I have gone on a lot
of splits so I was only in my area for 5 days.
We have one investigator that is
trying to decide to join the church. He
is a great guy and I hope we can help him get baptized in the church of Jesus
Christ. We will see and help him make
this decision in his life. Well that's
about what I got. Nothing crazy happened this week but we are going to a place
that sells cool stuff so we will see what I can get to bring home.
I love you all. BYE
Elder Gurr
11/10/14 November 10th Elder Gurr
Hello Family,
This week has
gone by fast again. I feel like I just talked to you guys yesterday. Well, on Tuesday we found this guy who let us
in saying to us that we can't talk about the Book of Mormon but things from the
Bible we could talk about. So we went
crazy teaching him that there are more scriptures then the Bible and that we
believed it and the Book of Mormon. We quoted from the bible, Ezekiel 37:15–17,
15 ¶The word of the Lord came
16 Moreover, thou son of man,
the stick ofEphraim, and fo
17 And join them one to anoth
As you can see the scriptures testify of another book besides the
bible. Also, The Bible is compiled of
many books. He was a preacher and he
could not explain it. He just can't
believe in more than the Bible but we gave him a book and told him to pray. He needs to open his heart.
Then I went with Elder Santos, the one that has been having medical
issues, and he is getting better and now he is working again. He rested for 10 days and his face is getting
better. Everything though is good. Then I went with another Elder in another exchange
and it was crazy. We taught a bunch of people. Then it was sad because one of our families we
found last week, the father died. It was sad and these people need God more than
anything. It's crazy how life is short but we told them that you will be able
to see him again. Then on Sunday we had
a miracle happen. We had an investigator
come that we didn’t expect and they are doing really well. Then we had 3 new people come to church. We
talked to them and they want to be baptized. They also attended a baptism for the family
John-Reyes. The father is American and
the mom is from Honduras. It was awesome
and we will see what we can do to help them reach their goal of baptism.
Well
that's my week. Love you all! Bye
Friday, December 5, 2014
11/03/14 November 3rd Elder Gurr
Hello family,
This week went by super fast again.
It wasn't full of activities but it was still good. The Elder who is sick, (his
name is Elder Santos) has a problem with his face that has put him out of work
for 1 week. His left side of his nerve
on his face just stopped working. The doctors are helping him fix the problem.
I stayed with him Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. He is doing better and says he should be able
to recover soon. Pray for him and his
face to get better because he is training a new person.
In our area things have been going
crazy. On Wednesday we had to find or
meet 10 people because it was a challenge from the mission president. He challenged us to do this for this month. For us as elders it's hard because usually
there are only women in the house and it is hard to find men there. We went contacting in a mall shack like place
were almost everyone there eats. One guy
contacted us and he said that he wants to attend our church sometime and he was
from the states and he worked at places like Applebee's. He was sent back
because he was driving without a license more than 3 times but his was legal.
He needs to wait 3 years before he can go back. He has a wife and 2 kids there,
He said we could pass by him soon.
One of our recent converts is bringing
her son to church. He came yesterday so
everything is good there. He will complete
a family if they want to get married before his baptism. Either way he will be married but maybe a
month before he does he will be baptized. We will see what they can do and maybe teach
him the importance of being married before baptism. Her other son is having
troubles because he is not able to make up his mind and he kind of feels
connected with the Catholic church. He
says he will continue to work on getting things done and doing his part to receive
an answer.
Finally I got to go out with one of
the new missionaries in exchanges. It was super fun because I was the only one
who could understand what the investigator was saying. It reminds me of all the
hard trials I went through to be able to speak the language. Their investigator
didn't want to go to church yesterday because he had other things to do so I
told him to put a plan to go to church and then he will be blessed by it. Well I got to go.
I love you all!
Elder Gurr
10/27/14 October 27th Elder Gurr
Hello family,
Well it's been an interesting week
because I got new book covers for my scriptures. They are awesome and I will
send you pictures of it next week. It has a picture of people like Captain
Moroni and the Temple and more. They came out really good.
We baptized our investigator. She
has a strong testimony and she is ready to help the rest of her family, her two
sons, come to their decision and be baptized as well. The best part is that one
of her sons wants to be baptized and is dating a member. Yes another family for the next month.
This has been a crazy week.
Something did happen though. Don't have a heart attack but someone stole our
phone. Don't worry they didn´t hurt us
or anything we just left the phone on the ground and someone picked it up and
stole it. Everything is ok and the office is going to get us a new cell phone.
We are blessed that we never saw him and i know that God is protecting us.
Continue to pray for me and don't worry the safety is normally fine. This i
think was the first time getting ´´robbed´´ on my mission. Funny it wasn´t that
bad.
One of the Elders is really sick so
to help their companionship one of us stays with the Elder and the other goes
out to work with the other Elder so that they can have some support. It should
be a good experience. You even serve other missionaries on your mission. Well that
is all that really happened and it has been a fun week. Enjoy the pictures and
that makes 3 families baptized. I love it.
Love you all and I will see you next
week.
Elder Gurr
10/20/14 October 20th Elder Gurr
Hello family,
How is it going there? Well it was
like normal here. We are teaching the
gospel and helping people become closer together as a family. Well on Monday we both felt that we wouldn't
have changes so we went and talked to a lot of people and then on Tuesday we
got the call that there was no changes and it was great because this area has a
ton of potential.
Well, something crazy happened on Wednesday,
which is transfer day, when my companion got a call from the Sister Missionaries
that said my companion is now district leader. He was shocked! Then after that it didn't change much but that
he now has to worry about the whole district. I think though it is going to be a little bit
harder with that but we will continue finding the lost souls of the world.
This week we should have a baptism
in a part member family. The problem
with the investigator is that on Sunday morning one of her sons fell down and
went to the hospital to get stitches. The whole family was going to attend but
since this happened they couldn't come. Everyone else that I have baptized are
strong members of the church and even the second family I baptized received the
priesthood yesterday. I have to go. Bye.
Elder Gurr
10/13/14 October 13th Elder Gurr
Hello family,
This week has been really fast. You
have no idea. I felt like I just wrote
an hour ago. Sorry it's a little late but it is here. Well this week we cleaned up the house because
we decided that we could not live in the filth that we had so we got the
apartment clean. We visited one of our
investigators and she is more than ready to be baptized and it would complete
another family in the gospel. She believes in everything we say because I
believe it's the spirit testifying to her.
I really hope we don't have changes this week because I feel I can work
with this companion really great. Well
also her son is progressing really well. Also this week we met her other son who wants
to get married to a member and wants to join the church. Another easy family to
complete.
I have never seen miracles like I
have seen now. It is super crazy. I pray
that I can finish my mission here because this area is awesome. Yah some people
are mean but for the most part they are not. The ones who reject this now will
hopefully get a chance in the future. Elder
Welch and I are working hard. Don't get
me wrong we get rejected almost all day but I know if you keep working it will
happen in the end. I love you all and I
will email you next week.
Elder Gurr
10/06/14 October 6th Elder Gurr
Hello Family,
This week has been amazing because
we brought another family to church. The investigator's husband is a member who
is active in the church. She came to conference with her son and they enjoyed
it. They loved how it was mainly focused on Christ and she said she loved it. I
talked to her son and he said the same thing so we might baptize them at the
end of this month making it the 3rd family in this area. I hope I can finish
here because there is so much opportunity here.
I don't have much more news but the new family is the big news right
now. They were raised Catholic and believed we worshipped Joseph Smith but her
husband finally shared to her what we believe and since then it has been a
blessing.
I would tell people that missionary
work is easier when the missionaries have help because people are likely to be
hard hearted when they don't understand.
Well it's been fun. I can't wait to see you all again. It has been
really fun this year and can't wait to see how much there is left on mu mission.
Love you all.
Elder Gurr
Sunday, October 5, 2014
09/29/14 September 29th Elder Gurr
Hello Family,
This week has been great! We
baptized three people. It was super
awesome because they all had strong testimonies. It's really cool because they
have worked super hard to get to where they are. Each bore their testimony and had their hearts
changed.
Let's start with Emanuel, we find
out that he was a big leader in a different church. He was as high as a bishop would be. He told
us though that one day he got into a horrible accident and he took forever to
recover. It was hard for him because he recently divorced his wife and no one
from his church was helping him. Then he
moved to where we were and he was the first person we found in the new change. He used to drink and do stuff like that but in
one month he changed his life for forever.
Then there is Family Ponce. The first time we found
them he told his wife to tell us that he doesn't know us and then we were able
to teach them the first time and they were baptized. It was super funny because he tried telling us
that he had another commitment in another church but it wasn't true. The first time they came to church I just knew
they would make great members. It is
super awesome to see them. Since then
they said people would tease them about being Mormon which is super funny because
with other religions they don't do that. They are both really happy for
everything that happened and they had a awesome wedding. I love you all and I
need to get off right now love you all.
Elder Gurr
09/22/14 September 22nd Elder Gurr
Hello family,
How are things going? It has been really fun here this week. We have been having a lot of success. Well it was sad because one of our
investigators went out with his friends and tripped up on the word of
wisdom. It was a really sad day also
because we were not able to work much because my companion was really sick
yesterday. He threw up like 10 to 20
times the last 3 days, but I think he is doing better. Everything is good with our investigating
family. I saw the husband just this
morning and he has his wedding papers ready today. We will be able to baptize them soon. The other investigators we have are very
positive as well and if we baptize both we can complete 2 families because the
mom has a spouse that is a member and her son has a girlfriend that is a
member. It has been a really fun week. The week has gone by so fast. We are going to have tons of things to do this
week its incredible. Love you all see
you next week.
Elder Gurr
09/15/14 September 15th Elder Gurr
Hello Family,
This week has been a good week. We
have three people who are progressing really well. I have never seen so much progress going on
since now. My companion has so much
energy to work it is crazy. My companion
is super crazy you have no idea. He is
not totally annoying, just in the morning. He is singing and who knows what else.
Well I don't have much to say but we
have an investigator progressing a lot and we still think he will be baptized
by the end of the week. We have plans to
baptize everyone really fast. Hopefully
it can happen really fast. Then we have
family that is ready as well. It is
super awesome. They are getting their
papers fast and everything should fall into place. I am really excited to be here with my new
companion and I know we can create miracles. I love my companion and I don't know what else
to say but I love this area. It has so
many positive people in it. I will try
to post more videos that you can watch and I want you to know that even though
the days are going down the time I have here is something special. The power I have to understand these people is
incredible. I am super happy with my
mission and know with the language it helps a lot more. Love you all!
Elder GurrP.S. Its independence day here in Honduras.
09/08/14 September 8th Elder Gurr
Hello family,
Wow what a successful week we had. Really it was crazy. So we had transfers and Elder Dial went to
another area and I received my new companion and his name is Elder Welch. He is from Arizona and he is super funny
because he loves to talk in lessons and is not afraid to make errors. It is good. I wish I was like that at my time
because I was shy until I really got the language. He has the same time as Elder Dial. He is the
biggest craziest worker ever. He is
super crazy about the work.
We found 13 people this week and its
super crazy. We put a baptism date with
the first person we contacted. I haven´t
worked this hard in a while like super crazy because that's not me but it's
good to get back in the game. It gets
harder as you get to the end because of the reality of the fact it's around the
corner. Elder Welch is super funny. One time someone said to us that they were a
different religion and my companion was like yah and so are we. He speaks his mind but in a friendly way. It's awesome.
Well I have a billion stories but
just know that we already plan to have a bunch of success this change. My companion and I are ready to take them. Let
no fear come from thy mouth but teach by the spirit and I will be with you. We
had the first contact come to church and he said he liked it a lot. It was a
great time this week. It looks like we will have another family baptized at the
end of the month. I got to go but see you next week. Love you all!
Elder Gurr
09/01/14 September 1st Elder Gurr
Hello family,
It has been a fast week, you have no
idea. I remember thinking not this last Sunday but the Sunday before thinking
about the mission and what we were going to do for this last week and it was
crazy. This week has been good for our family investigating the church because
they came to church again and they are progressing a bunch here. There only
problem is they have no money at all for a wedding. They have a 6 or 7 month
old child and he doesn´t have a good solid job right now. The wife wants to
work but the husband doesn´t want her because he wants his baby safe. She wants to help. They will be baptized because the desire in
both of them is super strong. I don't have much to say but I have a lot of photos.
It has been hard to find people to
listen but we have been praying to find people who are ready to receive the
gospel and if it's just two people I am satisfied with that. We don't have
anyone else but I know that we can find more people. I appreciate the members
helping us with our family. It has made it so much easier for our investigators
to be comfortable.
Elder Gurr
8/25/14 August 25th Elder Gurr
Hello family,
This week was the best week ever. We
found the next family we could put a baptism date with. We found them on Saturday and then we asked
them if they wanted to go to church with us that week and they were like no because
someone else invited them to go to their church but we then convinced them. We had his friend with him and this member recent
convert has so much energy and testimony. We could have never found this family without
them because they live in a closed apartment complex.
This week was also great because I
was taking a cold shower when all of the sudden the heated water started to
work. It was miracle after miracle this
week. Sometimes the mission is hard but worth it in the end. I love the
progress that we are making and our investigators are making. Love you all.
Elder Gurr
8/18/14 August 18th Elder Gurr
Hello Family,
Wow I have a lot to write to you
guys today. Monday we were teaching a family investigating the church about the
law of chastity. It was funny because
one of the kids was saying like you parents are not living the law of chastity because
they are not married. It was super funny. Then later we found a woman that literally
kept saying no. Hard but after we
thought about it super funny. Wednesday
I got to pet a raccoon, it was super cool. The Family Saravia had their baptism
interviews. They were sick and almost didn’t
make it to the interviews and their baptism but they were able to come and
complete them. It was a happy day for
us. We had a good week.
Elder Gurr
8/11/14 August 11th Elder Gurr
Hello family,
My companion got the papers ready
for family Saravia and I went with the district leaders companion because he
knew what to tell the lawyer so he did it. Then we went on divisions to find
people and we contacted someone we saw on the street. We started to talk to him and we could tell
that he didn't want us to talk to him because he was on his phone. We asked him some questions and he said he
lived like right in front of the church and we asked him if he would like to
come to church one week. He said,
"I go to that church there." We
have are church right next to the Catholic church. It's tough because they are all Catholic here
in the city. Most of the doors we
contacted where the Bishop lives was very hard but we found one who knows the
church and wants to study the Doctrine and Covenants.
Friday was the best! We attended the marriage of Family Saravia. They were super happy for that to happen. They were awesome. It was so much fun. Lots of planning and stuff. It wasn't easy because when we tried to get it
all together things fell. So when they
were reading the wedding thing all of the sudden they had the wrong papers but
in the end they got married. Then we
went back to the church in Tiloarque for the reception after the civil wedding
in the city office. They had a baby Shower going on so we pushed
them to finish and set up really quick a wedding reception. It was tons of fun. We had cake and of course chicken, the one
thing they eat the most.
Then Saturday was insane as well
because we got a call an hour before to help move a family out of their house. We gave 3 or more hours of service. We moved
everything a regular house has. We asked
why and she said it's closer to the church and it's in a gated community. The community is much safer.
Love you all. For me the time is
going by so fast. I felt like I wrote yesterday.
Elder Gurr
7/28/14 July 28th Elder Gurr
Hello family,
I had some crazy experiences happen
to me this week. On Wednesday we went on
divisions with the members for almost the whole day. The two people we met that
were the most interesting is when we contacted a kid at the front door and he
let us in the front porch and he spoke English. He was super nice and willing to listen to us.
Then we saw his grandmother and she just walked in the house and then after
teaching the kid for about 2 minutes the woman comes back out and said, "I
don't want to hear your Mormonism", and she was saying other things like
that, making sure that we wouldn't talk to her about our church. Then after about 5 minutes later when we
finish talking to the kid we went to contact again and we found her in the
street and she said promise me that you will never come back and visit me. We
said we wouldn't but I could not promise her it would never happen again. Then she was like you are walking the wrong
path of Christ and I thought to myself who is the one going out using all my
time to preach the gospel to the people of Honduras and I was thinking, not
you. It's hard to keep you anger in but the member was cool and said OK sister.
Have a good day. The member had a criminal past but has
completely been changed by the gospel of Christ.
Also we were getting tired of
contacting the whole day so we saw someone outside and we contacted her. She
said she talked to missionaries a short time ago outside of the mission and she
was going to get baptized but she couldn't because they left and came to our
area. She is very positive and she is
married so we will see what we can do for them.
On Saturday that was crazy so we
were in personal study when all the sudden we get a call that we are going to
have interchanges with the assistants.
We were like, what? We thought it
was a joke. We thought ended up my
companion worked with one assistant and I got to exterminate houses of
cockroaches and all that it was super fun helping and spreading the chemicals.
On Sunday I was preparing a class
for the second hour because the night before they asked me to do it so I
started to prepare the class in church that next morning about 8:30 am so that
my companion could practice the Hymns. I
was minding my business studding hard for the second hour class I was going to
teach when all of the sudden the bishopric called me up and told me to come
over. I was shocked but I went over then
I sat down next to them. They asked me
how I was and I said good and they said they wanted me to prepare a 8 minute
talk about what ever thing for Sacrament Meeting that same morning. I told them I couldn't because I was preparing
the next class but they still asked me to do it and I accepted. So then I was
now focused on what I would teach at the last second. Then they started the meeting and I was still
thinking when the first went up to speak then I felt like she finished in less than
30 seconds. Then they said it was my turn and I had no idea what to say. I got up, hesitated a little, then I just
started to speak. I spoke about work and not just missionary work but
supporting a family. That is what I was
prompted to speak on so I did. I threw scriptures that I had read in the past
and to be honest don't remember much but I know the Holy Ghost taught the
lesson because I would of not known what to say. The Lord has blessed me with
the words to say in this talk because I would have never known what to say. I
am grateful for the Holy Ghost that guides us and just one more thing LET THE
HOLY GHOST GUIDE. This is my advice this week love you all.
Elder Gurr
7/21/14 July 21st Elder Gurr
Hello family,
So I am down to about 5 months left on
my mission. Super crazy! It's been hard but a lot of fun coming to Tiloarque.
We might have changes in two days but my companion Elder Dial keeps saying, "No,
you will stay here one more change!". It's been really close with our
family baptism. He is going to again get
his wedding papers and he should be baptized in the coming weeks. Maybe we can marry them close to mom and dad's
anniversary. Crazy Stuff!
Well here is a little that happened
this week. We did a family home evening and it was super fun. The family loved it. They are working hard
and could get their papers in really soon. A funny thing happened because the word jail
and in-grown toenail is about the same. I told someone that I had my nails in
jail and not ingrown toenails. They laughed so hard. A funny thing also we had a meeting during our
planning for the week then one of the Elders took the keys to a Bishop so he
locked us in and he said he would come back in time. So we waited also having
Chili dogs to eat and he didn't come for a long time. We ended up playing phase 10 till 3:30 in the
afternoon. It was fun but one elder was like were never getting out. I told him just to be a man and someone will
come. There is always kids playing soccer here.
On Friday we took a family that is
investigating the church to the temple. They were great and they loved to go to
the temple with us. We walked in the front and we showed them the proclamation
to the world and with the peace in the temple it was a good atmosphere because
here it's not hard to hear some type of music playing in the background but the
temple is very peaceful.
Then Saturday was our busiest day we
found a ton of new contacts and contacted like crazy. We received references
that we contacted and it was a day I was really proud of. Then on Sunday a family
we were working with came to church. We
could baptize about 4 people from their family but we are just waiting when it
could be. I love learning patience. It helps me learn to be humble and I love talking
to the members and those investigating the church.
Well, that all I got. I love you all
and letters should come in the mail just waiting for the change date to hand
them to the elders in the office. Love you all and write to you next week-
Elder David Gurr
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