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| Baptism of Emanuel as well as Carlos and Marjury Ponce. 9/29/14 |
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
7/14/14 July 14th Elder Gurr
Hello yet again. So this will be
really short because something crazy happened to me this week. On Monday we
went to go play soccer on a real soccer field and the way I kicked the ball
ruined my nail even worse. I knew it was
a problem that I planned to get done towards the end of my mission but I couldn't
make it. I had two nails cut on my foot.
It was really painful but rewarding in the end. So the next day I went to a super sketchy
hospital to be examined to see how it was and she gave me some prescriptions
and everything. Sometimes I don't get everything
when they talk medical in Spanish but one member paid for everything and I had
all of it brought to me at the apartment. Super Crazy!
I stayed home for about 4 days so we
didn't go out to work. The weirdest thing also is that we were told to have
interchanges with the zone leaders which all we did that day was sit at home
and study. Also the zone leader made me
dinner in bed. Super cool with the fact
he was a zone leader.
Elder Gurr
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