2/03/14 February 3rd Elder Gurr

Hello family,

Como estan? How is everyone doing today? I can't believe the basketball hoop is gone. Well here is what happened this week. Well, Monday was my birthday and my companion surprised me with a cake he bought. It was awesome! Also that day we found a new guy.  He said that all the different religions are branches of the Catholic church. We are trying to help him understand that we are definitely not connected with the Catholic church. Hopefully they can understand. Tuesday was so funny we spent three hours trying to find this less active family and when we think we found them they immediately told us to go away. It usually doesn't happen but me and my companion were laughing.  

Wednesday, we provided service to the branch president and we painted a house. It was a lot of fun but I forgot my camera. Then my companion had to sign up for school. Yah he needs to sign up to go to school. He doesn't have much time left on his mission. Also I taught an English class to people who can only speak Spanish.  It was really hard to do that.  Thursday we finally put a baptism date with a guy who has been investigating the church.  He is very interested to learn more and progress. I am grateful for the work I have done here and can't wait to help more people know the truth. It's not easy but it is worth it.

 

Friday we were rejected like crazy it may be tough but I know that all we need to do is keep working it and we will receive blessings. Every time someone slams the door it's a blessing because we are here just to invite and not force.  Sunday we found out that our investigator family is progressing like crazy. It's awesome to see their lives change. 

Elder Gurr

1/27/14 January 27th Elder Gurr

 

Hello family.

How are things going? Well I guess now I am 20 years old. Not a teenager anymore. Very funny!  Here is what happened this week. On Monday we decided to find a less active family. We went up and down hills trying to find them then we found a guy who thought he knew where they lived so we followed.  Then we with 3 others guys, not from the church, hiked to go find this family.  We spent the whole night looking for them and we could not find them.  Turns out that the whole time they lived in a house close to us.  I had a Psych moment looking at their name and figured out that they were the same family that was in the records as inactive. We found them and we plan to help them come back to church. It's been tough to find people to teach. They are not easy to find and they have a hard time excepting what we teach but my faith will not fall.

 

Thursday was my year mark and we had an activity at the church. Not too many people showed up but they had fun and they want to bring their friends. Friday we helped make tamales. We wanted to help a family out to show that we give service. It was one crazy day we also tried to get the leaders to help.  Sunday we were not able to get much done except that we found a family that we can teach.  One of the family is a member. love you all see you next week. 

 

Elder Gurr

Marcala, Honduras District Missionaries. 1/20/14

Elder David Gurr at the waterfalls in Marcala, Honduras. 1/20/14

Elder David Gurr enjoying the pizza he made on the stove top.  1/20/14

Elder David Gurr making pizza on the stove top. 1/20/14

 

1/20/14 January 20th Elder Gurr

Hello family,

 

How are things going? It has been fun this last week. I can't believe how much time has passed.  It has been fun.  Here is what happened this week.  Monday was tough because we couldn't find many people in their house but we taught a member family because our goal is to help all the members understand how to share the gospel.  They are all new at this.  Tuesday we found a guy who is very interested about learning more about what we teach.  We hope to visit him this week to help him know the doctrine.  I also found a scripture about baptism and the gift of the holy ghost in Acts 19 (2-6) about how we should receive the Holy Ghost.  Then the next day we just worked on other things we needed to do.  

One of our investigators who in the past rejected the Book of Mormon is reading it like crazy.  He is attending church and is on his way to maybe a baptism after the transfer date so we will see.  Thursday we passed by him again and he was still positive and he wants to meet with us during the morning hours which is hard to find men in the house at 11 am in the morning.  We are excited to continue with him.  

We are having problems with our family baptism.  We might not be able to work with them for much more.  Friday I had an interchange with Elder Jurado and we helped set up a men's activity for the ward to animate them more.  We had shish kabobs.  They were delicious.  I had fun setting up the computer and whipping out the info from the computer like a high tech guy.  

On Saturday we worked hard with an investigator.  He is the only one who truly understands the restoration.  It's not an easy topic to understand. We can see a baptism in the future for him.  It's so crazy.  Sunday was hard because the power went out but besides that everything went well.  We taught a guy from El Salvador and he is interested.  We hope to find a way to help him spiritually.  I had tons of fun.  Hope you can receive these pictures.

Elder David Gurr

Elder David Gurr at the Honduras Temple. 1/13/14

Elder David Gurr at the Honduras Temple. 1/13/14 

1/13/14 January 13th Elder Gurr

Hello family,

Sorry this might be short. Here is a little bit of what happened. Monday was interesting.  We had a new family start taking the lessons.  We found another new family and we sang a song with a new investigator.  It was funny to see them sing with us.  We definitely don't sing on key.  Later that day we passed by a member's home and in the middle of the lesson two dogs came out of nowhere in front of us and attacked each other.  It was funny but hard to bring back the spirit.  

 

Tuesday we went to the city of La Esperanza and we stayed the night to prepare ourselves for the trip the next day to the temple.  We then on Thursday went to the temple and it was so spiritual.  I had a lot of fun going to the temple.  We found a family that night which we saw the day before on the bus.  We somehow found them in their home just contacting.

 

Sunday we ended the day finding another family.  We found 3 new families this week.  We also had a lesson with a person who refused to pray out loud only in silence so my companion told him pray then say out loud amen.

 

That's all I got.  I have to go. Bye.

 

Elder David Gurr