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

Baprtism of Blanca in Tiloarque, Honduras (10/27/14). Elder David Gurr on the right and Elder Welch on the left in white. 

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

Elder David Gurr in Tiloarque, Honduras.  (10/20/14)

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