6/27/22: Aniversario del Barrio

 This last week was our wards 2 year anniversary and they went big for it. Every single day of last week there was a ward activity. With our new goal to grow closer to the ward we made and effort to show up to every activity and bring an investigator. I definitely thought it was worth the time and had a blast at every activity. 


Tuesday was definitely the best activity, it was the festival Mormon (named after the prophet not the nickname of the church). It was a big dance festival where the youth of every ward prepared a traditional dance from a different region of Bolivia. Our ward had been rehearsing for weeks and it really paid off. The costumes and dances were amazing and it was clear each ward put a lot of effort to prepare. Each ward had a color assigned with ours being yellow and it was fun to watch all the ward get hyped up and excited when there ward was up to dance. I lost my voice cheering and it seemed our investigators had a good time too. Plus the entrance fee was 1 pound of non perishable that was be donated to Helping Hands of the church to help those in need so it did a lot of good as well. 

The rest of the week was as well filled with sports nights and potlucks. I had a great time getting to know the ward better and making lasting friendships. We finished the week with a baptism which is always a good way to end off. 

That's about it for this week we have 2 people coming close to baptism, Isreal and Jampier, so pray that their testimonies can be strengthened.

Also shout-out to my sister, Eden, who got married and sealed this last Friday!! So happy for you and Erik. Sad I couldn't have been there but just know I'm celebrating for you guys down here too! Eden, it makes me so happy to see you make this covenant and enjoy the blessings of eternal marriage and Erik, I'm proud to call you mi cuñado jaja.

Double shout-out to Jackson who got called to Rome Italy 🇮🇹 you're gonna kill it over there!




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

1/30/23: Updates from Trini

Image
  Had an awesome week. Me and my comp have really dialed in to the missionary work here and we got a lot of big thing coming up. The biggest is that la familia Coimbra has committed to baptism this weekend! There a big family but each and every member  has truly found a testimony of the restored gospel and a love for Jesus Christ. The older boys, Boris Jesus and Victor prayed and thought a lot about the decision. I'm actually very proud and impressed by their efforts to find an answer from God. They studied diligently in the Book of Mormon, had lots of questions for us and most importantly took their doubts and question to the Lord. Finally this last Sunday they gave a firm answer that they want to be baptized. I know their efforts will be rewarded with a firm testimony and commitment to the gospel. I'm glad they took the time to truly know for themselves that the gospel is true. Pray for la famila Coimbra. We also had a very special experience at zone conference. President ca...
Read more

6/6/22: General Authorities and Hospital visit

Image
  It's been a while since I wrote but a whole ton has happened. First off Elder Christofferson came to visit which was a special experience. It was cool to see the entire mission get together to hear a general authorities speak. We also got to hear some amazing insights from our area President who is in charge of all of North-western South America. He spoke on how to work with ward leadership better and how to help our leaders feel excited about missionary work too. After President Christofferson spoke touching on various topics each on felt catered to our missions needs. Both him and his wife had flawless Spanish which was quite impressive and inspiring for me. There was a brief Q&A, so I asked the question " what does it mean to be a special witness of Christ". He told us that actually the calling was actually to be a special witness of the name of Christ and then bore testimony of his name. That was powerful. We brought an Elder from our ward who was set apart the ...
Read more

12/20/21: Feliz Navidad

  This week we had our multi zone Christmas party which was an absolute blast. I got to see a lot of my friends from my last zone and as well as meet the herd of Americans that came in this transfer. I haven't seen so many white people in a while but it was good to hear a little English. We got to enjoy the talent show, each zone put together their own comedy sketch involving relatable jokes about the struggles of Bolivian Visa paperwork and getting dear John letters. As well we got to see some awesome south american music and dance as a part of the talent show. Later we had a giant white elephant gift swap, which me and my comp had been preparing for. We plan put an elaborate gift where the person unwraps sever layers of wrapping building anticipation until they reach the gift, two potatoes. Everyone got a kick out of that and even president was laughing at our prank. Of course we had a real gift but for some reason the Elder who picked it kept the potatoes and later they were sto...
Read more