June 14, 2010

Hey family!!!

Well this week was a really good week and it went by really fast. Next week is transfers and I can’t believe it has already gotten here. This transfer just blew by. But this week we had some good success. We got 5 of the 6 from the familia Ditoto, to come to church. And next week we will get all of them to come. I think they really liked it. But keep them in your prayers and they will have a spiritual experience to bring the whole family together and all want to be baptized together. The dad needs to stop smoking to. And spends 20 pesos a day on cigarettes and the family barely has bread to eat or the week, and he is doing this. But he just has no desire to stop right now. Its kinda sad. So this week we taught them and it went amazing.

I made brownies and cookies three times this week for investigators. I am becoming quite the cook. I have not told you but I am cooking so much and doing well at it. I love it and everyone here is loving it. But I remembered from a question Lisa asked about food I eat and things. So I remembered, so I will tell you all about that in just a second. But yeah so we taught and did really well and put a couple of fechas for baptism for next week and in July. So we will see how that goes but the family we really are looking at is this one huge family and trying to work with them. Its either us or the evangelical church they tell us. So we are trying to get them to pray and to have spiritual experience to feel and learn that these things are true and the dad to want to change to better his life and the life of his family. They have 2 more kids under 8 and one that is just one year old and they can barely afford bread cause he has such a bad addiction. And he does not want to change right now but maybe this week he will feel more of a desire to change. He smoked a pack and a half right in front of us the other day. But he is so awesome I love the guy I just want him to feel the spirit and the rest of the family to recognize the spirit and realize the blessings that will come in there lives from this amazing, perfect gospel plan that god has created for us. I had a really amazing experience with them.

I said before to you all, that I know that this is one of the reasons I am on this mission is to find and teach this family. I know it is. And I know they are just one of the people I promised. And the first time I entered the house I recognized all of them and knew there faces it was really such a crazy feeling and very spiritual for me to have. But this last week when we were teaching them I had another really spiritual experience. I usually do most the talking in the houses, my comp is pretty quiet most the time. And at the end of our lesson, I bore testimony to them, and promised blessings and did not even feel like I was the one working my mouth. I said things I never even studied or even know what they mean. And still to this moment cannot remember what I said. And afterward Elder Leal told me that, that was the most perfect well accented speaking I have yet spoke and so spiritual, and that I said words he had no idea I knew and did everything correct. And he can’t even remember what I said. It was absolutely amazing and a true testament to me of the power of God and the gift of tongues. It really does exist and I know it does. In all my other speaking I have a ways of going till I am perfect but I am doing really well and communicate and understand just about everything and it is just like dad said last June that I would be in this position speaking another language and understanding. It is so amazing. But keep praying I will improve and the blessings will continue to come in.

So the world cup started. And we got permission to watch Argentina play. One, cause EVERYTHING was closed and no one was in the street. Every single person young and old was watching the game. Argentina won and it was a good game. And the US tied with England. Wow I miss sports. I was so entranced by the tv watching. It was so good for me. I really loved it and the people here are crazy for it. All stores closed and school gets cancelled for the games or the TV is on in the classes to watch the game. And everyone walks around with their flags or jerseys, faces painted, cars decked out, everything. Its really cool to see.

The food......well we have lunch everyday. And I have had noodles with tomato sauce or rice with tomato sauce everyday except twice in 5 weeks here. That is usually what we get in every area for lunch is noodles with tomato sauce and a piece of chicken or beef. It really gets old but its good. They cook it in water and oil or just oil. So it is really fatty. And at night in the pensh, if I have any energy from the day I will have a bowl of cereal, drink yogurt, eggs, beef strips, or left overs from something. But I usually don’t have much energy for anything except a drink and my bed. But I am healthy and doing well, exercising good and feeling good. My face is really clearing up to. So it is all going well I believe.

Well I hope you have fun in Powell and all goes well for ya. I am sitting right next to Ethan Roberts the kid from Alta I came with and all we have talked about today is lake Powell and Havasupai in Arizona. He is such I stud I love the kid. So we are jealous and hope you have a fun time. Tell everyone at the reunion I say hello and hope all is going well. Thanks for everything. And the prayers are felt. I love you all and miss you. Keep doin well.

Con Amor

Elder Bigelow