well sounds like it was a crazy and fun week with lots of happiness and sadness all in the same time for everyone. sorry to hear about the losses, but thats what is so great about the plan of salvation that we have. it is straight from god and is perfect, we are here to have these trials and to learn and progress from them so that someday we can make it back to the presence of our heavenly father. and some of us are ready a little earlier then others... but we all will make it back someday.
this week was a good week a little crazy at some points but still really good. last night as i was varifying with the zone for all of there numbers and things, i talked to the assistants and found out that i am getting transferred. so on wednesday i will be in a new area with a new companion. i have mixed emotions about leaving my area and my zone. i am super happy cause now i might get fed a few times a week. but sad because i wont be able to pass the holidays with the members i have grown close with. i am going to the third other province (or state) that our mission covers. and it is called san luis. i will still be a zone leader and i will be with an awesome comp that i lived with before for about a week in alvear, elder fowler who has one transfer more then me. he is from colorado. he is a stud i am super excited to be with him and i am going to a zone on the up rise and has alot of potential so we might but i fully expect to win the cup again while i am there. so as for christmas and calling home. i dont know exactly where i will be calling from or what the number will be. but i will send you the email that justo we got today from the mission explaining some of the things. but when i get to my new area and know what we will be doing i will let you know. it will be alot of fun. on wednesday i have to go and travel again, and it will be another long bus ride. this time six hours. but in a direction i have never gone or even passed by going before so that will be cool.
so this passed week nothing to big happened. it was a pretty slow and boring week. up til the weekend. because on friday we had interviews with president lindahl. which as we know always can be something exciting for me. but nothing really big happened. he told me i might be leaving the zone and we talked about the future and stuff after the mish a little bit then it was over. nothin to special. but then after, the stake president was there he is a stud i love him and his family!!! asked if us and president could come with him to a meeting he had with a big group of government leaders, doctors, lawyers, and leaders of churches here in san juan. president had to return to san juan and could not make it, but sent us in his place to represent the church and the mission. told us he had the confidence in us that we would do what he would. so we went on friday night. and WOW!!!! it was big, with alot of very well off and high up people. but we talked got to know each other and showed we are normal people not scary or bad in anyway. they had alot of respect towards us and alot of respect for all you the family we have for raising us and helping us to be such good people, as they said. they were very impressed. it was alot of fun. a couple women from iran were there in a religion called bajai... i guess its like judism but not quiet, and its all immagrants from iran. she wants us to come over and talk to her and get to know her family. really though she wants us to date her daughters and marry them.... haha she was all over it and wants us to marry them way bad!!! haha or atleast have a child with them she says... hahah super funny lady and very wealthy and some odd ideas but is a good person. overall all the people had respect for us and our age and the things we are doing and were very happy for the help we give to members of there faiths. it was alot of fun and special experience for us to have.
then on saturday, elder bills (who goes home you need to go to his homecoming) had a baptism and we had to run clothes to him but the investigator never showed up it was funny. but after we took soap to our ward mission leader so our clothes could get washed. and on the way back we saw some crazy things.... we saw these kids dealing drogas and just super drugged up and not know anything that was happening super sad but as we continued two kids were in this little alley way inbetween two houses and were taking hits of cocaine. and around the corner a big gang fight broke out!!! it was the most extreme crazy like 15 minutues of walking i think i have had in my mission. so much of satans work going on right before my eyes. i couldnt believe it and felt super sad for the people.
then on sunday a special experience. a lady in the ward that has been super sick and like dieing of cancer for the past few months. my first week here we went to her house to give a blessing of salud. as she was getting ready to go to mendoza for treatments. the doctor told her it was bad and was going to die within a month or two. to enjoy her time and get ready to go... the time passed and nothing happened till this past weekend she went back to mendoza and had more exams and they could not find any trace of the cancer. it was so awesome to hear that and to see the joy she and her family had to have that and there testimony of the faith in jesus christ his atonement and the priesthood power.
i know that jesus lives. without a doubt in my heart i know that he lives and ministers today in his church on the earth. i know that faith is action. that without action faith is nothing. i know that the priesthood or athority from god has been restored and any worthy boy or man can recieve it and have the power of god in there hands. i know its true and i cannot deny it. i love you all and miss you and will keep you informed for the phone call. i hope to talk to everyone i can... take care
con amor
elder bigelow
ps elder kevan bills address... (great mission friend and big BYU football player)
474w. 4630n.
provo, ut. 84604
RKB@aol.com phone number....1(720)971-7876
i believe his homecoming is in a couple weeks goes home tomorrow. he will email me i believe so i will try to give more info.
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