photos at the dinner we had. ENJOY. us in the mission car driving and the dinner with the lindahls
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
divisiones siempre
another week of alot of work and crazy traveling and planning and helping with all the missionaries int he mission. we went all over the place. but it was really cool i went down to alvear. where i was last winter and i saw alot of my converts and leaders of the branch down there.and it still was as cold as i remember. but one of my converts is planning on going to the temple in augost and wants me to go with him still and we are trying to work that out. so he can get endowed and go on his mission here in a couple months. it is way cool. i will never forget finding him and helping him. his family still is not receptive to the gospel and does not want to hear much of anything that we have to share with them. but he is still strong and doing well. i gave him some more shirts and ties to use for church and the mission when he goes. it was alot of fun. and a family we found and got baptized the week after i left is WAY strong and doing really well we had lunch with them and that was great. they have still remembered me as the first ever to come in there house. that was alot of fun. lots of good memories from good old southern mendoza in alvear.
in all of our capacitaciones the elders have been good and receptive to what we have to say and all are willing to prepare for the new president to come in. so that is really good. i hope that they take in the council we have for them. it really is for there benefit and will help them to have alot more success. we saw a good difference in the zones that we went to visit this week and they are working weell and starting to apply what we taught. tomorrow we have zone leader consejo and that will be interesting the first one i will be leading and in charge of. always i am just sitting as the zone leader and listening to what the AP's have to say. but now i am preparing it and staying up late to get things all ready. last night we did not get back to the apartment till almost three. verifying and getting all the things ready we could. and we still have alot of things to do tonight and tomorrow before we start. but it will be fun. we have some really good things planned and the leaders are excitecd and ready to learn.
we were on divisions the other day also and we saw a ton of people standing outside and tons of smoke going up in the air (which is common, argentina burns all there garbage everywhere) and as we got closer a fire truck came flying around the corner and we saw that it was suprisingly enough a house that was burning down. and everyone was watching it. not doing anything... haha they never see that here since all the houses are made of cement or adobe. but this one went up and was burning good. it was crazy! then we had lunch with a huge bolivian family and in the smallest most humble of houses. but they are such nice people and so willing to give. you just should have seen us in that house. we barely fit all four of us missionaries. but somehow we did it and had an awesome lunch with them that was good and fun.
last night was really cool. we got invited over to president lindahls house to eat dinner with him and hermana lindahl. and it was the best meal i have had in argentina. we had roast beef, mashed potatos and gravy!!!!! ahhhhh!!! man it was so good. a real sunday dinner, i have missed for such a long time. then we had the most amazing carrot cake i have ever tasted in my life! we had some really good discussions about life and the mission work and dating and marriage. lots of stuff i had burning on my mind. and president is such an inspired man. gave me so many answers i was looking for and really helped me to feel a little more at ease on alot of things. i am so grateful to have such a great man as my president and the opportunity i have to work so closely with him and hear and have his council is just great! he says he will come to my homecoming if i am in contact with him and if i let him know and if you let him know also when he gets home by email or by calling him. you really need to meet him! he is great! he will continue to help me after the mission i know it. has helped me to put good goals and meaningful goals.
i was a little jealous about the rubarb pie. i was talking about it last night at presidents house telling them how good it is. so i am a little jealous. but at the same time not to much since i know i cant have any here. if i were home and could not eat any i would be even more jealous. but since i wont have the chance for any for awhile, its not a big bother to me. i hope you have got in contact with the roberts family. we want to go up to deer creek that friday we get back with both our boats and have a good old time up there then go to his house that his family owns in midway for lunch or dinner or something and we could cook some good argentine asado for everyone! it would be alot of fun. so think about it and let me know what yall think.
lots of things have changed on the mission. things back home. and big changes in myself.i still obviously am alot of the same. but inside i have changed alot and have alot of different thoughts and goals and desires in life. i see things in alot bigger perspective now and understand the real importance of the gospel in my life! i am really sorry for kent and marci, tht must be tough. they will be in my prayers. everything will work out i hope!
well i hope that everyone has a good week and is diong well i miss you all and think of you often. stories are constantly shared about you all with my comp and people i show pictures to. they think you all look beautiful and love the pictures just to let you know.
con amor
elder bigelow
ps elder roberts says whats good? and hi to don,... haha and if he can be roberts dentist
milagros
well this week was a really crazy week. working towards getting this record for the month of may. we started off really bad and was looking to be a record low. but we brain stormed and prayed and started working a little bit with a plan two weeks ago to try and recover. then last week it was all or nothing. and we really saw some big miracles! it was amazing! i had some of the most spiritual experiences i have had in my mission and in my life. i trully know that angles were with us and helping us through our faith and the prayers that took place.
we worked alot in mendoza capital with the zones here and helping them to get people in the water and saw some great miracles take place there. but the really miracle took place as we prayed to know where we should go for the weekend to help. and had a few places picked out and thursday morning it was so clear that we had to go to san juan and work there again. we called the zone leader to tell hima nd he said it would be a waist of time that the people were not going to get baptized. but we went anyway and didnt really care what he said we felt we needed to go. we got there and went a worked for an hour in the mornign and got one person that was not gong to get baptzed committed to being baptized on sunday and they were way happy. then in the afternoon it came and was great!
we felt we needed to go to an area and work with two elders and help them who had two people that were there but did not have the desire to be baptized. and in another area taht roberts went to that also had a couple people to be baptized. i went to one that seemed a little less likely but i felt reallyl good about it and i knew taht miracles were going go come for us and that these people would be baptized.
first we went to theis lady name lidia... she prayed and knew that the book of mormon is true and been to church a couple of times but did not want to get baptized and said no to the elders a number of times and felt no need for it. so we went there and we talked and i told her how i felt we needed to come and talk to her and i told her about the temple prayers an the mission prayers and she called me a liar to my face and said i was jsut trying to obligate her to be baptized. i explained that was not the case and that she could know for her self and stuff. and she knew that god would answer her prayer but not tell her to be baptized this weekend. i testified and it was more powerful then any other tesitmony i feel i have given. i told her and promised her taht god would answer her prayer and tell her to be baptized. that if she had faith it would happen right then and there!!! i promised her as a servant of god that he is ready and listening because i trully felt that way!! we invited her to pray right then and there and she would get her answer if she was to be baptized on sunday. so we knelt down and she prayed and told god she had the desire to be baptized if it was his desire of her. and asked father, do i need to be baptized on sunday........ and she was silent for a few minutes..... and BAM the spriit hit so hard and we all started to cry and she thanked god for the answer and said she would go and be baptized on sunday knowing that was the desire of him. i trully felt the presence of the spirit or angels that were with us in that moment for her to get the answer and to soften her heart to hear and feel it. and she did get baptized yesterday.
after we went to visit another girl of three years investigating. she could not recieve permission from her dad. and the elders never had met the dad. and right as we got infront of the house the dad pulled up in his car to pick her up from the mothers house. and we talked to him and he was against it still. but we some how got him to give permission, and to change days of the week to visit his daughter from saturday and sunday. to monday and tuesday which worked better for the mom anyways. it was way special and lots of tears int hat familiy as well. it was really special. and we saw many more things taht were just amazying this weekend. this week we have lots of meetings to help the missionaries prepare for the new president and it is going to be crazy but i am really excited. we dont get much sleep. last night we were up till 2 30 verifying. but it is a blast and the spirit with president lindahl is amazing!!! i learn so much in our meetings we have with him.
i better get going. but thanks for everything. GOD DOES WORK MIRACLES i have seen so many and felt the spirit so strong in my time here on the mission i cant neglect my testimony that i have recieved. i know he lives and this is HIS work!! have a good week. i love you all. thanks again.
con amor
elder bigelow
ps get in contact with the roberts taht will be great.... and any word on the deer tags....
we worked alot in mendoza capital with the zones here and helping them to get people in the water and saw some great miracles take place there. but the really miracle took place as we prayed to know where we should go for the weekend to help. and had a few places picked out and thursday morning it was so clear that we had to go to san juan and work there again. we called the zone leader to tell hima nd he said it would be a waist of time that the people were not going to get baptized. but we went anyway and didnt really care what he said we felt we needed to go. we got there and went a worked for an hour in the mornign and got one person that was not gong to get baptzed committed to being baptized on sunday and they were way happy. then in the afternoon it came and was great!
we felt we needed to go to an area and work with two elders and help them who had two people that were there but did not have the desire to be baptized. and in another area taht roberts went to that also had a couple people to be baptized. i went to one that seemed a little less likely but i felt reallyl good about it and i knew taht miracles were going go come for us and that these people would be baptized.
first we went to theis lady name lidia... she prayed and knew that the book of mormon is true and been to church a couple of times but did not want to get baptized and said no to the elders a number of times and felt no need for it. so we went there and we talked and i told her how i felt we needed to come and talk to her and i told her about the temple prayers an the mission prayers and she called me a liar to my face and said i was jsut trying to obligate her to be baptized. i explained that was not the case and that she could know for her self and stuff. and she knew that god would answer her prayer but not tell her to be baptized this weekend. i testified and it was more powerful then any other tesitmony i feel i have given. i told her and promised her taht god would answer her prayer and tell her to be baptized. that if she had faith it would happen right then and there!!! i promised her as a servant of god that he is ready and listening because i trully felt that way!! we invited her to pray right then and there and she would get her answer if she was to be baptized on sunday. so we knelt down and she prayed and told god she had the desire to be baptized if it was his desire of her. and asked father, do i need to be baptized on sunday........ and she was silent for a few minutes..... and BAM the spriit hit so hard and we all started to cry and she thanked god for the answer and said she would go and be baptized on sunday knowing that was the desire of him. i trully felt the presence of the spirit or angels that were with us in that moment for her to get the answer and to soften her heart to hear and feel it. and she did get baptized yesterday.
after we went to visit another girl of three years investigating. she could not recieve permission from her dad. and the elders never had met the dad. and right as we got infront of the house the dad pulled up in his car to pick her up from the mothers house. and we talked to him and he was against it still. but we some how got him to give permission, and to change days of the week to visit his daughter from saturday and sunday. to monday and tuesday which worked better for the mom anyways. it was way special and lots of tears int hat familiy as well. it was really special. and we saw many more things taht were just amazying this weekend. this week we have lots of meetings to help the missionaries prepare for the new president and it is going to be crazy but i am really excited. we dont get much sleep. last night we were up till 2 30 verifying. but it is a blast and the spirit with president lindahl is amazing!!! i learn so much in our meetings we have with him.
i better get going. but thanks for everything. GOD DOES WORK MIRACLES i have seen so many and felt the spirit so strong in my time here on the mission i cant neglect my testimony that i have recieved. i know he lives and this is HIS work!! have a good week. i love you all. thanks again.
con amor
elder bigelow
ps get in contact with the roberts taht will be great.... and any word on the deer tags....
una nueva llamamiento
well this week was a crazy week! but alot of fun anyways! i got sick, we had our baptism, and i got a phone call from president lindahl....
first i got sick and thought i was going to die! but thankfully i was able to get it all out of my system. it sucks we are so far away from everything that it is kinda hard to do what is needed so i just talked to the doctor and got things figured out over the phone. i was throwing up alot. i ate something way bad!... but i am all better now. it was just funny dad said i hope your health is good. and just last week i got sick. but i am better and dont have to worry about anything.
i did not know if i was going to make it for the baptism and i was the one who he wanted to baptize him. but i was feeling alot better friday for it and i was able to do it. it was a really rewarding experience! he is 21 and has had to give up alot. but has never been happier he told me. and when he came out of the water he started crying and gave me a huge hug and thanked me about a million times. and his family and everyone there was all teared up as well. it was really special for me and for all of us. and when we were in the bathroom changing he asked me how i felt when i got baptized and i told him and he said he felt the same. and that he feels like he is on the top of the world and can do anything. and has never felt so much happiness and joy. it was so special for me. for one of my last days here in albardon.
president also called me, and told me he knew i would do whatever he asked of me. and i told him i would that he can always rely on me. and he was happy to here that. and said that i need to pack my bags and come down to mendoza to help him to end his mission and be his assistant and to prepare to bring in the new mission president and help him to run the mission.... haha and i will be with my old enemy new best friend elder roberts from alta! i am so happy and it will be a great experiende! but it is short and that is all for this week.
thanks for everything. i love you and miss you! have a great week.
con amor
elder bigelow
first i got sick and thought i was going to die! but thankfully i was able to get it all out of my system. it sucks we are so far away from everything that it is kinda hard to do what is needed so i just talked to the doctor and got things figured out over the phone. i was throwing up alot. i ate something way bad!... but i am all better now. it was just funny dad said i hope your health is good. and just last week i got sick. but i am better and dont have to worry about anything.
i did not know if i was going to make it for the baptism and i was the one who he wanted to baptize him. but i was feeling alot better friday for it and i was able to do it. it was a really rewarding experience! he is 21 and has had to give up alot. but has never been happier he told me. and when he came out of the water he started crying and gave me a huge hug and thanked me about a million times. and his family and everyone there was all teared up as well. it was really special for me and for all of us. and when we were in the bathroom changing he asked me how i felt when i got baptized and i told him and he said he felt the same. and that he feels like he is on the top of the world and can do anything. and has never felt so much happiness and joy. it was so special for me. for one of my last days here in albardon.
president also called me, and told me he knew i would do whatever he asked of me. and i told him i would that he can always rely on me. and he was happy to here that. and said that i need to pack my bags and come down to mendoza to help him to end his mission and be his assistant and to prepare to bring in the new mission president and help him to run the mission.... haha and i will be with my old enemy new best friend elder roberts from alta! i am so happy and it will be a great experiende! but it is short and that is all for this week.
thanks for everything. i love you and miss you! have a great week.
con amor
elder bigelow
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