Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope it's a good one and that you all enjoy the spirit of this season.
We are excited for this Christmas here and it should be a good one! We are ready for some Tamales and ponche as well to get us through this Christmas in Guate. Tonight is the ward Christmas party and there will be food.. and where there's food, there's the Elders as well. Saturday, January 2, 2016
December 22, 2015
December 15, 2015
Hey everyone,.
It was a rough week last week that's all I have to say. But we are working hard. I guess the Christmas season is a little tough. Yesterday we had an awesome miracle that made all the trials and suffering worth it!
Last week we were rejected and with not having investigators progressing that makes it the worst. Also we always have splits with missionaries and that makes things so tiring. Great experience but so tiring. One of these times we were heading back to our house after being on splits and I had my splits bag. My companion contacted the bus and I put my splits bag with my clothes, hygiene stuff and my english quad on the top rack of the bus. I contacted everyone and then we got off the bus. Then about 3 minutes later I realized something... my bag was still on the bus and I wasn't there. We called other missionaries to see if they could check at the bus stop in Villa Canales but it was nowhere to be found. That made the week so much harder for me. I wasn't too sad about the clothes. mostly just for my scriptures but it's ok I have a Book of Mormon and the secretaries are bringing me a bible on Thursday so that's all good.
One thing I have learned is that with a lot of trials like this, something good is going to happen. Yesterday we left to visit people and we met up with a lady I had contacted 2 days before and she told us to stop by. This Hermana Susi's mom let us in and there was the whole family, then we turned to sit down and saw a picture of the temple. That surprised us a lot so we got talking about it. Turns out that half of the family members are members and the other half no, and the ones that are members are inactive. We were able to have a super spiritual lesson with them and Hermana Susi siad she would pray and try her hardest to go to church this week. The missionaries taught her about a year ago and she wasn't very interested but now she is so ready to receive the gospel it's awesome!
Well I hope that you all have a great week and enjoy the holiday season! Love you all,
Elder Daybell
December 8, 2015
Hey Everyone,
This week was one of the hardest weeks of my mission. Mostly because we were rejected many times. But hey that's part of why I'm here! It's at times like those where we need to think of Christ and how he was rejected as well by the people he loved and yet he continued loving them until the end! So we were rejected a lot but it was a good week to learn and to keep pushing forward. We were running around a lot as well with lots of meetings and interviews it was awesome.
Yesterday was a holiday here in Guatemala. It was the " burn the Devil day" so what they do is buy these huge pinatas of the Devil and burn them in the street. So there was a lot of fire in the streets of Guatemala yesterday. I guess that's why the Devil went down to Georgia because here in Guatemala they'd burn him. haha I just came up with that one, you can all quote me on that one!
My companion and I are the zone leaders of the secretaries of the mission and so we asked them to put a few talks on our USB's in order to listen to some stuff on Pday. So yesterday we put in my companion's memory in order to see what they gave us... and the first talk up until the 8th talk was about marriage... My companion only has like 2 months left in the mission. The secretaries said they felt inspired to put those on to help him be focused on the next goal in life. haha they are some funny guys.
We have been working hard and look forward to this week, it should be a little different and we expect to see many miracles. We got to teach today in zone conference and it was very inpsiring and everyone is pumped to continue working hard. I love you all and hope you have an amazing week! Love,
Elder Daybell
December 1, 2015
It's December! How fast and awesome all at the same time!
This week has been great! I have an amazing companion and we have had some sweet experiences here this week and we have also had some very tough ones as well. We were rejected a lot this week but we kept working hard. We thought that we would have 0 investigators at church and that has only happened 2 times in my time here on the mission. I was sad, but then we had the miracle of having 9 investigators attend! And it was the primary program which helped them all enjoy the sacrament meeting and feel the spirit.
We did have a thanksgiving dinner this week and ate some turkey thanks to a member here! It was cool to share it with them. Their extended family was there and we all gave thanks and then ate. It was their 1st time doing this but they loved it and it wouldn't surprise me if they continued this tradition! I got to cut the turkey.
Despite all the trials, Elder Larsen and I are working hard to find new people and keep the zone inspired to work hard. We also have been enjoying a little bit of our time. On Pday we went to Walmart and found... Rootbeer! We bought quite a bit and have been enjoying it! What a miracle!
I hope you all have a great December and enjoy some time with family! Have a great week and if you all get the chance you should check out the new video from the church! Love you all,
Elder Daybell
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
November 24, 2015
Hey everyone
This week we had changes and my new companion is Elder Larsen from Logan, Utah. He has 21 months in the mission so I think I may be his last companion and I also think and hope that I will be in this area for a very long time because of it! He is awesome and we have actually had many cool miracles here already.
We got up on Saturday and I got a call that every missionary wants to receive. A man called and told me his girlfriend had attended church 4 times and was ready to be baptized, he even told me the day she wanted the interview and the baptism. We called her and she was awesome, so ready, she was even going to institute and learning there, she has a testimony but she lives in the area of the sister missionaries who we share a ward with. So we passed on the reference but it was quite the miracle and shows that sometimes the people come to you when they are ready.
We got up on Sunday and went to pick up our investigator Zoyla Mecler and she came out with a big bag. We had planned her baptism for the 29th of this month because she had only attended 1 time and drank coffee Tuesday and the rule is she has to wait 10 days to be baptized. She told us that in the bag were her clothes for the baptism and we said are you sure. She told us she had already told all her family and they were going to be there and that if it didn't happen today it would never happen. So we called Presidente Markham and he gave us the OK and we made it clear to he that she needed to stop drinking coffee and she said never again will she touch it. So after a lot of running around to say the least she was baptized with all the family in attendance. It was an amazing miracle and the whole family thanked us after because they are all members!
I am thankful to be a missionary. One thing I know is the spirit is in this work and i would do nothing on my own without it's guide. I hope you all have a happy thanksgivin, I will as well because we have a member here that said, Elders this week is thanksgiving and i know you eat turkey this day. I will make you turkey this Thursday. Miracles haha Love you all,
Elder Daybell
November 17, 2015
Hey Everyone,
This week was great as we went Wednesday to the temple. We did an endowment session and then after the temple president asked us to help for 30 minutes with Sealings. I got to be a witness at the sealing sessions for the dead. That was really cool and my first experience of a sealing. After we went as a zone to a place to eat where they make huge sandwiches and if you finish all of it, you don't pay. We only had 1 Elder in the zone finish his entire Sandwich and he is the skinniest in the zone. It was a fun Pday.
As the subject says this week we have changes, they still have not told us but we are certain that Elder Aza is leaving and I am staying. We have the secretaries in our zone and they know the changes about 2 weeks before the changes, they have been messing with us about the changes. They can't tell us, but they certainly like to play around with our minds.
This week we had Hermana Zoyla Mecler attend church with us. She is awesome and has many desires to be baptized after an accident that happened about a year ago. She is going to be baptized this Sunday. She is very sarcastic and has a good sense of humor. She reminds me a lot about one of the cars from the movie Cars because she has the same voice as the Old car that sells bumper stickers, it has been great to help her along this path.
We also had many other miracles but as it says in the book of Mormon there is not enough space to write "even the hundredth part" of all that has happened! I know this church is true and I love this gospel. Have a great week! Love,
Elder Daybell
November 10, 2015
Hey Everyone,
This has been a great week and the best part... We helped a family prepare to be eternal! They are now in the path where they need to be to become and eternal family. And even before their baptism they had been talking about going to the temple in a year to be married for all eternity! Wilmer and Yesenia were married this last Saturday and baptized like 30 minutes after their marriage. Many members attended and even brought more decoration because as the lady who did the marriage put it " The Elders have no creativity". But it was nice to have the help of members who brought balloons and a cake that was so delicious!
We were so happy with the progress of Wilmer and Yesenia that we realized something after the baptism: We need to find more investigators. Right now we are in the process of finding and it is tough. We are working with Juanita still but she can't seem to give up coffee. We are working with that, but we will see what happens as we look for news in this week.
Tomorrow we are going to the temple for Pday. I have not gone for almost a year. The last time I went was the 30th of December 2014. It is such a blessing to be in an area so close to the temple. Sorry there isn't much time but I know that this church is true. Simple as that. I love you all and hope you have a great week.
Love,
Elder Daybell
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