The California sun in my eyes! My companion Elder Harris, we were companions
In the MTC and we will finish our mission as companions!
Monday, September 1, 2014
The Last Month
August 24, 2014
That's so cool you got to pour a bucket of ice water on Dad's head. Dreams do come true! And it sounds like it was all for a good cause. We actually have heard of that challenge, but I didn't really understand what people were doing it for. So thanks for explaining. It sounds pretty intense.
This week was really good. We have a lot of people to visit so it's easy to stay busy. We taught R-- almost everyday this week, and he's been reading. He has trouble comprehending things because he's gone through a lot of pretty severe seizures, but he still reads everyday and prays. We have to teach him very basically though. It took him a while to understand the restoration, but he's starting to understand. He came to church this week, and loved it. A member had to pick him up cause he can't drive. It was good though cause the member stayed with him the whole time. I think he will be baptized September 7th.
We are also teaching a new family. The dad wants to stop drinking, and the mom has a hard time going to a new church. She feels like she is betraying her ancesters. I think she knows it's true though, and that's why they came to church this week. They are a really nice family, and would be great members. We just have to overcome a few more stumbling blocks.
We have some other people that we teach, but I won't go into much detail.
That's it for news this week. I sure love you guys, and I'm super excited to see everyone, and meet some new additions to the family. Love you!
Love,
Jordy
My Happy Birthday!
August 18, 2014
I'm 21! That's crazy. I woke up this morning to Elder Harris yelling, "Dude!! You're twenty one!!" He seemed really excited about it, and it got me pretty stoked too. I'm 21!!
I think I remember that day as well, It was before school when we used to read the Book of Mormon together. I'm still not very fond of growing up.. But there's also so many things I hope to do in life that I know are going to be so great. So in that sense I'm pretty stoked! Haha that was a pretty priceless moment :) Thanks for helping those moments. I have no idea what triggered them.. But thanks for you Birthday wishes. I got the birthday box you sent. Thanks!! I've eaten a lot of the rice crispies, and only shared a few. I love them too much to share!!
This week was good! We visited all the new investigators. One of them in particular is super sweet. Her name is P--. She has been wanting to get baptized for a while now... She is such a sweet lady, she has such a positive outlook on life. She's had outrageous health problems and is always really happy, and has a lot of faith that God is looking out for her. It's really cool!
We taught this other guy named R-- a few times this week. He was committed to come to church but when we went by Saturday night he was in the Hospital in MoVal. He had had a seizure. So hopefully he can recover quickly. Keep him in your prayers!!
That's about it for investigator news. I do have a few things that happened this week that made me trunky though. Maybe we'll start a new segment these last few weeks, and call it "Things that made me trunky" just because it is impossible not to think about home anyway!
Things that made me trunky:
1. Friday Night we had dinner with the Ruiz family, and their daughter that goes to college in Utah and her friend walk in. They came back to visit from Utah. They are dinner with us, and were pretty attractive. I realized how much I missed girls and hanging out with friends. I imagine that will be really fun! I'm excited!!
2. President Mullen came up on Sunday after church to give Elder Harris and me our "Exit Interviews" where we pretty much just talk about how to adjust to the real world. About what I want to do when I get back and what I should look for as I'm dating. He gave us some good tips! He also gave us a packet of talks to study as we prepare to head home.
3. This one probably made me the most trunky. We were with a member last night, and she showed us the video of Elder Baltazar getting off the plane and hugging his family. It was so sweet. His mom just couldn't contain herself and sprinted to hug him. It was nice.
But hey there's still a lot I can accomplish. So I'm still excited to be here these last few weeks!
Thanks for everything Momma! You're the best mom a 21 year old boy could ask for. I love you!
Love,
Jordy :)
Monday, August 11, 2014
I'm Not Dying Alone!!
August 11, 2014
Hey So I'll just cut straight to the news, the transfer goes as follows. Are you ready?? It's pretty cool. I think it's probably the coolest thing that could have happened this transfer. I'll be staying here in Menifee. Coming to join me this last transfer is my MTC buddy Elder H-- I couldn't believe it! I think it's so cool! They moved two sets of missionaries out of our ward, and now we cover two areas, because we're covering the other missionaries area now. So we got hooked up with a lot more investigators! So i'll tell you more about them next week.
There's a missionary term called "dying," and it basically refers to when you leave the mission. Because you die as a missionary so to speak. In that sense Elder H-- and I die together! I think it's a big comfort. I mean who wants to die alone? We actually requested it from our friend Elder Moss the AP, and with the approval of God, he made it happen. I think it will be cool to see how much we both have grown, and to teach together again! This time with real investigators.
This week we had a lot of cool things happen. We didn't have very many lessons though because we had a lot of meetings, and stuff. Tuesday we went to the temple. It was awesome! And as always we ate Cafe Rio afterwards. I think Cafe Rio might have been on you guys! This week it was Mormon night at this semi-pro baseball team in Lake Elsinore. So we got the permission to go with our investigators, and we had promised him and his son two tickets, and they were ready to go with us. It was super fun!
The lesson of the week is that you can throw up crazy prayers, and God will listen. He sent me Elder H-- and President put us back to Zone Leaders so don't worry we won't be able to lose focus too much!
Love you!
Love,
Jordy :)
I gotta get used to my name this last transfer. So it's not so weird when I come home :)
Miracle of the Week
August 4, 2014
So we got one more week in the transfer, and then I'll be going into my last transfer. I might actually move one last time. During interviews President asked me if my companion would be ready to train, and I told him yes. So he might keep him in this area, and start to build up the mission using the younger missionaries. It's a good plan. I'm hoping to get put with My MTC comp. It would be cool to start and end the mish with him! But hey we'll find out on Saturday.
This week was pretty good. We spent quite a bit of time with H-- and M--. M-- knows the Book of Mormon is true, and she reads the chapters we give her. She also tells us all the time she felt the spirit when we recited the 1st vision. She just doesn't quite grasp the priesthood yet.. But she doesn't deny baptism. She just wants to take her time. They weren't able to come to church this week so we stopped by afterwards to check on them, they had to leave somewhere early in the morning, but they promised us they would come next week. For sure!
We also visited the another investigator she is kind of depressed, but wouldn't do anything about it. We hadn't seen her for a few weeks, but on Saturday we decided we would go by and invite her one last time to church. It was actually about to start raining, and we always have lessons outside. So we a had a quick 10 minute lesson before it started to pour. It was definitely lead by the spirit though. We asked her how she had been. She told us depressed. Wow nothing changed! I asked her what her purpose was in life. She said she didn't have one. I asked her how she was going to find one if she was in the house all day. She said she didn't know. I told her that I thought God knew her purpose, after all He created the universe. I told her she would find purpose as she goes to church regularly, and we invited her once more. She gave some excuses. We said, "No excuses!" She eventually agreed to come. She needed to come. So we came an hour early on Sunday morning to help her get ready. She was already outside, but in her PJ's. She said she wasn't ready. We said, "Well, we got time. Go get ready!" And she did. Then she followed us to church and loved it. She already knew a lot of people there. She was neighbors with some of the members. So they were really excited to see her!
That was the miracle of the week!
We also had a bunch of fun playing soccer this morning. It was still super wet from all the rain. So we were sliding all over the place. It was super fun!
Love, Elder Higgins
I'm Heading in the Right Direction
July 28, 2014
This week was actually kind of rough. We weren't able to teach as many lessons as we planned to. B--has been super busy and we weren't able to meet with her. We taught M--and H-- a few times. They are super cool. I don't know if I've mentioned them before, because we actually have two sets of M--and H--. This set we found after another investigator told us that she thought they were members. So we headed on over there to knock on their door. As we walked through the gate a small white dog bolted out of the yard and started running down the street. It totally reminded me of Dixie. Elder T-- ran after it and eventually caught it. I guess M-- noticed from the window that we let her dog out, and came outside. And I talked with her as my companion ran down the street. She is super cool. They didn't turn out to be members but we picked them up as investigators. They are progressing slowly. They haven't come to church yet though. We even stopped by Sunday morning, but they weren't able to come. Once they come to church I know they will progress at double the rate. So we will focus on that this week.
We also had interviews with the new President. He's very cool. It was a very spiritual experience. I love to hear the testimonies of people that have truly consecrated their life to the church. I hope one day when I'm older I can look back and say the same thing about myself. I'm heading in the right direction!
Well, I sure love you! Tell the whole gang I say hello. I don't have too much time left to Email everyone. So tell everyone of my love for them.
Love,
Elder Higgins
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