October 3, 2016

It was a really good week for me to be honest. Something I have learned is fasting is so powerful so I have been trying to fast weekly. I fasted for Dad that first week and I hope it helped him!

That really stinks about Courtney! I will definitely pray for her because that like really stinks. Sometimes God just gets us home early for reasons we don't know. I know she will be fine though. :)

So like I said, I had a super fun week and we had a really good time working hard. Kinda awful weather as it rained every single day this week and the temperature dropped to about 48 during the day and about 30 at night. I think. jaja I am such an Arizona boy though because I seriously sleep in a hoodie and sweats and this pair of socks that heat up your feet and a beanie! I get super duper cold at night so yeah jajaja. But other than the rain we just worked really, really hard. It was an interesting week because they closed an area in the zone and the elders are living and working in our area right now so we just like constantly do divisions in our area. It is good but pretty sad that they had to close that area...

The area is really progressing and that family I mentioned last week is seriously just like the coolest thing ever. G went to 4 of the 5 sessions of conference with us and the rest of the family went to the 2 on Sunday. I am pretty sure they like really, really liked it and received a ton of answers to their questions. Speaking about receiving answers, I also was really uplifted by conference. I had been feeling pretty down about my abilities as a leader and how the zone was progressing and was really just not happy, happy. Like yeah I had fun and tried and such but like that happiness that we get that just kind of stays? Yeah that I did not have.

The prophets really came through for me because I felt about half the talks were for me in that moment. I have kinda of a new life motto coming along and I will think about it this week. However, I know without a doubt that true happiness does not come with any other thing than just centering our lives in the Savior. I felt super uplifted and that spirit is still carrying me today! :D

Today was super fun too. jajaj We got together as a zone and made this sweet food from the north part of Mexico called Discada. It is seriously just like a ton of meat that you cook together with spices and all sorts of love and then eat in tacos. It was super, super good to be honest. jajaja Tomorrow is another trip to Xalapa for the leadership conference so that should be fun. I am kind of just tired of traveling. jajaj With this trip, I will bring the total to 184 hours on a bus in my mission. jajaja

I am really trying to be firm in Christ and keep working with the quality that my Lord wants me to and I KNOW that this church is true. That is something that I have loved is that I don't only just believe in Christ in general but I have gotten to know who he is and become his friend :D

Love you guys!

Elder Bigelow

 

 

September 26, 2016

It really was a great week so don't worry about that! I have a new companion named Elder Hernandez hahah yeah same name but different guy! He really is pretty crazy but it has been fun to try and adapt to his style of being a leader and a missionary. I have learned a ton from him in this small time to be honest and I hope to keep learning this whole transfer. We had a really great week teaching and found the coolest of families! 

They are named G, the mom, and G, the 20 year old son, then D, the 14 year old daughter, and then they have two little boys. They were able to attend church and I really think they enjoyed it a lot. They are really taking in the lessons super quickly! I really enjoy teaching a family because I have yet to baptize a family and it is really fun seeing each of the family members support each other to make sure they read and to get up for church and stuff!

Other than that we really did not do much today just chilled out washing a ton of clothes and relaxing. My companion got here super stressed from being the Assistant to the President so he enjoyed just working normal for once jajaja.

That is actually crazy that the stake is being divided! That means that Taylor won't even be in our stake anymore? Wow craziness that the work is progressing so much there at home. I always pictured that the missionaries at home just like never baptise, and surely they don't baptize at the same rate that we do, but the work of the Lord is progressing really strongly there at home it seems. 

I almost have 17 months in the mission. To be honest, I really cannot believe it!

Elder Bigelow

 

 

September 19, 2016

If I could give you any advice that I have learned so far it is that we really cannot stress about things that cannot be controlled. We can stress and try our best with all the things under our power but the moment that we stress because the weather stinks we are going to have a bad time. It is not and will never be under our control. Something that I have been doing if I am stressed or sad about things that I can't fix is to just conquer something that I can. Like if one of our investigators just stopped listening and I am sad, I will like clean the bathroom. It is something that I can control and I will make it how I want it. Helps me idk and then things are somehow clean jajaja. So it is an idea, stressed about work? Clean out the junk drawer. That has helped me a ton and keeps my mind busy on other things. I also look in the Book of Mormon when I just can't control things, it really has a calming spirit and in those moments is when God can really talk to us and give us "ideas" that help so yeah! 

I am seriously missing ALL of the marriages so like woo... next thing I know Nathan, Bryan, Alex, and JT will all be married before I get home!

If it is like me you just have to explain things really, really well. I just always refused to do anything that I did not get the point of or it did not benefit me in some way. I probably asked why to about everything and sometimes you really don't want to explain. However, take the time to explain step by step why you are going to do something and maybe I will see the need of it. You as the seller need to create the need for him to want to do something. That is the secret of getting anyone to do anything, including teaching the Gospel. If I do not create the need for someone to change their lives and listen to the Gospel they will never ever do it, because there is no need. 

I just had a pretty cool week so I will have to keep the descriptions short! 

1 Baptism on Saturday! It was super cool and she is named B and is the mom of a member that was resisting the church but finally gave in. She will be going to the temple in December (already signed up) and hopefully in a year can be sealed to her son and step daughter! Woo!

2 Mexican Independence Day! Super fun and I totally bought this super cool Mexican customized thing that I am so excited to show you. jajajaja It was fun and me and Herm Christensen totally got all super Mexicanized for the event!

3 Changes! I will be staying here for another change in the best weather in the mission! O thank goodness! I will be changing Hernandezes though because the Elder Hernandez that is my comp is leaving and I will be with the Elder Hernandez from Torrejon Mexico. He is actually the Assistant to the President right now so I am pretty excited to learn and have a lot of success together! Just kind of worried because it is starting to get really, really cold!

Alex is almost home and Bryan soon after that! I just have 5 changes left or 7 months! I have to get in gear because there is not enough time!

Elder Bigelow

September 12, 2016

This is the week that he was told about his Dad's car accident.

 

I am going to fast. That is kind of crazy. But don't worry I am ok, a bit surprised but ok :) I also have the best support system that there is because really to be honest Christ understands these kinds of things and can really support us. So I am going to focus on finding that comfort and peace for Dad. I love him so much please tell him that! <3 

Also tell him this: Que la verdad no estoy nada preocupado y que sanaré super rapido porque todavia tiene demasiadas viajes al Rio Negro para estar de nena ahorra jajaja.

I caught a rabbit jajaja

Elder Bigelow

 

 

September 5, 2016

Well this week was kind of hectic with so many things to try to do and divisions and craziness! But we got some fun work done to be honest. The only thing is that no one made it to church this week... this is the first time I have had this happen in like 7 months and it hurts. I honestly feel sometimes that I have wasted a whole week of work because they just don't get it to go to church... But other than that it was super cool!

Tomorrow we have consilio so that means another sweet bus ride. That will bring me to 168 hours in a bus during my mission D: I love it there because it really makes me better as a missionary and helps me focus because I just focus on my missionaries. We also eat like super good food from Hermana Greer yay!

Sad Story Time: On Saturday we went walking in our area and got to this members house that is super cool to us. Well her neighbor has a dog named LaLa that seriously looks exactly like Athena. She acts exactly like Athena too. She is super loving and still a little pup. So we always play around with her a lot. We did the same thing this Saturday as usual. Well LaLa is getting braver to go farther and farther away from her house and always follows us for a good while after we see her. Well on Saturday she followed us for like a super long way and it was fun to contact and preach with my dog jajaja. But then the worst thing ever happened and a mean dog scared her into the street and she got smacked by a car :( It just seemed to really damage her leg and put her into shock. Oh did I mention it was raining? Yeah, so I would not leave her there. I carried my little LaLa back to the member's house. It kind of sucked and I smelled like wet dog and was seriously filthy, but I felt good about it. Just the things you never expect to do as a missionary I guess. 

Still loving it here but the rain and cold are kind of killing my sleeping habits! I had to go buy foot warmer thingies to warm my feet jajajjaa

Love you! 

Elder Bigelow

August 29, 2016

Did we teach you how to work? You kind of gave me the option to learn to work. I just figured it out myself I guess. Yeah, I might find the easiest way to get something done, but I get it done. 

It is funny how that actually applies in the mission. Like we work in everything but we should always be looking for the easiest and most effective way to have success as a missionary. That is working with the members. I can contact about 2,000 people in the street, but maybe just one of them will get baptized. I do it because it is what we are supposed to do but I know the best way to work is to work closely with the members. So we are applying that in our area and seeing success! 

This week was cool because the assistants came with us and worked with the trainers in our zone. I think they really helped and did a lot. They also taught us a few things that we can do to help out and become better missionaries. So that was fun plus they are 2 crazy dudes that are my friends sooo yay!

We worked hard with our missionaries as well doing a few sweet divisions so that was fun.

Other than that we saw some cool miracles with our investigators and they are just progressing. It has been really hard because a lot of people that know that this is the true church just cannot trust God enough to change their lives to be baptized. They end up falling away from the church well before they even get baptized. I want to help them so much but at that point I am powerless but to teach them what is true repentance. It hurts me really bad sometimes...

I had the worst sickness of my mission this week. Just straight diarrhea for the week... it was terrible jajaja but getting better and Hna Greer gave me some pills to take to help out so yay! She also found me some pants! woo! Hna Greer is the best!

Being a leader is expensive though because I try to be the one that helps out other missionaries and basically when I am on divisions I kinda pay for everything... and all the divisions means a lot of costs in food and travel and things. So yeah I have been burning money I feel... but yeah I can't really do anything else about it because that's how I am.

Love you guys and miss you tons!

Elder Bigelow

August 22, 2016

Well I sure hope that you get lots done, but I will be there to help if you need it when I get home. 

Well this week was really hard but filled with miracles. We just were not having a good time finding people and we had to let a few people go because they were not progressing. It was pretty tough on the soul. However, we fasted and that was awesome because on Sunday we had 3 people get to church that we were not expecting. They are now progressing really, really well to be baptized in September! It really brought up my spirits and we were able to bring those miracles also to the zone!

This is the first week in that we are really happy because almost all of the zone had more than 3 people in church. I have not seen those types of dats here in Tetzu in a long, long time. At least as long I have been here... I finally feel like I am getting the swing of things as a Zone Leader and actually feel that I am helping people. So yay! 

Other than that it was a pretty basic week with just the weather getting really, really cold.... jajaja I am so not used to this and it is super weird to be walking around in a heavy sweater in August so yeah... It is way better than other parts of the mission that are sitting above 100 right now jajaja. 

The assistants are going to be in divisions with us tonight and tomorrow so I am really excited to learn something special from them and help out my own area so I can have more time to help out the area of my missionaries. We are going to do plenty of divisions ourselves to keep helping the zone and I am excited because I will be with Elder Winters. He is a new gringo in the zone. I will help him get used to contacting and then doing super awesome things as a missionary in the future. 

That is pretty much it though so pretty basic really hahaha.

Love you guys and miss you tons!

Elder Bigelow

 

 

August 15, 2016

It is pretty hard to keep up with everything but something that always helps me in the mission is the Savior's example. When he had just finished a super hard task of the atonement he did not go take a rest or say that his work was done. He went and just kept working. So whenever I feel just wasted or hurt or whatever I just think that he did not give up so I will not either. It helps alot.

I have been enjoying church so much more in the mission because I have spiritual problems that I am looking for answers. The revelation a lot of the times comes from sacrament meeting for me. So just search for those questiones and answers and you can have a much better experience in church to be honest.

We had a good week, with the transfers I always think that I am running around with me head cut off trying to be every where at once. I really enjoy it and I think it is quite fun. We worked really hard and saw a few really cool miracles during the week and just kept working. We have a lady that has been to church so much, but has never been baptized. I thought she was just never going to be baptised but we had a super tear filled spirit of a lesson with her on Saturday. She finally accepted that she needed to do it. So yay for M!

We also found a few people that seemed really cool, they just did not make it out to church. So, back to work with them this week to see if they progress and make sure that they understand the importance of keeping this crucial commandment. 

We played ultimate frisbee as a zone today and ate some really good tacos! It was fun! And now trying to finish writing as quickly as possible so we can get back to our area. jajaja There are too many appointments!

Love you guys so much and really miss you a ton!

Elder Bigelow

August 8, 2016

Well the weather has been pretty crazy, I am not going to lie. We had some awesome monsoon like rain come through and ruin all our plans to contact people in the street. But I have finally put that huge rain coat to use! YAY! jajajaja Still loving it here even though we are the only people crazy enough to be outside in that type of weather. 

So to start the week we had consilio, which is the new name for our leader's conference that we have every month. I was really looking for answers because my zone has been having a ton of problems. To be honest, I felt like a failure as a leader. They really do not give you a manual for this work jajajaja. It was really good, the topic you could say was fasting and prayer. It hit me like a brick wall that I was taking on way to much of this work on my shoulders. I have this huge support with God and I had been denying him giving me blessings and carrying me through this. I can't say I have fasted for anything other than to just fast in a long time and my prayers had become just kinda monotonus versions of "Bless my family, bless investigators and so on." There was never really anything meaningful anymore. Basically I had become comfortable with the work and got selfish. I have changed that this week. The week was not miraculous or life changing, but I could feel such a difference in my faith as a whole. I saw myself doubting less and loving more, making sure to do everything right.

Well changes also happened but I will be staying here in wonderfully cold and getting colder every day Tetziutlan jajaja. I really love it here because it is my first ward and they treat us sooooo well. Love the members in this area! The zone is changing a ton and so many of my super good friends are going home right now! :(

Other than that just trying to be a better leader and do mission things :) 

It scared me about Gma Moore! I am glad that she is ok and i know that Gpa Moore is there for her and everything will be ok. 

Awesome that JT is back and working! I only have 6 changes left

... what the heck hahahaha

Miss you guys a TON!

Elder Bigelow

August 1, 2016

Yeah, that's what I am working on so much right now is not having fear but having faith.

We have found more families in this change than I have my entire mission. I feel so awesome but then like they take so much time to progress. Soooo much time.

We have been having a few dificulties in the zone and we have not had many baptisms recently. So, I have to figure out the problem and help inspire them to have success. 

I have been helping out Hermana Christenson, from our stake, a ton. hahaha We moved her last night without a truck. I feel like we carried her fridge for like a mile. hahahahahaha But I didn't even take pictures... ahaha

But yeah other than that, we are fine. We just keeping working really hard to try and have success. I am trying to have patience and make sure to find the people that want to progress but it has gotten really, really hard. The people here are so stuck on their traditions and just ugh hahaha

But we have people progressing so yeah whatevs!

Loves you!

Elder Bigelow

July 25, 2016

Finally we can be done with all the home projects, hahaha, but I really didn't mind all that much when it was types of work that I liked. I just like hate painting with a passion hahaha. 

Well this week was interesting. Basically, it has been like cold, cold and raining all week. The morning is always sunnyish and we go out all happy but after our lunch appointment at 2 we leave to monsoon like rain. I am not joking it has been pretty nuts. That huge rain coat thingy that I bought is finally worth all the time that I lugged it around the mission :) 

We have kept our spirits high though even though we have had a few big difficulties with our investigators. The family of three is losing their desire and I am super bummed about it. But we have not given up hope yet and we are going to keep working really hard with them to help them out. 

I really got bummed about all the problems and the fact that the rule of the harvest is just not coming to fruit when I want it to. It is really hard to be a leader and not have the success that I feel God wants me to have. It hurts because I am an example whether I like it or not. If I am not baptizing, I really cannot ask my missionaries to baptize either. So I had a hard time with that on Friday and Saturday. I really received some revelation on Sunday though.  The lesson in Elders quorum was actually really awesome and was titled "Men there is a Work to be Done". I really enjoyed it because it just helped me realize that I have a work to be done and if God wants me to go through these trials I will go through them. Just like Joseph Smith, they will just be for a short while and then I will receive a joy and benefit from it. I just hope it hurries jajaja. 

But I am really getting along well with my companion and he helped me understand and move on this week. He is a great missionary and I really think a friend for a long, long time (I hope). I think we will stay together this next change as well because they just did special changes to change a lot of the zone leaders around and lower and raise a few. I am happy and sad about that because my really good buddy, Elder Villa, got lowered so now we have less of a chance to be companions jajaja. 

I am just working hard and enjoying life! 

Elder Bigelow

Update on the bee tie: A sister in my ward fixed it and I wore it on Sunday :) I have stunk at taking pictures though so I will try and get better this week hahaha

Congratulate Nathan for me!
Elder Bigelow

July 18, 2016

Man the rodeo is small but it is so fun, I really miss that to be honest. Those awesome little weekend trips to places and doing some really fun things. 

Well my week was good. To be honest, I am really stressed because the zone is having a lot of problems work wise. The missionaries are really awesome and we are trying our best to help them but things are just not really falling into place. 

This week was better though because we focused on a meta of news in the zone. It seemed to help the missionaries focus more on their jobs not just walking. So, lots of the areas that were struggling found more people and many of them went to church. Just about 3 of the areas had problems. We have plenty of people in our area but sometimes repentance takes longer than we hope for. 

We have a super awesome family that I love so much. They have plenty of problems but are progressing. Sometimes they just don't make it to chruch or a few things. But we are progressing with them a ton. It will be my first baptism of a full family! Missing the Dad but they are G, the mom, C, the son, and L, the other son. They also have a little 4 year old daughter named M! Love them a ton.

Other than that everything is awesome! Time just keeps flying, to be honest 9 months is not even a blink of an eye at this point. That is just 6 transfers, honestly I am worried that it isn't enough. Sometime time drags on but to be honest most days fly by and we work really hard. Like I said before, right now in my mission is the most effective that I have been in a long time. 

I really do miss you guys though, it is starting to get to me that I am not home and that I am missing things. Not a lot so don't worry, but I started thinking that I do not even really remember the last 4th of July when I was at home jaja. Like I remember the one in the mission and then yeah. 

Love you guys so much and I really hope that everything is going well with all my brothers and such because they don't write me. jaja

Well everything else is good! I loved the bee tie but I already stained it.... :( 

Guess i have been really bad at taking pics because I have none from this week....

Elder Bigelow

July 11, 2016

Yeah totally got the package! Even though it was small everything that you sent me was like the coolest ever. hahahaha I love, love, love the socks. You have to keep sending cool socks with every package. It is fun to wear them in the gym when we go in the morning. 

We had a really crazy week that was just so busy i could not even believe it. First, we went to Xalapa (again) for another counsel of leaders of the mission. I really like them because ti inspires me to be better and helps me with ideas to help my missionaries become converted.

Other than that we just had a rough week trying to help out other missionaries and then finally getting to our own area and having little success. We did not find many news and the family got moved back a couple weeks for a few things of repentance... but yeah we just keep on working. 

I have to find the line of being a leader and being a friend of the missionaries. Sometimes I just feel like I have a hard time telling them what is what because they are my friends and such. Me and my comp had a long talk about what we want to do with our zone and how we are going to help them though. 

Love you guys!

Elder Bigelow

July 4, 2016

I totally remembered that you guys (Saul and Kristi) were here in Mexico, so dont worry. Good thing that Dad speaks Spanish though :) Yeah I already got a message from the office that there is a package waiting for me in the offices. We are going to consejo tomorrow so I will be getting it tomorrow, if we are lucky hahaha. Thanks! Hope it was something special though..... jaja

Well this week for me was also really awesome! So like I said I am with Elder Hernandez from Mexico City! He is actually really fun, he likes everything that I like and we have lots of fun together working and just being funny. We actually had a really successful week. We found 2 new families to teach and one of the went to church and will be baptized the 17 of July! My first family of Mom and kids hahaha yes!

We also had 6 people go to chruch and that is great because we have a meta of baptizing 6 people this change! It is going to be awesome. I seriously just love this area, like it feels like sometimes we have too much to do and that is a great feeling. 

So yeah the zone celebrated the 4th of JULY by making hamburgers and hotdogs for lunch.  It was fun and I also wore my red, white and blue tie to celebrate hahaha. It is super weird that I am hitting my second of everything. It is officially my second 4th of July hahaha that is super weird. 

Time is flying by though! Going to Xalapa Tomorrow!

Loves Elder Bigelow

 

 

June 27, 2016

Well mostly we just have some news about changes.

I will be getting a new companion named Elder Hernandez. Not sure where he is from to be honest but he has been a Zone Leader for 2 changes already. They say he is pretty cool so I hope he can help me run the zone in the way the Lord wants. I tried my best though and everyone I have talked to have said that I did a great job and really apreciated the love and support that we were giving and how we really tried to help in the zone. 

The rest of the missionaries that are coming to the zone are some good friends though so it should be a really fun time hahaha. That also includes Hermana Christenson! The missionary from our stake, I think she is named Maddie. I have been with her in Papantla and everything but now we are both going to be leaders and it should be fun to have someone from home again ahahhaa. We just talk way to much about home hahahaha.

I am loving the mission so much right now though because time is flying and I really feel so affective as a missionary. It is hard and everything but we are having lots of success recently and it has been way fun to meet so many people as a zone leader. Like I get to know the missionaries in my zone and find out why they are here and everything. I also get to know a ton of investigators and it is really fun and awesome to get to meet them!

We have been going around and saying goodbye to our converts today and also a few families that are awesome. I kinda forgot my camera like half of the time soooo yeah....

BUT we went back to Huitzila the town that is about 3 hours away from my area and we went to a river that seriously is Black River with a little more green haha. I was like woah! So don't worry, I also went to Black River to take pictures with a really cool family haha. 

Loving the mission but I am starting to miss you guys alot, and my friends a ton! 

Elder Bigelow

June 20, 2016

I made dad a video for Father's Day because you got to talk to me on Mother's day. jaja. At least he should get to hear me speaking spanish like a boss on Father's day!

We had a pretty good week, nothing really special has been happening to be honest, like the miracles always happen and we have lots of people that I am really hoping progress well for July. The only thing is that our zone did not even come close to getting to our goal of 30.... It is super weird now that I am a leader the mission turns into just numbers and metas and the time flies so fast I cannot even handle it.... Like I really do not know what happened to June and it is already like over and I almost have 14 months. The changes are coming again and we just feel really weird because I swear it just started. 

We have baptized some really cool converts this change though! I really loved the process of teaching them and helping them overcome their doubts and how converted they are! They really understand the doctrine and the reason why they got baptized and why they needed to get baptized. Especially a joven named D. This kid did not believe in God when we started teaching him and suddenly he just broke the barrier and used the scriptures to understand God and believe enough in him to get baptized. He just recieved the Aaronic preisthood on Sunday! We are working on his really Catholic family but they have problems with time and their church meetings are at the same time as ours. They really like what they are learning but do not seem to be able to understand that this is the only true church and if they do not do the things God has told them to do they can never be saved as a family. 

That is something we have been really focusing on me and my companion is really understanding the value of our knowledge to make families forever. Something that I realized is that I have always grown up in the chruch and always knew that my family is forever and how exactly. I never realized how deprived the world is of this information. That is the reason why this is so important for us to be here as missionaries. I leave my family and my future family for 2 years to help others have future eternal families! I really want to baptize a complete family... I have baptized couples and everything but I want to find that awesome family of Dad, Mom and kids that all want to get baptized. It will take a ton of work I know but it will be worth it!

Miss you guys a ton!

Elder Bigelow

June 13, 2016

Something that I am happy about in the mission is that I finally understand so much about the gospel that I just did not get before hahaha. I really feel like I did not capture the reality of the atonement and everything, even though I had some really hard times of repentance. Makes me feel really good!

This week was really good but really crazy! First we went to consejo as Zone Leaders and it was my first one and all! Really fun and also really inspirational. We talked about all the problems and things that need to be fixed in the mission and how we can best help our missionaries. The answer that President helped us get to I liked alot: Conversion. 

We put a ton of things on this board and the answer of every single one of them is all the missionaries need to understand the doctrine with their hearts not their heads. I feel that is a huge problem right now in the world of missionaires. We learn the doctrine and really have a ton of knowledge that we have gained by studying, talking and learning. BUT we do not apply it to our own lifes because we feel like it is for the investigators. That is why I have been studying a ton in a small part of PMG called live what you preach (I think in English). It has helped me a ton this week to understand how to help my zone progress. 

Other than that we had a great week of finding people. We did a ton of divisions to help a few people in their areas. I took Friday and had another road trip. One of the district leaders here named Elder Romero is teaching a few people that live like 3 hours away from his area and it is about 40 minutes from mine. I got to know the parents of a girl that lives out there that they baptised this last week and I got really friendly with the Dad. So I decided it would be cool and helpful if I went with them to teach the first lesson. It was super cool and we taught like 8 new people that all went to church even though they live like 3 hours away! Super fun! 

Then we had a mediocre Sunday with only 1 person that got to church. We found a ton of people this week including starting to teach the super catholic family of our recent convert D. They seemed to be progressing so super well untill they decided to go to the misa instead of our chruch... ugh jajaja, but this week we are going to get back on it! WOO!

Today we made french toast as a zone! woo! I did not take pics though jajaja

 

 

June 6, 2016

Well our week was finally sort of normal! jaja. 

We had a really decent week with just normal things happening. First another baptism. We are just killing it right now and have some others getting ready for the end of the month. It has been just one of the funnest changes that I have ever had up to this point of work. We are just finding so many news and having just the greatest blessings with the situations. We did lots of divisions this week (3 to be exact). I stayed in the area all three and really got to have fun getting a bit lost because this is the first area I have that is city! Like this is my first area that is not in the middle of nowhere! 

Talking about traveling, I sat down and did some calculations and I have 140 hours in a bus up to this point in my mission! Now that I am a ZL, I will be traveling at least once a month! Today we are heading to Xalapa for consejo and back tomorrow to work. It is pretty cool but really I get pretty tired of being in a bus and would love to have a more normal schedule of just working. 

The zone here is like the coolest place ever. The weather right now is sitting at about 65 and cloudy all week and rains like everyday but almost always at night. I am in like sweaters in the middle of summer and I love it! 

We had a really relaxing pday, but we did go to a gym and we are going to be going to a gym at 6 in the morning everyday but sunday from now on. We just have such a hard time doing our workouts in the morning and being motivated so we asked pres and he said yeah we can! Should be good to start to workout good again! 

Not much other news to be honest just that I miss you guys a ton! 

Elder Bigelow

 

 

May 30, 2016

Another week, another awesome baptism! We are just rocking it right now and I feel so amazing jajaja. I really love this area so much. The weather is like perfect and the people are a little hard but rather nice and accepting. We have really been just crazy to be honest. 

Like every day we put all these plans and then head out. It never ever turns out the way we planned. Literally we are always doing service or anything else. But I can see all of the blessings from that because we have been able to have tons of new and really help them get to church and progress. I just love this work to be honest. 

I can say that being a ZL is super stressful and I am always worried about my zone and using my time to help their area, but I love it. I just really can get along with people. I really do feel like I help them and am really trying to put them first before my own desires. The Lord is blessing us for that because we have had so much success. 

I did have some crazy double dragon this last week though jajajaja. It means you are throwing up and having diarrhea at the same time. I really don't know what happened but in like one day I just got destroyed in my poor stomach. I had to do interviews and things that day so I went and worked like always but it was quite a few trips to the bathroom. I feel way better though so don't worry. I think I just ate something that did not fit well with my stomach. Sometimes that happens when you change regions or cities and it sometimes takes some time to change.

Today we went and visited a few waterfalls and things! It was way fun and I am so happy that we are having so many activities because I really feel like it helps the zone out, and it is a ton of fun! I took plenty of pics and even tried to scale a rock wall! It was pretty fun!

I am just so happy family! Time is passing so fast, every change is faster and faster. I am almost done... like literally that is how I feel because it is going way to fast. I just have to work until I finish because if not I will not have been able to finish the work that the Lord has given me here to do. 

Love you guys!

Elder Bigelow