Serving in Oaxaca Mexico






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Monday, March 30, 2015

March 30,2015 Wow going fast!



Hey so real fast - this week was a good week. We had a baptism, and stuff, and we are just waiting for the other two to get back from vacation to have their baptisms.

Found out that some of our main investigators are having drinking and chastity problems.  Great haha. We had 11 investigatores go to church, plus a family of 4!! :D so excited they seem like they have potential, or just want money from the church - one of the two.. haha

Monday, March 23, 2015

Best District Ever!!! March 22, 2015

Hey so this week in a sec. So I have a new comp which is awesome even though the rumor is he just about killed his other comp, which is alright haha. It's sad because with my other comp he like changed and instead of trying to do stupid things was actually excited, and we were working hard and having alot of amazing experiences. My new comp is named Elder Vega he is chill from Ecuador and stuff. We might have 3 baptisms this week. Their date was for the 18th of April, but we might move it up because they want to go to efy and stuff. but we found this super cool family of 5 that seem like they have some real potential.

It's so awesome to see when someone lives the gospel the change it makes in their hearts. Just another testimony that the church is true.

Oh the baptisms name are Jesus, Juan, Carlos and Valeria. Super awesome cool kids :) 

Love you guys

Monday, March 16, 2015

Details on my area! Humbling - March 16, 2015

 I need to tell a little bit about my area. My area is the land of the thousand churches.  Not really, but there is a church on every corner. It is the gangster party of Oaxaca where we can't go up the mountain at night. My investigators are all super poor. Example,  I asked if I could use the bathroom and because the house is a tin can, he just told me to pick a corner. But they are the sweetest family ever!! So humbling.  Well actually we are teaching like 6 super cool families with  15 kids in each house. The main reason we are teaching them is the kids just love us. I think all these little kids just think I'm a giant teddy bear or something and always want to hug me haha. I actually learned to love my comp, and we actually turned out getting along a lot, and he was  working as hard as I was, and I saw a change in him. Just another testimony that if you persistently love everyone, and are willing to change yourself you can get along with anyone, and they will love you back.

I had 4 baptisms this week, but in Bosque (my last area) the mom Juana, and her sweet 3 kids Carmen, Emileo, and Alex wanted to get baptized and asked me if I could do it. So I traveled back to my old area, saw all my old converts and members whom I love. The little girl who is 9 almost didn't get baptized because she was terrified of water, just like her grandma Mago (remember?) and we had another 4th quarter pep talk in the water. and it took 40 minutes, but she finally got baptised!!! WOOHOO :D awesome

love

Chilling out with my old missionary companions March 15, 2015

Great to see my old missionary companions. :) They were from Bosque.

Amazing! Juana, Alex Carmen, and Emilio -Wonderful Baptisms March 15, 2015

Love, these kids.:) Gosh I love my life!  :)   Elder JD


Monday, March 2, 2015

Beautiful Scenery - Wonderful Celebration - March 2015







We went to the gurgling water!!! :D because we had 7 baptisms in the district (first time missionaries have gone solo to this place in more then 5 years)

What An Amazing Week!!!!! A Whole Family Baptized! March 2, 2015



The largest family I have ever baptized - such a cool family :D 



Librada, Victor, Angel(boy) and Soledad.
Love them so much -  so touched that I had the opportunity to be part of their lives  - love them.