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Monday, March 30, 2015
A few more baptisms and a beautiful view
I had 2 more baptisms. We went on top of a volcano for the whole day doing service on friday. We were about 1200m above sea level and you could see honduras, nicaragua, and the pacific ocean.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Monday, March 23, 2015
Baptisms, Heat, and Scorpions
March 16, 2015
Today was P-day so all we did was do your shopping and play soccer. Not much but at night we found a family of 8 people. One of the sons was born in Cleveland, Ohio and lived there for 3 years. It was pretty cool to see that Salvadorans are everywhere.
March 17, 2015
Not much today other than we have 2 confirmed baptisms for the 26th now, this area is amazing for baptisms. I guess the more you suffer (by heat) the more blessings you get. We also had dinner at the bishop’s house and we ate the honduran version of a pupusa. It was pretty good.
March, 18 2015
We confirmed another baptism for this Friday, and this kid loves me. He wants me to baptize him. We also got two new baptism dates for the 11th of April. Not sure if they are secure but we will just see. I have to go on interchanges again tomorrow because the zone leaders have to interview one of our investigators for baptism. I hope it all goes well.
March 20, 2015
I loved today so much. My investigator named Miguel had his birthday today. He invited us over for lunch. And well, it was interesting. They served us this chicken soup that was freshly made like an hour before we got there. There was chicken blood in there, a couple organs, cabbage, uka, and other stuff. And on the side we had the rest of the chicken. Then we graffitied his house with our names and happy birthday. Then later that night we baptized that little booger. I baptized him, and I think he almost cried. He’s like my own son. We took a lot of photos and we had a lot more fun. That’s 4 baptisms and by the end of this change I should have 12.
March 21, 2015
Not much stuff new today except for another baptism. We baptized my companions lover. I love my laundry lady so much, she irons and folds all my cloths and they smell good stainless when I get them back. My companion is trying to teach me a little bit of graffiti and its cool. The team that represents La Union in basketball wants to recruit us to play for them. We were like nah we are only missionaries and we just want to play in your gym on Mondays, haha. I’m starting to practice more basketball again because that’s the sport that I love the most. One of our baptism dates for next week fell because this 70 year old can’t stop drinking coffee >.< but he’s so cool and kind and he thinks that we are equivalent to the Pope so he always calls us papa. For lunch this member invited us to lunch and I almost died, it was a so much food. Big piece of chicken, half a plate of rice, potatoes with a really good sauce, and salad with bread. AMAZING! In the morning we played soccer at 5am as a district. We were all dead except for Elder Brinkerhoff because he took his oxidizers, muscle milk, and multivitamins too haha broma. My companion at night slept on the ground because it was so hot, I slept with 2 fans on my face so it was all right. It’s bad when you have to take at least 3 showers a day to smell decent and avoid heat rash. I love La Union
March 22, 2015
Found a scorpion in our house.
Love you guys!
Today was P-day so all we did was do your shopping and play soccer. Not much but at night we found a family of 8 people. One of the sons was born in Cleveland, Ohio and lived there for 3 years. It was pretty cool to see that Salvadorans are everywhere.
March 17, 2015
Not much today other than we have 2 confirmed baptisms for the 26th now, this area is amazing for baptisms. I guess the more you suffer (by heat) the more blessings you get. We also had dinner at the bishop’s house and we ate the honduran version of a pupusa. It was pretty good.
March, 18 2015
We confirmed another baptism for this Friday, and this kid loves me. He wants me to baptize him. We also got two new baptism dates for the 11th of April. Not sure if they are secure but we will just see. I have to go on interchanges again tomorrow because the zone leaders have to interview one of our investigators for baptism. I hope it all goes well.
March 20, 2015
I loved today so much. My investigator named Miguel had his birthday today. He invited us over for lunch. And well, it was interesting. They served us this chicken soup that was freshly made like an hour before we got there. There was chicken blood in there, a couple organs, cabbage, uka, and other stuff. And on the side we had the rest of the chicken. Then we graffitied his house with our names and happy birthday. Then later that night we baptized that little booger. I baptized him, and I think he almost cried. He’s like my own son. We took a lot of photos and we had a lot more fun. That’s 4 baptisms and by the end of this change I should have 12.
March 21, 2015
Not much stuff new today except for another baptism. We baptized my companions lover. I love my laundry lady so much, she irons and folds all my cloths and they smell good stainless when I get them back. My companion is trying to teach me a little bit of graffiti and its cool. The team that represents La Union in basketball wants to recruit us to play for them. We were like nah we are only missionaries and we just want to play in your gym on Mondays, haha. I’m starting to practice more basketball again because that’s the sport that I love the most. One of our baptism dates for next week fell because this 70 year old can’t stop drinking coffee >.< but he’s so cool and kind and he thinks that we are equivalent to the Pope so he always calls us papa. For lunch this member invited us to lunch and I almost died, it was a so much food. Big piece of chicken, half a plate of rice, potatoes with a really good sauce, and salad with bread. AMAZING! In the morning we played soccer at 5am as a district. We were all dead except for Elder Brinkerhoff because he took his oxidizers, muscle milk, and multivitamins too haha broma. My companion at night slept on the ground because it was so hot, I slept with 2 fans on my face so it was all right. It’s bad when you have to take at least 3 showers a day to smell decent and avoid heat rash. I love La Union
March 22, 2015
Found a scorpion in our house.
Love you guys!
Monday, March 16, 2015
¡Vienvenidos al fuego de El Salvador! Welcome to the fire of El Salvador!
March 9, 2015
Today was a P-day with the whole oriente part of El Salvador. We all went to San Miguel to play soccer. It was fun and hot. Kind of boring actually because we only played for like 30 minutes and then everyone was done because it was so hot. When P-day was over, this family invited us to go eat pupusas in Conchagua up on the volcano. The dad gave me a cut off shirt that says "Bula Fiji". It´s a shirt directly from Fiji. He is a fisherman that is away from home 8 months out of the year. Later we ate garlic pupusas and took pictures. It was really fun but tiring.
March 10, 2015
Today was a more successful day. A lot of people were more open to us so we got a lot of references and a new investigator. Today was blazing hot and my companion and I, we both went through a package of 25 bags of water each. We had a person argue with us that Adam was not a prophet and that prophets are perfect. It was quite fun. My shoes are starting to come off in the front >.< not again! Too much walking. Time for a timeout.
March 11, 2015
Today was a quick day. We were on interchanges with the Zone leaders because my companion had to do a baptism interview for an investigator for them. It wa fun, we got a couple lessons in, we places a baptism date for one our investigators so now we have 6 people that should get baptized the 21th. We later had Ward Council which was long and boring because I am new to the area so I didn´t know anything. That´s really it for the day.
March 14, 2015
Today was a very successful day. We found a new family of 5, received a lot of people. We visited a less active and let us pick some Jalapeños and red chilis from his garden. I´m so determined to eat them but I´m afraid haha. Earlier we went to the "Orilla del mar" and took some beautiful pictures of the gulf of honduras. We saw some kids throwing something into the water but we didn´t know what it was. It turned out to be a Garobo which is a big lizard that they love to catch and eat. We have a big one on top of our roof. We took a picture holing this one and with the kids. There was a baptism of the other companionship. I also fixed a broken pila and repaired a shattered water spicket, thank you PVC glue haha. I have this mysterious rash on my right arm and neck and it´s so off because it doesn´t itch. I do also have heat rash and a sunburn haha. ¡Bienvenidos al fuego de El Salvador!
Sorry I don´t have pictures right now because I forgot them in the house but I´ll send them next P-day.
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Moroni 8:25-26
25 Y las primicias del arrepentimiento es el bautismo; y el bautismo viene por la fe para cumplir los mandamientos; y el cumplimiento de los mandamientos trae la remisión de los pecados;
26 y la remisión de los pecados trae la mansedumbre y la humildad de corazón; y por motivo de la mansedumbre y la humildad de corazón viene la visitación del Espíritu Santo, el cual Consolador llena de esperanza y de amor perfecto, amor que perdura por la diligencia en la oración, hasta que venga el fin, cuando todos los santos morarán con Dios.
Today was a P-day with the whole oriente part of El Salvador. We all went to San Miguel to play soccer. It was fun and hot. Kind of boring actually because we only played for like 30 minutes and then everyone was done because it was so hot. When P-day was over, this family invited us to go eat pupusas in Conchagua up on the volcano. The dad gave me a cut off shirt that says "Bula Fiji". It´s a shirt directly from Fiji. He is a fisherman that is away from home 8 months out of the year. Later we ate garlic pupusas and took pictures. It was really fun but tiring.
March 10, 2015
Today was a more successful day. A lot of people were more open to us so we got a lot of references and a new investigator. Today was blazing hot and my companion and I, we both went through a package of 25 bags of water each. We had a person argue with us that Adam was not a prophet and that prophets are perfect. It was quite fun. My shoes are starting to come off in the front >.< not again! Too much walking. Time for a timeout.
March 11, 2015
Today was a quick day. We were on interchanges with the Zone leaders because my companion had to do a baptism interview for an investigator for them. It wa fun, we got a couple lessons in, we places a baptism date for one our investigators so now we have 6 people that should get baptized the 21th. We later had Ward Council which was long and boring because I am new to the area so I didn´t know anything. That´s really it for the day.
March 14, 2015
Today was a very successful day. We found a new family of 5, received a lot of people. We visited a less active and let us pick some Jalapeños and red chilis from his garden. I´m so determined to eat them but I´m afraid haha. Earlier we went to the "Orilla del mar" and took some beautiful pictures of the gulf of honduras. We saw some kids throwing something into the water but we didn´t know what it was. It turned out to be a Garobo which is a big lizard that they love to catch and eat. We have a big one on top of our roof. We took a picture holing this one and with the kids. There was a baptism of the other companionship. I also fixed a broken pila and repaired a shattered water spicket, thank you PVC glue haha. I have this mysterious rash on my right arm and neck and it´s so off because it doesn´t itch. I do also have heat rash and a sunburn haha. ¡Bienvenidos al fuego de El Salvador!
Sorry I don´t have pictures right now because I forgot them in the house but I´ll send them next P-day.
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Moroni 8:25-26
25 Y las primicias del arrepentimiento es el bautismo; y el bautismo viene por la fe para cumplir los mandamientos; y el cumplimiento de los mandamientos trae la remisión de los pecados;
26 y la remisión de los pecados trae la mansedumbre y la humildad de corazón; y por motivo de la mansedumbre y la humildad de corazón viene la visitación del Espíritu Santo, el cual Consolador llena de esperanza y de amor perfecto, amor que perdura por la diligencia en la oración, hasta que venga el fin, cuando todos los santos morarán con Dios.
Monday, March 9, 2015
La Union here I come!
4 Marzo 2015, Miercoles
Many new things have
came, Cambios!!! And well, I had changes. I`m not a secretary anymore. When the
presentation came to show who goes where, my name did not show for like 99% of
the presentation and then the last slide of the presentation says: Elder
Ma´alona with Elder Grimes in..."La Unión"!!! I was so excited and
nervous. La Union is the hottest place in central America and the furthest area
away from the capital of El Salvador. It took us 6 hours to drive to our new
area. It is right next to the ocean. It smells like fish all the time My companion is awesome. He´s a samoan from
california. He gave me an Ielavalava which is like a cloth skirt that they
wear. It is so cool. And also our leader of the zone is Elder Brinkerhoff! He
was with me in Sensuntepeque. It is so hot, at night it feel like 100. But I´m
ready to take a dip into this fire and come out a better person.
5 Marzo 2015, Jueves
Well today was my first day to experience true heat. We are
talking about 110-120 heat index. But it is bearable. I had this cool experience in the street. This guy comes up to us and tell us that he hears
that we believe that the book of mormon is the only true word of God. I took initiative and I told him that we believe the book of mormon to be the word of
God and also the Biblia as long as it is translated correctly. And then I told
him about the history of the book of mormon and how Joseph Smith translated it.
Then he wanted us to come by and talk more about. So we got a reference out of
it. Then later we got to our appointment, the guy is named Adam Lopez. He lived
in new york for like his whole life so he speaks fluent english. He has had
such a hard life. He grew up bad and got involved in gangs in his whole life.
He´s done a lot of bad stuff but he has such a strong testimony of the church.
He said that a pastor passed by and told him tat he should burn the book of
mormon but he told the pastor to get out of this house. He had an interview
with the mission president. The president had to send a recommendation to Salt
Lake because he had such a bad history. But the mission president told him not
worry because h had a change of heart and truly wanted to find God.
6 Marzo, Viernes
Well today was a tiring day. We had to wake up at 1:00am.
Want to know why? Because my companion had to go to migration in San Salvador.
We caught the 3:00am bus to San Salvador. Not to mention that is was extremely
hot. Five hours later of a terrible bus ride we got to San SAlvador. We got to the office and all they did was take his fingerprints, that was it. It took 10
minutes. We were so annoyed. Then we got back onto the bus and we got to La
Union at about 5. Qué Chafa. Then we did some planning, went to go eat at the
1st counselors house, came back, and we crashed super early. My companion was
not feeling good and had a terrible day. He told me this: More blessing, More problems and these are all the things that happened:
-Maria (his stalker) keeps calling
-stomach and throat hurt
-no sleep
-hot bus (5 hrs)
-Robbed on the bus by the
-Just
-Hot bus again (5 hrs)
-Didn´t get to finish planning
-He blames his stomachache on me haha
Well that´s our day. TIme for a better but hotter day
tomorrow.
Elder Grimes
La Misión San Salvador El Salvador Este
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Moroni 8:25-26
25 Y las primicias
del arrepentimiento es el bautismo; y el bautismo viene por la fe para cumplir
los mandamientos; y el cumplimiento de los mandamientos trae la remisión de los
pecados;
26 y la remisión de los pecados trae la
mansedumbre y la humildad de corazón; y por motivo de la mansedumbre y la
humildad de corazón viene la visitación del Espíritu Santo, el cual Consolador
llena de esperanza y de amor perfecto, amor que perdura por la diligencia en la
oración, hasta que venga el fin, cuando todos los santos morarán con Dios.
Thursday, March 5, 2015
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