Hola Familia,
Ah, Jamie I want to see your pictures!!!:D Wow and Nicole's! Is she married now?
Bueno, Sunday Omar got baptized! Wahoo, he´s so sweet. Hna Salas and Hna Bray first found him. He lives with a member and a recent convert. So when Hna Bray and Hna Salas left, we took over. We got permission for Hna Bray to come back for the baptism and surprise him! Omar was so excited he tried to hug her, but she explained how she couldn´t. Pobre. It was sweet! We had a lot of opposition with him the past couple of weeks, including from the relief society president. (Mas que nada because she was worried about us and telling us not to go and visit him.) The member Omar lives with is Hno Carlos. He lost all of his strength about 2 weeks ago and hasn´t been able to get out of bed. They don´t have money for a nurse to live with them and the nursing home won't take him in. Bueno, I don´t think you want all the details, but it was very hard for me to see especially since that was my job as a CNA, but I can't help him out and there is nobody else here willing to w/o being paid. Which obviously they can´t afford everyday. So about every 3 or 4 days some one comes in to clean him!! It drives me crazy. But anyway, we still went. Omar got baptized and we´re still trying to figure out what we can do for Hno Carlos and his wife Carmen.
Bueno, to finish I just want to say that my companions are amazing!!! haha Transfers are next week, but I don´t want a change! We went bowling today and it was Hna Alfaro's first time!!! She got 76. wahoo! I got 80... but I´ve played before. Sad! I´ll send pictures! I love you all! :D
love,
Jess
PS keep praying for Daniel. I haven´t heard back from him. But I'm sure something will happen this week :)
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Elder Jordan Keele-July 11, 2011
Greetings to my fellow brothers and sisters,
We're definitely experiencing our difficulties here in Molango. But as always, we have many blessings to accompany them. The other day we were talking to our house owner about some leaks we're having in the walls of the home. At the end of the conversation, Elder Castillo subtly invited him, Jesus, to church on Sunday. He told us he'll do "todo lo posible" (all that he can) to come. That wasn't the first time I've heard that phrase on my mission, and I'll probably hear it a few more times this week... and with every other week for the rest of my mission. I didn't think much of it when he told us that. But, on Sunday morning as I was playing prelude, Jesus walked in the front door to the House of Prayer. I couldn't hold in my smile of surprise and gratitude. He's an older man, one of the most well-known and wealthy men here in Molango. He stayed for all 3 hours, and the gospel principles class Elder Castillo and I taught went really well. I know that if he chooses to progress, he could be a great fountain in bringing many other souls unto Christ.
I liked what you said about the Atonement. I love learning about it. On Tuesday, because Elder Castillo and I aren't part of a district, we just have extra long companionship studies. We read a talk that was given to us. It's an old talk by a BYU professor named W. Cleon Skousen called ''A personal search for the meaning of the Atonement", or something along those lines. It was amazing! Elder Castillo and I learned so much!
E. Castillo and I started reading Jesus the Christ as well together, and my hunger for knowledge is very, very strong. I love this infinite gospel, and I thank you for teaching us kids so well. I know without it I wouldn't be who I am today, and I wouldn't be ready to accept or understand such amazing doctrine.
The family vacation sounded like a lot of fun!
Dallin's a priesthood man, wahoo!! He needs to tell me all about it :) Who's in his quorum, who are his leaders, how he feels, etc.
Also Nathan needs to stop being a slacker! What ever happened to that EFY info you were going to send me?
We're starting to really get the piano lessons rolling. They just need to be a bit more dedicated. President Hicken is coming for branch conference at the end of August. The Molango branch isn't part of a stake. It's part of the district of the mission, so Pres Hicken is what would be the stake president of the branch. I would really like a student or two to play for that sacrament meeting, so we need to push 'em a little bit.
Thanks for all your support of everybody. It really is helpful, appreciated and felt.
Elder Jordan Keele
We're definitely experiencing our difficulties here in Molango. But as always, we have many blessings to accompany them. The other day we were talking to our house owner about some leaks we're having in the walls of the home. At the end of the conversation, Elder Castillo subtly invited him, Jesus, to church on Sunday. He told us he'll do "todo lo posible" (all that he can) to come. That wasn't the first time I've heard that phrase on my mission, and I'll probably hear it a few more times this week... and with every other week for the rest of my mission. I didn't think much of it when he told us that. But, on Sunday morning as I was playing prelude, Jesus walked in the front door to the House of Prayer. I couldn't hold in my smile of surprise and gratitude. He's an older man, one of the most well-known and wealthy men here in Molango. He stayed for all 3 hours, and the gospel principles class Elder Castillo and I taught went really well. I know that if he chooses to progress, he could be a great fountain in bringing many other souls unto Christ.
I liked what you said about the Atonement. I love learning about it. On Tuesday, because Elder Castillo and I aren't part of a district, we just have extra long companionship studies. We read a talk that was given to us. It's an old talk by a BYU professor named W. Cleon Skousen called ''A personal search for the meaning of the Atonement", or something along those lines. It was amazing! Elder Castillo and I learned so much!
E. Castillo and I started reading Jesus the Christ as well together, and my hunger for knowledge is very, very strong. I love this infinite gospel, and I thank you for teaching us kids so well. I know without it I wouldn't be who I am today, and I wouldn't be ready to accept or understand such amazing doctrine.
The family vacation sounded like a lot of fun!
Dallin's a priesthood man, wahoo!! He needs to tell me all about it :) Who's in his quorum, who are his leaders, how he feels, etc.
Also Nathan needs to stop being a slacker! What ever happened to that EFY info you were going to send me?
We're starting to really get the piano lessons rolling. They just need to be a bit more dedicated. President Hicken is coming for branch conference at the end of August. The Molango branch isn't part of a stake. It's part of the district of the mission, so Pres Hicken is what would be the stake president of the branch. I would really like a student or two to play for that sacrament meeting, so we need to push 'em a little bit.
Thanks for all your support of everybody. It really is helpful, appreciated and felt.
Elder Jordan Keele
Hna. Jessica Keele- July 11, 2011
HEllo!!!!!!!!
AHHHHH! Que dia de problemas!!! hahaha
Bueno, FIRST, one of my companions broke the handle to the washer of a member, (Betsabet). We were using it for the first time to save money and time on washing our clothes. We spent about an hour calling members to see if anyone had her cell phone number so we could call her and let her know so she doesn´t come home to a surprise.
Finally I just bought a camera and it took two hours because we had to download my pictures and put it on my pen drive in order for my memory chip to work in the new camera. Then I accidentally erased all the pictures from the wrong memory chip.... AHHHH hahahaha. Then they said they needed my DNI or passport number which is in the mission office. So we waited for elders to find it in the office, BUT finally the store people got bored and said it was okay and to just go. hahaha So we left...... WITHOUT my visa! hahaha AHHH! Luckily the guy came running after us! Y bueno, that´s been our pday so far.
Okay news of the week, We are now a trio! :D I´m still with Hna Alfaro but now Hna Huish joined us! She´s doing a mini-mission. She´s from Arizona and is really good family friends with President Gulbrandsen so that´s how she got here! She is AWESOME! She already speaks better Spanish than I do and a lot of the yankees here and she reminds me so much of Nicole :D Oh and she´s only 18 but turns 19 in August. I didn´t know that was legal, pero bueno it´s fun!
I called Daniel the other day (the reference you gave me) and he seems really nice! He was excited that we had called and he said he was going to coordinate with his wife for a day he could invite us to dinner during the week. So I´ll let you know how it goes next week :D
Anyway, it was good to hear from you all! I love you so much!!!! Yesterday we had a wonderful lesson in Relief Society about The Family! :) It made me miss you all a bit. ;P I feel so blessed to have had all of you around me my whole life! There are so many more things I´m learning and recognizing about how blessed I am to have you all to call my family!! :) I don´t have a doubt that I can always depend on you and that gives me security. I have wonderful parents who are so strong and faithful in the gospel and are always ready to give me the comfort and counsel that I need. Everyone should be able to have that support and love or backup strength. But there are so many families being destroyed by Satan! The support and love I can always count on within immediate and extended family is wonderful. We´re really so blessed. Thank you all so much! :D Keep staying strong and building your testimonies! I love you all,
Jess
Hna Keele
AHHHHH! Que dia de problemas!!! hahaha
Bueno, FIRST, one of my companions broke the handle to the washer of a member, (Betsabet). We were using it for the first time to save money and time on washing our clothes. We spent about an hour calling members to see if anyone had her cell phone number so we could call her and let her know so she doesn´t come home to a surprise.
Finally I just bought a camera and it took two hours because we had to download my pictures and put it on my pen drive in order for my memory chip to work in the new camera. Then I accidentally erased all the pictures from the wrong memory chip.... AHHHH hahahaha. Then they said they needed my DNI or passport number which is in the mission office. So we waited for elders to find it in the office, BUT finally the store people got bored and said it was okay and to just go. hahaha So we left...... WITHOUT my visa! hahaha AHHH! Luckily the guy came running after us! Y bueno, that´s been our pday so far.
Okay news of the week, We are now a trio! :D I´m still with Hna Alfaro but now Hna Huish joined us! She´s doing a mini-mission. She´s from Arizona and is really good family friends with President Gulbrandsen so that´s how she got here! She is AWESOME! She already speaks better Spanish than I do and a lot of the yankees here and she reminds me so much of Nicole :D Oh and she´s only 18 but turns 19 in August. I didn´t know that was legal, pero bueno it´s fun!
I called Daniel the other day (the reference you gave me) and he seems really nice! He was excited that we had called and he said he was going to coordinate with his wife for a day he could invite us to dinner during the week. So I´ll let you know how it goes next week :D
Anyway, it was good to hear from you all! I love you so much!!!! Yesterday we had a wonderful lesson in Relief Society about The Family! :) It made me miss you all a bit. ;P I feel so blessed to have had all of you around me my whole life! There are so many more things I´m learning and recognizing about how blessed I am to have you all to call my family!! :) I don´t have a doubt that I can always depend on you and that gives me security. I have wonderful parents who are so strong and faithful in the gospel and are always ready to give me the comfort and counsel that I need. Everyone should be able to have that support and love or backup strength. But there are so many families being destroyed by Satan! The support and love I can always count on within immediate and extended family is wonderful. We´re really so blessed. Thank you all so much! :D Keep staying strong and building your testimonies! I love you all,
Jess
Hna Keele
Elder Jordan Keele-July 4, 2011
Buenas tardes everyone,
This past week, as I'm sure you've heard, has been pretty rainy and stormy. Here in Molango it's been pretty crazy. Today is the first day in about a week that I can actually see the sun without dark clouds covering it. Tuesday morning it started to rain hardcore and didn't end until about 60 hours later, no stopping. It was nuts. I know that's just how this earth-life is, but I also know that ''no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing'', and mother nature fits right in there as well.
On top of the rain, they've just had the elections for what would be the city mayor in Molango yesterday. This past week has been insane as far as that goes. Lots of threats, fights, and other such non-sense. It'll be nice to have that over with.
I assume something went wrong with the computer, but I didn't get an e-mail from you today. I'm not worried about it, I know that the summer time can get pretty hectic, especially on the weekends. Everything is going well here, and we're looking forward to things getting even better! Have a wonderful happy 4th of July! My companion and I will be celebrating right along with you all. Be safe, but enjoy the night thinking of the fantastic freedoms that we enjoy in the United States!
Elder Jordan Keele
This past week, as I'm sure you've heard, has been pretty rainy and stormy. Here in Molango it's been pretty crazy. Today is the first day in about a week that I can actually see the sun without dark clouds covering it. Tuesday morning it started to rain hardcore and didn't end until about 60 hours later, no stopping. It was nuts. I know that's just how this earth-life is, but I also know that ''no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing'', and mother nature fits right in there as well.
On top of the rain, they've just had the elections for what would be the city mayor in Molango yesterday. This past week has been insane as far as that goes. Lots of threats, fights, and other such non-sense. It'll be nice to have that over with.
I assume something went wrong with the computer, but I didn't get an e-mail from you today. I'm not worried about it, I know that the summer time can get pretty hectic, especially on the weekends. Everything is going well here, and we're looking forward to things getting even better! Have a wonderful happy 4th of July! My companion and I will be celebrating right along with you all. Be safe, but enjoy the night thinking of the fantastic freedoms that we enjoy in the United States!
Elder Jordan Keele
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