28 January 2013

HOLA FAMILIA!!!

 

Okay, so i got the christmas card in the mail it was pimpin´ hahaha. well, I´m pretty excited because they´ve finally transferred me. I had been in my first area 6 months, and they finally transferred me from there so I can resume my spiritual growth :D My new companion´s name is Elder Lopez (I know, how original), but from what i can tell we´ll be getting along quite nicely. hey, can you all believe I´m 20 years old now? I feel like I should be growing a beard or something.... well, pictures are coming soon, when i can figure out where i can send mail here, and I´ll be sending the memory card :p well, I´m not a Zone Leader or anything yet, but I´ll keep yáll updated. ¡Hasta Luego!

STORMY2

¡hola familia!

¿Còmo estàn? okay, so this week has been a little crazy. the couple we were going to baptize might not be baptized while I`m here in the area, but we`re working on it. I`m pretty much conversational in spanish now haha, well, I`m the same in spanish as I am in english now... so yeah, not really conversational. but I feel like I`m growing so much. I`m learning a ton about the gospel and about the culture of Mèxico. I feel a lot more mature. the mission really is that best 2 years (before marriage) that everyone talks about. anyway, I hope everyone`s doing well and everyone`s safe. Right now I`m just enjoying myself and searching for people who are searching for the truth. I`ll keep you all posted :)

Stormy Sheppard

Familia! 

What up?? okay so this week was great. 2 of our old investigators just came out of the woodwork and said, "baptize us" haha so we´re gonna have 2 more baptizms this month. okay, our only 2 baptisms for the past 3 months, but that´s cool. the only highlight. sorry I´m pressed for time, but next week i´ll write more. HASTA LUEGO :)

December 24, 2012

Familia!

 

¿Como estan? Okay, well I think you`ll all live if this message is short. haha I`m going to be talking to all of you tomorrow at 2:00 your time. so be home, Dad!!! Nothing really new, I`ve been in the same area for 5 months and still haven`t left... but I`ll keep yàll updated. no baptisms yet..

 

Elder Sheppard

December 10, 2012

FAMILIA!

I´m glad things are going well. haha Christmas is gonna be so different. it´s like 80 degrees here still. and It doesn´t ever snow. haha before I forget, if you guys wanna send me like 4 short sleeved shirts of size 16 and 1/2, and like 2 pairs of pants size 38x30 for christmas, that would be awesome :) haha just because every bit of clothing I have now is WAY to big. haha don´t even get me started on my suit jacket. Can I ask y´all a favor? could you lock my facebook pictures and things from the outside world for me? thanks, haha i prefer to remain an enigma.

well, no complaints this week. 15 days and I´ll be skyping you guys, so we can catch up then. could you please send me the skype info of whoever has skype in our house? haha, I still don´t know what time I´ll be on, so I´ll update you on that... anyway, hope all is well. we´re finally getting investigators that really have a desire to change their lives for the better. I´ll keep you updated :)

Oh, ps. I completely exploded at my companion this week and told him everything I hate about him. now we get along. at least better than when he didnt know haha. alright. talk to you all next week. MERRY CHRISTMAS :) 

Hola Familia!

Okay. Como estan las cosas?  So this week, we've been in a bit of a rut, we have no one who wants to get baptized and almost no investigators, so we've stopped visiting ALL OF THEM.  we've decided to search only for the people who have been prepared   to receive the gospel.  I still don't really talk much these days, but it's cool because at least I'm no longer arguing with my companion.  I kept everything bottled up so long that I finally exploded the other day and went off on everyone haha. . .but that's okay because I feel better now. mostly.  Okay! story of the week!

We met John the beloved and the virgin, Mary the other day.  There was a guy walking with his robes (yes, he was wearing robes) and his hood up, and like 3 bags of who knows what and he stopped when he saw us, threw the bags down and exclaimed, "ELDERS!" and opened his arms to hug us.   He said, "do you have a Book of Mormon for me?"  We handed him one, realizing he was drunk haha.  He said, "I would baptize myself in your church, but I don't believe in Moroni.  If you can show me proof that he existed. I'll get baptized."  So I told him that the Book of Mormon is the proof, then, this woman came up from behind (As far as we know, her and the man didn't know each other) and the woman said, "What's your name?"  he said "I am the voice that cries in the desert."  and we were like wow you're  John the beloved and he said, call me matthew. then he hugged each of us, picked up his bags and stumbled away  The woman was nowhere to be found.

Does anyone have an interpretation for this incident?  haha hope all is well!  Talk to you all next week!

November 26, 2012 

Hola Familia!!

Haha I can tell you all thought of me this Thanksgiving by the fact that my inbox is completely devoid of anything recieved from a blood relation. haha it´s all good, don-e´worboudit. Anyway, things are okay. my companion absolutely refuses to do anything that´s my idea though. haha I´m more amused than mad about it. today, we sat in the house for an hour and a half doing literally NOTHING. why, you ask? because Elder Otaño couldn´t think of anything to do. haha he asked me, and I came up with like 6 ideas, but because none of them were derived from his own personal thought process, we ended up sitting in the house from 11am until right now. thats my funny story of the week :p I completed 6 moths in the mission on the 23, so my first quarter is over. it was a bit bumpy, but I learned a ton so we´re good :) Until next week! this is Elder Stormy Sheppard, signing off.