I DONT HAVE TIME TO WRITE MUCH TODAY, SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE ARE EXCITED OVER HERE. THINGS ARE GOING WELL, WE FOUND LOTS OF NEW PEOPLE THIS WEEK AND ARE WORKING A LOT. UM...MEXICAN INDEPENDANCE DAY HAPPENED. THAT WAS COOL. A LOT OF PEOPLE INVITED US FOR FOOD. ALSO, WE HAD AN AWESOME SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE IN CHURCH AS WE TAUGHT GOSPEL PRINCIPLES. WE WERE TEACHING ABOUT REPENTANCE, AND THE SPIRIT JUST FILLED UP THE ROOM. WE WERE NOT DONE WITH THE LESSON, BUT IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THE THREE FAMILIES THERE WERE FEELING SOMETHING FROM THE SPIRIT...WE READ ALMA 5:26 AND THEN WE INVITED THEM TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT THEY NEEDED TO IN THEIR FAMILIES. THE HUSBAND OF THIS ONE LADY THAT WAS A MEMBER REFERENCE, IS NAMED ADANAY AND HE WAS TOTALLY DRUNK YESTERDAY, BUT HE PROMISED TO COME TO CHURCH AND CHANGE HIS LIFE. HE DID, AND IN PRIESTHOOD, THE BROTHERS THAT MANY YEARS AGO WERE IN HIS SITUATION GOT HIM WAY EXCITED ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT WILL COME HIS WAY.
I LOVE THIS GOSPEL. I KNOW ITS TRUE. I DON`T KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT I KNOW ENOUGH AND I HAVE FELT ENOUGH TO FEEL CONVICTION IN MY HEART AS I SAY THAT I KNOW THAT IT IS TRUE.
ELDER GEOFFREY PALMER
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Monday, September 10, 2012
September 10th, 2012
OK...well, I took my sweet time reading your letters, so this letter wont be soo long. But, the new news would generally have to do with ELDER MILLAN.
He is a small guy from Sitacuaro, Michuacán---ya that is a dangerous place. He says that he was totally used to hearing gunfights and narcotrafficing stuff. He is also a convert of about 3 years. It is very fun being with him. He has 20 months in the mission, but this is his first transfer as ZL. He is very humble, and never acts like he knows everything. He is a little bit quiet, and doesn´t talk a lot, but he does make a lot of little jokes and he is almost always laughing. Como dicen en Mexico, pues, me cae muy bien. It is fun to hear his conversion story and also to relate it to the investigators. Like two weeks after his first time visiting the church he got baptized, and he has a strong testimony. He was the first one to get baptized in his family. Then one or two siblings followed. He came on his mission. And while he has been here, his parents, and another brother got baptized. He also is from a family of 6 kids. I am happy to see him here :)
The Zone is pretty excited right now. Every area has at least one baptism planned for the activity on the 22 of Sept. (the joint baptismal service, and then the testimony meeting thing). We believe that the zone will be able to baptize in between 25 and 30 people this month. We attended a sweet baptismal service to a couple that had gotten married the day before and that we could interview. They are doing great.
We had about 7 investigadores that are progressing and some with baptismal dates in the church yesterday, but an awesome family---the familia Moreno Espinoza didn´t come!!!! We were so excited for them. They were progressing so well, they had prayed, recognized an answer, then they went to an FHE with members and LOVED it. Also, we had given then their own teaching records to go along with their progress. They were set on getting baptized on the 22nd, they had stopped drinking coffee, and all of that in ONE week. Then on sunday morning, they send us a message saying: Sorry, we wont be able to go today because we don´t have enough money to pay tithing. We were like NOO!!! haha. But then in the afternoon we went and visited them, and really they had just heard some stuff against the church from their neighbors and thought that the investigadores had to pay tithing too and that the money went to people, etc...but now they are on track and should get baptized on September 29th.
Gotta run, Luv ya,
ELDER PALMER
He is a small guy from Sitacuaro, Michuacán---ya that is a dangerous place. He says that he was totally used to hearing gunfights and narcotrafficing stuff. He is also a convert of about 3 years. It is very fun being with him. He has 20 months in the mission, but this is his first transfer as ZL. He is very humble, and never acts like he knows everything. He is a little bit quiet, and doesn´t talk a lot, but he does make a lot of little jokes and he is almost always laughing. Como dicen en Mexico, pues, me cae muy bien. It is fun to hear his conversion story and also to relate it to the investigators. Like two weeks after his first time visiting the church he got baptized, and he has a strong testimony. He was the first one to get baptized in his family. Then one or two siblings followed. He came on his mission. And while he has been here, his parents, and another brother got baptized. He also is from a family of 6 kids. I am happy to see him here :)
The Zone is pretty excited right now. Every area has at least one baptism planned for the activity on the 22 of Sept. (the joint baptismal service, and then the testimony meeting thing). We believe that the zone will be able to baptize in between 25 and 30 people this month. We attended a sweet baptismal service to a couple that had gotten married the day before and that we could interview. They are doing great.
We had about 7 investigadores that are progressing and some with baptismal dates in the church yesterday, but an awesome family---the familia Moreno Espinoza didn´t come!!!! We were so excited for them. They were progressing so well, they had prayed, recognized an answer, then they went to an FHE with members and LOVED it. Also, we had given then their own teaching records to go along with their progress. They were set on getting baptized on the 22nd, they had stopped drinking coffee, and all of that in ONE week. Then on sunday morning, they send us a message saying: Sorry, we wont be able to go today because we don´t have enough money to pay tithing. We were like NOO!!! haha. But then in the afternoon we went and visited them, and really they had just heard some stuff against the church from their neighbors and thought that the investigadores had to pay tithing too and that the money went to people, etc...but now they are on track and should get baptized on September 29th.
Gotta run, Luv ya,
ELDER PALMER
Monday, September 3, 2012
After Almost 50 Years They are Married--Sept. 3rd 2012
A photo of a part of the ward after church on sunday
Um...As far as investigators go I want to share the story of Salvador and Rosario. Oh, and for you mom, they are the ones whose son used to be in oklahoma that you called. But ya, they have always had such a sincere desire to follow Christ and to put their life in order. We had been working with the Stake President (who used to work in the civil offices for marriage paperwork) to help their marriage go fast, and it did! They got married on friday, and it was a stressful, but funny experience. We had told them to get there at 12 o clock. However, It began rolling around 12:30, and then 1 o clock and they didn´t come! We were there waiting with the Stake Presidente and the Witnesses (four members of the church). At about 1:15 they came in a taxi way dressed up. It isn`t very common to do that here when you go to sign the papers. But all the people there were like, "Awwww." Because they are an elderly couple and he got in his suit, and she got her hair all put together and her white dress, the whole deal. They got married, and all went well.
In the baptism on Saturday there was a great attendance from the Ward. Brother Galán is the institute director in southern mexico and he is in our ward. He was a fellowshipper for them and he baptized them both :) I helped him baptize Salvador, because that was not so easy even between two people. It was a very spiritual baptism.
On Sunday, they got confirmed and it was pretty awesome :) But the neatest thing is that Salvador got up and gave his testimony. He stutters a lot because of his diabetes, but it was so powerful and the majority of us left thoroughly touched.That´s most of what is going on. My companion is getting transferred tomorrow. Elder Vite is going to Tepanatapec, Oaxaca. Thats a mouthfull, huh? Our last transfer we can´t be a Zone Leader, but go and finish as a Senior Companion, so he is going off for his last area. I am staying with an Elder Millan...he is a way humble guy also from Mexico D.F. Honestly, I am very happy to continue in this area :) And we are having like 7 changes in the Zone, so WOW that will be coool.
Also, in the Meeting with the stake presidency and the bishoprics we came up with an activity that is called "Bautismos en Grijalva". And we will have a joint baptismal service for all of the investigadores that get baptized that day in the stake. We are praying and preparing so that every area will have at least one child of god ready for that important step of baptism--- 22 of september!!!
Gotta go, EXITO ANIMO SONRISAS Y RISAS.
ELDER PALMER
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