Monday, June 27, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
hey fans...
ill have to say that this was a very adventurous week... The Joseph Smith video that's called the Restoration is a very good FHE, 2nd lesson, and just a very good spiritual tool that we use as missionary's.. throughout my mission i have come to realize that Satan is working very hard.. in the aspect of us not having spiritual experiences.. im referring to the most spiritual part of the JS video which is his first vision.. this part of the video is a very good helper for people to really capture the experience and feel the truth of this moment in history, and the restoration.. now with that out of the way, i want to say that i have almost never had a perfect video watching spiritual time.. for example: almost every time the the video starts to get spiritual (during the fist vision) something always comes and interrupts everything.. a phone rings, and hug truck goes by, the disc stops working, a baby starts to cry, someone enters or leaves the room, one time some turkeys came around the corrner and started goblin super loud, ect, ect... and this really bugs.. idk why but it's always like that.. So I was able to do 2 divisions this week. One with Egan and the other with Chambers. I went to San Jorge again!! Haha.. Everyone though it was cool that I was from San Jorge ut.. I did another baptismal interview.. I think doin interviews has been my favorite part of all this work!! Idk why but I just really enjoy doing baptismal interviews... I guess the rainny season is here now.. It's raining almost every day.. The new pres is common in a week.. Its gonna be a change.. At least I think... Haha who knows. So we went to these caves and they were pretty cool.. The river went into the cave and down and down it went. We all got super dirty but it was worth it. On the way back after lunch we got a ride to zacapa, but in the bed of an open semi truck!! The crazy part was that it rained super duper hard! We got soaked!! We had fun though..Ok
Elder Oakey
ill have to say that this was a very adventurous week... The Joseph Smith video that's called the Restoration is a very good FHE, 2nd lesson, and just a very good spiritual tool that we use as missionary's.. throughout my mission i have come to realize that Satan is working very hard.. in the aspect of us not having spiritual experiences.. im referring to the most spiritual part of the JS video which is his first vision.. this part of the video is a very good helper for people to really capture the experience and feel the truth of this moment in history, and the restoration.. now with that out of the way, i want to say that i have almost never had a perfect video watching spiritual time.. for example: almost every time the the video starts to get spiritual (during the fist vision) something always comes and interrupts everything.. a phone rings, and hug truck goes by, the disc stops working, a baby starts to cry, someone enters or leaves the room, one time some turkeys came around the corrner and started goblin super loud, ect, ect... and this really bugs.. idk why but it's always like that.. So I was able to do 2 divisions this week. One with Egan and the other with Chambers. I went to San Jorge again!! Haha.. Everyone though it was cool that I was from San Jorge ut.. I did another baptismal interview.. I think doin interviews has been my favorite part of all this work!! Idk why but I just really enjoy doing baptismal interviews... I guess the rainny season is here now.. It's raining almost every day.. The new pres is common in a week.. Its gonna be a change.. At least I think... Haha who knows. So we went to these caves and they were pretty cool.. The river went into the cave and down and down it went. We all got super dirty but it was worth it. On the way back after lunch we got a ride to zacapa, but in the bed of an open semi truck!! The crazy part was that it rained super duper hard! We got soaked!! We had fun though..Ok
Elder Oakey
Monday, June 20, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
happy fathers day... 4th quarter has officially started!! last Monday we went to the volcano Ipala.. it took about 2hrs and 4 buses to get their.. its a volcano with a lake on top of it.. the bus drops you off about half way up the volcano.. and from their you have to walk another 45 min strait up to reach the top of the beautiful volcano.. the view was very nice from the top.. but one time up the volcano is enough.. some of the elders have been like 4 times.. haha... last week i contacted a lady and she said that we could come back the next day to talk to her.. we came back the next day and she said she didnt have time, but she said she would come to church on sunday.. so we said ok we will wait for you at the front door.. as we left we told each other that she just said that so we would go away.. but on Sunday, that woman showed up to church!! and i wasn't even waiting at the door for her.. the only reason i was not waiting at the door was because she came 20 min late.. but she came and i was so surprised i almost didn't recognize her... on Tuesday night we were at the tienda right next to our house and it started to rain.. i just booked it home and left my comp in the dust cuz i didnt want to get my stuff wet. i made it to the door step right before it started to poor down.. my comp got a nip of it though.. haha.. we didnt have any running water this day, (one day on, one day off), so i got into my swim shorts and went outside under the rain to take my shower!! i have to admit, that was my first rain shower in my life.. the only bad part was that i got soap in my eyes and i couldnt see where i was going... but good times.. their was even a little river going down our street.. haha i taught primary class yesterday.. cuz none of the primary leader showed up.. it was a crazy experience.. the kids were crazy, but really smart these little squirts.. i just taught them about missionary work and how they can prepare themselves now... we found a family on friday!! the family ramos.. 6 kids!! they came to church also!! they are awesome, they seem that they are really interested! and im so happy for them!! alright cool...
Elder Oakey
Elder Oakey
Mom, your zip line videos were super dope!! good job.. ok here is the guate cribs los almendros zacapa edition.. im sorry its not as cool as the others. but the first shot is always the best.. and this was the first shot.. so their you have it.. enjoy.. last week when elder Erickson and i were on divisions a investigator asked us if we wanted some pineapple juice.. we said yes!! as we were taking the first gulp she told us that is was a little strong... and i can testify that is was.. it was a family special fermented pineapple juice.. she asked us if it was too strong for us.. while laughing we said yes it is to strong for us. and we told her it was alcohol.. she didnt think so cuz it was a fruit she said.. haha who knows... she willingly gave us a glass of water instead!! the other morning we helped this guy that lived down by the river moves huge rocks to his house.. he uses the huge rock to put in front of his fence, he puts sand over them and makes a burm so that when it rains it doesn't flow into his house.. so for a couple hours we were hauling rocks on our backs slash shoulders from the river to his house.. about 200yards form river to house.. we had to help each other put the rock on our shoulders.. we ended up estimating that the rocks eighed from 100 to 175 pounds.. and yes my body did hurt the next day.. good turn daily.. the Bishop has now made a schedule for our Sunday lunches with members.. yes!! score!! haha.. this Sunday we ate with the family galindo.. they are super cool, Julio just got back from Uruguay from this mission and Diego is going in a few months.. it was fun to get to know them a little better!! Elder Tiu, one of my ZLs came to my area this week and did divisions with me! Tiu is a very small cool guy!! haha. we had a great time and we learned alot from each other.. he is from Honduras.. The other night while we were just roaming around contacting people i saw a lady walking with her kids with all of her bags of groceries. i was contacting someone at the time, but i felt a strong impression to contact her.. after i was done contacting a dude i caught up to her while she was resting and grabbed some of the bags to help her to her house.. the house was kinda far away so we had some time to talk.. a long story short, she told me that her husband had died a few years back.. i asked her if she wanted to know where he was. she answered me with a confused face but she said yes.. we got to her house and we ended up giving the whole plan of salvation lesson to her and the rest of her family which included her mom.. the moms husband passed away also.. i felt very honored to be able to testify to them that God is our loving heavenly father and he has provided us with a way where we can live with our families for eternity, and that they can see their husbands again..
Elder Oakey
Elder Oakey
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
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