1/19/2015

This week has been GREAT!!!! i have to admit i was disappointed in the
transfer last week. (wrong attitude). i didnt like that i was super close
to my old area (i actually found out i am closer than i thought. i can put
one foot in Altamira and the other in Aranjuez) nor did i like the idea of
being a missionaries last comp (TRUNKY). BUUUUUUUT, its awesome!!!! the
area is really cool, it feels the same but its all new people! new ward new
members new investigators and new FUTURE investigators!! and although its
my comps last transfer, he works harder than some missionaries i know that
have less than a year!! we already set baptismal dates with some of the
investigators he had and are working with some new ones we found this week!
and we've been doing a lot of service.

the new house is awesome too. its about 3 times the size of the one in
altamira. and I'm finally living with a gringo!!! haha we live with the zls
Elder Sandoval (El Salvador) and Elder Padgett (California). elder Padgett
reminds me a lot of Hayden so we get along great.

PA RICE! i got news for you! i met a REEEAALY old man here in this ward
named Hno. Mesa who said he knows you, and a member who is in th elders
quorum pres. named Jorge Gamero said and elder from Alaska taught his
family 20 years ago or so. ALSO, the branch pres in itsmina right now is
pres garcia. i got to meet him at a training meeting last week and he said
he was baptized by the first missionaries in choco.

listo... i love you guys! and i am so happy to be here! i already love the
people in my new area. it is so awesome to be a missionary. KADE, it is the
best thing when the young men come to lessons with us. they help out more
than they know and it really helps them too. really get involved and make
time to help the missionaries out there. i LOVED going and teaching with
Bartling and Turner and McCusker and Milby. and it helped me accustom
myself to mission life when i get here.. soooo DO IT! haha ANYWAYS, you're
all awesome. and you're all needed in Alaska(or wherever you are) to help
out with the work :) even if its just giving service or showing someone you
love them.

"We'll Bring the World His Truth"
Elder Bigelow