mi burrito

itty bitty lizard!!

11/23/2015

the week went by super fast. lots of working walking talking and teaching.

been using the members a lot to help us. found tons of new people gain. we are basically filing through all the new people picking out the ones that are most likely to progress.

we have a family preparing for baptism on the 12th of next month. its a dad and his 2 kids. they all seem kind of shy, but miraculously they came to church yesterday and they participated and everything! i was so happy.

we have some other people preparing for baptism too.. but they didn't come to church yesterday, still working on that.

and yeah, besides how my body is reacting to the ridiculous amount of heat here i am doing good. learning new things everyday. I'm at the point where I'm one of the most experienced elders in the zone. i know the routine, know how it all works, don't have any problems with the language at all so its just work work and work until the end!!

i love you all! hope you have a great week and thanksgiving! cant wait to celebrate it next year!! 

"All Creatures Of Our God And King"

ELDER H. BIGELOW

Aydee and Leo

Companion Selfie

Birfday Cake!!!

He wasn't ready for this picture!

down to the river!

Catholic Church!

11/16/2015

Another 13th passed. that's all i will say about that. haha.

the coast is amazing guys. even though its crazy hot. the people are awesome. always happy and crazy and listening to Bob Marley. its super chill living by the beach. our whole zone is going to the beach next Monday. the pres gave us permission. I'm super excited. today we have to go to Monterìa again for another meeting. itll be cool though. last week in Monterìa was awesome. it was AMAZING seeing Aydee again. shes doing great. really active and really happy. she got called to be a ward missionary. I'm supper happy for her.

i hope to find more prepared people like her here in Lorica. that's the goal!

we found lots of people to tech this week and had a great time helping them out..... but yesterday kinda stunk cause nobody came to church. :( but we will just keep working, loving, teaching and praying. I'm so glad to have a comp who works hard and loves it.

yesterday also i blessed the sacrament for the first time in church since i was a priest.. kinda interesting. haha. and while the sacrament was being passed the branch pres came over to me and asked me to stay up on the stand and give a talk cause 2 people who were assigned didn't show up. so me and the pres had to improvise. it was good tho.

guys i love you. i know the church is true. and that God gave us the Atonement because he loves us. we can all use it daily to become better. i know that to be true. it doesn't matter what we`ve done. God only cares about what we WILL do from now on.

"Be Thou Humble"

ELDER H. BIGELOW

Old Zone in Pereira!

Stopping by Medellin ... saw Hernan and Sofia from Altamira

Lorica!!!

11/9/2015

LORICA LA BUENA

I cant even tell you guys how much i am loving this. the coast is officially my favorite place in Colombia. i am soooo excited to be back. My area is the best. We are in i little town on the beach. Not a whole lot of people and its actually not as hot as Monterìa. But its still crazy hot. haha. My comp is great too. Elder Apaza from Cusco Perù. He`s been out 13 months. Not sure why he`s my jr comp, he should be a DL or a trainer. we are having tons of fun and teaching TONS of people. the members here are awesome. our branch mission leader is a 22 year old convert who just got baptized like a month and a half ago and hes like one of the best members of the branch. we are living in an apartment with two other elders who are great as well. one, elder aguilar, is from my group and we started in the same zone in Medellin over a year ago and the other is his hijo elder bravo from ecuador who is just starting. so the house is good.

we had some REALLY good lessons this week. SUPER spiritual. and fun. I'm loving the mission right now. its good to have a companion again and not a burden :) to all my missionary friends, remember that you NEVER want to be that burden.

well guys the church is true. i love you all. gotta go here soon. we are going to Monterìa. gonna go see Aydee and Abelardo and all my friends from Mogambo! have a great week!!

"Now Let Us Rejoice"

ELDER H. BIGELOW

More Goodbyes!!

Saying goodbye to a favorite family!!

11/2/2015

Pa´ La Costa Otra Vez!!

  yuuuuup! that's right! I'm going back to the coast! but this time its the REAL DEAL. haha my area is on the beach!! haha wooohooo! so you'll start getting lots of pics again don't worry! I'm suuuper excited!

the week went really well for the most part. we worked with the members having them help us with the work. and in ward council we set up a program for the ward to visit the less actives and get references from them and then report back to us.. wish i could be here to see how it turns out. but its okay, THE COAST! 

so some sad news... Saturday, me and my comp got to the chapel, super excited. dressed in our suits.. set up the room, filled up the font and waited... and waited.. and waited... AND nothing.......... Alberto never showed up!!! never called. didn't come to church yesterday either. nothing. really sad that i have to just leave now not knowing anything that happened to him really.... an hermana said she saw him and he told her he was feeling a little sick...... pero yo no lo creo...

but yeah super sad.... at least we got the members helping now tho... 

gotta get all packed up tonite. i go to Medellin in the morning and then Wednesday morning we drive up to the coast!! pretty excited!

i love you guys a ton.

sorry mom but i don't have a lot of pics... i expected too with the baptism and all..... but next week you'll get a ton! okay? i love you and miss you!

"There Is Sunshine In My Soul Today"

ELDER H. BIGELOW

Last P Day with Elder Baker!!

10/26/2015

the subject line is actually just the name of the Internet cafe I'm at right now and has absolutely nothing to do with anything that happened this week....... ANYWAYS!

this week was pretty good. went by so quickly though that i don't really remember everything (again!)

but it was definitely good. we met with Alberto a lot, preparing him for his baptism. he is super excited for it. its funny to see him talk about it. i wish you guys could meet and talk to him. I'm so happy for him. PRAY it all goes well, because this is more than likely my last week in this area! i cant believe I've been here longer than i was in the coast. doesn't seem real. i really do like it here. but it'll be exciting to find out where i go next.

been teaching the members about how they can help us better to find and teach people. seems to be working! haha i gave a talk in sacrament meeting yesterday and talked about becoming fishers of men. it got weird when i left the stand because an hermano came up to be and shook my hand and congratulated me as i walked back to my seat... the bishop was a little confused and so was i. bahahaha i felt like me and dad would have had a good laugh about it if he were there. i felt like the talk really did go well. made me realize some of the things i can work on personally to be better.

remember that we will reach our goals when we do things the way the Lord would have us do them. i love you guys! you all mean something special to me and are in my prayers.

have a great week!

"Come Follow Me"

ELDER H. BIGELOW