Elder Bigelow and Elder Aguilar!

12/14/2015

hey there! sorry i am so late today. i had to wake up early to travel. we got our transfers last night. AAAAAAAAND.. im staying in Lorica! buuuuut i had to travel here to Medellin to pick up my NEW HIJO!! yup! i am going to be training for a 3rd time!! wooohooo! and guess whats EVEN COOLER. my 2nd son Elder Fajardo came with me because hes gonna train too!!!! I'm gonna have a nieto, I'm a grandpa in the mission now! i am super happy for him! and Elder Wadley got moved up to Sr. comp. i am so happy for them. tomorrow night i get my new hijo and on Wednesday we go back to Lorica. I'm super excited!

sadly Elder Aguilar got transferred and is going to pereira so i wont be with him again for THIS Christmas. but that's okay it'll be great still.

the week was good, my interview with president was SOOOO good and much needed. ill tell you some cool things about it next week. 

Wandy should be having her interview and getting baptized this Friday! lets pray it all goes well .

aaaand.. what else. OH! this Saturday the pres is going BACK to the coast for the Christmas Conf and dinner. I'm super excited.

that's pretty much all i gotta say.. the week was super fast. but awesome. I'm soo so happy for the opportunity to train again. ill let y'all know how it all goes next week i guess. i love you people!

"Silent Night"

ELDER H. BIGELOW

En Un Taxi!

chanchitos!

Hahaha

Colombian Sunset!!

Sandilla... which I am guessing means watermelon :)

12/7/2015

a greeeeat week we had. and a HOT one. it gets over 100 degrees lately. not liking that so much. but that's how it is i guess.

we are teaching this girl named Kelis that went to church last week and everything. but this week she told us she wasn't really as enthusiastic about going again. she said she has been having some problems and wanted to go to some witch doctor to heal her on Sunday instead. so we taught her about the priesthood and the true church and she didn't seem all that convinced.. honestly i was kinda sad when we left the lesson. for the next few days we called her and tried visiting her but she never answered her phone or the door. we decided to just find new people. we thought we had lost her... BUT, Sunday came, and she showed up at church!! she didn't talk all the much. but she was there and listening. and then she showed up a the church again at night for the Christmas Devotional. that was our Milagro (miracle) this week. our other investigator Wandy came as well and is also doing very well. she just needs a little help recognizing when the spirit is speaking to her.

we were able to work a lot with the members this week and found a good amount of people to start teaching.

i am hot, sweaty, exhausted, and thirsty ALL THE TIME. but i love it. and i honestly wouldn't wanna be anywhere else right now. i pray every night that you guys and my investigators receive the blessings for the work we are doing. i hope you guys can recognize them. i love you all. the church is true. cant wait to see you guys in a couple weeks!! :)

"Angels We Have Heard On High"

ELDER H. BIGELOW

At a baptism with investigators!!

11/30/2015

Last week of November was a good one. lots of working and teaching again. we had quite a few appointments fall through though. the family that went to church last week decided to go to Bogotá and they aren't coming back until January. and a couple other investigators basically aren't gonna be able to progress so we had to let them go. but we have got some good new people to work with. i feel like i am working harder than I've ever worked in my mission. and i love it. 

the Lord provides when we give ourselves to Him, make His work our work and His will our will.

its not just in mission work either. we should ALWAYS put Him first.

got to watch the Meet The Mormons movie this week again, had some investigators come and they loved it. did some contacting too and it started pouring raining, but crazy hard. so we hid on some random porch and ended up teaching the family that lived there, they didn't come to church but it was pretty cool. i hope something good comes of it. people here are getting ready for Christmas with their trees and lights, but it doesn't feel like December at all to me. it probably will in a couple week when i get to call you guys! super excited for that. gotta figure where we are gonna do it and everything though. I'm pretty certain it'll be the 25th this year. Really looking forward to it.

that's pretty much all i have to say. i hope all your wildest dreams come true! 

love you guys a ton!

"Jesus Once Of Humble Birth"

ELDER H. BIGELOW