Sebastian at his baptism

Sandra at her baptism

Convert from Aranjuez Camila Blandon

6/20/2016

noooo. me pongo a llorar..

guys i swear every week is better than the last and makes me wish i could stay here forever. i don't get why it has to get so good right as I'm finishing.

we had our 2 baptisms. my 3rd and 4th converts in this ward, and the baptismal service was something wonderful. i had never before been in such an organized and spiritual service my entire mission. and there were TONS of people that showed up. people from my first 2 areas here in Medellin were there. i was asked to sing and i sang God Be With You Til We Meet Again and about lost it. the members here love us and are suuuuuper happy and willing to help us more. there were some non members that came and we contacted them later. and one of them is a kid named Miguel and hes suuuuuuper excited about the church and everything and accepted a baptism invitation and will get baptized July 9th. so i still got one more!!!!! :)

I'm suuuuper excited to work with him and help him to get baptized.

my testimony and love for these people grow so much everyday.

I'm extremely excited to see you guys in 3 weeks, but its gonna be the hardest thing ever having to leave. i have learned that true joy in the gospel is not felt by those who receive it, but by those who give it.  

you guys are absolutely amazing. thanks for being supportive. i love you all

"Because I Have Been Given Much"

ELDER H. BIGELOW

6/13/2016

un mes.. hoy, en un mes..

well the trunquera is setting in. but its sooo sad cause we are doing sooo good!

so my 2 converts here in the ward are progressing well. really well. I'm suuuper happy for them. i wish i had more time here to continue watching them grow.

i cant believe the blessing we are seeing. Yiseth wants to go on a mission and has decided to start preparing.

and Teolinda was interviewed yesterday to receive a calling.

and the best news! Sandra and Sebastian got their baptism interviews done last week and will be baptized this Saturday!! 2 more! I'm sooooo excited for them. Sebas also wants to be a missionary, but hes only 15 so hes got a few years to go. I'm so happy guys. i cant even explain it.

today we are gonna have a zone party cause me and Elder Garrison both turn 20 this month. should be fun. this week we are basically gonna be planning out the baptisms and getting ready.

and the other good new is that my itinerary finally came... ill forward it :)

i love all you guys, and i don't write much cause well that's the most important stuff.

kade! practice spanish. and practice loving everyone. no matter who the are.

remember to see people not as who they are now but as the person that we all have the potential to become.

you're all amazing

"Brightly Beams Our Fathers Mercy"

ELDER H. BIGELOW

Selfie!

Trio

Yiseth!!

Selfie!

Yiseth's Baptism!

12 People were baptized in Hunter's Zone!!

6/6/2016

tantas buenas noticias...

MIRACLES!!

so first, i love my companions. GREAT guys. and hard workers. elder garrison is actually from Lehi Utah, not AZ like i had previously thunk. hes hilarious and a big nerd for Starwars and Lord of the Rings and stuff.. so we get along great. and Elder Ku is super humble and a good hard worker.

second, the ward here is nice and they are all happy for me to be finishing haha

the house here is big and it feels bigger now that there are only 3 of us, but we got a cockroach problem... its horrible.

and the miracle of this week, WE BAPTIZED YISETH!!! i realized that i haven't ever told you guys about her yet haha. shes awesome though and was super excited for her baptism. 12 people in the zone got baptized that night and the mission pres showed up!

also another investigator came to the baptism and afterward walked right up to the mission pres and told him that during the service she got a feeling that she should be baptized too! so we have ANOTHER baptism on the 18th!!! 

I've learned lately the truth of exact obedience. it really does bring miracles

i love this work. i cant believe its ending. but just for me. because it will continue when I'm gone :)

Kade, im so proud of you and soooooooo excited that in 4 months you'll be down here in south America too teaching the people of Ecuador. they need you. and you need them. do EVERYTHING you can to prepare. learn to love, and you will not fear.

you're amazing Kade, and such an example for me. I'm sooo happy for you :)

i love you all and hope you have a good week!

"Where Can I Turn For Peace"

ELDER H. BIGELOW

TEOLINDA SE BAUTIZÒ :D

5/30/2016

TEOLINDA SE BAUTIZÒ :D

so that's good news.

well we had a good week... went by so fast though that i don't really know what to write.

transfers came and my comp is leaving the area. and i am getting 2 new comps.

Elder Ku from Peru (he looks chinese though) and Elder Garrison from AZ. Ku has like 15 months and Garrison finishes a transfer after me. I'm pretty excited, although it`ll be weird to have 2 comps... but its only 6 weeks so it should be fine.

i feel like i have grown and learned so much this last transfer. I'm super happy to have met and helped these people here and excited to keep going til it all ends.

i love you guys, I'm glad all is going well back home.

remember that all we gotta do is ask and we will receive.

have a good week!

"A Green Hill Far Away"

ELDER H. BIGELOW

5/23/2016

se nos va Mayo...

another EXCELLENT week.

Teolinda is FOR SURE getting baptized this Saturday!

she gave the closing prayer in principles class yesterday and it was soo special. she was crying.. i almost did. but i maned it out. hahaha i am just so happy for her though! she picked me to baptize her :)

we also started working with her son. his names Andres. hes in a wheelchair. and he is SUPER prepared too! we have met with him basically everyday this week! and he also wants to get baptized. and he already has a strong testimony of the priesthood.

the other day he was sick and asked us to pray for him. we taught him about priesthood blessings and read him the story of when Alma heals Zeezrom. then asked if he had sufficient enough faith to be healed. he said yes. so i blessed him.

then we had a lesson and afterwords he said "i felt so calm when you guys blessed me. and now i don't feel sick at all" then we all started crying. bahahah true story.

I'm so happy guys.

I'm seriously in the prime of my mission. and its going so fast... sadly.

but i love what i have been able to do and i cant wait to find out what else the Lord wants me to do with the 50 days i have left.

transfers are this Sunday! i really hope my comp stays!!

i love you guys. i know God lives.

have an awesome week!

"Jesus Lover Of My Soul"

ELDER H. BIGELOW

ELDER H. BIGELOW

and a guy from Villa hermosa that wanted to be in the foto

5/16/2016

me vuelvo loco al pensar...

2  months! what?!

haha okay enough of that.

so this week..

oh man.

our best investigators words "I would have to die to not get baptized on the 28th"  :D

I'm so happy for her. she walked all the way to the stake center yesterday (its far from her house) and got there early for stake conference.

we have another investigator that's doing really well and is on date for baptism.

she is also doing well, she just has a hard time understanding the book of mormon

we also had a few less actives come.

we are seeing miracles in our area.

i feel so blessed.

pues, I'm not sure what else to say... i got to see people i knew from Altamira and Aranjuez yesterday in the conference.. that was cool.

i love you guys! the church is true! 

"Be Still, My Soul"

ELDER H. BIGELOW

Loki. the dog that follows us everywhere haha

dawson, me, wadley, and fajardo (mis hijos)

5/10/2016

Casi..

Writing late this week cause of the multizone conf we had yesterday. it was super cool and awesome to be able to catch up with some old comps. i saw Wadley, Fajardo, Larroza, and Dawson.. and some other missionaries that have been in my zones before. also they opened up a krispy kreme here so we ate a bunch of donuts.. which made it way better. haha

the week was great. but i pretty much told you everything on Sunday. one thing i forgot to include is that we had a lesson with one of our investigators who is on date for baptism. and at the end of the lesson she gave the prayer and asked God specifically if she should get baptized on the 28th of May.. and the next day her neighbor (whos a member) told us that Teo (the investigator) invited her to her baptism. and on Sunday i swear Teo was the first one there. i think she got their before the bishop and just waited for someone to come with the keys.

There are people prepared for the Gospel. angels are preparing them. and the members of the church can be included in that. always be ready and willing to share your testimony. it could be useful to someone else.

remember that God loves us and is always there to help us and pick us up when we fall

i love all of you! and cant wait to see you again!!

"I Am A Child Of God"

ELDER H. BIGELOW