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| Hunter says that these little girls and Makenli would be best friends :) |
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
4/20/2015
i remember a time when time wasn't something i thought about, it just passed unnoticed. but here on the mission its definitely noticeable. i remember when a year seemed like forever and two was almost an eternity. even at the beginning of my mission i kind of thought that way. but I've come to realize (and it might be the mission or maybe its just cause I'm older) that 2 years is nothing. ill have to admit that my two years that i lived in Alaska were the best two years of my life, starting over, meeting new people, exploring new places, setting and accomplishing new goals etc. but reflecting back on those two years made me think about THESE two years, in Colombia, and how much i want these two years to be even better. yeah its blazing hot (#bythewayautumnitsalothotterandmorehumidhere #110degreesdaily) and living conditions are a bit different. but here too i am learning new things, meeting new people, and doing MY best to make THEM happy. if there is ANYTHING i want Elder Wadley to learn from me, its this, that these should be the best two years of our lives. and that its all up to us to make it that way.
although some things didn't go as planned this week we really tried to make the most of it. we had our interviews with the pres this week. we put a baptismal date on a lady we are working with. we took her to see "Conozca Los Mormones". we started teaching a new family. and overall, attempted to prepare our investigators for church on Sunday so they could progress and work towards baptism. and even tho we went to the investigators houses to pick them up, none of them came. but we learned a lot this week. i learned that even after doing MY best, sometimes things don't go how I plan them. these people obviously have their agency, but i don't want to let it get me down. we just put new goals and will start working again this week.
remember that God wants us to succeed. in everything. that He loves us, as His children. that's why He has given us EVERYTHING we need to get back to Him someday. i absolutely know that's true. and i love all you guys!! have an awesome and successful week!
"Rock Of Ages"
Elder Bigelow
i remember a time when time wasn't something i thought about, it just passed unnoticed. but here on the mission its definitely noticeable. i remember when a year seemed like forever and two was almost an eternity. even at the beginning of my mission i kind of thought that way. but I've come to realize (and it might be the mission or maybe its just cause I'm older) that 2 years is nothing. ill have to admit that my two years that i lived in Alaska were the best two years of my life, starting over, meeting new people, exploring new places, setting and accomplishing new goals etc. but reflecting back on those two years made me think about THESE two years, in Colombia, and how much i want these two years to be even better. yeah its blazing hot (#bythewayautumnitsalothotterandmorehumidhere #110degreesdaily) and living conditions are a bit different. but here too i am learning new things, meeting new people, and doing MY best to make THEM happy. if there is ANYTHING i want Elder Wadley to learn from me, its this, that these should be the best two years of our lives. and that its all up to us to make it that way.
although some things didn't go as planned this week we really tried to make the most of it. we had our interviews with the pres this week. we put a baptismal date on a lady we are working with. we took her to see "Conozca Los Mormones". we started teaching a new family. and overall, attempted to prepare our investigators for church on Sunday so they could progress and work towards baptism. and even tho we went to the investigators houses to pick them up, none of them came. but we learned a lot this week. i learned that even after doing MY best, sometimes things don't go how I plan them. these people obviously have their agency, but i don't want to let it get me down. we just put new goals and will start working again this week.
remember that God wants us to succeed. in everything. that He loves us, as His children. that's why He has given us EVERYTHING we need to get back to Him someday. i absolutely know that's true. and i love all you guys!! have an awesome and successful week!
"Rock Of Ages"
Elder Bigelow
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| Elder Bigelow and Elder Wadley.... Hunter just had to take him to the sketchy bridge over the poop canal?!?! |
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| Yep... he will teach anyone who will listen!! Hopefully Elder Wadley wants to play the guitar :) |
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| The Roof! (I jacked pictures from Elder Wadley's blog because they are better at pictures when they first go out!! |
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| Kitchen!! Hunter loves this part of the house :) |
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| The bathroom... It looks like a bathroom shared by 4 boys/men :) |
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| Living area?? Lots of fans!! |
Going to Medellin this week to get my new comp was awesome. it was a weird feeling tho cause when i got there i had this "I'm home" kind of feeling. which i guess makes since cause Medellin was my home for almost 6 months! haha. i actually kind of felt cold there. i cant imagine whats its gonna be like going back home to Alaska. IM GONNA FREEZE! haha. but it was really cool to be down there, we got to talk to the pres. we had a trainers meeting (i got my Easter package and a letter) AND GUYS! haha i got a gringo! my new comp (my hijo) is elder Wadley from Lehi Utah. he doesn't speak a lick of Spanish but we are working on that. I've also started teaching him guitar. its so great. honestly my mission changed. its cool to not only be teaching the people but also teaching another elder how to teach the people. and elder wadley is awesome. he reminds me so much of kade and all my goof ball cousins. i had never met him before the mission (even when we lived really close) but i feel like I've known the guy forever. its like working as a missionary with my brother. I'm so glad i have this opportunity.
the rest of the week flew by. we basically just spent the week introducing elder wadley to all the members and investigators. and on Friday night when we were planning for Friday we had an empty hour in the schedule so i said "we can just knock some doors for an hour" and the wadley looked at me with a kind of worried and surprised face and said "we´re really gonna do that?".. "yes" i said. and then he smiled so big hahahaha. Hes freaking awesome. i love the energy that the new missionaries have even tho they don't speak the language and everything about this lifestyle is new to them. and we had some success when we knocked doors too. we found a new family and are gonna start teaching them this week!
but yeah, that's pretty much it. just remember tho guys, that no matter who you are God has a plan specifically for you and has given you skills and talents that are meant to be shared with others, so find yours and SHARE IT!!!
"I Hope They Call Me On a Mission"
Elder BIgelow
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Monday, April 13, 2015
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| Zone before transfers!! |
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| Hello Elder Wadley! |
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| Teaching the ropes!! |
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| District!!! |
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| Yes he is already teaching his new companion the guitar!!! He didn't really have a chance :) |
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| I am pretty sure that is Elder Bigelow's "I absolutely love this and I think I am going to love this guy" face!! and I was right he loves his new companion... He says he reminds him of Kade :) so it is like serving with his brother!!! |
4/6/2015
the last week always goes by the fastest and is super busy! i did exchanges
a couple times and then spent the weekend in the stake center watching
conference. so not much to report. none of my investigators came to the
conference tho :(
but conference was awesome! i learned so much! i loved the talk about
listening to the music not just learning the dance steps. haha it made me
laugh but its so true and its something we have to really apply. do you
really feel the same spirit you felt when you were baptized? did you think
it was even possible to feel it again? being here in Colombia i have
realized there are so many people with these exact doubts and that's why
they leave the church. in the south America north region there are over 1
million less active members of the church. they, and all of us, need to
realize that its doing the little things that increase our faith and
desires to be active in the church, and learning and understanding the
atonement is how we grow love for God and our Savior and what gives us
desires to keep the commandments. Don't go inactive! any of you! God will
always help us if we do, or if we mess up. but just think about all the
blessing we would miss out on even if we left the church for a few months.
NOT WORTH IT.
ill talk to you guys next week! and send photos with my new comp who will
be arriving directly from the mtc!!!! woohoo! haha I'm training!
LOVE YOU GUYS! "I Believe In Christ" Elder Bigelow
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