11/3/14
Buenas noches mis amigos! este semana fue maravillosa!
alright! so this week was really fun! i did exchanges twice! the first time was with Elder Gordiano from Utah. and there was a tropical storm that day for hours so there wasn't really time to do anything... it rained and hailed and the wind sucked and the lightning was everywhere.... but we had fun and tried contacting when things calmed down.
but then, Friday, i did exchanges with one of the zone leaders ]Elder Roberts from Missouri. Elder Roberts is an awesome missionary. i learned a ton from him. he really tries his hardest to do ONLY what the spirit tells him to do. we kept all things we did in accordance with all the rules and promptings of the spirit. we planed to set a baptismal date for hernan and lina... but we both felt during the lesson that that was not the time.. we didn't even have to say anything to each other... we just knew.. and our lesson with them was amazing. me and cordova are going to set their date this week i hope. they came to church again just like they always do, even tho lina was sick.. so we gave her a blessing :) i love them. they are such good people. they wanna know the truth. honestly i think hernen was looking for some kind of vision or miracle to know that the church is true. so i explained to him something i had never really even thought of for myself before.. the words just flowed out of my mouth.. i said, " hernan, joseph smith had the first vision to restore the gospel of Jesus Christ. if that gospel wasn't on the earth right now, and you really wanted to find it, that's when you would see God too. i know the gospel is true through feeling given o me by my Heavenly Father. it was like ´here elder bigelow, the gospel has been restored´ . and with my faith, i didn't need more. i know this gospel is true. i know this book is the word of God. i know joseph was His prophet. and i know that only though prayer can you know the same." that got to him, and me too. i LOVE spiritual experiences. always live in a way where the spirit never leaves you. okay?
today was great too! we went to a forest up in the mountains that looked like Alaska but it was crazy hot haha. we all played capture the flag and did some hiking. so i am pretty tired..
i am glad you are all doing so well and i am jealous of the cold weather. cannot believe its already November.. and that i left in july. i am super happy t be here. i love what i am learning. i love these people. i love Spanish. i love my scriptures. i love the gospel. i love my savior. and i love his plan. ALWAYS SHARE WHAT YOU KNOW. its the truest thing on this earth.... and besides, the faster we share the sooner Jesus will come back :)
2Nefi 1:13... guys, time to wake up from that dream and hasten the work. EVERY MEMBER IS A MISSIONARY.
con todo mi amor
Elder Bigelow
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Monday, October 27, 2014
10/27/2014
MY PEOPLE!!!
Hello :) i miss you. hows the life? missing some things but loving this life.
so i got my new comp, Elder córdova. from Ecuador. he is really short.. he is a good hard worker. I'm happy about that. things are already going so much faster than my last transfer. remember how we had a couple baptismal dates but nothing ever happened.. that sucked... buuuuut, we have one of them back on date and things are going good with her. November 15!!!! mark it!!! haha so excited. its for real this time!!!
things are good in the area too. we found a new investigator yesterday. she just moved here to Medellin and was looking for a church to attend :) so that's pretty cool.
also! coolest news yet! elder Holland talked yesterday at stake conference! and herenan and lina went!!!! that was super cool and super powerful! hernan and lina are understanding a lot.. but hernan just doesn't want to be married.. i don't get why not.. they've been living together for 10 years and have a 7 year old girl.
i got the packages guys! thanks mom dad and kade and granny and whoever else tossed something in there :) that made me super happy. no letters came yet tho. but i am so happy that you guys got my letters from the ccm! haha that took so dang long!!
i love you guys! and i love to be a missionary. its a pretty cool way to live. i get to wake up, every morning, 6:30 am, and do some push ups, make some eggs and study for three hours, its the best. i get to sleep in a bed by myself for 2 whole years, its fantastic!! haha
guys, I'm not worried about a single one of you ad your faith. i know you and how strong you are. it gives me strength in my testimony. and then i getta share that with other... you guys are part of my mission!! ain't that cool? i think so.
keep being happy. keep writing me. keep sending pictures. keep reading your scriptures. always pray. always ask questions. and always seek more knowledge. never ever doubt. there's no reason too. its all true. it always will be. Gods gotta plan, so hold to the rod. we will all get there, i know it. i love you all so much. and miss ya like crazy.
Elder Bigelow
MY PEOPLE!!!
Hello :) i miss you. hows the life? missing some things but loving this life.
so i got my new comp, Elder córdova. from Ecuador. he is really short.. he is a good hard worker. I'm happy about that. things are already going so much faster than my last transfer. remember how we had a couple baptismal dates but nothing ever happened.. that sucked... buuuuut, we have one of them back on date and things are going good with her. November 15!!!! mark it!!! haha so excited. its for real this time!!!
things are good in the area too. we found a new investigator yesterday. she just moved here to Medellin and was looking for a church to attend :) so that's pretty cool.
also! coolest news yet! elder Holland talked yesterday at stake conference! and herenan and lina went!!!! that was super cool and super powerful! hernan and lina are understanding a lot.. but hernan just doesn't want to be married.. i don't get why not.. they've been living together for 10 years and have a 7 year old girl.
i got the packages guys! thanks mom dad and kade and granny and whoever else tossed something in there :) that made me super happy. no letters came yet tho. but i am so happy that you guys got my letters from the ccm! haha that took so dang long!!
i love you guys! and i love to be a missionary. its a pretty cool way to live. i get to wake up, every morning, 6:30 am, and do some push ups, make some eggs and study for three hours, its the best. i get to sleep in a bed by myself for 2 whole years, its fantastic!! haha
guys, I'm not worried about a single one of you ad your faith. i know you and how strong you are. it gives me strength in my testimony. and then i getta share that with other... you guys are part of my mission!! ain't that cool? i think so.
keep being happy. keep writing me. keep sending pictures. keep reading your scriptures. always pray. always ask questions. and always seek more knowledge. never ever doubt. there's no reason too. its all true. it always will be. Gods gotta plan, so hold to the rod. we will all get there, i know it. i love you all so much. and miss ya like crazy.
Elder Bigelow
10/20/1014
alright guys good news! this week was awesome!!! it was the final week for Elder sanchez and for whatever reason he wanted to spend most of it with me. we worked super hard but had so much dang fun doing it. we went to the futbol stadium last Monday and during this week gave out tons of books of Mormon, we threw a ward dance/going away party on Friday, taught some awesome lessons with Hernan and Lina. they started to have doubts, but i feel like now they are starting to get it. :) Saturday night we played futbol on the rooftops and could see the entire city. and then yesterday we got taken to subway and ice cream by a member in our ward who reminds me exactly of Heath Flake haha. and then we went to a family home evening and a couple girls that sanchez baptized were there and the spirit was super strong. sanchez is a great missionary and i am super happy i had the opportunity to know him these past 6 weeks. and it was good to get a little break from my comp :) my comps a good guy tho.. just lazy...
BUT THAT'S OKAY! because! we got the call last night. i am staying here in Altamira, but my comp is going to the coast and will be comps with elder smith. i get a new comp! WHOO his names Elder Cordova and he is from Chili. hes been in the mission the same amount of time as alvarado, so that means i might kill him! sweet... that could go bad tho if he gets trunkie.. but ill pray for him :)
also, got a quick cool story, me and sanchez went to a members house who makes shoes cause sanchez anted some new ones for when he gets home, and i turned out that this member had just gotten back from fishing in the amazon so he gave us a PIRANHA!! haha i cooked it this morning for breakfast! ill send the pictures.
guys, remember in all that you do that EVERYONE has to have the opportunity to hear the gospel. DO NOT HAVE FEAR. remember that charity casteth out ALL fear, and if you truly love your neighbors, sharing the gospel will be easy and natural. it just makes sense. its Gods work, and His plan to. JUST OPEN YOUR MOUTH. there is ABSOLUTELY no reason not to. don't have fear guys. just love. i know you can do it.
Hermana Bigelow, tu tienes que mostrar me tus fotos de la costa!! jaja yo quiero ver les. como está tu compañera? y la comida in la costa? es extraño? aquí la comida es muy rico y me gustan mucho. OH! tambien, esta miercoles es HUMPDAY!! jajaja.... gracias por tu ejemplo Autumn. yo ore por mi compañero y todos bien ahora :) te quiero!
chao familia! i love you guys more than anything. always know that i am so happy to be here. don't worry about me too much! i pray for each one of you every day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK MAKENLI!! i miss you like crazy. keep being a good girl. cant wait to see you in 20 1/2 months or so :)
your missionary who lives far away speaking a language you cant understand,
Elder Bigelow
alright guys good news! this week was awesome!!! it was the final week for Elder sanchez and for whatever reason he wanted to spend most of it with me. we worked super hard but had so much dang fun doing it. we went to the futbol stadium last Monday and during this week gave out tons of books of Mormon, we threw a ward dance/going away party on Friday, taught some awesome lessons with Hernan and Lina. they started to have doubts, but i feel like now they are starting to get it. :) Saturday night we played futbol on the rooftops and could see the entire city. and then yesterday we got taken to subway and ice cream by a member in our ward who reminds me exactly of Heath Flake haha. and then we went to a family home evening and a couple girls that sanchez baptized were there and the spirit was super strong. sanchez is a great missionary and i am super happy i had the opportunity to know him these past 6 weeks. and it was good to get a little break from my comp :) my comps a good guy tho.. just lazy...
BUT THAT'S OKAY! because! we got the call last night. i am staying here in Altamira, but my comp is going to the coast and will be comps with elder smith. i get a new comp! WHOO his names Elder Cordova and he is from Chili. hes been in the mission the same amount of time as alvarado, so that means i might kill him! sweet... that could go bad tho if he gets trunkie.. but ill pray for him :)
also, got a quick cool story, me and sanchez went to a members house who makes shoes cause sanchez anted some new ones for when he gets home, and i turned out that this member had just gotten back from fishing in the amazon so he gave us a PIRANHA!! haha i cooked it this morning for breakfast! ill send the pictures.
guys, remember in all that you do that EVERYONE has to have the opportunity to hear the gospel. DO NOT HAVE FEAR. remember that charity casteth out ALL fear, and if you truly love your neighbors, sharing the gospel will be easy and natural. it just makes sense. its Gods work, and His plan to. JUST OPEN YOUR MOUTH. there is ABSOLUTELY no reason not to. don't have fear guys. just love. i know you can do it.
Hermana Bigelow, tu tienes que mostrar me tus fotos de la costa!! jaja yo quiero ver les. como está tu compañera? y la comida in la costa? es extraño? aquí la comida es muy rico y me gustan mucho. OH! tambien, esta miercoles es HUMPDAY!! jajaja.... gracias por tu ejemplo Autumn. yo ore por mi compañero y todos bien ahora :) te quiero!
chao familia! i love you guys more than anything. always know that i am so happy to be here. don't worry about me too much! i pray for each one of you every day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK MAKENLI!! i miss you like crazy. keep being a good girl. cant wait to see you in 20 1/2 months or so :)
your missionary who lives far away speaking a language you cant understand,
Elder Bigelow
10/13/2014
I'm guessing its too early for y'all back home cause no of ya wanna talk to me!!! haha just kidding!!
this week went by so dang fast that i don't even really remember what happened... we taught some good lessons though.. and at one point we hiked up the mountain to find the statue of Jesus... it was pretty cool because it was all foggy and rainy but i still don't think it was near as cool as the one our church has in temple square.
we´ve been working really hard with a couple in our area named Hernan and Lina... they aren't married but they are getting so close! they've gone to church every week since we started teaching them, including conference. i cant wait to challenge them for baptism! my comp says he is certain he will be transferred so he doesn't need to work so hard with them... its kinda sad that he is loosing steam.. but i seriously wanna go all Elder Calhoun up in here and hand out 68 book of Mormons in a week and challenge everybody for baptism. seriously, "I'm read ta go!" haha
i really hope my next comp just wants to kill it too! that would be super exciting! Spanish just gets easier every day too! admittedly i don't understand every word that the people are saying yet.. but i can figure it out from what i do know. also, yesterday i gave a talk in sacrament about the mission of the members in the church. it was basically about helping the missionaries and also giving service to not only investigators, but fellow members as well. perfecting the saints. everybody afterwards told me how surprised they were by my Spanish and that they understood every word!
¡tenàs! that made me happy!
also the bishop of this ward is so awesome. he reminds me a lot of bishop player. I'm happy to have him as my first bishop in the field.
1st Corinthians 12:12-13. The Lord has need of every member in his church. so find what is your part. AND DO IT!
i love all of you guys! and i am so excited that the house is finished! it looks so awesome. cant wait to see it in person!
Elder Bigelow!
I'm guessing its too early for y'all back home cause no of ya wanna talk to me!!! haha just kidding!!
this week went by so dang fast that i don't even really remember what happened... we taught some good lessons though.. and at one point we hiked up the mountain to find the statue of Jesus... it was pretty cool because it was all foggy and rainy but i still don't think it was near as cool as the one our church has in temple square.
we´ve been working really hard with a couple in our area named Hernan and Lina... they aren't married but they are getting so close! they've gone to church every week since we started teaching them, including conference. i cant wait to challenge them for baptism! my comp says he is certain he will be transferred so he doesn't need to work so hard with them... its kinda sad that he is loosing steam.. but i seriously wanna go all Elder Calhoun up in here and hand out 68 book of Mormons in a week and challenge everybody for baptism. seriously, "I'm read ta go!" haha
i really hope my next comp just wants to kill it too! that would be super exciting! Spanish just gets easier every day too! admittedly i don't understand every word that the people are saying yet.. but i can figure it out from what i do know. also, yesterday i gave a talk in sacrament about the mission of the members in the church. it was basically about helping the missionaries and also giving service to not only investigators, but fellow members as well. perfecting the saints. everybody afterwards told me how surprised they were by my Spanish and that they understood every word!
¡tenàs! that made me happy!
also the bishop of this ward is so awesome. he reminds me a lot of bishop player. I'm happy to have him as my first bishop in the field.
1st Corinthians 12:12-13. The Lord has need of every member in his church. so find what is your part. AND DO IT!
i love all of you guys! and i am so excited that the house is finished! it looks so awesome. cant wait to see it in person!
Elder Bigelow!
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