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

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