July 7, 2014

It’s been over 100 everyday.

Today we have an elder staying with us for the day so we waited until he got here to go email, that's why its so late in the day. 

                                                                    

Transfers are this week I'm staying. The only change is Hermana Deroche is going to Fontana :(  The joke is that I already know where my next area is because we have followed each other by one transfer each time.

This week we helped a family stain their furniture it was sweet!

Ismael is doing great and his mom is going to start working towards getting baptized!

Brayan has come to church the last 2 weeks so that's good.

We got a new investigator his name is Alejandro but we can only meet with him on Saturdays so it’s a bit of a challenge.

On the 4^th of July we went in early at 6pm and weekly planned then we watch the Testaments! Yay! Best movie ever!!!!

Have a good week!

Elder Gore

June 30, 2014

So this last week has been a little bit slow. A lot of it was because we were prepping for the Baptism. Which is about all I'll talk about. So my email might be short but this is about the only thing that happened.

Ismael Got Baptized!!!!!!  It was super cool! I'm not quite sure what to say more.  Hno. Maybe gave a combined talk about the Holy Ghost and Baptism and it was really good. I played some prelude on the piano. The spirit was super strong! Ismael was baptized and he came up out of the water smiling and it was sooo sweet! He got confirmed and received the Gift of the Holy Ghost on Sunday and that was awesome too! This kid is a boss! What's also really cool is that we have been talking to his mom and she wants to get baptized too! So we are gonna start working with her to get off on Sundays. Because that is about all that's holding her back! Ismael has also started going to Scouts and he loves it! And he is super excited about becoming a Deacon and receiving the Aaronic Priesthood in December when he turns 12!

As for the pictures. We are at our correlation meeting and just sitting waiting for it to start. 

Then the pictures of Ismael and us and his family before the Baptism.

 Elder Martins bike exploded yesterday. So we had to walk the last 5 hours of the day. That was really hard and painful. But it was good. It makes us appreciate how nice it is to be on bike!

Well that's it! I'm sorry it’s short! But not a ton happened. My Spanish is improving, my teaching is improving, I feel like I'm a better person now.

But I know this church is true and that is it lead by a Prophet who is directed by Jesus Christ. This is His church. I know this Gospel is the Gospel of Jesus Christ and that we can receive more happiness by living by it then by any other thing on this earth. I know the Book of Mormon is true and that when used hand in hand with the Bible it helps us learn more about Our Heavenly Father, Our Brother and Savior Jesus Christ, and how we can follow Him and do the things that are necessary to return and live with them! I know that the Lord is directing this work and that we are blessed by our personal obedience and by His time and that through Jesus Christ we can have a happiness that will never cease!

I love you all! Have a great week!

Elder Zachary Gore! :)

June 23, 2014

This week has been good. A little tough but good. Mostly just because well everyone has gone on vacation so nobody is home and nobody is outside. Except for kids going to the pool. But other than that it’s been a little rough. But we were able to have some good lessons. One of these was with our less active/recent convert B.  He is like the coolest kid. He just won’t wake up to go to church. He wants to go he likes it. He just has no support and he doesn't wake up to his alarm clock. So we are trying to figure out how to help him. But we taught him and helped him memorize the First Vision in Spanish. Next we might go with it in English. But we are basically training him for his mission. It’s a lot of fun :)

We also had a donut party after finishing weekly planning. It’s really good stuff, weekly planning, but it takes a long time so we got some donuts. Woo Hoo!!!!

Dispues eso (after that) We got a picture of Ismael and we put it on a flier that is an invitation to his baptism. It says basically I want you to come to my baptism. It’s really fun and it’s been a hit. Everyone thinks it’s adorable.  We are so excited for him! Woo Hoo!

We also took Israel out with us yesterday and had with us for studies, and lunch, and dinner and until 9. It was sweet and a lot of fun to have him with us!

We also had interviews with president this last week. Mine was like 5 mins long. Which I'm ok with, I'd also be ok if they were longer. I just don't have any questions or anything. I'm not trying to hold some record. I just don't really have much to say. I'm just trying to work, and learn, teach, and be obedient.

And well that was about the week. Nothing much happened. Oh!!!! But I have some cool pictures on the bikes and stuff!

We ride no hands and standing sometimes.  So we thought we'd just take some fun pictures of that.

 Hermano Chang and I had a race across the gym on the mops.  We stood on them and then scooted our way across. It was intense and crazy and fun. I won but it was good. This happened after we cleaned up the baptism/wedding that the other elders had. I forgot to take pictures.  

So yeah that's about been my week. Oh fun fact. It got to over 100 degrees outside. I mean it might have done that before. But we didn't know until like Thursday when someone told us it was 104. I was like hmmm. Weird it doesn't feel that hot at all.

Well that's all I got for this week! I hope everyone has a good week and lots of fun on your break! Hey people! Please write me back if I've written you >.< I never get mail and it’s hard to respond when you have nothing to go on.

You’re the best! I know this Church True. God Lives! He Loves Us and wants us to be happy! I know the Book of Mormon is True. I read it every day and I always learn something new and feel the Holy Spirit testifying to me that its true. I invite everyone to read it. Whether member or non-member and take the Challenge in Moroni Chapter 10 verses 3-5. To read it, ponder it, meditate on it, and pray to God, our Heavenly Father, in the Name of Jesus Christ, to know if it’s true. Because God won’t lie to us. And if we really desire to know and are willing to change everything then the Lord will send the Holy Ghost to testify to us that it is true. You will feel peace, happiness, joy, calm, maybe warmth. This is how the spirit speaks to us.

Have a wonderful week!!!

-Elder Zachary Gore

June 16, 2014

Hey Everybody!

So to start off. What the heck! I have a baby sister! This is so crazy!!!!!!!...Ok I'm good. But seriously its kind of weird. It doesn't quite feel real. Maybe like in a couple days or when I Skype yall this Christmas it'll seem more real.

 

Elder Gore's new baby sister.

This week was kind of slow. But it was good. I got to see Elder Moore again. He is one our Zone Leaders now. So that was fun. But I realized how much I don't like being in a car. You can't talk to anyone. And so it’s just not as much fun. But the AC is pretty nice.

Other than that well. We took Brayan out with us. He is a super cool kid and loves to be out with us. He is a great help at lessons and has a very strong testimony. We went and did some door knocking, which is different from tracting. I'd explain it, but I think I'm going to get kicked off in 10 mins. So anyway we took him with us and had him knock a door, the person who answered was a big guy named Christopher.  We talked to him for a little while and found out he wants to start coming closer to God and we gave him a copy of The Book Of Mormon.  He said he would read it and then we contacted the English Elders and gave them his information and as far as we know they are now teaching him and he went to church on Sunday. So that was really cool! Oh and we found a random pencil sharpener on the side of a house.

On Thursday we had dinner with Hermana Escobar and her boyfriend and well we found out she has a Maserati. And we were all like "WHAT!?!" and so we went for a little ride cause like it’s a Maserati. When am I ever going to have the chance to ride in one of those again!? And she has a Honda Civic too so we thought we'd be kind of funny. And after that we taught the Hermana and her boyfriend about the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Using the pictures and it went really well the Spirit was there very strong and the boyfriend who isn't a member told us he liked being around us and listen to the things we said and taught because he could feel a peace and a calm inside himself. He isn't an investigator because he lives in L.A and drives out every other weekend or so to see the Hermana. But he comes to church. So I see him becoming interested very soon!

More than that we had a ward party to celebrate the Fathers and they asked us to come set up. And so we did all of the stuff in the pictures! The crowns were for the winners of the games but we put them on for kicks before the party started. And then there were the games. Musical Chairs and the 3 legged Race. Hermano P and Hermano C took my belt to hold themselves together.

Elder & Sisters of the San Gorgonio Branch

So all in all it was a pretty good week! I have to go now the computer is about to cut me off! I hope everyone has a great week and has lots of missionary experiences!

I know this church is true and that the message the missionaries share is true! Have a great week!

-Elder Zachary Gore