August 18, 2014

Ok. So to start off. I'm getting Transferred!!!! Ahhhhhhh!!!

Yep. Going to San Bernardino!!!!! Woo Hoo!!!! I'm not sure who my new companion is but it'll be fun I think. I'm leaving today at 3:40. I'm not sure why. It probably has to do with the big group of missionaries that are all heading home. But yeah. It'll be sweet :)

Ok. So we had a really sweet day this week. On Saturday Elder Baer and I went on exchanges! It was really fun! We taught a lot of lessons and had a couple of miracles. To start we went to go and try to contact someone who ended up not being home but his daughter before we left offered us some water and right after we left the house we stopped and started talking to a kid walking on the road. And it was really, really hot. And so we gave him one of our water bottles. He seemed really grateful! Later that day we tried to go visit Hermano Pelayo, one of our less actives, and he didn't answer the door and just as we were about to leave one of our investigators pulled up in a car next to us with her daughter Lupita and asked if we wanted some water.(We had drank all of our water at this point) and we said yeah and so they gave us a bag and it had 4 ice water bottles in it and bananas, and cuties, and a peach! It was CRAZY!!! It almost seemed like they had come out looking for us! It was super cool! And a great testimony to me that the Lord knows who we are going to see(the kid walking in the sun) and He knows our needs and situations(We were going to die from thirst(Not really but you know haha))

This week has been pretty normal other than that haha. We had some good lessons with our investigators! Johana and Gabriel are still on track for their Baptisms on the 20th of August! Johana said she was gonna miss me because she's not going to have anyone else to "Reganar" haha. I'm gonna miss them a lot :( I'm also going to miss Brayan! That crazy little kid! He said soccer was more important than church but he has been to church every Sunday and at mutual every week. I think he is getting some divine help so he can do what he is supposed to.

Ok so for the fun thing we did today!!! So president has given us permission to go on "excursions". Which are basically trips to go and do all the fun stuff that are within the mission boundaries. So this morning what we did was we went to the Tram up to the top of the San Jacinto Mountains! It was super cool! They put you inside of a tram car and take you 6000 ft up into the air in about 15 minutes! Then you can take pictures from the mountains and go walk on trails and do all that fun stuff! So that's what those pictures are from!

Oh yeah! and so there is also a picture of me riding my bike with 3 boxes on the back. Those are on the way! I had some stuff I needed to send home!

Well that's my email for today! I'm going to miss everyone here in Beaumont!!! Los Rodriguez, Los Lizama, Pueyo, Peralta, Ferral, Silva, and everyone else!!! I hope to see you all again!

Hasta Luego for now!!!

Elder Zachary Gore!

August 11, 2014

Ok so this week has been pretty good. I guess I’ll start off with my pictures!

So the shirts were awesome! We played Volley ball against the English speaking missionaries and they were all jealous!! It was a lot of fun though!

Then we went to Sean’s house for dinner and he showed us his Tortoise, Andre. Man that thing is a monster! And like he is active and moves and digs giant holes.

We went to Tacos & Beer and Elder Martin got a Monster Burrito for 5$. That was a huge burrito! He almost didn't finish it.

Then yesterday while we were out walking and talking. A random husky ran up to us and started following us. We named him Zeck and he came around with us for about a mile and was at our lesson with Johana and then he left. He was a super cool dog!

As for the week. We have been working a lot on finding! And we had a lot of Success. We found Steffany, Rolando, and Vidi Venegas, we found Edgar and Marcelo, and we found a man named George, who is a retired minister. So we have been riding around and working hard to find and teach.

This week has been kind of uneventful other than that. We haven't seen our investigators much. We are just working hard and trying to do what we are supposed to. I'll focus on getting some cool stuff to tell you. Just nothing has really been happening!

Have a great week!!!

-Elder Zachary Gore :)

August 4, 2014

Hey mom. So this week was pretty good!

Johana came to church and she is getting ready for her baptism on the 20 of September. Her and Gabriel will be getting baptized together! So that was really sweet! 

More then that. We had Zone Conference on Friday and our president was really focusing on how to help the members do missionary work. And what we have been taught is about preparing the people. Which starts by the members just going and being friends. Not bringing up the gospel, not inviting them maybe to an activity. Just being a friend. Getting to know the people that are around you so that at some point, when you feel the prompting of the spirit you can share something, or invite them to something and they will accept. We have been taught how to do this and I'll let you know how it goes probably next week when we have had a chance to do it with the members.

B has decided that soccer is more important then church and has joined a soccer league that practices Wednesday Nights (same as mutual) and the games are on Sundays at 10 (Church starts a t 9). So we had a lesson with him and well we have basically lost him. He doesn't get much support from others so he has basically gotten lost. Its really sad :(

That's about all that's happened that week!

I'm about to get cut off! I hope you hope you all have the great week!

I love you guys!!

Elder Zachary Gore!!

July 28, 2014

Hey mom!

So yeah we got the shirts! They are sweet! I put a picture on dropbox! We are going to wear them to zone sports today! Its gonna be awesome!!

Other then that the week has been kind of slow. We haven't been able to find any of our investigators and it’s been really, really sad :/ We are going to do a do-or-die with them all this week and other then that we basically only have Johana who is progressing.

I was super excited to get your box with the Oreos cause I've been wanting to make deep-fried Oreos for like ever but I didn't want to buy them. So yeah I made everyone deep-fried Oreos. Everyone was way surprised about how good they were haha. The box is almost empty >.< 

We also went and did some service and Elder Martin found a giant card board thing so he folded it up into one of the shirts we make. It was pretty sweet!

(I asked him if there were any one year mark traditions in his mission)

As for mission traditions. We don't have any cause mission culture and traditions are apostate. In the San B mission, and in a lot of other missions, when you hit 6 months you burn a tie, at 1 year you burn a shirt (I think or else it’s a pair of pants), and at 18 months you burn the pants(or the shirt), and at the 2 years just before you go home you burn a full suit. But that's apostate and wrong and so we don't do anything. It’s just sort of 'oh cool you’re a year old.. get back to work hahaha.

Only other thing that happened this week is the 2 crashes. Well to keep it short. I crashed 2 times. Once, the first time last Monday, into a pole which should have sent me flying headlong into the ground. But I ended up on my feet next to my bike. I'm not quite sure how that happened and then the second time was yesterday and we were riding around and some kid ran into me with a bike. Bent his rim and cut his hand open on my bike. He went to the hospital and had to get 3 stitches.

Other then that I've just been working on my Spanish and trying to get better at teaching. But that's all that's happened this week. I hope everyone has a great week! I'll find a favorite scripture to send you next week and I'm hoping we'll get more spiritually uplifting experiences!

I know this church is true and that we are guided by a prophet of God! I know this gospel changes lives and brings true happiness!

Talk to you next week!

-Elder Zachary Gore