Please keep Elder Liljenquist in your prayers!
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
April 14, 2014
Hey Family
Well
it was a interesting week here in Grijalva, We had a pretty good week
here. Tuesday we had a special conference with our mission President, it
was really good! We learned a lot more things that I think everyone
needed to hear. Something interesting happened after the conference, my
President wanted to talk to my companion so he pulled him off to the
side and told him that he was going to have special transfers this next
week and was going to be put into another area! Haha of course that
would happen..right! So Wednesday night we got the call to where he was
going and who was coming here with me! So my new comp is Elder Chajon, he
is from Guatamala, he is a pretty cool elder! We have gotten along
really well this past week!
So with the 3 weeks that I have in this area me and my new comp
this past week pretty much went around and got to know the area a little
bit better! We have gotten to know our investigators pretty well and we
put 2 more baptismal dates this past week! Miguel that I have talked
about with you guys is doing really well, he has found a lot of friends
in the church and is coming to all of the activities every week! We have
another investigator Jorge who went to the church when he was younger
but stopped going, he has always had the desire to be baptized but just
has never come back to church! So we went and taught him for the first
time and he accepted a date for the 3 of may!
As you all know I said that we were going to be baptizing this
past week. There were a lot of things that happened this past week! Haha
first this family you guys need to understand they don't even have money
to eat, he goes around all day selling remotes for tv.s and other little
electronics like that. And every night he goes to the bridge and sets up
his public stand to sell. His wife has diabetes and she got really
sick this past week and he needs to send her to another state so she can
get taken care of! And he has been getting himself in some pretty bad
debt! he keeps going to the bank and loan companies to take out money
but just keeps falling more and more behind! I have been praying so hard
for him and his family, the other night he asked me for money so that
he could go and eat...so me and my comp went and bought him some food
from the gas station that was close by. He says they have no gas in his
house so all the money he makes he has to buy food that's already made
and that is always more expensive. And he always tells me, don't worry
everything is going to turn around! Its so crazy the faith that this man
has! So we are gong to continue to work with him and help in any way
that we can!
I hope that we can all be grateful for how much we have, seeing
this all happen and being apart of it has made me see just how blessed
we all are! I miss all of you sooo much! I have been baking here in the
Mexican heat haha! but time is always going! I love all you so much!
Elder Liljenquist
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
April 7, 2014
Hey family!!
Well it was another good week here in
Grijalva!! We have had some success with our investigators! And the best
news is that this weekend Roberto is going to be baptized! We are
really excited for him! We have been working with him a lot and have seen
such a big change in this guy! He has a pretty ruff situation right now
and its so cool to see him trust so much in our Heavenly Father! Him
and his family do not have very much money! but he is confident that the
blessings will come! It has really been a faith building experience to
see him work through! He has asked me and my comp for money for gas for
his house so they can cook a lot of times, but he has been really
acceptable with trusting in the lord and praying for the help that he
needs. He told us what happened to him yesterday when he went out to
work, he got assaulted by some punk kid, and he started to talk about it
with us and he says he knows why it happened, haha because were not
supposed to work on Sundays!! haha it was the coolest thing! He is so
ready and I am so happy that he will be able to take this step and be
able to receive the blessings that are waiting for him.
During the Hottest week of my life! haha we have also been working
with another investigator named Jorge, he has been doing really well!
The other day he asked us when we could plan his baptismal date!! haha
just out of no where! it was kinda of weird, but he is progressing
pretty well, he did not come to conference but he has a date for the end
of this month.
We are also working with another investigator named Miguel, he is a
great investigator, he is like 22 and loves to listen to us! He has
come to church and even goes to all other activities during the week! and
the best is that he goes to institute alone every week! We are working
with him to get him a baptismal date!
Conference was unreal! I hope that all of you were able to see it!
All of the sessions were sooo good! I loved the talk from our Prophet,
The true love of our Savior is what is going to take us back in the
presence of our Heavenly Father. It was such a good talk, especially
because I can do so much better at having more charity for everyone.
I miss all of you soo much! Time is flying here though! The weeks
just get faster and faster I could really relate the talk about the 4
minutes that we have here! It really made me see that this time that I
have here in the mission is so short and I have heard more than once
that its an 1 time thing, that's want to do it the best that I can! I
hope all of you can do things to the fullest and make the best of our 4
minutes here! I love all of you!!
Elder Liljenquist
Friday, April 4, 2014
March 31, 2014
Hey family!!
How is everyone doing?? Things here are
going pretty good! We have been working pretty good here! I have been
getting to know the area! But the ward and the investigators are really
good! We still need to find some more, but we have 2 or 3 that are
progressing really well! This past week was the beginning of the heat
wave that's going to come in! Holy cow! I know that I complain to you
guys about the heat all of the time, but if any of you need to lose some
weight, come
down here to Villa and just walk! haha …You'll be in unreal shape in a
week!!! The heat really is not that bad. It's the humidity that kills
you!
Our investigator Roberto, is doing really well. He is
having some struggles with work. He and his family do not have very much.
For work, he buys and resells T.V remotes and little electronic things
and goes out to the streets and sells them. There is a big river that
divides Villa and Gaviotas (my area) and he is always up on the bridge
selling. He is a really cool guy and has a lot of faith! He knows that
all the blessings will come if he just keeps working hard! We explained
to him about prayer and how he can be sure about his answer. We talked
about the fruits of the spirit and how he would feel when he receives
his answer. He did not end up attending church this week, but that night
we went up to the bridge to see him and it turns out that he was sick
and to top it off, he and his
wife had not eaten since the day before because they did not have any
money to buy food. It was weird because like 5 minutes later, a lady and
some guy walked passed us and she dropped an envelope all wadded up. I
did not think anything of it. But something told me to go and get it. So
I went and got it and opened it up and there inside there was two 500
peso bills!! I thought for a second that this could help Roberto out soo
much! But it just wouldn't be right, so me and my comp went bookin it
after this lady! We finally caught her and at first, haha.. I think that
we scared her because she started to like run away from us!! haha.. But
then I asked her if the envelope was hers and then she actually got
really mad and grabbed it right out of my hand and didn't even say thank
you!! haha. Well at least I know I did it right!
The family
that we have been teaching is doing pretty good. There are just some
problems. The husband likes to
drink....a lot!! And they got kicked out of there house this week so
they have been looking for another place to live, The wife is pretty
tired of the husband coming home drunk all of the time. She says she
wants to get away from him for her kids. She is really great, just its
hard with her husband! We are going to focus in more on him!
I
am really excited to be able to see conference this week! I can't
believe its time again! The clock is flying by! I miss all of you soo
much!!
Elder Liljenquist
March 24, 2014
Hey Family!!
The
first week down here in my new area, Grijalva! The area is pretty nice
and the ward seems to be pretty good! Not as good as the last ward that I
was in, but it's up there! My comp, Elder Nevitt is a pretty cool guy
and we seem to get along pretty well! Haha.. They didn't send me far at
all from my area in Parrilla, like 5 minutes down the road! The day of
the transfer, I went to the
bus station to meet the leaders and they told me to go back where I
came from just stop before you get to Parrilla and you'll be in your
area! Haha. So me and my comp got my things and went to the house. Umm..
when we got to the house, you guys need to understand that it's not a
house. It's a room. And well, if any of you have seen the size of my
mom's closet, that's about the size of the dang place! Our dang suit
cases don't even fit in the house. I sleep in my hammok across the room
and my comp sleeps in a bed in the corner of the room. Luckily the
President told me before I got there to find a new house! Pray that I'm
only there for the next week! Oh and we only have 1 fan that works!!
haha! It sucks so bad at night!! It has been so hot here! We have been
in the high 90s and 100s all week! sS you can only imagine how hot it is
at night in that room!
In the area the work seems to be pretty
good. They had some investigators that they had just found and that were
progressing, but there was not much movement in the area. We have some
investigators that are pretty good! A family that they had just found
before I had gotten there is really great. It's a family of 6 people and
4 of them can be baptized. We get along great with the family, The only
problem is that the couple are not married and we will have to marry
them before we can baptize them!
There
is another investigator named Roberto, I guess he found the
missionaries and told them that he wanted to be taught. He has a good
desire to progress. We
invited him to be baptized this past week and he accepted! We put a
date with him for the 12 of April. He came to church on Sunday and said
that he is doing good!
Everything
is going good here. We are going to start soccer tournaments here in
the ward to start to try and find more investigators, and we are going
to get these members to work! I am excited to be working here! I love
and miss all of you!!
Elder Liljenquist
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