"Love the mission, it's great", September 29, 2014

But this week was sweet. I went on interchanges again with Elder Kendall this week, haha it's always the worst cause we just talk forever at night and the next day I'm so tired. We met this guy so great haha, his name is Leodan Salvadoreño. Look him up on youtube. He showed us some of his music videos and he says he has videos on youtube... haha hes so bad. He's like 65 and thinks he's so dope. He was telling us how famous he was. But he's a funny guy.

 

We had an investigator that was gonna get baptized this week. He has been a drunk for a long time, but he quit drinking and he had a month without drinking. But we showed up to his house last week and he was beaten up and drunk. What happened is that because he's from a different neighborhood, the gangsters from another neighborhood beat him up. Hes not a gangster, he was working down there, but its a different area. So, because of all the pain he was in of being beat up, he drank. So it's kinda a bummer, but were gonna keep helping him. He's a really good guy.

 

Love the mission, it's great

"We saw some miracles in our area this week." September 22, 2014

But this week we learned so much from Elder Ochoa. He has such a good spirit to him. It was great to meet him. He told us an awesome story about himself that he was inactive til 26 years old, and he decided to change his life.

We saw some miracles in our area this week. A family that came last week out of nowhere, we put a date with them on friday. We had only known them for 5 days. They accepted to get married, stop drinking coffee and get baptized. They are amazing, literally sent from the heavens these dates. We have been visiting them with the Stake President, he's super awesome, he talks so direct to everyone but with the spirit, you feel it. Yesterday we had our stake meeting with us, the bishops, and the Stake Presidency, and he chewed out the bishops so hard, but with doctrine and with the spirit.

 

I'm learning alot from him, President Spjut and other missionaries. It was a great week.

              Jordan with his great friend Elder Kendall, who is from Provo and left for the mission the same day as Jordan.

"So first off.... We got hot water!!! I haven't had hot water in 15 months!!! So awesome." September 15, 2014

This week was sooooo GREAT!!
 

So first off.... We got hot water!!! I haven't had hot water in 15 months!!! so awesome. also we got root beer, I hadn't drinkin root beer in 9 months.
 

Second, my interchanges this week were so awesome. I had one with Elder Gordon, he's from my group and were homies, and with ELDER KENDALL! haha it was so cool, last week I forgot to tell you we're in the same zone. We had a good day and we put a baptismal date together!! Also with Elder Griffin my bud from the group also. He's also one of my best buds here. So I went on 3 interchanges with 3 elders from my group. So cool.
 

With Elder Griffin we had an awesome experience. We were teaching a recent convert of the other elders about baptisms for the dead and she told us a dream. I usually don't believe dreams but I know this dream was true cause I could feel it. She told us she had a dream that she was a cop chasing a robber. She catches the robber and takes him to jail. When she gets to the jail a receptionist tells her to take a plate of food to a certain cell. She takes the plate of food and starts walking towards the cell. She passes through the whole prison and then it starts into a dark cave that has a door. She arrives at the door and knocks and says,"here's your food", and slides it under the door. She hears, "thank you", from behind the door and asks, "do I know you?" The man answers, yes and she opens the door and it's her dad. (her dad died 3 years ago) He started yelling at her and telling her how miserable he was and told her to get out of there, so she ran away and it ended. She asked us how we can help him to get out of there, so we continued explaining baptisms. This month we set goals for them to enter in the temple to do the ordinance for her father. Such an amazing experience to know that people really are waiting for us to help them out of their miserable state of life.
 

This week elder Ochoa of the Seventy is coming to our mission. It will be crazy cause after the meeting that he teaches he's gonna have a meeting with just the zone leaders, and there is only gonna be 3 zones there, so were gonna have a meeting with President, him, and 6 of us... I'm scared haha.
 

love you guys.

"This week I had changes and I could not be happier!!!" September 8, 2014

Mom that's an awesome story about you sharing the gospel on the airplane. At first there is always a little fear but as you talk more, honestly its fun to preach the gospel.

 

This week I had changes and I could not be happier!!! I came back to Zone Paraiso!! It was my first zone. My area borders my first area, so I see people I know everyday!!   I had the chance to go on interchanges in Colon and see all my first converts and see all the members... honestly it was the best ever. The Aguilar family is doing great and they are working towards getting sealed. The wife was less active for a time but we're reactivating her. The Zarceño family has a goal to get sealed in December and I will be able to go with them to see them sealed for time and all eternity.  

 

Also I saw some sad things... one of my converts is now a gangster and has tats... he missed me, but he told me he doesn't want anything with God right now. It's sad because he doesn't live with his mom or dad so he grew up in the street, and now a bunch of gangsters live with him.

 

My new ward is so cool, because I was already in this stake I knew more than half of the members and they remembered me. The Stake President remembered me and invited us to eat yesterday.

 

My comp is really cool, Elder Juarez from Guatemala. He's such a good teacher and a really cool dude. I love the mission.

Elder Tanner

"No idea where I'm going. . ." September 1, 2014

So I have changes.... :(

No idea where I'm going....

We got to participate in a baptism of the hermanas, they aren't our baptisms but one of the girls wanted me to baptize her. Also president was there.

 

The little girl I told you about last week who lives with her grandma is gettting baptized this weekend, but I won't be there.

 

Our landlord has some sweet old mayan stuff and he showed us.

We went with the presidents wife and checked all the houses of the zone. That was pretty fun.

I'm loving the mission and it's flying.....