Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Monday, December 31, 2012
December 3, 2012
Welllllll IIIIIIII had a ridiculously crazy week this week. Everybody saddle up and get comfy because I have alot of stories and this will probably be a longer letter.... Here we go!
Well... Remember how I said my new comp Elder Cowden wasnt too great at riding a bike?... I was serious. This week he got NAILED by a car... haha.
Sooooo.... In our sector where we work, the road we travel on is just this longggg highway, with turn offs every once in a while onto dirt roads to what are called "poblaciones" or in english, it basically neighborhoods... haha. So anyway. We were riding back to Longaví from "La Tercera" and we were on the side of the highway. One side of the highway had a sidewalk and extra room for bikers, and the other just BARELY had any shoulder to ride on, with a canal on the other side. So it was super sketch whenever a car would drive by. It would be super close and we´d have the canal on the other side we were like almost falling in haha. So, we were on the small side of the road, so I looked back really quick, saw that I was good, and crossed both lanes (2 way freeway) to the other safe side. Since Elder Cowden isnt super fantastic on a bike, he usually just follows what I do with a little bit of hesitation (as in theres a few seconds between before he goes too). So I crossed, and then when I was good, looked back over to see what Elder Cowden was doing/going to do to make sure he was okay...
Well I didnt SEE anything, but I heard a car coming... And I saw that Elder Cowden kind of just went for it and didnt look behind him too much first... So I could hear that the car was close, and coming fast, so I started yelling at him "¡¡¡Cuidado cuidado cuidado!!! THATS when he finally looked back, and saw the car coming, so he tried as fast as he could to swerve back to the side of the road towards the canal... but didnt quite make it all the way. So the car hit the brakes but still just nailed him. Elder Cowden was SUPER blessed, because he DID get out of the way enough the the car didnt hit HIM, only the back of the bike. But still, the car wrecked the back tire and the bike just flew out from Elder Cowden and he hit the ground hard...
So I dropped my bike asap and just ran across the road to go grab him wondering what damage was done... so i picked him up off the ground and was like "are you okay?!" and he said "yeah yeah im fine!" So we checked him, and his right side was pretty scratched up from the fall and hitting the ground so hard (he DID have a helmet!) he cut his hand bad and had blood, his shoulder was scratched up and his knee was scratched up and bloody too... haha. But then the stupid car that hit him kind of started to drive off, and had like 20 seconds of confusion driving forward, then backwards trying to decide whether to run or check on us... So they finally DID come back to check on him, but we just said "yeah yeah hes fine! Dont worry, just go. Well be okay." and they were making us mad because they had these teenage girls in the back that were just saying "sorry! sorry!" in TERRIBLE english the whole time, and then when they left they were like "bye bye! bye bye!" with smiles on their faces the whole time. I was like "you just hit my companion with your car this isnt funny!" except in my head.... ha. but so we just told them to get away from us haha. (ps they were all on their way to church... hm.)
So anyway. The car drove off and a bunch of people came outside their houses to see what happened and one lady knew the missionaries and let us in to wash off Cowden a little bit. But so after that I carried Cowden´s bike for forever down the freeway (cuz he just got hit by a car haha wasnt letting him do that) and we were trying to call someone with a truck or find a way back to Longaví. But Cowden the whole time was just telling me "we have to go visit Oscar and graciela! Im fine lets go!" and I laughed and said "Elder Cowden stop. Youre just running on adrenaline right now. We´ll at least past by their house to make you happy but were getting back to longaví asap" hahaha. So we past by our cita but they werent home, and LONG story short somebody we knew saw us and had a son with a car so we packed the bikes in the car and he drove us home. hahaha.
So we got back to longaví, got ourselves tranquilo and check Elder Cowden out and then had decide what to do/who to call. And Elder Cowden refused to call Pres Humphrey so i said "Okay fine were calling the branch president then." so we called him because we didnt know what to do haha. And he had the first counselor in the branch presidency come over and escorted us to the doctors office to get Elder Cowden checked out, and then to the police station just in case there were any legal things we had to deal with (there were none... haha) Once we finally got back to the house Elder cowden reported "yeah you were definitely right. I was running on pure adrenaline. I hurt really really bad now." hahaha. BUT. So were counting our blessings and are extremely happy hes doing alright, the bike is fixed, and hes in functioning mode. We just had a good scare and now hes much more careful on the bike :) It was quite the day haha... I will send pictures.
Okay second story. This is a funny one. So on Sunday we had District Conference in Linares!! So we had to travel to Linares by bus Sunday morning... So Elder Cowden and I got on the bus, and Sunday locomoción is reallyyyy slow. Theres barely any buses that pass by and nobody even really travels. So its only us two on the bus, waiting for it to leave...... when we had a friend join us. Named Roberto. Who was EXTREEEEEEEMELY drunk and wasted and smelt SO bad and it was just pathetic but VERY funny... but so he decided to start up a conversation with us. And refused to talk in spanish. He only would talk in his 10 words of english he knew, and kept getting mad cuz he wanted us to talk in english to him too... and he kept talking about "old music" that was on his phone that he had... and would start EVERY sentence with "I am..." no matter what he wanted to say. For example, he told us probably about 12 times "I am... like da old music." or "i am... you son de the states?" he would also mix spanish and english alot too. And he also introduced himself and shook our hands and told us he was "roberto, robert in english" about 15 times too. So anyway he sat next to us the whole time on the bus and it was just funny but annoying and yeah idk haha. BUT. Were missionaries. Soooo this is what happened. I said something to him (we talked to him in spanish the whole time) about how we were missionaries and he could really use some help. He then asked if we had "one of those books" for him to read. We didnt, but i gave him a pass along card and said "hey but were actually going to linares right now to go to church! You should come it would really help you!" and I was just being a missionary, and didnt think he would accept... but he accepted. And we just laughed cuz we didnt think he was serious. BUT... the time for us to get off came and Elder Cowden said " alright were going to church now! you can come if you want!" And he said "yeah yeah! im coming!" anddddd so he got off the bus with us... and came to the church with us... haha....
and you have to remember this whole time he was just telling us about his old music, and how he wanted to believe in something, that he was robert, and he really wanted to and needed to recharge his cellphone. hahaha
Soooo... we escorted Roberto to church... and he came into church with us... but we showed up early so we had to set up the extra chairs in the back... and we set up a special chair for Roberto in the veeeeery back right next to the door.... Because we didnt know if he was actually going to stay... or what to do haha... But, so since it was district conference, President Humphrey was going to be there! So right when we got a sight of Pres Humphrey, we ran up to him and said "president humphrey we accidently brought this extremely drunk guy to church with us and we dont know what to do with him." hahahaha. So President Humphrey met him, had a quick talk with him, asked him if he could behave himself, and roberto responded with "yes!" so president said "alright... well he can stay I guess." hahaha. So he was like our little pet because we couldnt leave him alone anywhere... hahah so we took him everywhere with us and the members were giving us really weird sketchy looks like "who is this guy???" hahaha.... butttt long story short too, right before church started, he really wanted to charge his cellphone, and couldnt comprehend/remember we told him that we didnt have a computer for him to do that... So we decided we couldnt let him stay. He was too big of a hassle and he wouldnt have remembered the meeting anyways and it was just too risky... so we escorted him out and wrote down his number then told him to go find somewhere where he could charge his cellphone hahaha. I will also send pictures of him haha. It was quite the event as well. hahaha. Just doing our job! Inviting everyone unto Christ!! :) Some are just more prepared for our message than others... hahaha.
Okay also this week we FINALLY got rid of the pulgas/fleas!!! At last! I was DYING. but one of the members came to our house on wednesday and sprayed our house with this liquid stuff... and we werent aloud to enter the house at all during the day because the stuff was super toxic and we had to let the house vent out hahah. So we had temporary headquarters in the church building during the day for our studies haha. BUT the stuff worked! Its been like 4 or 5 days now since ive had any more pulgas... so i am EXTREMELY happy and relieved. and can sleep alot better :)
ALSO awesome news! I finally finished my scripture memorizing thing! "Los Estandardes de Conocimiento!" I memorized them all! So I am SUPER excited and happy because that was a huge feat for me. Im just waiting until tomorrow when I can OFFICIALLY pass it off with my district or zone leader and OFFICIALLY be a "misionero de oro!" ;) hahaha. Its seriously been a huge blessing though. Ive learned so much from it and its reaaaaally helped my teaching improve ALOT. So i am extremely happy! We´ll have to see what challenge comes next! haha
andddd last two things! So thing number one! WEeeeeee had a baptism this week!!! Boris finally got baptized!!!! and it was awesome! The baptism turned out really really well and boris was extremely happy and his family was happy too and everything! Were really excited to start working with him and help him be ready to receive the priesthood now too! Hes an awesome guy. And I was able to baptize him! I dont remember if I had mentioned that before haha. So it was aweseom! :)
Anddddd last thing is an Anny and Enrique update. This is why this email subject was "round 2?" Becauseeee were working really hard with anny and enrique. they want to be baptized really bad... but the marriage thing is the only thing in the way. And so were working really hard with them... and its definitely not even close to official yet... but Elder Cowden and I really think they will end up getting married... we think they will! Thats why its round 2 :) But, if not, we set a goal with them for baptism on the 22 of december, and also set a goal that by the 21 of december, they will either be married OR living seperately so that they can be baptized. We explained to them how that is THEIR decision, but that more than anything right now it is extremely important they get baptized, or they wont be able to enter into the kingdom of god (3 Nefi 27:19! One of those scriptures i memorized :) ) So we told them that they have 3 options, baptism together and married, baptism seperated and living in different locations, or staying in there current situation living together but seperated, and without baptism (lameeee). So we told them that its THEIR decision how they want to go about it, but that were there to help, and that we strongly strongly strongly encourage the marriage route, and that were going to continue teaching them and helping them realize WHY they should get married and the blessings that will come from that! But that one way or another they do need to be baptized because thats the commandment haha. And they wont receive eternal life without it! Being a missionary is so cool :) I would never do this if I werent a missionary hahaha.
But so thats my update this week!!! Pretty crazy huh? I loooooooove being a missionary. I am extremely excited to be working with anny and enrique right now, because I knowwww theyre going to see the blessings of this gospel in their lives, and theyre going to be ready by the 21st to be married so that they can enter into the waters of baptism on the 22nd! Together! IIIII have the faith. I know its going to happen. Were going to work hard so it DOES happen! haha. I love being a missionary!!!
But anyway. I love you all alot. I miss you all alot. Iiiiim working hard to make you all proud! I looooove being a missionary! its been such a blessing in my life and I hope its been blessing your lives as well! I imagine it has been... but I cant speak for you all haha. This church is 1000% true and I love it with all my heart. The blessings that come from living the gospel of Jesus Christ are amazing and make it impossible to deny that God is our Heavenly Father and Jesus is the Christ!!! I know the church is true!!! I love you all and miss you. CTR. Be good. Have an awesome december!! Love you!
-Elder Heyman
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Well... Remember how I said my new comp Elder Cowden wasnt too great at riding a bike?... I was serious. This week he got NAILED by a car... haha.
Sooooo.... In our sector where we work, the road we travel on is just this longggg highway, with turn offs every once in a while onto dirt roads to what are called "poblaciones" or in english, it basically neighborhoods... haha. So anyway. We were riding back to Longaví from "La Tercera" and we were on the side of the highway. One side of the highway had a sidewalk and extra room for bikers, and the other just BARELY had any shoulder to ride on, with a canal on the other side. So it was super sketch whenever a car would drive by. It would be super close and we´d have the canal on the other side we were like almost falling in haha. So, we were on the small side of the road, so I looked back really quick, saw that I was good, and crossed both lanes (2 way freeway) to the other safe side. Since Elder Cowden isnt super fantastic on a bike, he usually just follows what I do with a little bit of hesitation (as in theres a few seconds between before he goes too). So I crossed, and then when I was good, looked back over to see what Elder Cowden was doing/going to do to make sure he was okay...
Well I didnt SEE anything, but I heard a car coming... And I saw that Elder Cowden kind of just went for it and didnt look behind him too much first... So I could hear that the car was close, and coming fast, so I started yelling at him "¡¡¡Cuidado cuidado cuidado!!! THATS when he finally looked back, and saw the car coming, so he tried as fast as he could to swerve back to the side of the road towards the canal... but didnt quite make it all the way. So the car hit the brakes but still just nailed him. Elder Cowden was SUPER blessed, because he DID get out of the way enough the the car didnt hit HIM, only the back of the bike. But still, the car wrecked the back tire and the bike just flew out from Elder Cowden and he hit the ground hard...
So I dropped my bike asap and just ran across the road to go grab him wondering what damage was done... so i picked him up off the ground and was like "are you okay?!" and he said "yeah yeah im fine!" So we checked him, and his right side was pretty scratched up from the fall and hitting the ground so hard (he DID have a helmet!) he cut his hand bad and had blood, his shoulder was scratched up and his knee was scratched up and bloody too... haha. But then the stupid car that hit him kind of started to drive off, and had like 20 seconds of confusion driving forward, then backwards trying to decide whether to run or check on us... So they finally DID come back to check on him, but we just said "yeah yeah hes fine! Dont worry, just go. Well be okay." and they were making us mad because they had these teenage girls in the back that were just saying "sorry! sorry!" in TERRIBLE english the whole time, and then when they left they were like "bye bye! bye bye!" with smiles on their faces the whole time. I was like "you just hit my companion with your car this isnt funny!" except in my head.... ha. but so we just told them to get away from us haha. (ps they were all on their way to church... hm.)
So anyway. The car drove off and a bunch of people came outside their houses to see what happened and one lady knew the missionaries and let us in to wash off Cowden a little bit. But so after that I carried Cowden´s bike for forever down the freeway (cuz he just got hit by a car haha wasnt letting him do that) and we were trying to call someone with a truck or find a way back to Longaví. But Cowden the whole time was just telling me "we have to go visit Oscar and graciela! Im fine lets go!" and I laughed and said "Elder Cowden stop. Youre just running on adrenaline right now. We´ll at least past by their house to make you happy but were getting back to longaví asap" hahaha. So we past by our cita but they werent home, and LONG story short somebody we knew saw us and had a son with a car so we packed the bikes in the car and he drove us home. hahaha.
So we got back to longaví, got ourselves tranquilo and check Elder Cowden out and then had decide what to do/who to call. And Elder Cowden refused to call Pres Humphrey so i said "Okay fine were calling the branch president then." so we called him because we didnt know what to do haha. And he had the first counselor in the branch presidency come over and escorted us to the doctors office to get Elder Cowden checked out, and then to the police station just in case there were any legal things we had to deal with (there were none... haha) Once we finally got back to the house Elder cowden reported "yeah you were definitely right. I was running on pure adrenaline. I hurt really really bad now." hahaha. BUT. So were counting our blessings and are extremely happy hes doing alright, the bike is fixed, and hes in functioning mode. We just had a good scare and now hes much more careful on the bike :) It was quite the day haha... I will send pictures.
Okay second story. This is a funny one. So on Sunday we had District Conference in Linares!! So we had to travel to Linares by bus Sunday morning... So Elder Cowden and I got on the bus, and Sunday locomoción is reallyyyy slow. Theres barely any buses that pass by and nobody even really travels. So its only us two on the bus, waiting for it to leave...... when we had a friend join us. Named Roberto. Who was EXTREEEEEEEMELY drunk and wasted and smelt SO bad and it was just pathetic but VERY funny... but so he decided to start up a conversation with us. And refused to talk in spanish. He only would talk in his 10 words of english he knew, and kept getting mad cuz he wanted us to talk in english to him too... and he kept talking about "old music" that was on his phone that he had... and would start EVERY sentence with "I am..." no matter what he wanted to say. For example, he told us probably about 12 times "I am... like da old music." or "i am... you son de the states?" he would also mix spanish and english alot too. And he also introduced himself and shook our hands and told us he was "roberto, robert in english" about 15 times too. So anyway he sat next to us the whole time on the bus and it was just funny but annoying and yeah idk haha. BUT. Were missionaries. Soooo this is what happened. I said something to him (we talked to him in spanish the whole time) about how we were missionaries and he could really use some help. He then asked if we had "one of those books" for him to read. We didnt, but i gave him a pass along card and said "hey but were actually going to linares right now to go to church! You should come it would really help you!" and I was just being a missionary, and didnt think he would accept... but he accepted. And we just laughed cuz we didnt think he was serious. BUT... the time for us to get off came and Elder Cowden said " alright were going to church now! you can come if you want!" And he said "yeah yeah! im coming!" anddddd so he got off the bus with us... and came to the church with us... haha....
and you have to remember this whole time he was just telling us about his old music, and how he wanted to believe in something, that he was robert, and he really wanted to and needed to recharge his cellphone. hahaha
Soooo... we escorted Roberto to church... and he came into church with us... but we showed up early so we had to set up the extra chairs in the back... and we set up a special chair for Roberto in the veeeeery back right next to the door.... Because we didnt know if he was actually going to stay... or what to do haha... But, so since it was district conference, President Humphrey was going to be there! So right when we got a sight of Pres Humphrey, we ran up to him and said "president humphrey we accidently brought this extremely drunk guy to church with us and we dont know what to do with him." hahahaha. So President Humphrey met him, had a quick talk with him, asked him if he could behave himself, and roberto responded with "yes!" so president said "alright... well he can stay I guess." hahaha. So he was like our little pet because we couldnt leave him alone anywhere... hahah so we took him everywhere with us and the members were giving us really weird sketchy looks like "who is this guy???" hahaha.... butttt long story short too, right before church started, he really wanted to charge his cellphone, and couldnt comprehend/remember we told him that we didnt have a computer for him to do that... So we decided we couldnt let him stay. He was too big of a hassle and he wouldnt have remembered the meeting anyways and it was just too risky... so we escorted him out and wrote down his number then told him to go find somewhere where he could charge his cellphone hahaha. I will also send pictures of him haha. It was quite the event as well. hahaha. Just doing our job! Inviting everyone unto Christ!! :) Some are just more prepared for our message than others... hahaha.
Okay also this week we FINALLY got rid of the pulgas/fleas!!! At last! I was DYING. but one of the members came to our house on wednesday and sprayed our house with this liquid stuff... and we werent aloud to enter the house at all during the day because the stuff was super toxic and we had to let the house vent out hahah. So we had temporary headquarters in the church building during the day for our studies haha. BUT the stuff worked! Its been like 4 or 5 days now since ive had any more pulgas... so i am EXTREMELY happy and relieved. and can sleep alot better :)
ALSO awesome news! I finally finished my scripture memorizing thing! "Los Estandardes de Conocimiento!" I memorized them all! So I am SUPER excited and happy because that was a huge feat for me. Im just waiting until tomorrow when I can OFFICIALLY pass it off with my district or zone leader and OFFICIALLY be a "misionero de oro!" ;) hahaha. Its seriously been a huge blessing though. Ive learned so much from it and its reaaaaally helped my teaching improve ALOT. So i am extremely happy! We´ll have to see what challenge comes next! haha
andddd last two things! So thing number one! WEeeeeee had a baptism this week!!! Boris finally got baptized!!!! and it was awesome! The baptism turned out really really well and boris was extremely happy and his family was happy too and everything! Were really excited to start working with him and help him be ready to receive the priesthood now too! Hes an awesome guy. And I was able to baptize him! I dont remember if I had mentioned that before haha. So it was aweseom! :)
Anddddd last thing is an Anny and Enrique update. This is why this email subject was "round 2?" Becauseeee were working really hard with anny and enrique. they want to be baptized really bad... but the marriage thing is the only thing in the way. And so were working really hard with them... and its definitely not even close to official yet... but Elder Cowden and I really think they will end up getting married... we think they will! Thats why its round 2 :) But, if not, we set a goal with them for baptism on the 22 of december, and also set a goal that by the 21 of december, they will either be married OR living seperately so that they can be baptized. We explained to them how that is THEIR decision, but that more than anything right now it is extremely important they get baptized, or they wont be able to enter into the kingdom of god (3 Nefi 27:19! One of those scriptures i memorized :) ) So we told them that they have 3 options, baptism together and married, baptism seperated and living in different locations, or staying in there current situation living together but seperated, and without baptism (lameeee). So we told them that its THEIR decision how they want to go about it, but that were there to help, and that we strongly strongly strongly encourage the marriage route, and that were going to continue teaching them and helping them realize WHY they should get married and the blessings that will come from that! But that one way or another they do need to be baptized because thats the commandment haha. And they wont receive eternal life without it! Being a missionary is so cool :) I would never do this if I werent a missionary hahaha.
But so thats my update this week!!! Pretty crazy huh? I loooooooove being a missionary. I am extremely excited to be working with anny and enrique right now, because I knowwww theyre going to see the blessings of this gospel in their lives, and theyre going to be ready by the 21st to be married so that they can enter into the waters of baptism on the 22nd! Together! IIIII have the faith. I know its going to happen. Were going to work hard so it DOES happen! haha. I love being a missionary!!!
But anyway. I love you all alot. I miss you all alot. Iiiiim working hard to make you all proud! I looooove being a missionary! its been such a blessing in my life and I hope its been blessing your lives as well! I imagine it has been... but I cant speak for you all haha. This church is 1000% true and I love it with all my heart. The blessings that come from living the gospel of Jesus Christ are amazing and make it impossible to deny that God is our Heavenly Father and Jesus is the Christ!!! I know the church is true!!! I love you all and miss you. CTR. Be good. Have an awesome december!! Love you!
-Elder Heyman
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Photos from Dec 3rd
1. He got hit by a car. It doesnt look to bad... But still. It was bad. Trust me. haha
2. Boris and his Fam!
3. Me and Boris!
4. Our friend Roberto...... hahahaha. Thats his cellphone that has his old music that he likes... hahahaha
Monday, November 26, 2012
Pictures Received 11/26/2012
1. Cant see the tire well, but this is the kid we were waiting with! Se llama Patricio!
2. Maybe Im gaining weight? (p.s. i dont know if ive gained weight or what haha.
3. My new agenda. This is my favorite scripture fyi. It actually took a long time to make haha. But i like it.
4. This is my new companion, Elder Cowden, on our way to the chapel this morning to play some fùtbol hahahaha. Quite the outfit and face.
Our Thanksgiving meal was this! We ate with Libeny and Michael, so at least we had a good tasting meal.... wasnt quite the same as home though hahaha.
and our dessert was bananas with manjar. Its actually really dang delicious haha
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Wassupppp?! Nov. 19, 2012
Hola peeps! How goes it? I had a good week this week! But I failed to write down any good points so... Hopefully I have something good to share today haha.
My new companion is here! His name is Elder Cowden and he's from Salt Lake City, Utah! He's hilariousss and we get along great! Seriously hes really funny. Hes so goofy. But we work really well together and im actually really excited about this cambio and think were going to have alot of success. So I guess ill tell you about him first off haha.
So the first thing is he LOVESSSS baptism. Just everything about it. haha. And eeeevery person he talks to he just like straight asks them if theyre baptized, and if they say no he says "why not? What impedes you from being baptized?" hahaha. Hes funny. He speaks really good grammatical spanish but has a not so great accent... POR EJEMPLO: our first day together we found this new person to teach, and at the end asked if we could give a prayer, and who the lady wanted to give the prayer. She responded by pointing at me and saying "Him. He understands more." hahaha. We both looked at eachother and laughed and then Elder Cowden explained how he understands everything but just has a bad accent hahaha. Its funny. I felt awkward and bad hahaha. And something like that has happened more than once haha. The other funny thing is this is his first sector in his mission where he's riding a bike, and its been about 6 or 7 years since hes ridden a bike... and weve already had multiple accidents with him falling and other things hahaha. So im basically retraining him to ride a bike! haha. Not really, but I give him tips a menudo on how to ride better and smoother hahaha. Its really funny. But no really hes awesome and really funny and fun. Hes really focused, driven, and motivated to do well and get work done and such and its awesome. My mission president told me how he has alot of "animo" and that if we can get that going, we'll have alot of success! and I feel like we really will! We already had an awesome first week together and it will just improve from there! and Im excited because we communicate well together too. Were good about talking things out and figuring out how we can improve and such. So im really excited cuz i think he'll be an awesome comp and we'll work really well together!
It has also been brought to my attention this week that the Chilenos are starting to find me on Facebook. Haha. I had two people here tell me they found me on facebook and asked if they can add me as a friend. I was shocked, laughed, and said "well yeah I guess so! My sister has control of my facebook though." haha. So jen, when names like Libeny and Felipe and not american names show up... Now you know. Im being found. haha.
Also new news! I will be teaching a music class here! woo hooo! Ill teach it on saturdays haha. Its been an idea of mine for awhile now, but now its actually gonna happen! And so all Im going to do for now, is basically going to be like directing a choir of sorts haha. Because iiiiii have no idea how to teach music, so theres noooo idea of how to do it in spanish. SO. what im going to do is take the songs that we will be singing in church for that week, and I will be teaching whoever shows up those songs, and we'll sing them and such and ill accompany them on the piano so that the following day in sacrament meetings can be even better! and then people will know the songs and feel comfortable singing and.... Hopefully sound a little better. Its pretty rough on the ears on sundays hahaha. Or maybe its just hard as the piano player because sometimes it seems like Im playing one song, but theyre singing a different song hahaha. But so we'll see how that goes!!!
More announcements: We have a baptism coming up on the first of December... A guy named Boris. And hes AWESOME. haha. Anyways, he has a super strong desire to be baptized in a river by his house because he lovessss nature... and we are going to try very hard to get permission to do that. Because that would be sweeeeeet. Baptizing in a river! haha. Itd make cool fotos at least :P haha but no were really excited for boris because he is un investigador de oro! The other week after church he came up to us and asked "can i bring my book of mormon and bible and a notepad and paper to church? is that okay? Because Id really like to take notes on this stuff!" and then whenever we ask him if hes going to church next sunday he replies "oooobviously!" hahaha. Hes awesome. A really good kid and his going to be awesome after his baptism too!!!
Another possibility for december is a woman named anny! Who came to church this sunday a little late... because we were disappointed she didnt seem to be showing up... but then she called us and told us she was in the plaza eating a dulce with her little son, and that she had come to church, but couldnt come in! So i thought "oh shoot was the front door locked or something?.... dang it..." SO i asked why she couldnt come in and she just said she was nervous and embarrassed hahaha. So elder cowden and I went to the plaza and accompanied her to the biulding haha, and she loved the meeting! so thats super good too.
I guess its thanksgiving this week or something... That doesnt exist here so i dont have to be thankful for anything. haha jk! I am SUPER thankful for all of you and your support! But especially thankful for my family. Myyyy family is the bomb. I have the best coolest family of them all haha. I love you all and miss you! Thank you all for everything and I hope you have a great thanksgiving!
Uhmmm... Oh! Libeny is awesome!!! So first off she volunteered to serve us missionaries lunch one day... and she DEFINITELY made it onto the "I serve the missionaries FANTASTIC meals" list. (That list contains about 4 people fyi hahah.) We had some bistek? (honestly no idea how to spell that...) and rice and papas fritas and eggs.... haha. Trust me. It was really good. Anyways so that. But ALSO shes already a dang misionera. We went to visit her cousin with her one day this week, and libeny did awesome! Without any practice too! haha. The thoughts she shared and experiences and how she explained things haha. She was awesome! And if her cousin joins the church that would be awesome. It would make things alot easier on Libeny and she would have some family support and everythihng.... Her cousin seems pretty good! So were hoping it all goes well.
Which reminds me. Iiiii love being a missionary. And especially this past week Ive loved teaching people. Because its aweome to see the spirit working with people. Its just an awesome feeling when things just go right and its obvious that the spirit is there working with people. and when it works through me too! For example(s), with Libenys cousin, at the end of the lesson with her, she said something about how "yeah id really wants you to come back because you really sparked my curiousity now!" and Iiiii know that that was the spirit working with her and opening her mind and heart to listen to us and learn more! Another time we were teaching someone new, and usually we have to ask the questions FOR them so they start thinking (for example: Have you ever asked yourself WHY theres so many churches nowadays??) but when we were teaching these people, out of nowhere this woman asked US the exact question we were hoping for (the previously stated question), and it was just a witness that we were doing our job and teaching by the spirit so that these people understand and want to learn more. and the final example is when we were teaching Anny, I bore my testimony about something. and afterwards she said "tan bonita lo que dices" (which basically translates to: What you say is so beautiful) and she was definitely NOT talking about my spanish or how I said it hahaha. It made me really happy to hear her say that because it was a witness to me that she was feeling the spirit and we were working/teaching in the right way... BASICALLY. I dont know if any of that made sense to you, but basically being a missionary is awesome. I love it. Especially when Im doing it right, and the Lord gives me witnesses to let me know Im doing it right!
Uhmmmm Im still working really hard with my memorizing the scriptures thing... and Im VERY confident I will finish my goal and be a "misionero de oro" at the end of this cambio! Which would be aaaawesomeeee. Ill keep you updated! haha.
But shoot besides that I cant think of anything else great or grand that went on this past week haha. The weather is still unpredictable... its been cold for forever but today its hottt. haha. and my spanish is going really well! I can speak really well and understand like 90% of everything now haha. Im getting there!! By christmas I should maybe hopefully idk be good? Proooobably not.... haha. Allì vemos. PEROOOO... Eso no mas!
Me encanta esta iglesia y no tengo duda que esta es la iglesia de Jesucristo restaurado en la tierra hoydia. nada puede cambiar mi mente. Estoy trabajando muy duro para ser el mejor misionero posible. yo amo esta obra y estoy tan feliz. Tenemos un padre celestial que nos ama y por esto todovia nos habla por medio de un profeta. Thomas s monson es el profeta viviente de dios, y de nuevo jesucristo ha revelado su evangelio para que podamos volver y vivir con nuestro padre celestial de nuevo. Los amo, y los extraño! que estèn bien, cuidense, y hagan lo justo! jaja. Los amo! Chau!
- Elder Heyman
A Week of Exciting News!! Nov. 12, 2012
I HAD MY FIRST BAPTISM!!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!! hahaha
So like I said last week... this weeks email time might have to be short cuz there were cambios... and it turns out Elder Sutterfield is leaving! Hes leaving to be a zone leader in Penco!! So thats really exciting for him. Hes freaking out and really stressed and nervous because he'll be a zone leader.... haha. And Im nervous to have a new companion. But so my time will be short because he has a lot to do!
So first off, my new companion will be an Elder Cowden... Who is also from Utah. All my companions have been from Utah thus far. haha. So anyway. Elder Sutterfield was companions with him before and says hes quite the character. That he has alot of quirks but that hes really funny hahaha. So Im excited! But nervous...I dont know why but im just kind of really nervous about it haha. But so since Im still new I will of course be the junior comp, but ill have to step up the next week while Elder Cowden accustoms himself to the area! Here we go!!! haha
But so here's the news from the week!
Tuesday: Just a quick funny story. We met this one really old guy that could barely hear anything. But so we taught him a quick lesson, and when we were done he was telling us about some other beautiful girl that he lived with (we were thinking it was his daughter) So we thought "oh okay someone young that can hear and is probably more acceptable to our message". hahaha. So we asked to go meet her and say hi. So he took us to his backyard cuz he said she was planting. Turns out it was his wife... who LOOKED like she was probably 102. But she was sitting in a chair planting some plant... I think she was planting onions. Anyway sitting on this chair in this small garden planting onions. And so we laughed to ourselves like "well this isnt what we thought it was..." but so we talked to her for just a second and was telling us about how she had a dream in which the lord revealed to her a promised land in which she would have and could plant things, and that the land we were standing on at that moment was the land she dreamed about, so even though she was sick she HAD to keep working because it was her promised land... It was really weird... hahaha. So we got out of there asap! But its just really funny the people and things you run into... hahaha.
the only other notable day was... SATURDAY!!!!! Libeny and Michael were baptized!!!!! Woo hooooo!!! So I baptized Libeny, and Elder Sutterfield baptized Michael! And it was awesome! haha. I could go on forever about everything that went on... but since Im short on time, heres the unorganized super duper fast version!
Libeny is really anti-social/doesnt like people haha. Shes really nice but just doesnt like to make the first move to get to know people. It has to be the other way around. So anyway shes told us the whole time she didnt want anyone at her baptism! But people were invited anyways. Ward members and such. So when she showed up and saw that there was going to be a bunch of people, she got really mad and stressed out... and there was drama haha. Long story short, we ended up asking almost everyone to leave so she would be lessed stressed and could just enjoy her baptism and have a spiritual experience. So it was only me, Elder Sutt, the two other elders, Libeny, Michael, the branch president and first counselor, and 1 member she knew and was comfortable with, and 1 other member that happened to come dressed nice in suit and tie (the rest were in street clothes) and since he was dressed nice she let him stay hahaha. So there were 10 in total! haha. But so point is, she felt better and enjoyed the baptism and afterwards kept telling us how she was really feeling something and felt like a big weight was lifted off her shoulders and she felt peaceful and such... and we were like "yeah... thats what a baptism does." haha just kidding. But no we just told her "Thats really good! Thats how your SUPPOSED to feel! See? this church is true!" haha. Algo así. But so Libeny was REALLY nervous for her baptism haha. And Michael was pumped. I baptized Libeny first, and did it right the first time :P So i was happy about that. But she was freaking out and was grabbing my arm SO tight hahaha. And afterwards she told me that "Usted es tan flacito! No pensaba que pudiera levantarme del agua!" That might be bad spanish... haha. BUT. basically afterwards she told me that since im so skinny she was afraid I wasnt going to be able to lift her back up out of the water hahaha. But then after Michael was baptized... he's so funny. He was basically dancing around in the water and splashing and cheering and laughing and stuff hahahaha. You had to be there.... but yeah! So we had a successful baptism! AND they even showed up for church the next day to be confirmed and receive el don del espiritu santo :D haha. So yeah! First baptism in the books for me! Im really excited. And I was nervous beforehand too. But it was awesome. It felt so good to help someone to be able to do that!
But so yeahhhh... I dont really have much time. So thats all I shall share from this week! Gotta go get the stuff done for Elder Sutterfield!! haha. But I had a good week! And we'll see how things go this week with a new companion! Crazyyyyy. Thanks for all the love and support everybody! Im working hard to make everyone proud! The church is true and the book is blue. haha. Havent heard that in a long time. I love the mission! Love and miss you all!
-Elder Heyman
So like I said last week... this weeks email time might have to be short cuz there were cambios... and it turns out Elder Sutterfield is leaving! Hes leaving to be a zone leader in Penco!! So thats really exciting for him. Hes freaking out and really stressed and nervous because he'll be a zone leader.... haha. And Im nervous to have a new companion. But so my time will be short because he has a lot to do!
So first off, my new companion will be an Elder Cowden... Who is also from Utah. All my companions have been from Utah thus far. haha. So anyway. Elder Sutterfield was companions with him before and says hes quite the character. That he has alot of quirks but that hes really funny hahaha. So Im excited! But nervous...I dont know why but im just kind of really nervous about it haha. But so since Im still new I will of course be the junior comp, but ill have to step up the next week while Elder Cowden accustoms himself to the area! Here we go!!! haha
But so here's the news from the week!
Tuesday: Just a quick funny story. We met this one really old guy that could barely hear anything. But so we taught him a quick lesson, and when we were done he was telling us about some other beautiful girl that he lived with (we were thinking it was his daughter) So we thought "oh okay someone young that can hear and is probably more acceptable to our message". hahaha. So we asked to go meet her and say hi. So he took us to his backyard cuz he said she was planting. Turns out it was his wife... who LOOKED like she was probably 102. But she was sitting in a chair planting some plant... I think she was planting onions. Anyway sitting on this chair in this small garden planting onions. And so we laughed to ourselves like "well this isnt what we thought it was..." but so we talked to her for just a second and was telling us about how she had a dream in which the lord revealed to her a promised land in which she would have and could plant things, and that the land we were standing on at that moment was the land she dreamed about, so even though she was sick she HAD to keep working because it was her promised land... It was really weird... hahaha. So we got out of there asap! But its just really funny the people and things you run into... hahaha.
the only other notable day was... SATURDAY!!!!! Libeny and Michael were baptized!!!!! Woo hooooo!!! So I baptized Libeny, and Elder Sutterfield baptized Michael! And it was awesome! haha. I could go on forever about everything that went on... but since Im short on time, heres the unorganized super duper fast version!
Libeny is really anti-social/doesnt like people haha. Shes really nice but just doesnt like to make the first move to get to know people. It has to be the other way around. So anyway shes told us the whole time she didnt want anyone at her baptism! But people were invited anyways. Ward members and such. So when she showed up and saw that there was going to be a bunch of people, she got really mad and stressed out... and there was drama haha. Long story short, we ended up asking almost everyone to leave so she would be lessed stressed and could just enjoy her baptism and have a spiritual experience. So it was only me, Elder Sutt, the two other elders, Libeny, Michael, the branch president and first counselor, and 1 member she knew and was comfortable with, and 1 other member that happened to come dressed nice in suit and tie (the rest were in street clothes) and since he was dressed nice she let him stay hahaha. So there were 10 in total! haha. But so point is, she felt better and enjoyed the baptism and afterwards kept telling us how she was really feeling something and felt like a big weight was lifted off her shoulders and she felt peaceful and such... and we were like "yeah... thats what a baptism does." haha just kidding. But no we just told her "Thats really good! Thats how your SUPPOSED to feel! See? this church is true!" haha. Algo así. But so Libeny was REALLY nervous for her baptism haha. And Michael was pumped. I baptized Libeny first, and did it right the first time :P So i was happy about that. But she was freaking out and was grabbing my arm SO tight hahaha. And afterwards she told me that "Usted es tan flacito! No pensaba que pudiera levantarme del agua!" That might be bad spanish... haha. BUT. basically afterwards she told me that since im so skinny she was afraid I wasnt going to be able to lift her back up out of the water hahaha. But then after Michael was baptized... he's so funny. He was basically dancing around in the water and splashing and cheering and laughing and stuff hahahaha. You had to be there.... but yeah! So we had a successful baptism! AND they even showed up for church the next day to be confirmed and receive el don del espiritu santo :D haha. So yeah! First baptism in the books for me! Im really excited. And I was nervous beforehand too. But it was awesome. It felt so good to help someone to be able to do that!
But so yeahhhh... I dont really have much time. So thats all I shall share from this week! Gotta go get the stuff done for Elder Sutterfield!! haha. But I had a good week! And we'll see how things go this week with a new companion! Crazyyyyy. Thanks for all the love and support everybody! Im working hard to make everyone proud! The church is true and the book is blue. haha. Havent heard that in a long time. I love the mission! Love and miss you all!
-Elder Heyman
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