Here are some pictures of Elder Bird's new area Cuatla, Mexico
Monday, June 18, 2012
Hey Family how is everything going at home this last week? Nothing too new or exciting? Jonathan sounds like your trip was awesome. Things here are going well, it is deffinatly a change from acapulco. There are no hills here in my area, the area we can cross walking in like 15 minutes it is super small, and to answer you question it is deffinatly not hotter than acapulco. All this last week it was raining so that was awesome and it was good that there was an umbrella in our house that i could use so i didnt get wet. but the weather here is super nice it kind of feels like spring in utah here kind of, so it is nice. The city is not really big but there are a lot of members here there are 3 stakes here so that is awesome. we are in the stake zapata in the brach burgos. The branch is really small so we have a lot of work to do. Yesterday at church to start the services there was only like ten people there so that was a change from all the wards i have been in the mission where they have all been strong large wards so my companion and i am excited to be here. My companion is Elder Porter he is from Spanish Fork so pretty close to home, he is really cool he has a year in the mission, we have been friends for a while now becasue we both got to acapulco at the same time and now we are companions so that is cool. This last week was pretty much just getting to know all of the members and investigators so that was fun it was a pretty good week not so good number wise but we worked really hard this week and hopefully in this next week we can have more sucess and use more time to teach we didnt teach too much this last week with just getting to know everyone. We do have a couple that we are teaching so hopefully everything goes well with them in the next couple weeks and that they can get baptised soon. Thats about it for this week just a lot of getting to know the people and then also a lot of rain. Well hope that everyone has a good week at home and Happy Fathers day dad.
Love elder Bird
Love elder Bird
Hey family
how is everything going at home this week hope things are all going well. well the big news from this week is that i was changed to a new area back up by cuernavaca in a city called cuatla. i am now very far away from the ocean and back closer to my first area. my new companion is an elder that i have know for a while now he was the other district leader in acapulco and now we are companions opening up our area. our area is called burgos it is a branch here and the area is really small and flat so that is change from a lot of hills and a big area. we also have another branch that we can also cover so that will be interesting to see how everything goes i am excited to be here and one of the elders before was my compaions elder fernandez so that is kind of fun. this last week in acapulco went pretty well for us we had quite a few really cool lessons and it is sad that i wont be there to see quite a few of our investigators get baptized but oh well the most important things is they get baptized so hopefully everything goes well for them in the next couple weeks. it was pretty sad to leave acapulco after all the experiences that i was able to experience there all the people that i meet and the people i was able to teach. well i hope that everyone has a good week and i will write more next week to tell you a little more about the area and how the frist week here went.
Love Elder Bird
how is everything going at home this week hope things are all going well. well the big news from this week is that i was changed to a new area back up by cuernavaca in a city called cuatla. i am now very far away from the ocean and back closer to my first area. my new companion is an elder that i have know for a while now he was the other district leader in acapulco and now we are companions opening up our area. our area is called burgos it is a branch here and the area is really small and flat so that is change from a lot of hills and a big area. we also have another branch that we can also cover so that will be interesting to see how everything goes i am excited to be here and one of the elders before was my compaions elder fernandez so that is kind of fun. this last week in acapulco went pretty well for us we had quite a few really cool lessons and it is sad that i wont be there to see quite a few of our investigators get baptized but oh well the most important things is they get baptized so hopefully everything goes well for them in the next couple weeks. it was pretty sad to leave acapulco after all the experiences that i was able to experience there all the people that i meet and the people i was able to teach. well i hope that everyone has a good week and i will write more next week to tell you a little more about the area and how the frist week here went.
Love Elder Bird
Hey Family,
How is everything going at home? Sounds like a interesting week for everyone especially Katie and Reed with the Jeep blowing up. This week here was pretty good, like you said Dad really hot you can tell it is getting to be summer but even so there isnt too much of a difference from when i got here but it is still hot. This last week we had the baptism of Genar, it was way cool we had it wendesday in the night so there were a lot of members there because there are always activites that day in the night so yeah that was the hightlight of the week. then also this week we were also able to find some pretty cool new investigatros hopefully everything goes well with them. Then one of our investigators Aurora who we have been working with for a while to stop smoking is progessing really well right now hopefully she can stop smoking this week like put the goal to do so hopefully everything goes well with her and then she can get baptised in the next couple weeks, then also her son Roberto hopefully he can get baptised in this week and everything goes well with him in this week, he is also really excited so hopefully there are no problems in this week. Well yet again this is the last week of the change so we will see what happens next week if I stay here for another transfer or if I will get changed to another area we sill just have to see. It is super weird to think that I have six months here in Acapulco the time just keeps flying by it seems like just yesterday I was getting here to Acapulco but oh well I just have to use the time that I have left the best I can. Well hope that everyone has a good week at home and I will write again next week
Love Elder Bird
How is everything going at home? Sounds like a interesting week for everyone especially Katie and Reed with the Jeep blowing up. This week here was pretty good, like you said Dad really hot you can tell it is getting to be summer but even so there isnt too much of a difference from when i got here but it is still hot. This last week we had the baptism of Genar, it was way cool we had it wendesday in the night so there were a lot of members there because there are always activites that day in the night so yeah that was the hightlight of the week. then also this week we were also able to find some pretty cool new investigatros hopefully everything goes well with them. Then one of our investigators Aurora who we have been working with for a while to stop smoking is progessing really well right now hopefully she can stop smoking this week like put the goal to do so hopefully everything goes well with her and then she can get baptised in the next couple weeks, then also her son Roberto hopefully he can get baptised in this week and everything goes well with him in this week, he is also really excited so hopefully there are no problems in this week. Well yet again this is the last week of the change so we will see what happens next week if I stay here for another transfer or if I will get changed to another area we sill just have to see. It is super weird to think that I have six months here in Acapulco the time just keeps flying by it seems like just yesterday I was getting here to Acapulco but oh well I just have to use the time that I have left the best I can. Well hope that everyone has a good week at home and I will write again next week
Love Elder Bird
Hey Family,
How is everything going at home this week for everyone? Things here are going well this last week went better than the week before. This last week we had our last zone conference with President Spannaus so that was kind of sad but it was a really good conference I really enjoyed it. I feel really blessed that I was able to have President Spannaus for my mission president at least for the time that I have had him as my president. I have learned a lot from him and sister Spannaus in the time that I have been in the mission and there help has helped me so much in my mission so far and will keep helping me and even after. Kind of sad that they live so far away but the good thing is that Presidente Spannaus will go to Utah every so often so that would be cool to see him when he is there. So yeah we had our conference and then we had some more success finding more new investigators so that was good. Also in this week we should have the baptism of one of our investigators Genaro so that will be cool an then hopefully we can find some more new investigators for this month. It is crazy to think that it is almost June and in two week we have changes so I am pretty sure that I will be changed in this next change but we will just have to wait and see what happenes. To answer you question dad no nothing happened with the hurrican that came close to here. It is still hot and hasnt really rained so yeah nothing too exciting here. well hope that everyone has a good week and I will write again next week.
Love Elder Bird
How is everything going at home this week for everyone? Things here are going well this last week went better than the week before. This last week we had our last zone conference with President Spannaus so that was kind of sad but it was a really good conference I really enjoyed it. I feel really blessed that I was able to have President Spannaus for my mission president at least for the time that I have had him as my president. I have learned a lot from him and sister Spannaus in the time that I have been in the mission and there help has helped me so much in my mission so far and will keep helping me and even after. Kind of sad that they live so far away but the good thing is that Presidente Spannaus will go to Utah every so often so that would be cool to see him when he is there. So yeah we had our conference and then we had some more success finding more new investigators so that was good. Also in this week we should have the baptism of one of our investigators Genaro so that will be cool an then hopefully we can find some more new investigators for this month. It is crazy to think that it is almost June and in two week we have changes so I am pretty sure that I will be changed in this next change but we will just have to wait and see what happenes. To answer you question dad no nothing happened with the hurrican that came close to here. It is still hot and hasnt really rained so yeah nothing too exciting here. well hope that everyone has a good week and I will write again next week.
Love Elder Bird
Hey Family,
How is everything going at home, how was the busy week for the family? How did Graces birthday go? Addies dance performance? This last week was kind of tough week for us, we had trouble finding most of our investigators this week so that was kind of disappointing but oh well hopefully this week goes better, This week we are hoping to get a couple referrals from the family that got baptised a couple weeks ago so that is what we are hoping for this week. We have a couple of investigators that are progressing pretty well hopefully in the next couple weeks they can get baptised. Not too much happened in this last week so not too much to write but I hope that everyone has a good week at home and that everything goes well. Oh yeah what happened with the new Stake President?
Love Elder Bird
How is everything going at home, how was the busy week for the family? How did Graces birthday go? Addies dance performance? This last week was kind of tough week for us, we had trouble finding most of our investigators this week so that was kind of disappointing but oh well hopefully this week goes better, This week we are hoping to get a couple referrals from the family that got baptised a couple weeks ago so that is what we are hoping for this week. We have a couple of investigators that are progressing pretty well hopefully in the next couple weeks they can get baptised. Not too much happened in this last week so not too much to write but I hope that everyone has a good week at home and that everything goes well. Oh yeah what happened with the new Stake President?
Love Elder Bird
Hey Family,
It was fun seeing everyone yesterday and seeing that pretty much everything is the same. Well things here are going good we had a pretty good week last week we were able to find some investigators that are really excited about the gospel and so hopefully everything goes well with them in the next couple weeks It just seems weird to me to think that it is alreay May and how fast time has gone. Well I hope that everyone has a good week this week, and I will write more next week.
Love Elder Bird
It was fun seeing everyone yesterday and seeing that pretty much everything is the same. Well things here are going good we had a pretty good week last week we were able to find some investigators that are really excited about the gospel and so hopefully everything goes well with them in the next couple weeks It just seems weird to me to think that it is alreay May and how fast time has gone. Well I hope that everyone has a good week this week, and I will write more next week.
Love Elder Bird
hey Family,
how is everything going at home? Crazy to think that it is May already, and that this week is mothers day. Well this last week went really fast for us since most of this week we were in Cuernavaca for a leadership training with President Spannaus and his wife, so this last week was really cool. We left Wednesday in the afternoon and were in Cuernavaca until Friday in the night. The meetings that we had were really cool it was way fun to hear from President Spannaus for one of the last times before he goes home. We focused alot on our purpose as missionaries why we are here and what we want to make of our missions, I really enjoyed it. One of the coolest parts I think was that we watched a video for the District the dvds for Preach my Gospel of a family that got baptised and there impressions of missionaries and then we watched it again but with a part added on to the ending where it showed that after that time they went and got sealed in the temple and we focused on that is our real purpose as missionaries is not only to get the people to be baptised but to make it so that they can make it to the temple and keep receiving the blessings of the gospel for there whole life so that was really cool, the whole conference was really good, it was also cool to see quite a few of my friends that where there so that was fun also. This next week we are going to work alot on what we learned to make our area even better so I am excited for that, hopefully this week goes really well for us and we can apply all of the things that we learned in this last week. So mostly last week we werent here in Acapulco so not too much went on here but oh well. Also this week since it is mothers day on Sunday I was thinking of hopefully using Skype this time if I can get it too work but I was thinking at like in between like 2-3 at home if that would work for everyone at home if not hopefully you can let me know today before we finish so like if Dad has meetings or anything we can plan something different. Well thats pretty much it for this week and I will see or talk to you this Sunday.
Love Elder Bird
how is everything going at home? Crazy to think that it is May already, and that this week is mothers day. Well this last week went really fast for us since most of this week we were in Cuernavaca for a leadership training with President Spannaus and his wife, so this last week was really cool. We left Wednesday in the afternoon and were in Cuernavaca until Friday in the night. The meetings that we had were really cool it was way fun to hear from President Spannaus for one of the last times before he goes home. We focused alot on our purpose as missionaries why we are here and what we want to make of our missions, I really enjoyed it. One of the coolest parts I think was that we watched a video for the District the dvds for Preach my Gospel of a family that got baptised and there impressions of missionaries and then we watched it again but with a part added on to the ending where it showed that after that time they went and got sealed in the temple and we focused on that is our real purpose as missionaries is not only to get the people to be baptised but to make it so that they can make it to the temple and keep receiving the blessings of the gospel for there whole life so that was really cool, the whole conference was really good, it was also cool to see quite a few of my friends that where there so that was fun also. This next week we are going to work alot on what we learned to make our area even better so I am excited for that, hopefully this week goes really well for us and we can apply all of the things that we learned in this last week. So mostly last week we werent here in Acapulco so not too much went on here but oh well. Also this week since it is mothers day on Sunday I was thinking of hopefully using Skype this time if I can get it too work but I was thinking at like in between like 2-3 at home if that would work for everyone at home if not hopefully you can let me know today before we finish so like if Dad has meetings or anything we can plan something different. Well thats pretty much it for this week and I will see or talk to you this Sunday.
Love Elder Bird
Hey Family,
How is everything going this week sounds like the weather is still like the crazy Utah weather that I am used to just like last year when it was hot on the first day of conference then snowed on Sunday when I was in the MTC. Crazy to think that I have had 3 of my 4 General Conferences in the mission. The General Conference was awesome I watched the first session in Spanish then the rest in English so that was fun to hear the vocies of all of them this time instead of the translator but either way I enjoyed everything that I heard. I like a lot of the talkes yet again I took a lot of notes to study during the next couple weeks till I get a copy of the Liahona with them. This last week went well were were able to get quite a few of our investigators to go to the conference so that was really cool we are hopefully going to be able to baptize a family this week they are all really cool the wife has had her answer for a couple weeks but we started teaching her husband later so we have been trying to get them all to baptised together so hopefully this weeks is the week if not the next and then we also have investigators that can be baptised hopefully the rest of the month hopefully they all keep progressing and everything goes well. This week was a good week except we werent able to find too many new investigators so hopefully we can find some more this week. Well thats about it for the last week hopefully everything goes well this week at home for everyone.
Love Elder Bird
PS President Spannaus was called to be an Area Seventy in the confernce saturday crazy, and he hasnt even finished his time a mission president. Dont know if you noticed
How is everything going this week sounds like the weather is still like the crazy Utah weather that I am used to just like last year when it was hot on the first day of conference then snowed on Sunday when I was in the MTC. Crazy to think that I have had 3 of my 4 General Conferences in the mission. The General Conference was awesome I watched the first session in Spanish then the rest in English so that was fun to hear the vocies of all of them this time instead of the translator but either way I enjoyed everything that I heard. I like a lot of the talkes yet again I took a lot of notes to study during the next couple weeks till I get a copy of the Liahona with them. This last week went well were were able to get quite a few of our investigators to go to the conference so that was really cool we are hopefully going to be able to baptize a family this week they are all really cool the wife has had her answer for a couple weeks but we started teaching her husband later so we have been trying to get them all to baptised together so hopefully this weeks is the week if not the next and then we also have investigators that can be baptised hopefully the rest of the month hopefully they all keep progressing and everything goes well. This week was a good week except we werent able to find too many new investigators so hopefully we can find some more this week. Well thats about it for the last week hopefully everything goes well this week at home for everyone.
Love Elder Bird
PS President Spannaus was called to be an Area Seventy in the confernce saturday crazy, and he hasnt even finished his time a mission president. Dont know if you noticed
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