3.26.18 The Good and the Bad

3.26.18

Aye fam!

 So this week was awesome and terrible at the same time. Wellllll our investigators  mom got in a fight w her parents and moved out and they don’t have contact with her sooooo our baptismal date for the next next Saturday probably will be put on hold haha.  other than that this week FLEW BY. I had two really cool experiences that really help change my  attitude about my mission.

First, we had a lesson with some less actives that we found. We brought a youth in the ward with us to help prepare him for his mission. When we arrived everything was chill. We talked and they were a really nice family, but as soon as we talked about the church, the light switch turned off. He turned cold and said really hurtful things about the church. He kept talking about how other churches rob your money and the Book of Mormon is fake and all kinds of other things. My comp kept bashing  and bashing with him and I just sat silent, seeing it was going nowhere. When it comes to bashing I hate it! Its contentious arguing that prevents any opportunity to have the spirit there. The youth in the ward that we invited put on his backpack and said "come on Elder Broadhead lets go" and I told him to wait. I had a strong feeling to testify, calmly because it would be the spirit that would change his thinking, not us because whatever we said he would  interrupt us by saying all kinds of silly stuff. So when he finally closed his mouth for .035 seconds I testified of a few things he had made some negative comments about  At the end of my testimony I asked him if he would read the Book of Mormon again. This time with his wife, and before every time they read it together, pray to Heavenly Father and ask if this book is true. He then accepted our Book of Mormon and the invitation. LESSON TO LEARN:  You will never go wrong testifying. Never. Now we need to pray he will really do it!

The second experience was with this dude that we found in the Tianguis. The week before we invited him to play basketball with us, but he didn’t show up, so we found him again in Tianguis (such a blessing because you’re packed shoulder to shoulder with people) and we talked with him again. This time he was like I talked with missionaries before and I really felt something special. We started talking to him some more and I invited him to be baptized. and he accepted! he doesn’t live in the area but he lives in the stake and he said hed like to go watch general conference!! that was a pretty sweet experience. LESSON TO LEARN : Don’t fear the people. I know this sound like day one stuff but when you hit the field inviting someone to be baptized sometimes is a touchy, scary subject. Especially here where everyone is a proud Catholic. It was a pretty solid week! 

I’m going into the last week of this change and I’m pretty sure I’m gonna leave, but I’m torn because this place is like home.

Hope you all have a good Easter  week!

Elder Broadhead

Mosiah 7:33

3.19.18 Sing!

3.19.18

First, a little S/O to Kaycar and Gracie for their calls this week!! INDEPENDENCE and MEXICO CITY NORTH are super blessed to get them.

         This week was a pretty tough week but also a pretty good one too! One of the members we visit who has had a problem with alcohol told us that he was super sick because he has some kind of disease, and now he has about 3 years to live. so that was super rough. Then I guess he left to some alcoholic rehab for 4 months without saying bye so that was even harder.  Hes a good guy though and I hope he gets the help he needs.

         This week I had a super sweet experience with the same Miguel Angel. We had a lesson close to his house and I felt we should swing by. We went to his house and he was shaking and crying he was in so much pain. They couldn't take him to a medical center for pain because if they touched him he would start screaming. So I turned to my comp and said. "You ready to sing?? I'm not a singer so I was as surprised as my companion but we sang! During our  5 or so hymns his pain went from 10/10, to 7 to 5 down to a 2.  His wife said she was "mad with God", so we thought it might be a good time to  share scriptures/experience of when Joseph Smith was in Liberty Jail and how all of these trails and problems will be for our good. After all that was over he then told us that he was amazed that a pain had been SO intense, and so intolerable could go away within a few minutes of us singing. I'm praying they are learning to recognize the spirit as we have these experiences with them.  I honestly love this family so much Every time we visit them I feel at home. 

          The other cool experience we had was with a less active family we found. We scheduled a fhe lesson with them and when we showed up they brought 2 married couples with them. As we talked about families and how we can be together forever as families, and how the death isn't the end. after talking about temples and how its only through the sealing ordinance by a priesthood holder that we can receive that blessing, she was literally speechless.  The spirit was so strong as we testified of families and how they can be forever!

hel 5:12

-elder bhead

3.5.18 Let's Go!

3.5.18

Whats up fam,

I hit  6 months today so that's nuts. This week was super awesome. We planned one day strictly for contacting. A FULL day. I was so hyped. I love contacting because you never know what you're gonna run into here in Mexico. One door we knocked we found a crocodile, another we found a dude with a sword collection,  Honestly sometimes I wonder how I ended up here in Cuautepec. But anyway we went deep into the hills and this day we had a lot of rejections, a lot of drunk people chase us, but we found ourselves in a street with NO ONE. This street was completely silent. We then knocked every door, and no one was there ahha. We came to the last house and my comp was like come common lets go no ones home. But i remembered that  talk "Fourth Floor last door" or something like that so I told him we've came this far and its literally the last door. AND WE FOUND THE COOLEST FAMILY. Immediately they opened the door, let us in, and everything clicked. As we talked the son turned to me and started talking to me in English. I was shocked because his accent was from England or something. Literally was a Mexican Ed Sheeran. They LOVED every bit of the lesson and invited us back the next day to hear more. They're so sick. I'm never sure how these things will end but its so cool to meet people and hear there stories.Pray for them.

The other experience I had was Thursday. We had a gap in our schedule and I had a strong feeling to go visit a member in the ward. One of those feelings that you just can't shake off. So we walked all the way across the area to this members house. we entered then Rafa asked us. "How did you know?" and we said. "How did we know what?" He said, "my mom is super sick and she needs a blessing but she was too scared to ask. But now that you're here, will you give her a blessing?" THAT was super cool. she called us angels and I was able to give her a blessing. It was soooo awesome. I'm always amazed at how the Lord works though us as we earnestly seek to follow his promptings.  

 love you all

-elder bhead