2.26.18 Back to the CCM

2.26.18

Hey fam, 

yeah..... you read it. I got to go back to the CCM to see Neil L Anderson. I also saw a familiar face from the good ole Knolls ward! His talk was centered on the atonement and Jesus Christ and it was sooooo great. The CCM really is a special place. when we got in it was a special place. It literally was a breath of fresh air. there were no holes in the sidewalk, there was no trash or dogs in the streets, and there is just a different feeling there. I sure miss it somedays.

We had a special conference before the listening to Elder Anderson and it motivated me to talk to more people. Right after the conference we hopped in a taxi and I just started talking to the driver named Jesus. I asked him if he had a family and the next thing you know we had taught the whole Plan of Salvation to this taxi driver. at the end of the trip, we got his info and passed it to the elder in Tlalnepantla. so sick!  It reminded me of a scripture in D&C that says and your whole labor shall be in Zion, with all your soul, from henceforth, yea you shall ever open your mouth in my cause, not fearing what man can do, for I am with you. amen.

Also we live above a catholic family who is super awesome. They've always been good friends with the missionaries but never really have wanted to learn more about the gospel. The dad was in an accident and bruised his ribs and he asked me to give him a blessing. He had been to the doctors and they said he would have to take it easy for 3 weeks before he could be active again. I was super nervous because they usually don't want anything to do with the church but I went and gave him a blessing. The next day he went to work and he said he hasn't felt a ton of pain. THAT was awesome and Im praying it will open them up a little and allows us to talk to them about the experience.

The last thing we had this ward activity about the Tree of life. We called and talked to all of our investigators to go and whatta know  they were a no-show. It was all good because 3 less active families that we visited came! We showed up and the Bishop said,"Okay elder broadhead take it away" (in spanish of course) and i started smiling and he's like "no seriously this is your activity."  but we weren't invited in any of the planning buttt with a quick prayer I just winged it. it ended up being a super activity and the less actives came to church the next Sunday so that was pretty awesome!  This week was sweet, we have 3 baptisms scheduled this month..... lets hope they'll they come to church and keep reading!!!

Have a great week. Love you all Elder Bhead

2.19.18 A Little Prayer

2.19.18

Yep, we had 2 earthquakes and that was pretty cool. They both were in Oaxaca. 

We started a lesson with Jimena and the next thing you know the alarms start blaring "ALERTA SISMO" and we look around and nothings happening. Then we walked downstairs and all the power lines started swaying. Cool experience. The good news is Jimena and Nancy are both committed to baptism and that's pretty awesome! We had another lesson with a Jewish lady  and ohh boy. those are always interesting. We gave her a little taste of the fullness of the gospel hen left she was sweatin bullets.

Other than that none of our investigators went to church, BUT 3 of the less active families that we visited this week went to church!! One blessing that we saw was one day we had NO success. everyone rejected us, called me naughty names, and it just was one of the terrible days on the mish. I sat down on the sidewalk and offered a prayer because the day was literally the worst. I prayed that at least one person would actually talk to us and want to hear what we have to say. After that short prayer for help our phone rang. We visited this family at the beginning of the change and they're super awesome, but at the same time they weren't interested because they felt like they didn't need it at the time. but on the phone this family called, apologized for not answering, then said that he felt like he needed to call us today, and more importantly he felt like he needed to listen to what we teach. God does answer prayers no matter how short and simple they are. Just like Joseph Smith, if our heart and desires are in the right place, God will answer. 

solid week.

super cool

much awesome. Love you all! Elder Bhead

2.12.18 Tacos on Zion

2.12.18

Hey Fam, 

First a little Happy Birthday shout out to Meg!!

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So this week was pretty solid to be honest. It nice to have a week like this mixed in with the others. We had zone conf this week so all Thursday was dedicated to the first lesson. Joseph Smith and the Restoration! It was sooooo awesome, I always seem to come away with something new and excited about the chance to share it with whoever will listen.  I love zone conferences!!!

 Butttt this week we had a lesson with our charm Nancy. We taught the second lesson and it was so perfect. I love teaching the second lesson and testifying of this Plan of Happiness. It is full of hope and joy! During the lesson I had the thought to invite her to be baptized. Then in my head I heard a voice that was saying "you won't". I kept teaching then at the end of the lesson my thought changed and  it was a much stronger thought,  "Invite her to come unto Me". You can’t brush off that. So we recapped the Restoration and I sent it !!! AND she said,   YES  !!!! Please keep praying for her, Satan works so hard on our investigators. 

The next day we taught Jimena the sister of Nancy, and on the first lesson, she agreed to be baptized! March 13 the two sisters will enter the waters of baptism!!!  Pray for them. But all I see is blessings on blessings on blessings!!!! Everyday is filled with miracles

Today we ran into a blind man we decided our taco money would be better used to give him a taxi ride home sacrifice brings blessings and we have seen many blessings this week. I just keep planting seeds out here praying  just planting the seed out here in Mexico. 

changes are next coming up theres rumors of me leaving :/

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  hope they're not true. 

love you guys lots.

Elder Bhead

2.7.18 Worth of a Soul

2/7/18 

Sup fam,

 Well nothing absolutely crazy has happened this week so this email might be a little dry. finally people are starting to listen and what do you know, weve been getting a lot of references so thats been a blessing. our first reference was this girl named Nancy shes 16 and just a charm. When we sat down to teach her the first lesson and oh wowwwww this was a first lesson I'll never forget. usually when you sit down and talk the first lesson its like small talk and stuff but this girl was digging deep asking questions about temple marriage, young women activities, word of wisdom and wait for it. priesthood. this first lesson was like 2 hours because she had a billion questions but I left super happy because she was showing some genuine interest in the church. but the biggest blessing is when we left shes like i want you guys to teach my sister, then when we walked out the door shes like oh yeah and i also have a friend who's interested in the church! this was a blessing.

this week in my studies I was reading  in d&c 18 where it says:

 15 And if it so be that you should labor all your days in crying repentance unto this people, and bring, save it be one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of my Father!

  16 And now, if your joy will be great with one soul that you have brought unto me into the Kingdom of my Father, how great will be your joy if you should bring many soul unto me! 

So what exactly is the "worth" of a human soul? after about a week of pondering and thinking this question, i came up with an answer. the worth of a human soul is its potential to become like God. Thats a thought to ponder for the week. love you guys lots.

Thanks for the support and the love. 

elder broadhead

1.29.18 Friend Zoned with a Taco

1/29/2018    

Ayeee,

So this week was pretty chill. We couldn't work one part of our area because it was shut down due to a situation. AND almost every day some of our lessons fell through, so it was a pretty slow week.Last week I mentioned in my email about a guy named Amando who was "gold". Well needless to say there's a lotta fake Rolexes here and that boy was one of them. We went to visit him again and he hit us with a cold shoulder. and this one really hurt. I walked away soooo discouraged and a little frustrated. How can people have these awesome spiritual experiences and then turn cold? He friend-zoned us in one of the nicest ways possible and offered to feed us tacos (that kinda calmed the sting tbh). Such a good guy but not on the right path right now. I have to believe we are planting seeds for missionaries down the road. 

Soooooooooo one day we were out and about knockin doors, contacting people, the usual stuff when we walked passed a shop of one of our investigators. We kept walking and I had this feeling like we should go and see this member. so we went and sat down and the hna says to me,  I have a girl who works here who are interested in the church. And I was like heck ya, lets go boys. We talked to her and tried to set up a lesson and shes like well.... just teach me right now. Since all of our other lessons fell through we were grateful to have the opportunity to teach, so we took her up on it. We taught just about every lesson ahhah she had a ton of questions ahahahah. but shes super awesome. but  she was a very straight forward person. If she didn't like something she heard, she made sure to let us know hahaha. but shes awesome. We'll see if she progresses or hits us with that crossover. Pray for progress!!!!!

All its all good  here in Cuautepec. 

love yall lots!!!

-elder bhead

1.22.18 Shabbat experience.

1/22/18 

Well this week was pretty intersting. First we went looking for a old investigator, but when we got to the house, the dad of the investigator was outside.We went and talked to him for a little bit then he’s like so you want to talk to my daughter about religion? I was like oh dear... protective dads... and we were like yeah is that okay with you? Then he sits down and pulls out 2 bibles. Then i was like ohhhhhh boi were gonna bible bash at 9:30 in the morning?? Instead  he says, " these don’t make sense. How come they’re different??" and a light went on in my head... LESSON ONE... then he was like, "Where do we come from, whats my purpose, and where are we going?" then BOOM lesson 2!!! then he said. I want to take lessons too. but i want a lesson without my daughter. I want to be able to ask my questions. This guys gold. now lets hope he progresses. We plan on inviting him to be baptized the first lesson.

The second thing is we have a investigator who’s Jewish we planned out this super awesome lesson about Jesus Christ and the atonement, then when we went to go pick her up and have the lesson at her aunt’s house (the aunts a member) her parents came outside and were like we’re in the middle of our Shabbat, come in and join us. I called president and he gave us the green light and off we went. . . . . and what the heck. the sang these weird songs in Hebrew and then at the end everyone poured up shots of wine and took shots. needless so say i pounded my shots of water. i was super impressed when this 93 year old grandma took like 5 shots of the wine.  I wish I could say she had a future.  It was a super cool experience being able to be exposed to other cultures and customs. But the feeling wasn’t the same. There was no spirit. There was no purpose. singing  songs just doesnt quench my spiritual thirst. 

i love this church. and i love the lord and his work

Spiritual thought that i had when i was studying this week. "diligence reflects our love for the savior, and our obedience shows our faith"

love you all

-elder bhead

1.15.18 BAPTISM of Eloy

1/15/18

Hey fam, so this week was awesome and frustrating at the same time. We had 16 lessons planned for the week and ALL of them but 3 fell through so that was a big bust, and one of the members that we were working starting sippin that lean again so that was pretty frustrating. Now he’s gonna go get professional help... so thats goood. Also church attendance took a steeeeep drop on the charts ever since church started at 8:30 so now i think were gonna start working a lot with less actives. 

The baptism was awesome.. He was the only person who wasn’t a member in his family so it was awesome that he eventually came around to the gospel!  the other Elders brought a guy to the baptism. He was completely sloshed. He started clapping after Eloy was baptized then after the closing prayer he stood up and said, " I want to say a prayer...... will you guys pray for my mom?? Thats all. Good night" then sat down. there was a good 3 minutes of awkward silence. The spiritual highlight was while we talked about Jesus Christ while Eloy was changing. The spirit was so strong, even the drunk guy in the back leaned over to the other elders and said, I want to be baptized and be clean. but yeah thats Mexico . 

Until next week

-elder bhead