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

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