Week 60 (No email)

(Talking on Thanksgiving night)

 

Week 59 (No email)

Maracucho's Cuisine

Exchanges with Elder Schwartz

Zone Council Mom selfie

CANE'S Taylorsville grand opening!! 🙉🙈

Chick-fil-A West Valley grand opening(another one)

I think this pic went on Chick-fil-A's instagram

Week 58: Mira pa' 'ya 🇵🇷

Monday, November 10, 2025   10:13pm

Heyy, how's it going? 

     This week, we were able to find someone new! He gave us his phone number incorrectly and still hasn't given us his real one, so that's maybe not very good. But, he was interested in coming to church and willing to begin preparing to be baptized, which is basically what we're looking for. 

He didn't make it to church on Sunday, unfortunately, but we had a good lesson on Saturday. We knocked his door, and he told us he wasn't up to talking with us and Sunday would be better. But as we were walking away, he invited us back to come in and eat because he felt bad for sending us away, haha. We got to teach a bit about the First Vision and the Book of Mormon. 

      Somehow, there's a Filipino sister in the Spanish ward and she signed up to feed us this week. She was super excited about it. As she put it, she wanted to give us a 'cultural lesson' and we expirienced what she called a 'Boodle Fight'. There's history to why it is called that, but it's basically putting all the food in the middle of the table on huge leaves and eating with your hands. It was great. 

      Something I liked from studying this week was from Elder Eyring's talk from the latest conference, 'Proved and Strengthened in Christ'.

He said, "Proving moments are not evidence that the Lord has abandoned you. Rather, they are evidence that He loves you enough to refine and strengthen you." 

In a moment of personal trial, he felt as though the Lord was telling him, “I am proving you, but I am also with you.”

We all expirience moments of probation, which requires difficulty. But we do have the promise that the Lord will be with us if we trust in Him. 

Love you guys! 

Que Dios me los cuide 🇵🇷💖

"Hello there" "General Kenobi"

Member meal with the Filipino sister in our ward

Filipino 'Boodle Fight'

Tasty fish

Week 57: Beso Borracho 😱👻

Monday, November 3, 2025   10:30pm

Happy Halloween!!! And Happy November!!!

Halloween on the mission is actually pretty fun despite not being able to participate in anything or even be outside Halloween night. I'm sad I won't have another one while I'm out here, haha. 

       Nothing too crazy has been happening, but I think we'll probably have some new people to teach. We've been trying to contact old referrals as well as a few new referrals that we have received recently. 

One referral was from a member, telling us her friend had wanted to start meeting with the missionaries. We got her friend's contact information and address, and it turns out she lives in the same apartment complex as we do! She has been sick for the past couple days, but she seems very genuinely interested, and we'll be able to teach her soon. 

      Our friend Carlos who was baptized last week was sustained on Sunday to receive the Aaronic Preisthood! The ward is super good about giving ministering assignments, so that really helps. It's always awesome to see him, he always seems so happy now! 

      One weird thing that happened to us Saturday: We were just walking through one of the neighborhoods in our area going checking up on each house marked as Spanish when out of one of the houses runs a very obviously drunken Latino man. He asked us our names, but didn't really pay attention to the answer and instead starting hugging us. 

We talked to him for a little bit and he said a lot of things that didn't really make a lot of sense. Then he told us how much he appreciated the work we do and proceeded to hug us once again, this time with an added kiss on the cheek for each of us. 

He then looked me in the eyes and asked me to bless him. So, he held on to me in a tight embrace as I prayed for him. He started to tremble and sob. After that, he went back inside and starting drinking again, lol. 🍻

 

      Something I've been reflecting on again and again is how much and how rapidly the world is changing. A lot of things are improving and technology is advancing at an amazing rate, but hate and wickedness seem to follow much too closely. 

There's a scripture in D&C that I really like and I think can help us and lot in our current situation. President Nelson referred to this scripture a lot in his last talk. 

121:45 

Let thy bowels also be full of charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven.

Something I take from this the importance of focusing on good, pure, and fulfilling things of this life. We can choose virtue by focusing on things that will enlarge our soul and that includes being charitable and understanding towards others. 

Bye!! Love yas!! ❤️ 

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Elder Gil learning of his incredible power

HOLA MERI CRISMAS