Week # 60 Small World

 

 

Dope week. 

Monday, Played soccer and I still destroy everyone practically. When Elder Graham and I are on the same team we do not lose. Elder Graham just gets fouled so hard so much its crazy.

We put a baptismal date with Alejandras son and with her uncle that was visiting from Chicago, who just happens to live in the same mission as Elder Grahams older sister. She is serving in Chicago so we are going to pass her his address and he is going to get baptized in Chicago. Super sick. 

Super good week had the strong impression to share my testimony, also cause it hit me that I will only have this opportunity 5 more times in my mission. Broke through the wall this week which was good. Had a mission conference and I am trying to apply everything that our mission president wants us to do. I love him so much so glad to have such a good mission president. 

Today got back on the slackline again haven't used it in a couple months. So...

Elder Rodabough

Week # 59 Slept on the roof every night this week.

So this week was good.

Felt like I'm hitting a wall so I decided to switch things up...

So I slept on the roof, badabing.

Was a crappy week...

Alejandra is smoking again, so that sucks. We are gunna visit her with the bishop this week. We got 6 of our investigators stolen by the pirate like sister missionaries I was mad. We are having a meeting tomorrow so that's good.

Good news though is that we had 6 of our investigators in church and we will be baptizing 2 of them in the next 3 weeks. So I'm hyped about that.

Just feeling a lil tired lately, and feel like I'm hitting a wall. Just after like 18 months of work I feel like I'm hitting a wall, and everything takes a giant effort. So gotta break this wall down, and that is the goal of this week is to get back on my grind. So wish me luck not a lot to report other than this.

Oh and BTW Ty sends me the ugliest ties and I love them haha.

Elder Rodabough

Week # 58 Rody and vomit stories

So just starting right into it. This week I have had dreams about horses everyday, so might invest in one when I get back. It was just another week here in Mexico, had some really cool experiences though.

But had more goods than bads for sure. So good week actually.

So its funny how the Lord works and how he answers our prayers and lets us know Hes there. So this week I was super worried about Alejandra, the girl we baptized last week. I was praying one night and I remember asking specifically that she wouldn't ever go back to smoking. So the next day we find her at her house and we walk in and it reeks of cigarettes. And we get to talking and she's like "Rody, can I have a second in private I need to confess something," I was like, "sure hermana whats up? Then she said "I tried to smoke today, I took one puff and for the next 5 minutes I was vomiting uncontrollably."I was so hyped cause she said she can't smoke even if she wants to. 

So cool how God works in mysterious ways, and how he can and really DOES listen to every single one of us.

My comp is a good, and does some stuff that seriously buggs. Only negative thing imma say.

Big shoutout (probably only 3 people actually read these) but just wanted to wish my sister a happy 11th birthday I mean 17th birthday. She is the best and cutest sister ever, and I'm so blessed to have such a gorgeous angel in my life. So I hope she had a wonderful birthday. Love you so much baby sister.

Well Tah Tah 

Love Elder Rody

Soulja boy is here in Mexico

 

Week # 57 Sick again and Elder Riveros my little child

So this week was super good cause we baptized Alejandra and her little boy. Was a super good baptism we had a huge turn out and the spirit was super strong the whole time. So Alejandra hasn't smoked in like 3 weeks which is so sick because she had such a hard time putting it down in the first place. Now she says she has zero desire to smoke again which just makes my lil heart snap. 

Out of anything that I have done in my life the mission has been my coolest accomplishment. Seeing people change their lives, and the lives of entire families is the coolest thing ever. This is real success and real joy watching the Savior work miracles everyday through me. The fact that I am on week 3 of being sick, and can still go out and work hard is seriously a miracle. So amazing to be part of this amazing work.

My companion is actually pretty cool. His trainer was really different from me and he said he had a real hard time his first 3 months because he didn't enjoy his mission. So I am trying super hard to make the work as fun as I can for him, and give him a good taste of success, (already baptized 3 sick!!) through working hard and loving the people. He is a little weird cause I just have no clue what he is thinking or what is going through his head, he just always has a blank look on his face. But, occasionally he will just pull some funny comment out of no where and I die laughing. But I'm just stoked to be a part of his mission. 

Elder Always Humble

These fotos doe

 

Week # 56 Taking over the world.

Super good week last week. We had an investigator quit smoking and now she has 12 days without smoking. She's been smoking for like 43 years, and she was smoking 2-3 packs a day so we gave her a priesthood blessing. Then, ever since she just can't even handle the smell anymore, and now she has cut them completely off and is going to get baptized this Saturday! So hyped. So cool to see the power of God work, and see the changes people make in their lives. She is going to be a great member of the church, and I am so grateful to have taught her and see her grow so much. 

So my companion, Elder Treviño, is now gone. : ( and I have another latino companion his name is Elder Riveros, and he is from Peru so thats tight. He has a really weird spanish accent. He talks really slowly compared to the mexicans here haha. Elder Riveros has 3 months in the mission and President pulled me asside today and told me that this was a special assignment, haha because I guess this elder never wanted to go on the mission and is having a really hard time cause he's super shy, and doesnt talk, so president says I need to save his mission... #nopressure. So I'm stoked he seems nice but he's a little different, but i am going to help him anyway. I can and will do my best to change his mission and probably his life. I'm pumped!

Well not much really to say I'm still in the same area.

Weird to think I only have like 6 months left.... sad day

Also took over the world on new years! What did you do?

 

 

 

Elder Rodabough

Week # 55 I hate being sick

Geez I'm such a wuss lately. Yesterday night I was feeling fine and then I woke up this morning and my whole body hurts like literally ever square inch of my body hurts. I can't even figure out whats hurt, or how I'm sick it's just really weird... normally I know what is going down, but this time it is just weird lets just hope its not something weird or complicated...

But, other than that my whole week was super duper good. Gotta talk to the family for a 3rd time and was soooo good. Couldn't stop laughing. Love the family more than ever. 

Cooked breakfast for 36 elders on Christmas too which was too much fun. We cooked like 16 pakages of sausgzzz and like 12 of bacon and made like 250 french toasts and pancakes. It was so much food it was crazy shoulda seen it. We played soccer, volleyball, basketball and ping pong. It was so much fun couldn't have had more fun to be honest.

Everything is going amazing with the work, and we will be baptizing the next two weeks, we hope so. I will let you guys know how that goes. Loving the work and loving every single moment of my mission. I'm so glad to have made the choice to come out and serve the Lord... only have a little bit of time left so gotta give it 110 percent and not let down!

Love you all the church is true and I know it with all my heart and strength...

Week # 54 Coacalco Flow boys! He Is The Gift!!!

Dad and Mom, 

El es la dadiva...(He is the Gift)

So this week we dropped 600 dollars on a family that doesnt have anything so that they can have a better christmas. They have no couches, no refrigerador, nothing it literally is so sad. I hate seeing people in situations like that. My zone leader Elder Flanigan has a tradition in his family to do 12 days of christmas, so we bought gifts for every night. Until christmas. It will be cool just to change someones christmas because I have always been so blessed.

So the last 3 weeks we have baptized some real converts, they are all really converted because alot of people just want to get baptized, or are converted to the missionaries, and not to Christ, so when the missionaries get changed the people stop going to church, but not these people they are really converted in Christ and they know the chruch is true. So cool to see.

Well dont really know what else more to say just the daily grind and I'm lovin it! The more the days go on the more I don't want to come home. The misión is awesome and I am just loving the work just gotta work harder and harder because some of my good Pals are home from the misión and i only have a few months left so just gotta go harder than ever. Love you all sorry for no pics my camera is still broken so that suck i will see if i can send some next week with my comps camera.

love you all talk to you soon