Alright.. Let´s do these questions!
1.How is your district doing, is everyone seeing similar success with teaching and church attendance as you and your companion?
We´re doing great! We just had interviews with President Callan and he said he was very impressed with the work we´re doing and with the spirit he felt here in Santa Rita. He said he wants to move here! I think he´s crazy..,haha!
We´re doing great! We just had interviews with President Callan and he said he was very impressed with the work we´re doing and with the spirit he felt here in Santa Rita. He said he wants to move here! I think he´s crazy..,haha!
2.How about your zone? Are your Zone leaders helpful and encouraging?
When we´re doing well, yes. We have our ups and downs just like they do though. For the most part they´re pretty good! They want to do divisions again tomorrow. It will be good.
3.Do you regularly go on splits with your elders and Zone Leaders? I always felt like splits were helpful and helped me keep in good touch with the Elders I was called to lead. Plus it provides a little variety to the work.
Yeah we´ve done a lot of splits these last couple changes.. I´ve done them with the Elders in my district and they´re fun. I just hate traveling so far to do them.. Like to go to Ciudad del Este, we have to take a bus ride for an hour and a half, 3 hours round-trip and 40 Paraguay dollars plus food and all that jazz.
When we´re doing well, yes. We have our ups and downs just like they do though. For the most part they´re pretty good! They want to do divisions again tomorrow. It will be good.
3.Do you regularly go on splits with your elders and Zone Leaders? I always felt like splits were helpful and helped me keep in good touch with the Elders I was called to lead. Plus it provides a little variety to the work.
Yeah we´ve done a lot of splits these last couple changes.. I´ve done them with the Elders in my district and they´re fun. I just hate traveling so far to do them.. Like to go to Ciudad del Este, we have to take a bus ride for an hour and a half, 3 hours round-trip and 40 Paraguay dollars plus food and all that jazz.
4.How have your public video shows turned out so far, do you feel like they have been productive?
It was awesome! We had about 35 people there on Saturday. President Insaurralde came from Minga Guazú (just outside Ciudad del Este) with his projector and screen and we watched the Testaments! I love that movie! There were little kids there when we got there, and when we started the movie, the little kids ran home and brought their families. So we got some good references from that activity! We had 6 of our investigators there and they said they really liked it.
It was awesome! We had about 35 people there on Saturday. President Insaurralde came from Minga Guazú (just outside Ciudad del Este) with his projector and screen and we watched the Testaments! I love that movie! There were little kids there when we got there, and when we started the movie, the little kids ran home and brought their families. So we got some good references from that activity! We had 6 of our investigators there and they said they really liked it.
5.How is Bernado? Are you still having success with him? How about his family?
He´s doing well. He left for Brazil this morning to go do some work painting a house there with his son.. But they´re doing really well. He said he keeps praying to see if he needs to join "our ministry" haha. He really wants to be a missionary. He told us he hates painting, he just wants to give it up and go preach! Welp.. Join the Church and you can! He has a little river that runs by his house; he said we can do our baptisms there if we wanted.. So we´re going to this Saturday! Elder Hugie and Elder Lorenzen have an investigator who´s getting baptized this Saturday. So we´re going to do it there next to Bernardo´s house. This will be the second time he´s seen the Priesthood in action! He saw a confirmation a couple weeks ago when he went to church.
Next week, on the 13th, I will complete 10 months in the mission! On the 15th we have Zone Conference in Ciudad del Este, then on the 22nd we find out changes! So these next couple weeks are going to fly by! I have no idea what´s going to happen when the changes come.. I´ve been in Santa Rita for 4 changes already and that´s a REALLY LONG TIME! I´ve been here for almost a quarter of my mission..
Dad, nice work on getting 310!! That´s awesome! Hopefully I´ll be there someday.. I´ve put on 5 pounds since my surgery! I´ve seen some pretty good results from doing pushups everyday. I took before and after pictures and you can see a difference! Which reminds me... Aunt Shelly (Uncle Paul´s wife) sent me a shutterfly book! It has all the pictures from the 4th of July. It was SO good to see those pictures! There´s a picture of Mom holding Damon and Dad is standing next to them.. My comp thought Dad was one of my brothers.. So how´s that for a compliment? :)
We had a pretty cool experience last week.. Jorge brought a couple of his friends over to be taught by us. Their names are Nilsa and Berla, they are sisters Berla is 18 and Nilsa is 22. We taught them the Restoration last Saturday and invited them to get baptized.. They said no because they were baptized when they were babies... They went to church on Sunday, then we taught them again that night at Jorge´s house. We asked them what they thought of church and they said it was weird.. I thought, "Dang, we´re strikin' out here!" So we taught them the Doctrine of Christ, Faith, Repentence, Baptism, the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and Enduring to the End.. Throughout the lesson, we were asking them questions, like if they saw the importance of those things.. Then it was like a switch went off! Before, they would not even think about it.. But after the lesson, all the truth was coming out! They just opened up and we were talking about what we had just taught. Then there was a few seconds of silence, then Berla said, "So what time is our baptism on the 18th?" OH MY GOSH! It was incredible.. So we´re helping them prepare for their baptism.. It´s not going to be the 18th anymore because they didn´t go to church yesterday.. But it´s ok! The 25th will be just as good! So yeah, the Holy Ghost testifies of the truth.. I´m not a perfect teacher by any means, my Spanish is good but it´s not perfect, I definitely have my flaws.. The Holy Ghost does everything.
Well, it´s about that time.. Thank you to everyone who has been sending me stuff! Paul, Shelly and family, Mark, Andrea and family.. Megan Bradshaw has sent me a couple little packages.. Who else.. I can´t remember off the top of my head, but thank you to everyone who has sent me something! I loved it! Everything!
I hope I get lots of pictures in my birthday package! I´m talking mountains of pictures.. Our investigators love seeing our pictures of our families! I only have 3 pictures of my new little nephew, that needs to change.. :) Even if you have to email me pictures, that´s ok- there are places here where I can get them printed off. I want pictures of all my family together! Derrek, Drake, Nicole and Grace, Dan, Haley, Damon and Rafe, and little miss Shaunie! hagalo por favor..
I hope everyone has a great week this week! I know I will!
I love you!!
Elder Colby Dane Heiner
He´s doing well. He left for Brazil this morning to go do some work painting a house there with his son.. But they´re doing really well. He said he keeps praying to see if he needs to join "our ministry" haha. He really wants to be a missionary. He told us he hates painting, he just wants to give it up and go preach! Welp.. Join the Church and you can! He has a little river that runs by his house; he said we can do our baptisms there if we wanted.. So we´re going to this Saturday! Elder Hugie and Elder Lorenzen have an investigator who´s getting baptized this Saturday. So we´re going to do it there next to Bernardo´s house. This will be the second time he´s seen the Priesthood in action! He saw a confirmation a couple weeks ago when he went to church.
Next week, on the 13th, I will complete 10 months in the mission! On the 15th we have Zone Conference in Ciudad del Este, then on the 22nd we find out changes! So these next couple weeks are going to fly by! I have no idea what´s going to happen when the changes come.. I´ve been in Santa Rita for 4 changes already and that´s a REALLY LONG TIME! I´ve been here for almost a quarter of my mission..
Dad, nice work on getting 310!! That´s awesome! Hopefully I´ll be there someday.. I´ve put on 5 pounds since my surgery! I´ve seen some pretty good results from doing pushups everyday. I took before and after pictures and you can see a difference! Which reminds me... Aunt Shelly (Uncle Paul´s wife) sent me a shutterfly book! It has all the pictures from the 4th of July. It was SO good to see those pictures! There´s a picture of Mom holding Damon and Dad is standing next to them.. My comp thought Dad was one of my brothers.. So how´s that for a compliment? :)
We had a pretty cool experience last week.. Jorge brought a couple of his friends over to be taught by us. Their names are Nilsa and Berla, they are sisters Berla is 18 and Nilsa is 22. We taught them the Restoration last Saturday and invited them to get baptized.. They said no because they were baptized when they were babies... They went to church on Sunday, then we taught them again that night at Jorge´s house. We asked them what they thought of church and they said it was weird.. I thought, "Dang, we´re strikin' out here!" So we taught them the Doctrine of Christ, Faith, Repentence, Baptism, the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and Enduring to the End.. Throughout the lesson, we were asking them questions, like if they saw the importance of those things.. Then it was like a switch went off! Before, they would not even think about it.. But after the lesson, all the truth was coming out! They just opened up and we were talking about what we had just taught. Then there was a few seconds of silence, then Berla said, "So what time is our baptism on the 18th?" OH MY GOSH! It was incredible.. So we´re helping them prepare for their baptism.. It´s not going to be the 18th anymore because they didn´t go to church yesterday.. But it´s ok! The 25th will be just as good! So yeah, the Holy Ghost testifies of the truth.. I´m not a perfect teacher by any means, my Spanish is good but it´s not perfect, I definitely have my flaws.. The Holy Ghost does everything.
Well, it´s about that time.. Thank you to everyone who has been sending me stuff! Paul, Shelly and family, Mark, Andrea and family.. Megan Bradshaw has sent me a couple little packages.. Who else.. I can´t remember off the top of my head, but thank you to everyone who has sent me something! I loved it! Everything!
I hope I get lots of pictures in my birthday package! I´m talking mountains of pictures.. Our investigators love seeing our pictures of our families! I only have 3 pictures of my new little nephew, that needs to change.. :) Even if you have to email me pictures, that´s ok- there are places here where I can get them printed off. I want pictures of all my family together! Derrek, Drake, Nicole and Grace, Dan, Haley, Damon and Rafe, and little miss Shaunie! hagalo por favor..
I hope everyone has a great week this week! I know I will!
I love you!!
Elder Colby Dane Heiner
