Week 3

Hello Family,

THAT CARD WAS AWESOME!!!! What is really hilarious is I sent you that same exact card!!!! I had no idea!!!! LOL :)))) Thank you soo much for the awesome package! Could you also thank Andria for me? I don't have her email address.

Well yeah I think I have melted away! But I am super TAN! I look like a mexican! it got up to 128 degrees with a lot of humidity!!!! It was fantastic I felt like I was swimming in my own clothes! EWWW lol DONT WORRY I AM OKAY!!! I actually have lost 15lbs since May and I drink over a gallon of cold water a day. I am able to sleep just fine now, we have A/C but for some reason the room we were in was hot, but we have a fan now so we are good. Thank you for your prayers :) 

The members out here kinda feed us, supposedly this is the worst area in the mission when it comes to meals, but in my mind all the other stuff makes up for it. I have been eating ramen and chicken everyday with protein shake in the morning.
 

If you loved last weeks you are going to like this one even more!

06/26/2013

Here is a poem that the sister missionaries wrote:

 

On the transfer of June 12th we wee all brought together

Not knowing how well we would work in this freaking weather

Sweating all day and trying not to cuss

Because we're pretty sure the desert is burning the "Hell" out of us

 

Elder Gerber became our fearless DL    (District Leader)

Everyone loves him because, freak, he's just swell

Elder Dietrich, our soldier, likes to break chairs

And likes that nasty cocktail, cause he really cares

 

Elder Bone is the sweet one who loves everyone so much

Maybe that is why everyday he gets an appointment for lunch

Elder Hays is talented- he can touch his head to the floor

He speaks Spanish real great-while allican say is Hace Calor!

Hermana Hess, without her we can't keep a tune

She kept us all together in the month of June

Hermana Oliver, our indie all the way from Seattle

Is loving the desert-especially the smell of cattle

 

Us Sisters, without you, wouldn't know what to do

We're so grateful we know stalwart Elders like you

Just thinking of you all gives our hearts a tug

Maybe, one day, we can give you a hug.

 

- Hermana Oliver and Hess

06/27/2013

 

We had to take the bikes today!! Wow it was soooo HOT!!!

So Elder Bone and I were riding the bikes back home from an appointment we were riding by the park and we heard some one shout to us. So we turned back to see what was up. He was standing next to this one guy that was super drunk. He said, "you guys are the Lord's people, help this man, he needs to hear the Word". So.. we gave him the word lol The drunk guy's name was Augustine and supposedly according to the other guy (Ulysses) Augustine was part of an awesome world renown Mariachi band, but then became a drunkard and now lives on the streets. We started talking to them about repentance and God's love for them and also the 5 fundamentals of the Gospel which are Faith, Repentance, Baptism, the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and Enduring to the End. We then sang with him "Oh esta, todo bien", which is "Come Come ye Saints". 

 

Now here is the miracle, Elder Bone and I sang that hymn all week and it was mediocre at best and we messed up every time. But, at that moment I honestly could say that we had angels on our left and on our right singing with us, it was absolutely beautiful. I felt the Spirit so strong, I had this incredible sense of joy and love. It was memorable. Augustine started to cry (Maybe we just sang poorly lol ). Afterwards we left him with a prayer, hopefully we left him off better than he was :).

 

Oh this is kind of weird, Ulysses said that he sees God in the flesh everyday and that he had a prophecy for me. It was that I would be a leader in the Church in 7 years and that I would be married in 2 years with a kid the year after. kiinda weird lol but we will see hahaha....

 

06/30/2013

 

Yesterday was 128 degrees plus humidity!! :P I forgot my camera so i will send a pic next week.

 

The Garcia family came to church again!! We didn't even have a chance to invite them! They just came :) So far they have been to 2 Activities and to 2 Sundays at church for the whole time! They love it! They are just such an awesome family! I love them soo much! The great thing is, we haven't even taught them anything! We also gave them all Books of Mormon and they were soo happy! :)

 

We also taught 33 lessons this week and the standard for the mission is 20 lessons per week... WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD!

07/01/2013

 

Today we had family home evening with the Martinez and Garzon families. THEY INVITED THE GARCIA FAMILY!!! It went great we had trouble with our Spanish, but it was okay! All in all..........THE WHOLE FAMILY IS GOING TO BE BAPTIZED!!! Except for the 3 year old of course. We don't have a date yet but we will when we see them this week! :)

 

07/02/2013

 

Today when we were doing laundry. There was a guy sitting on the bench and he had his headphones on minding his own business. I had a prompting that I should talk to him. I ignored it and kept doing my laundry. Then I got the same prompting, I ignored it again. Then I got the thought that said "Don't be afraid JUST TALK TO HIM". So I walked over to him. He immediately took out his ear buds and had a huge smile on his face. He immediately introduced himself to  me. His name is Damian. He started asking me about our Church and he was really interested. We talked for about the restoration for about 15 min and how we believe that Christ established a Church when he was in Jerusalem. We talked about how His Church was like an intact Jenga tower and when He and the Apostles died, the people couldn't agree on things and would remove and change certain fundamentals of His Church or in other words, removed the blocks from the tower and over time Christ's original Church fell and that is why we have so many churches today. We continued telling him how God chose Joseph Smith to restore that same Church that Christ established and that is why there is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We continued telling him how the Book of Mormon was given to Joseph Smith in the form the Golden Plates and how through the help of God he was able to translate them into what is now the Book of Mormon, and how the Bible and the Book of Mormon contain the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ (The 5 fundamentals). He loved it and agreed to everything we shared and we invited him to pray about our message and if it was true. He said he would and that he wants to come to church this Sunday!!! Unfortunately he isn't in our area, but the Sister missionaries can teach him though!!! :)))

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well my hand and brain are dead lol I wrote a lot lol.....

I love you guys and I am keeping you in my prayers....

 

I usually email at 10 am for an hour and then again at 12:30pm for another hour.

 

PLEASE KEEP ME UPDATED AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ALL OF YOU!!!!

Love always,

            Elder Hays