February 15, 2016

Mom,

Thanks so much for the email and dont worry about last week. i feel like God wanted me to go at things solo alittle bit but he has truly raised me up this week! I want to get mad for a second that i had no idea the superbowl was going on! WHAT THE HECK! haha you have all failed me but i forgive you! haha this week God blessed us with a couple of people reaqlly prepared. One came to church named bryan he cried during the first vision and knew it was true! He is so excited for his bpatism and im giving him a white shirt this week so he will look like a normal member in no time! But he is talking with his Ex and if he moves back in with her he will be breaking the law of chastity and will live outside our sector. we teach him tonight the law of chastity so pray that everything goes well! I love my family! If i were you I would ask nick. There are some pretty strict rules but what he decides is all good! Tell hayden to read page 39 of his missionary handbook. But i dont care haha So Raul is good. WE fasted with him and he didnt get his answer. Last night we taught him and i bore my testimony of the book of mormon until tears fell out. i know he felt the spirit! We have a pensionista here who cooks all of our lunches! She is the nicest lady in the world haha we dont normally eat to much for breakfast or dinner. I love all the food down here. the trinity is rice, potatos and chicken. Whatever we eat has at least one of those jaja I remember how lame my birthday was last year haha i had an ear infection and wouldnt let us go out to eat! Sorry about that!

Mom i have been put through Fire and its all because God wants to refine me. I am understanding better everyday why i am here and what god wants to do with me. I love him and try to keep a 24 hour smile! LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

Elder Noel

Thanks mom!

 Dont ever feel bad that you cant be here with me! You are all
in my heart and are trapped there haha Today we are going to TGI fridays to
celebrate!!! They also have a tradicion here that they throw eggs and flour
on you to celebrate haha its pretty dumb and i will be avoiding that haha I
havent recieved any package but dont worry about that! This week when they
send us the stuff it will come! THANKS SO MUCH! Honestly its so amazing to
have a family supporting you! Wow this week was amazing.I am learning so
much rom bryan our investigator! He has so much faith mom its insane! We
also picked up an investigator from a part family. Remember awhile ago my
first week here we baptized a 9 year old? Since then we have reactivated
the whole famliy and next week we are going to baptized the moms sister who
just moved in with them!  They are all planning to be sealed in the temple
ASAP! It has been such a blessing to watch them act and progress! I have
learned that there is no number of baptisms that can match the importance
of an eternal family and i hope we can help them reach there goal really
soon! Love you guys sosososososos much mom! LOVE YA!

Elder Noel

DAD! 

Thanks for the awesome pictures and love haha stupidiotic is a pretty good nickname for gabe right? haha just joking! Cant belive me and hayden have flip-flopped spots haha the family is goona be aweosme when everyone is back but there is noo place i would rather be than serving my lord! My sector is improving but still super sketchy. The state of emergency will be over in 30 days but thats what they said 30 days ago haha it may continue for a very long time. its honestly not to bad because its to dangerous to be out at night anyway! GOLF! I have dreamed of Golfing so many times down here and i dont know why haha its like one of the things i miss the most! Thanks for everything dad! I honestly love you guys with all my heart, might, mind and strength! LOVE YOU!!!

Elder Noel

Thank you everyone so much for all the birthday wishes! 

I truly can't believe i am already 19! I thought about what i did my 18th year of life and its cool to think i spent half of it serving the lord! Now i get to give ALL of my 19th year!!

So this week was a very good one. We are changing the way that we work and its working haha for example we used to just knock every door talk to every person availible and we were able to have really good accomplishments however no one was progressing. we decided to do the same but focus more one those the lord has prepared and that way we have been able to have alot more success! I just want to share the stories of some of these people we are teaching!

Brahyan Farfan,

So Brahyan is the miracle from God i talked about last week. We has been searching for a job to support his famliy but hasent been able to find one that wont make him work on sunday. he has been being reaslly stressed out and we are doing our best to help him. This week with teers in his eyes he told us that his family is really pressuiring him to take a job but he has turned down a ton of offers because the make him work sundays. his family is giving him alot of drap for it but he told us that there is nothing that he will not sacraficec to be able to serve god and join his church. Please pray that he can find a job! I have learned so much faith from this man!

La Familia Aldave,

This is a family that the first week i got here we baptized there 9 year old daughter. we have been working with them and since then the whole family has been reactivated and are now preparing for a celestial marriage! We are helping them with there goal and it has been amazing to see the transfmortion that took place with them. Last week The moms sister came to church and has accepted the invitation to be baptzied on the 27th! It is the greatest feeling ever to work with a Family! The FAMILY is soooo important!!!!

Welp thats about it from me this week. I hope you all know that i love the savior with all my heart. LOVE YOU ALL!!

Elder Noel