Posts for Elder_Guerra

Chapter 9: Back to the Heat

2009 February 23

Transfer calls: Elder Larsen to Highland Hills North as Sr. with Elder Farnsworth on a bike. Covering: Aliante, Waterfall So, yep, I'm moving. It took a little longer than I thought for it to happen, but the time is finally here. Anyways... I guess it had to happen at some point. So here's what I know about my new area: It's in North Vegas, in the Northwest corner of the Highland Hills Stake, generally a bit smaller than my area in Lakes Stake. I'll be on bike. I already know that both Elder Brown and Sister Mose are in that ...

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2009 February 16

So this week was a lot quieter, except for all the Zone Conference related stuff. It just gets really crazy like that. Not a bad week at all, though. Didn't end up with a lot of time to write this week, though. Kind of stinks... We didn't think that the office (or library) would be open today... but it was! Anyways--we didn't have much on the front of lessons, etc.--when you baptize your best investigators, you suddenly have a whole lot less teaching potential. We didn't have much success on finding new people this week either, although we were interrupted ...

11? How did that happen?

2009 February 09

This week was pretty awesome. To start off, things were mainly the same, but this weekend was great. We had 2 (yay! 2!) baptisms on Saturday, which was nice--we've been working with that family for about 4 months straight, so it's particularly gratifying that this finally happened... it took a while, too. On top of that, on of my & Elder Ingham's converts (from back in September), was ordained a deacon yesterday (on top of the confirmations--that family has had a busy weekend). Other good news from this week is that several of our investigators finally decided to come to ...

Why can I not think of a title?

2009 February 02

This week has been quite a bit less eventful than last week was, to say the least... no car issues, no flat tires... very quiet. We're still teaching, which is nice, and we even have a baptism coming up this week. We're pretty happy about that, although we still would like some more people to teach... oh, well, I guess you can't have everything... The weather has been pretty stable this week... not too cold, and actually pretty warm during the day. We're all doing great. Hope everybody has a good week!

Repairs

2009 January 26

This week has been pretty crazy in terms of transportation... It all started a couple of weeks back when we came out to discover that our car had a dent on the front--we figure somebody backed into us. After having the Mooneys (the North apartment/car coordinators) look at it, we called the office, filled out paperwork, and eventually had to get estimates. After some churning back at the office, we were told to take the car in Tuesday afternoon. Of course, being car-less didn't entirely shut us down... it just made things a bit more complicated. Luckily, our mission also ...

I don't want to make up a title

2009 January 19

So, it's been another slow week. Not a whole lot going on, beyond transfers. Nothing too exciting. We had a couple of lessons, still had a bunch of running around to do for our car... the dent, check engine light, oy. Way too much running around. We've also been trying to get a hold of a bunch of people, with limited success. We did slightly better at getting people to church this week, and we figure that we'll have at least one baptism in the next few weeks... not exactly sure when yet. It's been pretty warm during the day ...

Chapter 8: No change, well, except for the changes

2009 January 12

So transfers is this week... and I'm not packing. Neither is Elder Guerra. So we get another 6 weeks! Yay! I hadn't wanted to leave because I have a bit of unfinished business... hopefully I can get that all wrapped up before I leave. The latter half of this week has been pretty boring. We discovered Thursday morning that somebody had backed into our car. Not much damage--just a dent in the hood. We talked with Elder Mooney on Friday, and then with Elder Davis down at the mission office, and then... well we called a dent repair guy, and ...

The Last of 2008...

2008 December 29

This week has been pretty quiet, work-wise... we stuck to mainly doing paperwork and such for most of the proselyting time that we had... we did have a couple of lessons, and we're still making progress. I did want to say thank you for all the cards and packages. It's been a little difficult being away from family this time around, and it's nice to know that so many people are thinking about me (and... wow! that was a lot of cards!). Church this Sunday was pretty empty on our front--we had part of one of our families show up, ...

Crazy Snow

2008 December 22

That's been the weather here... snow, and threats of snow, all week. And it's been pretty cold. Also, apparently Henderson (Southeast Vegas) got 8 inches of snow, so they've gotten more than we have so far (that's pretty amazing, although I think we'll be ahead by the end of the week). I think it's kind of funny that I didn't think I'd end up having a snowy Christmas (Since I new I'd be in this mission about a year ago), and yet here it is. It turned out last Monday that we were parked for most of the day, which ...

The Arrival of Winter

2008 December 15

This weekend has finally brought us snow again. It's much more persistent this time, though... It started late Friday night, which made the roads pretty icy Saturday morning, although it cleared up ok. It started again last night, and we've got around an inch on the ground now. Which brings me to the attached picture--that's last night with all the snow. We had just had a lesson. This week was ok. We've been under the weather, so we didn't get as much done as we'd hoped. We also had Zone Conference, which was pretty early this time around. We got ...

Reboot

2008 December 08

So, after a few not-so-great weeks (sending a companion home isn't easy, and the past few haven't been the best either), I've finally gotten the chance to get back in gear. Anyways, so of you might be wondering what the pictures are. The first is of my new companion... 6 months ago. The second is a shunk version of the original photo. From left to right, Sister Mose, Myself, Elder Dahl, Elder Francis, Elder Wonnacott, Elder Riddle, Elder Bitton, Elder D. Smith (the one I don't live with), and Elder Guerra. That picture is at transfers back when Elder Dahl ...

Another chapter...

2008 December 01

So for those of you that've been keeping count, it's been 6 weeks since las t transfers, which can only mean 1 thing... transfers is tomorrow. On that front, I have some news... For our zone, we're having a grand total of 3 transfers. The first is that Elder Marchant, who's been up here forever, is being transfered to Silver Springs. To replace him, Elder Nielsen is being transfered in. The secon d is that Elder Kearl, who just got here 6 weeks ago, is going to Gardner ville. His replacement as PZL is Elder Dahl (yay!) who's ...