HEYY EVERYONE!!! SOO THIS WEEK HAS BEEN GREAT!!!

 Sept 20

HEYY EVERYONE!!! SOO THIS WEEK HAS BEEN GREAT!!!

OUR INVESTIGATORS ARE PROGRESSING REALLY WELL!!!  I HAVE A SCARY STORY ABOUT ONE OF THEM I WANT TO SHARE NOW...

S--- IS THE GUY WHO ASKED US WHICH OF ALL THE CHURCHES IS EL SAVADOR WERE RIGHT... WELL HE HASNT BEEN DOING SOO WELL... HE DRINKS A LOT AND HAS NOO DESIRE TO CHANGE... YESTERDAY  WE WENT AND VISITED HIM AND WE WERE ASKING HIM IF HE HAD ANY DESIRE TO CHANGE HE SAID NO AND TOLD US HE LIKES DRINKING AND THAT HE IS LOST BECAUSE HE IS A SINNER... WE TOLD HIM THAT ISNT TRUE AND THAT HE CAN COME BACK THROUGH REPENTANCE, AND THAT IT IS SATAN WHO WANTS HIM TO BELIEVE THAT... HE SAID HE NEW HE WAS FOLLOWING SATAN BECAUSE HE HAS SEEN AN EVIL SPIRIT WHO HE THINKS WAS THE DEVIL, HE SAID ONE DAY HE CAME OUT OF HIS ROOM AND THERE WAS A MAN IN BLACK STANDING IN HIS HOUSE, THE MAN STARTED TO LAUGH AT HIM AND POINT AT HIM, HE SAID HE GOT SUPER SCARED AND RAN BACK IN HIS ROOM LOCKED THE DOOR AND JUST STARTED PRAYING TO GOD. I ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED TO LIFE LIKE THAT FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE, HE SAID YEAH, I LIKE DRINKING AND SINNING. I ASKED HIM IF HE WERE TO DIE TOMORROW DO YOU WANT TO SEE THE LORD LIKE THIS, HE SAID HE REALLY DIDNT CARE... UGH THIS GUY!!! HE IS SOO BLINDED BY THE LIES OF THE DEVIL HE TRULY BELIEVES HE IS LOST FOREVER!! IT MAKES ME SOOO SAD BECAUSE HES NOT BUT HE DOESNT KNOW THAT AND HE IS TOO STUBBORN TO BELIEVE IT!! I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR HIM SOO MUCH BECAUSE I FEEL SOO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS MAN AND I KNOW HE CAN BE CHANGED!!! IM NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON HIM... BUT YEAH WHEN HE TOLD US THAT I JUST GOT CHILLS ALL OVER, AFTER THAT HE TOLD US THAT HE LOVES WHEN WE COME OVER BECAUSE HE FEELS HAPPY AND AT PEACE, HE DOESNT BELIEVE HE CAN FEEL THAT WAY ON HIS OWN THO... :( 

MORE THIS WEEK...

I TALK TO EVERYONE!! AND THIS WEEK IT PAID OFF!! WE WERE AT A STORE AND I SAW THIS GUY AND HIS SON! I STARTED TALKING TO HIM AND I SAW THAT HE HAD A BIBLE, I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT AND HE SAID THAT HE IS STUDIING THE BIBLE!!! I SAID THAT I TOO HAVE BEEN STUDING SCRIPTURE BUT THAT I HAVE BEEN STUDING ANOTHER BOOK CALLED THE BOOK OF MORMON, I EXPLAINED TO HIM WHAT IT WAS AND HOW IT RELATED TO THE BIBLE, I GAVE IT TO HIM AND SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO GO TO HIS HOUSE. YSTERDAY WE WENT TO HIS HOUSE AND TAUGHT HIM THE FIRST LESSON!! HE SAID THAT HE BELIEVED THAT GOD WOULD SEND A PROPHET. WE ASKED HIM IF HE HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE BOOK WE GAVE HIM, HE SAID THAT HE WAS SORRY BUT THAT HE HAS ONLY READ 5 PAGES!!! HAHA HE SAID HE WAS SORRY BUT THAT HE WOULD FINISH IT SOON!! HAHA HEE IS AAMAZING!!! GOLDEN!!! HAHA AFTER THAT LESSON I WAS SOOO GREATFUL I TALK TO EVERYONE CUZ IF I HADNT TALKED TO HIM WE WOULDNT HAVE FOUND HIM!!! AHHHH!! THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.

I NEED ADVICE... THERE ARE A LOT OF MISSIONARIES WHO FOCUS WAY TOO MUCH ON NUMBERS, I KNOW NUMBERS ARE IMPORTANT TO MAKE GOALS AND STUFF BUT I DONT WANT TO START LOOKING AT PEOPLE AS A NUMBER, BECAUSE THEY ARE PEOPLE AND SOULS, SOO MY QUESTION IS... HOW CAN I DO NUMBERS AND BE SURE THAT I DONT BEGIN TO FOCUS ON THAT?? THAT IS MY WORRY, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME GOOD MISSONARIES HERE THAT HAVE HIGH BAPTISMAL NUMBERS BUT THOSE PEOPLE DONT STICK!! MY COMPANION TOLD ME THAT HE FELT THAT TOO AND THAT HE HAS BEEN FOCUSING ON CONVERTING PEOPLE NOT BAPTISING THEM!! HE HAS 11 BAPTISMS AND THEY HAVE ALL STUCK!!! HE IS AWESOME!!! 

MORE THIS WEEK... I HAD A SOUP THAT HAS WHOLE FISH, LOBSTER, CRAB, AND SHRIMP IN IT. LIKE IT BONES SCALES CLAWS HEADS EVRYTHING HAHAH IT WAS REALLY GOOD!!! LOOKED SUPER WIERD THO!! HAHA WE ALSO GO SUPER LOST OUT IN THE JUNGLE WILDERNESS!! HAHA NOO HOUSES OR ROADS OR ANYTHING!!! JUST TREES, AND CORN HAHA THIS WEEK HAS BEEN GREAT!! THANKS FOR ALL THE PRAYERS!!! LOVE YOU ALL!! 

-ELDER DENNIS!!!

this week was good!!!

Sept. 13

hey everyone!!!

this week was good!!! we taught a family and we did it right!!! it was just like that feeling you get when you doing something exacly right!!! i just wanted to jump up and down!!! this family is soo awesome!!! i love them!!! they ask ssooo many questions!! the spirit was soo stong and i could tell that they felt it!!! we helped them understand the importance of prophets and the book of mormon! i had the best examples come!!! i asked them what the bible was.. they said it was the word of god... i said yeah but what is it... they gave another answer... again i said yeah but what is it... they were stumped... i said.. isnt the bible just a journal the prophets kept about the teachings and signs and stuff? they said yeah!! soo i asked... so if your spouse is keeping a journal of the events of your life, does that mean that you cant keep a journal too? is that wrong or bad? they said no? i asked why? they explained. i said ok soo the bible is a journal or history of the people around jeruselem, the book of mormon is a journal kept by the prophets here on this continent about the same thing... jesus... soo why cant two different peoples keep record of the same thing, like you and your spouse recording the events of your life? they totally understood!!! they spirit tooottally gave me that one!!! i have never heard that before in my life!!! he committed to start reading it. AHHHHHHHHH SOOO SICK!!!!!!!! 

soo funny story... this is about a time i didnt quite follow through with the promptings of the spirit... sorta...

soo our investigator r-- that i told you about who is super awesome!! he committed to coming to church right... ok sooo we get to church and i had a really strong feeling we needed to wait out side for him so i told my comp and he said noo noo its fine, i didnt listen to him at first, then he got mad and said go in and sit down!! i asked him how he was supposed to know where to go.. he said he would find it, then i asked him what if he goes to the other church across the street, thats why i wanted to wait out side. no te preoccupes vos which is what he said which means dont worry haha (im learning to speak in vos). so i went and sat down really not happy... haha he didnt show up... after church we went and visited him and my comp asked him why he hadnt gone to church!! he said that he had and asked why we didnt and so we asked him which church he went to and he said oohh the one with the red neon sign out side!! the one on the road you told me!! haha my comp just looked at me haha luckily he didnt stay cuz we werent there but yeah i just thought that was a cool tradgedy!!! it was like a HOLY CRAP THAT REALLY WAS THE SPIRIT!!! hah thats why it was soo cool!!! i felt bad tho cuz i didnt follow through all the way but its ok, i didnt say anything to my comp but he got the message"!!! haha love him tho!

okkk thats all for this week!!! love my comp he is super cool!!! love my area!! love the people!!! love this work!!! the sprit that i have everyday is amazing!!! i love the book of mormon soo much!! i could read for hours!! yesterday i did read for hours!!! haha  love it!!! sitting in my hammock reading is the best thing ever!!! el salvador is known for their hamocks soo i had to get one!! they are legit!!! not crappy at all!!!! the member who gave it to me said his has lasted for almost 30 years soo he told me to give it to my wife when i get married!! haha he is a great guy!!! 

love you all!!! 

ELDER DENNIS OUT

so some pretty cool things happened this week!!!

September 6, 2013

 

hey everyone!!! 

so some pretty cool things happened this week!!! last friday after pday ended we were walking around in my favorite area!!!(the jungle) we were walking and talking to this lady and then she just kinda randomly said ok it was nice to meet you!!! bye! i was kinda just like... uhhhh ok thanks bye... que chaffa... so we kept walking straight. i saw this guy sitting out side down this one road, but i didnt think anything of it until we passed his street! i got a super stong feeling to go back!!! i found out why!!! we talked to him for a minute and asked him if we could teach him about our church!! he agreed!! i asked him if he had anything to do right now and he said no, so i asked if we can talk to him then!! he said yeah!!! we taught him the 2 lesson and after he asked where our church met!! we explained where the church met and he said okk.. well i cant go to church this week but i can next week!!! i was like... ok!!! haha sweeet!!! he is golden!!! he is coming to church this sunday!!! sick!! we taught him the 1 lesson 2 days later and he agreed to be baptized!!! yeaahhhh!! haha its crazy to look back and see how the lord has led us!!!! 

so more about this week.... i ate rat this week for the first time!! it was actually really good!!!  and i tried this fruit called anoni!!! holy crap it is this soft pink fruit from heaven!!! soo good!! idk what im going to do with out it in 2 weeks!!! yumm hmmm!! 

yesterday we were walking and we saw this guys he said hey elders preach to me!! this caught us by surprise because he said elders we talked to him and he coninued on to tell us how our church was full of lies and stuff!!! haha he told us all kinds uf stuff!!! ugh he was starting to make me mad,... my companion just said.. i cant wait to see you face to face in the next life!!! hahah he is funny!!! ok my time is up ill finish lext week!! love you all!! 

-eñder dennis

ps i found a place that sels mountain dew!! score!!! haha 

sooo things here are going great!!!

 August 30, 2013

 

WHATS UP!!! 

sooo things here are going great!!! 

no one here knows there address!! it is kinda annoying!!! you ask someone where they live and they say over there somewhere haha its really hard to find some people sometimes!!! 

soo exciting news for this week... our first investigator came to church!!!!! yeahh!! his name is samuel... he is super poor. he tells us all the time that he goes to bed everynight and doesnt know what he is going to eat the next day.. he lives in a big house tho so at least he has that. he is poor but not humble. he thinks money is the second god of the world.... psh soo on sunday we found this guy who was super drunk!! he asked us to help him!!! i think he has potential!!! my favorite area to serve in is in an area that is supper poor... it is on the out skirts of town and dense jungle!! i love it here!!! it is soo amazing how the lord leads us to find the people who are ready!!! it is amazing to see how he uses us!!! so almost everynight we have a freak rain storm... its like jumping in a pool!! it is sooo crazy!!!! we were walking out in the jungle and had to cross several rivers which were roads haha thats the other thing... everyday is kinda like a hike!!! with all the hills and rocks we have to climb!!! if you know me real well you know that, that is the kind of thing that i love!!! soo i basically get to go hiking around in the rain and jungle everyday preaking the gosple to everyone i can find!! the other day we found thos group of guys sitting around drunk playing cards... we invited them all to church and then took all their bottles and dumped them out.... BAHAHAHA sooo funny!!! they were like yeah whatever you jumt want to drink.... we just dumped them on the ground in front of them and tossed the bottle!! they were kinda mad but of well. haha soo funny!! we commited two of them to church tho soo we will see. they might show up drunk!! haha hope not... =( i love my mission!!! it is already changing me soo much!!! 

i have become the cook for my house... i cook breakfast every mornign!!! for lunch we usually eat chips and for diner pupussas! we spend about 4 or 5 dollars a day on food!! i cannot believe how much i spent on food back at home!! or how much i took money for granted. people here scrounge the ground for pennys to buy pupussas!!! =( yeah im never going to toss pennies again!!! 

anyway!! thats it!!! i gotta goo buy grocceries!!! haha have a great week!!! 

-Elder Dennis!!!