Photos with Elder Calaap December 17, 2019-March 11, 2020

MTC photos November 14-December 17, 2019

Week 16 March 4, 2020

Hey... so im not a huge fan of emailing but uh, yeah. We didn't have a baptism the week because our investigator drank coffee the night before:/ But shell have an interview this week and then we'll be able to baptize her and her sister. 

We hiked a mountain today with our zone so that was cool. 

but yeah things are going really good. My testimony is progressing. I took the advice an older missionary this week and took time with my prayers. I focused on making them sincere. Sincerely thanking my God for the blessing I've received and sought with real intent to gain a stronger testimony of Jesus Christ and His atonement. It was amazing to see my testimony grow simply by taking a couple extra minutes and more effort in my prayers. I know that when we pray to our Father in Heaven in the correct manner, with righteous efforts and desires our testimonies can grow stronger and more firm than ever before.

As for any difficulty or task we face, I strongly advise and ask you all to start whatever it is you are doing with a prayer having faith that it will allow you to better yourself and overcome the task at hand.

3 Nephi 32:9 But behold, I say unto you that ye must ^apray always, and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall ^bpray unto the Father in the ^cname of Christ, that he will ^dconsecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the ^ewelfare of thy soul.  

I know that Christ lives, He loves you, He cares for you, and His grace is sufficient for all to come unto God no matter our circumstances. The atonement of Christ is infinite and it allows all of us to be saved, just as long as we are willing to come unto God and do the things He has asked of us.

I know that this gospel is the one true gospel. I know that Christ established this church upon the earth and that only through Him can we gain eternal happiness and salvation.

John 3:16 ¶ For ^aGod so ^bloved the ^cworld, that he ^dgave his ^eonly begotten ^fSon, that whosoever ^gbelieveth in him should not perish, but have ^heverlasting ⁱlife  

Soooo the reason I have a Hooters shirt is cuz all other shirts in the house were dirty and my comp happened to have it cuz he thought it was funny.

First Picture: Elder Gomez who has a week left in the mission

Second: My and Elder Calapp

Third: Tiny puppy

Week 15 February 26, 2020

Hey we had 2 more baptisms and everything is going good.

Week 14 February 19, 2020

I dont have time but i baptized this week.

Her name is Merlyn

A visa waiter from the mission left to Mexico which was sad cuz hes dope so we took pictures

Week 13 February 12, 2020

I baptized the largest man in Guatemala!
Hey so we had another baptism. We were supposed to 2 but the lady to work but she's going to get baptized this week!! We also have 2 more fechas!! Ian, the son a Stepanie my first convert, and Dulce. She's a little crazy but she has the right desires so yeah. Other than that things are going really well. Were hoping to baptize a lot of people before Elder Calapp leaves and I have the faith that we can and everyone is progressing super well.

The most important thing I learned this week was God has a plan for us and prepares people to come unto the Gospel of Christ. I talked with René (our recent baptism aka the largest man in Guatemala) right after he was baptized. I asked him how he came to know the church was true. He spoke to me (in perfect english) and told me that for his whole life he had looked for peace. Now René isn't your average dude. He is one of the most morally strong dudes and one of the best men I have ever met. He told me how he wanted to be a lawyer so he could help those who were in the right. He found out that as a lawyer that's not always how it works, so he instead became a police officer. He said he did it because he wanted to save people. He wanted to be a hero, like Superman and stop bullets with his chest, but instead he found himself surrounded by corruption. René spent his whole life living the best life he could. He has never drank a drop of alcohol, he has never broken a law or done anything to hurt someone, but no matter where he looked or how hard he worked, he never once felt peace. He then told me about his first time going to church in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Saints. He said that instantly he felt something different. For the first time in his 24 year old life, he finally felt the peace he had always been looking for. 

From that moment on He knew he had to do whatever it took to be a member of this church, and that is exactly what he did. I have never met anyone more prepared or more willing to accept this gospel than him. Sometimes it felt like we didn't even have to speak to him. That the spirit would just manifest our thoughts directly to him. He never once questioned, never once doubted, and followed ever commandment the second we told him.

After he told me this story he told me two things. One, thanked me for bringing the most important thing in his life, The True Gospel of Jesus Christ. And two, that once we make a decision, the actions that follow are easy. He felt the peace from the Holy Ghost, He knew it was true, and he knew he would do whatever it took to be a part of it.

Brothers, Sisters and Fellow Elders, I promise you that this gospel is the true gospel and there is no other way that we can feel true peace. I know that God prepares a way for us, and that once we feel that something is true just as René did, we need to run to it and do whatever it takes to be part of it. I know this church is true, I know that Christ lives and that God has prepared a way for us. In the name of Jesus Christ amen.

Also people here are really small so he i mean he is big but not actually that big

Week 12 February 5, 2020

Hey i had my first baptism which was super awesome. Her name is Stefany and were going to be baptizing her son in 2 weeks. Also we set another fecha for this week. His name is René and that dude is the easiest person to teach. We taught him only 3 times and her was able to understand all of the lessons perfectly in just the 3 times. Also he is fluent in English so if I don't know a word he tells me haha. Were also going to be baptizing another person this week. Her name is Merlyn and she is going to be baptized on her birthday. 

Also I got sick from eating longanizas (intestine sausages). Here is a picture of a lemon... and the baptism