March 21, 2011

 

This week went by really fast. I cant believe how time flies. It was a good week we got a bunch of new investigators that seem promising. We are teaching a couple families that are really nice and really interested.

One family wendi, kenia and there two kids fernando and not sure what the young girls name is but they are awesome family wendi has a lot of interest and has a lot of questions about the church and how it works and also about how missionaries are and what they do. He is always asking us questions and wondering about things. He came to church not yesterday but the week before. His wife is interested but has more doubts and is catholic. People like to use that they are catholic as an excuse not to talk to us. Even though they have been to church when they were baptized and that is about it, but she is still willing to listen so that is good.

We are also to teaching one family who is a young family but very nice and the kids are well behaved which is weird in this country. Junior and Ester are married which is great and they have a lot of interest. They will be difficult to get to church though cause Junior doesn't always have sundays off. But they are a great family that has a good chance of being baptized.

We also received quite a few references from members this week and all of them have a chance to progress which is good cause we need so investigators that are progressing. We have been working hard though and have had some great lessons. We keep doing a lot of contacts and talk to some interesting people. One guy earlier last week was trying to tell us what we believe and what we do as a church. It is always funny when oher preachers talk about us and tell their congregation false things so that they wont talk to us. I just shows how true our church must be for satan to go against us so hard.

We had a few exchanges this week with other elders which was fun. it is a nice change to everyonce in a while change things up and see the different teaching styles of each person and take what you like about it and apply it.

The weather has been getting hotter and hotter. We have to drink a lot of water to stay hydrated.  It is still pretty cool at nights though so it makes it easier to sleep. Thats about all that is happening in the DR so hope all is well with all of you. love you all

con  amor

Elder Holmes

March 14, 2011

Things here are great. The baptism we had this sat went awesome the young women put on the program and it was really good. She was scared to get in the water at first. She looks a lot older then 12 so i keep forgetting that she is young. But ya her mom was extremely happy about her decision and she was too. the spirit like always was way strong at the baptism. She was really happy in church the next day when she received the holy ghost. She even had some friends come so we are going to try and get appointments with their families.

We have been dropping and getting a lot of investigators. We have some really promising ones though. one man named martin has been investigating the church for over a year and loves it and thinks that it is the most organized church in the world. Which it is but here sometimes a question the organizition in this ward. But i guess compared to other places around here it is. but martin is a way nice guy. he loves talking to us about the states and other things. He also really enjoys the bible. He reads it all the time we have been trying to teach him about the book of mormon but he is reluctant to accept it. He did quite understand the story very well behind the BoM so I think he may actually read it now. He still needs to get married too which for him shouldnt be a big problem he is more wealthy then most people and has a beautifull house. He also has a really nice family that we are going to start to teach also. they are all very nice.

Then we have Wendi a man that we contacted the other day and have had a few lessons with. He has a lot of questions and is extremely interested. He asks a lot of questions about the church and most of them are the ways that we are different from other churches. So it is good a lot of people are noticing the things that other churches cont do right from the lack of direct communication from God and the lack of the authority. but he came to church and we are going to try and set a fecha with him today hopefully it all works out.

Ya we were talking to rafael and he was telling us about the earthquake in japan. It looked and sounded bad. it just shows how important it is for us to be ready for anything. like the scriptures say dont procrastinate the day of our repentence. We never know when our time is, so if we are always ready then it doesnt matter when it is. we are so blessed to be able to repent. Jesus is our Savior and redeemer. An apostle said in the liahona that we as mortals cant comprehend what Jesus did for us which just shows how much he really loves us and wants us to return.

That is all from the republic for today. Thank you all for the emails and all your support. I wouldn't be here with out all of you. Love you and pray for you daily. Remember to always be strengthening your testimonies of the Saviour especially during this easter holiday

con amor

Elder Holmes

March 7, 2011

Well all is good here. My new comp is elder Alldredge from around seattle. He is a great missionary and we work hard. We are still trying to get used to how each other teach but that will come quickly. We are doing a lot of contacts and trying to find more investigators but this area is harder to find people that will go to church. He said that he was in a poor area and that no one had jobs so they had a lot of members go out with them. Almost everyone in our ward has jobs and are busy. Things are going good though i have to show him around and try to find everthing. I know where most things are though just not street names cause they dont have street signs here. But the work is going good. We found a lot of people that seem promising this week and we are hoping they work out.

Laura is still going to be baptized. She passed her interview and is going to be baptized this saturday. She is way excited and the young women are excited too even though she isnt 12 yet i am sure that she will just stay going to the young womens. She is a big girl so she looks a lot older then she actually is. I think she might be taller then my comp. I have seemed tall these last transfers cause both my comps have beeh shorter.

Today we played basketball with the elders from san pedro and that was fun. A few elders started their missions in La Romana and just get moved further away from the capital so I might be staying in the comp for a while. I dont mind though from whatI hear about the capital it is a lot more tranquil out here.

Well iI cant think of much else to say. Things are going good. Oh ya, Cayo who was just baptized went back to haiti this week so won't be seeing him ever again. He went to start his mission to save the country. Hopefullly all will be well with him.

Thats about it from the dominican today. It is starting to get warmer here and also colder at nights. It is kind of weird but it gets hot around mid day.

I  hope all is well with everyone and that the lord has blessed you all and that you are all working hard to follow the commandments that we know. tThat is how we are the happiest and receive the most blessings. love you all

con amor,

Elder Holmes