Hola Familia,
It sounds like your life is pretty busy again with school starting. I can't believe school has already started. It sounds like Mom has a pretty rough class. I can't believe that almost all of them are under level. It sounds like she has a lot of work to do this year. Kenzie's schedule looks really rough. AP Lit takes a lot of time. I don't think there are any study books that she needs. She will need a few classic books that she will need to read. It is a really hard class and requires a ton of time. I didn't really like it because the books we read are not my type of book. They were all really boring for me. Maybe she will like it but it requires lots of time sitting down and reading.
That stinks that you have to have surgery. At least you will be able to sit and rest for two weeks- Maybe I should dislocate my shoulder so I can get two weeks of rest. I hope everything goes well.
I already new that the USA and Peru are going to play. I am pretty excited and the trash talking started about two weeks ago. Everyone is talking trash on me and I keep telling them that we are going to win. It should be a really good game. Both teams are really well. I hope I can at least see a few parts of the game or at least the highlights.
As for the news you have all been waiting for... I was transferred. I have finally left my second area and moved to my third area. My ward is Progreso. It is in Carabayllo. It is on the edge of the mission. There are two ends of the mission and I am on one of them. I am really far away from everything. My companion is Elder Sancarranco. He is from Trujillo, Peru and has almost one year in the mission. I am the senior companion and I am not District leader.
We did have a baptism Saturday. It was a nice service but everyone showed up almost 2 hours late. I am a little nervous about the ward I am in. My area is kind of rough. My comp got in trouble the last change for disobedience and I think they put me in here to try and straighten everything out. There are hardly any investigators. We have spent a lot of time contacting trying to find new people. The people here are also a little harder. They aren't as acceptive as my old area. It is alright, I will just help the area out and I can't leave it worse then when I found it.
I hope you have a great week,
Elder Isaacson
I almost forgot. This week, we got to go see Elder Bednar. It was amazing. He talked a lot about Faith. He taught that the faith is something that makes us act. The investigators have to do things so they can show faith, AKA go to church, read the Book of Mormon, Pray, keep the commandments.
I really liked something he said. A lot of times we pray to find new investigators. But we should pray that our mouths will be filled when we speak. That means first we have to show our faith and open our mouths. I really liked that quote and it made me think a lot.
Elder Isaacson
Monday, August 31, 2015
Monday, August 24, 2015
August 24, 2015
Hola Familia,
It sounds like life is starting to get pretty busy again. I can't believe school is already starting. It doesn't seem like a whole school year and summer have already passed by. I hope everything goes well with Dad's shoulder. Keep me updated on it.
Transfers are today. I will be finding out if I go in about an hour. I think I will be going because I have 6 months here and I just finished training Elder Orbegoso. I am ready to go but it is always sad to have a change. I will have to say goodbye to a lot of people today. I printed out a lot of pictures and wrote a small message to all the people I have taught here.
This week was pretty good. We had a baptism Saturday. Mariana was baptized, and Elder Orbegoso baptized her. He was just as nervous as she was, but he did great. She was super excited. We also had a lot of support from the members since Mariana has gone to church for almost seven months.
We did a big service project by ourselves on Wednesday. We had a family that are recent converts haul bricks so they can build onto their house. Just the dad, Elder Orbegoso, and I were there. We hauled more than 500 bricks up more than 50 stairs and then about 50 more yards down a trail. It about killed me. Afterwards my comp and I fell into our beds and didn't want to go out and teach. But we went teaching anyway. I slept super good that night.
I went on a work visit to the companionship in my district this week. I was able to help them out a lot. I had to do three interviews. In the end, all of them came to church and will be baptized. I was physically exhausted after the interviews because they were pretty rough with some major doubts about the gospel. I am super thankful for the spirit that helped me out because I know I didn't say a lot of the things that came out of my mouth.
My area is doing pretty well. We have a lot of investigators right now. A lot of them are progressing.We have a lot of investigators progressing. We have two that are ready to get baptized but their dad doesn't want to sign the permission slips. Their mom is a member but want their dad to let them get baptized. We will work with him. My area has a lot of potencial for September. The next missionary that gets here should be able to have a lot of success. I trust Elder Orbegoso that he will be able to take over the area. He has learned a lot. He finished his training yesterday. I feel like he is ready to take on more responsibility.
I hope you have a good first week back at school.
Love,
Elder Isaacson
It sounds like life is starting to get pretty busy again. I can't believe school is already starting. It doesn't seem like a whole school year and summer have already passed by. I hope everything goes well with Dad's shoulder. Keep me updated on it.
Transfers are today. I will be finding out if I go in about an hour. I think I will be going because I have 6 months here and I just finished training Elder Orbegoso. I am ready to go but it is always sad to have a change. I will have to say goodbye to a lot of people today. I printed out a lot of pictures and wrote a small message to all the people I have taught here.
This week was pretty good. We had a baptism Saturday. Mariana was baptized, and Elder Orbegoso baptized her. He was just as nervous as she was, but he did great. She was super excited. We also had a lot of support from the members since Mariana has gone to church for almost seven months.
We did a big service project by ourselves on Wednesday. We had a family that are recent converts haul bricks so they can build onto their house. Just the dad, Elder Orbegoso, and I were there. We hauled more than 500 bricks up more than 50 stairs and then about 50 more yards down a trail. It about killed me. Afterwards my comp and I fell into our beds and didn't want to go out and teach. But we went teaching anyway. I slept super good that night.
I went on a work visit to the companionship in my district this week. I was able to help them out a lot. I had to do three interviews. In the end, all of them came to church and will be baptized. I was physically exhausted after the interviews because they were pretty rough with some major doubts about the gospel. I am super thankful for the spirit that helped me out because I know I didn't say a lot of the things that came out of my mouth.
My area is doing pretty well. We have a lot of investigators right now. A lot of them are progressing.We have a lot of investigators progressing. We have two that are ready to get baptized but their dad doesn't want to sign the permission slips. Their mom is a member but want their dad to let them get baptized. We will work with him. My area has a lot of potencial for September. The next missionary that gets here should be able to have a lot of success. I trust Elder Orbegoso that he will be able to take over the area. He has learned a lot. He finished his training yesterday. I feel like he is ready to take on more responsibility.
I hope you have a good first week back at school.
Love,
Elder Isaacson
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
August 17, 2015
Hola Familia,
I can't believe school is getting ready to start back up again. It seems like summer just started a few weeks ago. When does school start exactly? Life just seems to keep going so fast. I can't believe Kenzie will be out of high school by the time I get home. It sounds like she has enjoyed her summer playing soccer, camping, girls camp, and helping out in the hospital. It sounds pretty busy too. I am glad to hear that you are starting to get better. With Bev at the house I am sure you stayed busy. I always loved her visits. With winter coming you have just over 10 more months to get the barn cleaned out and completely ready for when I get home.
I had a pretty good week. Due to that we need to teach all the lessons before someone gets baptized, Mariana ( 13 year old referral) will get baptized Saturday. She is super excited for her baptism and the members are helping her out a ton. The family of four is driving me crazy. The dad doesn't want to sign the baptism permission slips. Their mom can sign the permission slips but she is scared of her husband. This week I have studied some scriptures and am going to burn her a little bit until she signs the permission slips.
We are teaching a lot of people this week. Not a lot of people were at church this week. The main school were most of the people go that live in my area had a party to celebrate something. A lot of members, converts and investigators had to go to the party and coudn't go to church. I am sure a lot of them will get baptized. Transfers are next Monday. I have six months here and am finishing up training Elder Orbegoso. I am sure I will be going. The new missionary should have a lot of success as soon as he gets here. I have already started saying goodbye to all the people. I am going to print some photos today and give them to some people.
I got my last package a while ago, don't worry. My shoes are holding up really well. The ones from Brazil are in great shape and will make it to the end of my mission without problems. The Rockport's are holding up well and could probably make it to the end also. If I need new shoes, I could probably buy them here. I will probably pull a little money off of my card this week. I don't have any personal money so I will do that. It is easier to pull off a lot and just store it because of the fee to change it from dollars to soles.
We did have an interesting day with two drunks yesterday. While we were searching for a reference, we contacted a lady and asked for help. While we were talking to her, a drunk walked by and hit us and walked right between my comp and I. Right after that, he turned and spit right on my companions back. We both just about punched him. I don't know how we kept our cool. Right after that, he threw a rock right through a window. A big guy came out I think beat him up for us. We didn't stay around to watch. Some people just don't show respect. That was the only interesting thing that happened this week.
Have another great week.
Love
Elder Isaacson
I can't believe school is getting ready to start back up again. It seems like summer just started a few weeks ago. When does school start exactly? Life just seems to keep going so fast. I can't believe Kenzie will be out of high school by the time I get home. It sounds like she has enjoyed her summer playing soccer, camping, girls camp, and helping out in the hospital. It sounds pretty busy too. I am glad to hear that you are starting to get better. With Bev at the house I am sure you stayed busy. I always loved her visits. With winter coming you have just over 10 more months to get the barn cleaned out and completely ready for when I get home.
I had a pretty good week. Due to that we need to teach all the lessons before someone gets baptized, Mariana ( 13 year old referral) will get baptized Saturday. She is super excited for her baptism and the members are helping her out a ton. The family of four is driving me crazy. The dad doesn't want to sign the baptism permission slips. Their mom can sign the permission slips but she is scared of her husband. This week I have studied some scriptures and am going to burn her a little bit until she signs the permission slips.
We are teaching a lot of people this week. Not a lot of people were at church this week. The main school were most of the people go that live in my area had a party to celebrate something. A lot of members, converts and investigators had to go to the party and coudn't go to church. I am sure a lot of them will get baptized. Transfers are next Monday. I have six months here and am finishing up training Elder Orbegoso. I am sure I will be going. The new missionary should have a lot of success as soon as he gets here. I have already started saying goodbye to all the people. I am going to print some photos today and give them to some people.
I got my last package a while ago, don't worry. My shoes are holding up really well. The ones from Brazil are in great shape and will make it to the end of my mission without problems. The Rockport's are holding up well and could probably make it to the end also. If I need new shoes, I could probably buy them here. I will probably pull a little money off of my card this week. I don't have any personal money so I will do that. It is easier to pull off a lot and just store it because of the fee to change it from dollars to soles.
We did have an interesting day with two drunks yesterday. While we were searching for a reference, we contacted a lady and asked for help. While we were talking to her, a drunk walked by and hit us and walked right between my comp and I. Right after that, he turned and spit right on my companions back. We both just about punched him. I don't know how we kept our cool. Right after that, he threw a rock right through a window. A big guy came out I think beat him up for us. We didn't stay around to watch. Some people just don't show respect. That was the only interesting thing that happened this week.
Have another great week.
Love
Elder Isaacson
Monday, August 10, 2015
August 10, 2015
Hola Familia,
Wow! It sounds like you had quite the exciting, adventerous, and fun week. The Dexpedition sounds really fun. I can't wait to be able to get home and go camping with you guys. We will have to go back there when I get home. It will be so fun to go hunting and fishing again. You decide to do all the fun things soon as I'm gone. It sounds like the fishing was way good and there were a lot of animals and pretty scenery. It's too bad that it rained so much for a couple of the days. At least you got to play in the mud.
It is too bad that the camping trip had to end going to the doctor. Two camping trips in a row that end in a trip to the doctors. Dad still doesn't believe me but I dislocated my shoulder once playing basketball with him. It hurt so bad but fell right back in place. Ever since then it has popped when I move it in a certain way. It sounds like Dad dislocated it a lot worse. At least it will get better and be able to heal completely. Now for these next three weeks, who is going to mow the lawn and do all the yard work around the house. There is not one capable man in the house. Maybe I will just come home for a little bit to help out... Just Kidding.
But seriously, you should buy a trailer and four wheelers for next year.
I don't think my week was quite as exciting as your week. It felt pretty normal to me. We worked super hard and were really diligent this week. In the end, we recieved so many blessings for working so hard. We ended up having 7 investigators in church yesterday with a family of four. The mom is less active for about 16 years but she has started coming back to church. We want to baptize her two daughters and her husband. The only problem is that her husband doesn't want to sign the baptism permission slips and the parents aren't married. We are going to work on that this week. We also taught a girl one time and she was ready when we got to her house. I think that might be the first time the investigator has been ready when we got to her house so that was super exciting.
God also gave us a special blessing this week. Yesterday in church, the bishop presented me to a 13 year old girl who I thought was a member. Turns out she has been going to church for the past 7 months and isn't a member. We went and taught her yesterday and it was great. Before, her parents didn't want her to get baptized but have seen her wake up early every Sunday for the last seven months to go to church. They signed the baptism permission slip this morning. She might be able to get baptized Saturday but we will have to see.
We also had a really good training by President Erickson about knowledge. We always need to keep studying the scriptures and preparing ourselves to return to God. I really liked an example he did about diminishing value. The law of diminishing value is a law that means you will get more out of something the first time you do it or read it. The second time you read it you get a little more but not as much. But this law doesn't apply to the scriptures. The spirit will help us understand and learn even more. We always have to read and study the scriptures.
I just found out that Elder Bednar is coming to visit the mission the end of this month. That is super exciting.
Also, ¡Feliz Cumpleaños Papa! Happy Birthday Dad. I hope you have a great birthday. 55 years old. Now you can get the special senior citizen deal in restaurants and other events. I hope you have a great birthday even though you are in a sling.
Stay safe this week.
Love,
Elder Isaacson
P.S. I had one of the best lunches of my entire mission this week. Crab. It was a huge plate with a full crab, a huge fish, mussels and a few other things. It was super good. It is probably the only time I will eat that in my entire mission. I didn't have my camera so I couldn't take a picture.
Wow! It sounds like you had quite the exciting, adventerous, and fun week. The Dexpedition sounds really fun. I can't wait to be able to get home and go camping with you guys. We will have to go back there when I get home. It will be so fun to go hunting and fishing again. You decide to do all the fun things soon as I'm gone. It sounds like the fishing was way good and there were a lot of animals and pretty scenery. It's too bad that it rained so much for a couple of the days. At least you got to play in the mud.
It is too bad that the camping trip had to end going to the doctor. Two camping trips in a row that end in a trip to the doctors. Dad still doesn't believe me but I dislocated my shoulder once playing basketball with him. It hurt so bad but fell right back in place. Ever since then it has popped when I move it in a certain way. It sounds like Dad dislocated it a lot worse. At least it will get better and be able to heal completely. Now for these next three weeks, who is going to mow the lawn and do all the yard work around the house. There is not one capable man in the house. Maybe I will just come home for a little bit to help out... Just Kidding.
But seriously, you should buy a trailer and four wheelers for next year.
I don't think my week was quite as exciting as your week. It felt pretty normal to me. We worked super hard and were really diligent this week. In the end, we recieved so many blessings for working so hard. We ended up having 7 investigators in church yesterday with a family of four. The mom is less active for about 16 years but she has started coming back to church. We want to baptize her two daughters and her husband. The only problem is that her husband doesn't want to sign the baptism permission slips and the parents aren't married. We are going to work on that this week. We also taught a girl one time and she was ready when we got to her house. I think that might be the first time the investigator has been ready when we got to her house so that was super exciting.
God also gave us a special blessing this week. Yesterday in church, the bishop presented me to a 13 year old girl who I thought was a member. Turns out she has been going to church for the past 7 months and isn't a member. We went and taught her yesterday and it was great. Before, her parents didn't want her to get baptized but have seen her wake up early every Sunday for the last seven months to go to church. They signed the baptism permission slip this morning. She might be able to get baptized Saturday but we will have to see.
We also had a really good training by President Erickson about knowledge. We always need to keep studying the scriptures and preparing ourselves to return to God. I really liked an example he did about diminishing value. The law of diminishing value is a law that means you will get more out of something the first time you do it or read it. The second time you read it you get a little more but not as much. But this law doesn't apply to the scriptures. The spirit will help us understand and learn even more. We always have to read and study the scriptures.
I just found out that Elder Bednar is coming to visit the mission the end of this month. That is super exciting.
Also, ¡Feliz Cumpleaños Papa! Happy Birthday Dad. I hope you have a great birthday. 55 years old. Now you can get the special senior citizen deal in restaurants and other events. I hope you have a great birthday even though you are in a sling.
Stay safe this week.
Love,
Elder Isaacson
P.S. I had one of the best lunches of my entire mission this week. Crab. It was a huge plate with a full crab, a huge fish, mussels and a few other things. It was super good. It is probably the only time I will eat that in my entire mission. I didn't have my camera so I couldn't take a picture.
Monday, August 3, 2015
August 3, 2015
Hola Familia,
It sounds like you had quite the exciting week. It sounds like you had a ton of fun in California. I can't believe you did so many fun things there. You even went to a concert. If you weren't the oldest you had to be close to the oldest, just kidding. I hope you took lots of photos. Maybe you could send me some of them. I would love to see what you were up to out there.
I guess I will answer some of your questions. It is getting colder here right now. August is one of the coldest months according to the people here. Everything is so humid too. At night, when I get into bed, it feels wet and sticky and cold from all the humidity. I can't wait until I can put on dry clothes again. That is something I haven't done for a while. I do use the sweaters almost everyday right now. My area is really muddy right now but both pairs of shoes that I have have held up really well. I think I might be able to make it to the end of my mission with just these two pairs.
I had a really good week. I was super motivated to work really hard this week and I did. We worked really hard this week and taught a ton of people. We had so much potential Saturday night to have a ton of investigators in church. I did everything I knew how to get them there. I sent a text Saturday night, called them in the morning, and then went to their houses. We should have had a ton of people there. In the end, only one investigator came to church and it is a young kid who his parents won't sign a baptism permission slip. I felt pretty frustrated but I know I did all that I could.
We did find a few really cool new investigators this week. While contacting, I met a lady whose daughters got baptized three years ago and went inactive about one year ago. She wanted to get baptized too but couldn't because her husband didn't want to get married. She just broke up with her ''husband/live in boyfriend'' this month. She was so excited when we contacted her because now she can get baptized. She was going to come to church but had a fight with her husband which kept her from coming.
We have a lot of other investigators progressing but I don't know If I will be here for their baptisms. Transfers are at the end of this month and I will probably be going. Hopefully I can get some of them in the water before I leave. We have basically quit teaching Rosalinda. She knows the church is true but feels comitted to her other church because it has helped her a lot in her life. I told her all that yesterday and hopefully it will make an impact. Hopefully she will recognize the difference in her life and want to get baptized. I might not be here but at least I planted the seed.
I hope you have a fun week camping and send me some pictures.
Love,
Elder Isaacson
It sounds like you had quite the exciting week. It sounds like you had a ton of fun in California. I can't believe you did so many fun things there. You even went to a concert. If you weren't the oldest you had to be close to the oldest, just kidding. I hope you took lots of photos. Maybe you could send me some of them. I would love to see what you were up to out there.
I guess I will answer some of your questions. It is getting colder here right now. August is one of the coldest months according to the people here. Everything is so humid too. At night, when I get into bed, it feels wet and sticky and cold from all the humidity. I can't wait until I can put on dry clothes again. That is something I haven't done for a while. I do use the sweaters almost everyday right now. My area is really muddy right now but both pairs of shoes that I have have held up really well. I think I might be able to make it to the end of my mission with just these two pairs.
I had a really good week. I was super motivated to work really hard this week and I did. We worked really hard this week and taught a ton of people. We had so much potential Saturday night to have a ton of investigators in church. I did everything I knew how to get them there. I sent a text Saturday night, called them in the morning, and then went to their houses. We should have had a ton of people there. In the end, only one investigator came to church and it is a young kid who his parents won't sign a baptism permission slip. I felt pretty frustrated but I know I did all that I could.
We did find a few really cool new investigators this week. While contacting, I met a lady whose daughters got baptized three years ago and went inactive about one year ago. She wanted to get baptized too but couldn't because her husband didn't want to get married. She just broke up with her ''husband/live in boyfriend'' this month. She was so excited when we contacted her because now she can get baptized. She was going to come to church but had a fight with her husband which kept her from coming.
We have a lot of other investigators progressing but I don't know If I will be here for their baptisms. Transfers are at the end of this month and I will probably be going. Hopefully I can get some of them in the water before I leave. We have basically quit teaching Rosalinda. She knows the church is true but feels comitted to her other church because it has helped her a lot in her life. I told her all that yesterday and hopefully it will make an impact. Hopefully she will recognize the difference in her life and want to get baptized. I might not be here but at least I planted the seed.
I hope you have a fun week camping and send me some pictures.
Love,
Elder Isaacson
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