Guate's .... crackin'?

What up family? This week was kind of boring, but it was good because, I served the Lord. Monday we went bowling for p-day and it was way too fun. I won by the way so I'm getting pretty good at it. We then went to the mall to look around and all that stuff. 

Tuesday we taught the Restoration to a new family and it was a great lesson with lots of Spirit. Last night we were going to challenge them to Baptism, but the mom was sick so we had to cancel the appointment. We also contacted. A Lot. That's what you gotta do when you inherit an area with no investigators. 

Wednesday we taught a lesson on the cliff in front of investigators house. It was pretty sweet cause, it was right as the sun was going down and it was pretty cool.  We also got to eat dinner with a member and she was telling us how she got baptized and it was the craziest baptism story I have ever heard. She just went to her boyfriends Baptism and the missionaries were like want to get Baptized too? And she just said yes. So she got Baptized. 30 years later she is the most faithful member of the branch and her husband is inactive and they are separated. Crazy huh? We also taught another great lesson. 

Thursday morning we did service early and carried water for our member that doesn't get it in her house. We also did divisions with the ZL`s. We had a great family night with a member family. Even though their invite did not come. It was a great lesson and spirit. 

Friday we had divisions again with other missionaries. It was pretty fun I guess. Its also better to be in your area with your comp, but its cool to do divisions too. . We also got a refreshment from a member and it was great. 

Saturday we had our first lesson with a new family. It was pouring rain and we had to yell cause the roof is made of laminate like most in our area, including ours, it's hard to sleep! But it was a good lesson. 

Sunday we went to the house of every investigator to get them. We only got one into the Church. We also moved everything in our house, because, it`s  a new change so we changed the house. We also found out that one of the senior missionaries in the branch opened up Tremonton when he was in his mission! Cool huh? 

Happy B Day this week to Harrison Cutler and to some boys in the mish.  Well sometimes there is a lot going on and sometimes nothing, but the Church is always true. Jesus died for us and he knows how we feel and everything that ever happens to us. I love my Lord and his Church. The Church is true. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 

With much love, Elder Nicholas White

Shout out to Notre Dame

Prech like a Champion Today

Elder White stepped foot in the "states"

U.S. Embassy

Viva Las Vegas

The name of the email will be explained as you read this and realize that I live near a place called Las Vegas. This week was pretty sweet. 
Monday was pretty chill. On Monday we had a quality day. We got interrupted though by the Missionaries from the MTC so my email got cut off. What? But then we went to play some pool and get my hair cut so it was a good P Day. 

Nothing happened Tuesday.

Wednesday we had Zone Meeting.  It was pretty good. I learned a lot of good stuff. We also had a sweet Family Night with a family in our ward and their neighbor. 

Thursday= We we woke up and carried water for a sister who doesn't have it in her house. We then studied and ate lunch and everything and afterwords we went to contact this valley in our area that's called, yeah you guessed it, Las Vegas. It`s full of people and even more full of "choo chos",  better known as dogs.  It was a good time and we contacted a lot of great people.  I have definitely seen the blessing of contacting in my mission seeing as how all of my baptisms have been contacts except for two. So I love doing it.  We also helped a little kid who was shoveling rocks into a wheel barrow all alone in the pouring rain to do it faster. 

Friday we taught a new family and it was a great lesson. I also hit the ten month mark.... So that was good. It doesn't seem like it at all. Happy ten months Lilly!!!

Saturday we helped a lady carry 200 blocks down three hills into her house. Just us two. It was pretty solid service I'd say. It was definitely tiring though. 

Sunday we did divisions to go bring investigators to Church. During sacrament a car pulled up outside and started playing a rap song way loud and it was awful. We also found a bag in our house full of references from when my district went contacting in my area 9 months ago in the MTC. Including cards that I wrote. Cool huh? We also had a lesson with a new family and the sister just commented us on how she could see the Spirit of God in us the whole lesson it was sweet.  

Well the Church is True and nothing can ever change that. Love you all. 

Love, Elder Nicholas David White

Shout out to Notre Dame

Preaching in Las Vegas

Elder White & his Companion

Playing pool and bowling on P-Day

Pila Showers

Whats up Utah? Well this week was pretty chillero,  I won't lie. 
Monday we went to go bowling in the mall in another zone and I got to see my best mission friend Elder Steed and wish him a happy Canada day in person. I know right? We also were on the way to a lesson in the night and stopped to buy hot dogs in the street and talked with the man. It turned out that his wife is a member and that we know her. The bad news is that he wants nothing with the Church at all. But at least we saw how always preaching opens up doors. 

On Tuesday I went in divisions to Santa Catarina Pinula with our zone leader. It was pretty good. It's always cool to get to know a new area. 

Wednesday we contacted... a lot. These little kids in the street started yelling really bad words at us in English. So we were like, hey get your parents so we can tell them about this. And we contacted their family. 

On Thursday it was the birthday of the greatest country in the world. But we just worked hard and I did nothing fun. I did listen to the Motab America CD though. 

On Friday we discovered that our buckets were still full of our clothes that we were washing and our shower is broken so we had to start showering outside.... Chafa right? So we shower from the pila now. Haha. We also had divise with the other district leader and we had a good time. We found out that our member gave rat poison to our investigators dog... Great fellow shipping right? I was s o mad! But it was a solid day. 

Saturday We did it big. We found 3 new families. We taught them all about the Plan of Salvation and we put appointments for this week.  It also poured rain and our area is all hills so the streets were like rivers. It was sweet. 

Sunday was testimony meeting. We both bore our testimonies so that was good. We also went to do a baptismal interview and I taught a lesson to the other missionaries investigator. It was a great week. Love you all.

 Love, Elder White

Elder White's shower.

He has to shower outside every day because the shower

in his house is broken.

 A license plate Elder White found in the home of 

a member while on divisions.

Representing the U.S.A. on July 4, 2013

Guatemala City Temple

Elder White's view on P-day

There's a drought in our shower

Whats up fam? This week was chill.
Monday my comp had his final interview so I had to go the office! But Elder Kunde was there and he was telling me all the stuff that has happened in Utah since I left. Haha, it was a good time. 

Tuesday I finished reading the Book of Mormon in Spanish... I read the whole thing out loud. It was an incredible experience. Also in the mission when I started they asked us to highlight and underline every time that it says or refers to God or Jesus Christ as we read. So my Book of Mormon has a crazy amount of lines. It helps to focus on the fact that the Book of Mormon testifies of Jesus Christ. I also had the great opportunity to kneel down and ask if it was true. I was glad to receive yet another answer to my prayers. 

On Wednesday we had to go to the White House to drop off my comp at 8:30 at night. A member from my first area is a taxi driver and came to take us. It was sweet! I also killed my comp. I got a new one. His name is Elder Pineda and he is from Mexico! 

Thursday We just worked hard all day. It was a great day. But nothing too great happened. 

Friday we had zone conference with 4 zones. Including my old zone and the zone of my best friend in the mission. So I got to see everyone! It was sweet! We learned a ton of great stuff. I always love conferences. 

Saturday we didn't have water so we started showering with buckets and cups and to this day we still do it. Its been a few days without water. Haha. We went contacting in a bunch of the alleys in our area and the houses are way close so my comp would knock one door and I would knock the other. Good plan right? Except for when we knocked two and both people came out so we ended up teaching mini lessons in the street solos. Haha It was a good time though.  I also can say that I am a real missionary because.... I got bit by a dog. 

Sunday was a good day. I gave a talk about the Book of Mormon in sacrament meeting. So I ended up blessing the sacrament, walking to the pulpit and talking and then after sacrament teaching the youth class. The good old branch life. We also left to visit with the President. It was a good week and I love the opportunity I have to serve in Las Lomas and in the country of Guatemala! The Church is True. 

With love from Guate. City...... Elder White

Elder White is a "real" missionary now because

he has been bitten by a dog

Jungle Fever

Elder White & Elder Pineda

This is how they shower in Elder White's apartment

Elder White & Elder Steed

9 months

This is how you eat chicken in Guate

Elder Pineda is studying hard

Elder White knocking a door in Las Lomas Guatemala

He was rejected....but at least he tried!

Week 2 in Las Lomas

This last week was my second in my area. 

Monday we got to go the Mercado Central because, my companion is going home this week so he got to go buy stuff. It was a pretty fun time. But on the way home we got lost in the middle of the city. 

Tuesday we had a meeting for district leaders and had to go to Zona 9 for it. On the bus ride back we were waiting at a stop light by the US Embassy and there was a lady outside with her two daughters and they started waving at me and one of them made a heart with their hands. I don't know if they were members or if they were just excited to see another American or what. But it was funny. We also made balliadas or however it's spelled. It's a food from Honduras. A family invited us to make them because, my comp knows how. They were way good! 

Wednesday and Thursday we went to my comps old area to say goodbye to them. They were long days. 

Friday we did divisions with the Zone Leaders and it was great! We worked really really hard.  We had a lesson with a family of investigators and it was night. So in their house, they don't have lights. The whole house was lit by candles and it was a sweet spiritual lesson. We put baptismal dates with three of them and we hope to put one with the fourth member this week. They all read and pray and everything, they just won't go to Church!!!! I don't understand it! But we have to help them out! 

Saturday I had a comp. study with our ZL Elder Resindez before we ended divisions. The funny thing is that he was my ZL in Montserrat for 6 months and now he's my ZL here. We planned a lesson for the family we put dates with. That night we went to visit the Elders Quorum President. He is having work troubles and he's about to take a job that would make him work on Sundays. He wouldn't be able to come to Church! The scriptures we found in our study for the other family were just what he needed. It was incredible. I loved it. 

Sunday one of the older missionaries in our branch was talking to this guy in the Church and the guy was explaining why part of a window was missing and he just looks at him and says, "I did not understand a word you just said to me". It was hilarious. I also taught Sunday school to the youth for the first time. It went pretty well. We went to the world wide missionary meeting, but we got there late! The bus that goes from our area to the chapel we had to go to doesn't run on Sundays! We had a make a new route and walk forever to get there, but it was an incredible meeting. I also saw my MTC teacher at the meeting! He lives in the area next to ours and told me he'll come teach our investigators with us every Saturday and Sunday if I want! I'm way excited to work with him! Well the Church is true and nothing will ever change that. Always remember that. Love you all. 

Love, Elder White

Elder White at the Guatemala City Temple

Yummy Food!

Elder White & Elder Aguilar

(Elder White thinks his comp looks like Harrison Cutler)

Las Lomas

Forget Strollers!

Me quedo en La Sur (I'm staying in the South)

What's up Family?! How was your week? Mine was pretty good! 
Monday we went around saying goodbye to everyone in my area in Montserrat. It was hard. I though about the quote from the Prophet that says, "The people that you help find the Gospel will be the ones you will love the most". It is true. It was harder leaving Nueva Montserrat than it was leaving Utah. At every house I cried. The members cried. My converts cried. It was really hard. 

Tuesday was chill. I woke up with a horrible feeling and we went to changes. I am still in the South Mission. My companion is Elder Aguilar. He is going home in a week so I have no idea what will happen to me. My area is called Las Lomas and it's the first place outside of the CCM that I ever went to in Guatemala. So I'd already been there! It's pretty cool. It's a branch of 40 people and everyone is inactive. Its a pretty awesome area. It's inside of the Capital, but it's like a village. You have to Google it. 

Wednesday I completed 9 months. It's crazy to think that, but it happened. In the morning we went to help a Hermana in our branch take water from a house to her house because, her house doesn't have water. It was way fun! The President also let a lady sleep over in the Church so that she wouldn't sleep in the street. 

Thursday we had to go get a Hermana to come talk to the lady that the President let sleep in the Church because, she wouldn't leave until she came to talk to her. We also had a great lesson with an investigator named Sandra and her son. Her son was going to say the last prayer, but he was too scared. So I helped him by whispering in his ear. The little cutie.  We also helped the President search for people to see if they still lived in our area or not. And none of them did. 

Saturday We had a bunch of lessons and it was a good day. 

Sunday we went to Church early to set up the chairs and everything. I blessed the Sacrament for the first time in forever. It was pretty cool. My companion had to give a talk which means I'll have to give one this week. Haha. The mission nurse and her husband come to our Branch and it's great. He came up to me after Priesthood and was like, "Elder White when I fall asleep you have to wake me up. It's cause Spanish puts me to sleep."  It was hilarious. We then had to go to a meeting in the Stake Center in a van with all of the youth. It was really funny and I loved it. In the night we had citas and we tried to help an investigator set their baptism date, but her Mom is against it. It will be tough, but we have got to help her do it. I'll send good pics of my area next week. 

Love you all. The Church is true. 

Love, Elder White

Smile, Jesus loves you

Bowling & Baptisms

What's up everyone? It was a pretty solid week. There was a little bit of everything.
First off was Monday. Monday was sweet. We were all waiting for the people to be done using the Internet and then my boy from Sandy, Elder Tuckfield and I were hungry so then we went to the city and ate some hot dogs. Then we all went as a district to go bowling.

Tuesday nothing really happened.

Wednesday not too much passed. The only thing that really happened was that our investigator said that, "When I get to Heaven I´ll tell my Heavenly Father thanks for sending his son Nicholas White to my door."

On Thursday I went to do divisions in the area of our district leader and it was a pretty sweet day.

Friday we went to the pharmacy and I got my ear cleaned out because the q tips I was using broke in my ears apparently and I needed to get them all cleaned out. It was gross. We also visited all of the baptismal dates that we had.

Saturday was a sweet day. We had a wedding in the Church. Our investigators got married so that he could get Baptized! It was awesome! We got to sign in their paper as witnesses and all that good stuff. We then had our baptismal service. I got to baptize Edgar and my comp baptized Glenda. It was awesome. We sang "Families Can Be Together Forever" with the two little girls of the women we baptized.

Sunday was awesome. We got to Church and everything was all normal. Then I confirmed the guy that we baptized (Edgar) and the woman (Glenda) wasn't there yet. During the hymn she walked in and we confirmed her after the hymn. Afterwords we blessed their babies. I blessed the littlest one and my companion blessed the other one. It was a great week and I love you all.

 

Love, Elder White