Feb 29, 2015

     Well y'all its been another great week here in La Brigada Zona 7 de Mixco. So ya it was  a pretty great week to be honest with ya. We had more lessons this week and  we did divisions with the fun missionaries from the zone so ya it was a great week. Dad to answer your questions before I forget, we have two ward councils a week but sometimes we don't go because they are Sundays before church and so we have to go around and pick up the investigators and recent converts and all that jazz.  If we can find members to do divisions with us then we go. As far as members that help us, there aren't very many to be honest.  Most of the support that we get is from the youth of the ward, the young men that are preparing to go on missions and that kind of stuff. But ya, too bad that you're not going to be able to go D.R. That would have been way cool but still good that you're going to go and vacation with Jon. So this week we played soccer Monday and went to this sketchy burrito shop in one of the areas in the zone. They said it was safe and so we tried it out and only one Elder ended up getting sick and it was only for one day so it was all good. Tuesday we didn't do divisions but Wednesday we did. I got to be with Elder Burns which is fun.  He's a pretty chill guy and it' a lot of fun to be with him and tease him a lot too. Thursday, I was on Divis with elder Ngungutau, which is always super fun. We went crazy and bought a ton of pizza and messed with a couple elders in the zone. Friday we got a youth to leave with us but to get him out we had to promise to help him make a cake.  We spent a little bit of time doing that it was pretty fun. Saturday we got invited to the birthday party and that was fun but they invited their vecinos.  They were all a bunch of girls so we felt a little bit awkward but we did get to talk a lot about missionary work so that was a huge plus. This week my comp from Barbe called me and told me that they were going to take a couple of our converts, Justin and Stacy to the temple and that they wanted me to be there. Obviously I couldn't go but I did call and talk to them which was great. It always feels good to hear that your converts are doing good and continue in the Church. The familia Robles didn't come to church this week, which was too bad but the good news is that the boy friend got sent to rehab which is going to make it so much easier to baptize them. Love Connor. 

Elder Galicia Elder Ngungutau Elder Diaz Elder Bravo Elder Baloy Elder Burns Elder Borda Elder Hailstone

                                                         Crazy youth that left with us this week. 

Feb. 22, 2016

     So this week was pretty awesome to be honest. I can't say that any one thing happened to make this week great, it was just a great week.  Monday, I was pretty stressed about all the dats and it didn't really feel like a day of rest, because lets be honest my day of rest is Monday not Sunday, so we sent the dats and then just ordered pizza at the church and then played soccer all day long. Monday night we went out with this kid from the ward that just moved here from another ward in the zone. This kid is always dressed as a gangster and so pretty much everyone we visited was scared of him so we didn't leave with him again this week. Tuesday we had the district meeting which went over really well because Elder Ngungutau bought breakfast from McDonalds for the entire zone. After that we worked our butts off because its the Semana de la urgencia, which means that President gave us goals we had to complete with. Speaking of President, Elder Gudiel told me he got his USU shirt this week. I haven't heard anything from Pres Caffaro yet, but Elder Gudiel told me he just laughed. So then Wednesday I was with this super prideful elder. It was a pretty rough day, cause this kid is super annoying. I was only able to stand him because we were with this kid from our ward that's a ton of fun and ya. So this Elder got in a fight with this Joven and I was just laughing my head off and enjoying the show of them arguing. Friday we did divis with Paraiso and I was with Elder Borda. I know a ton of the youth in that ward so it was a really fun day. Sunday was awesome because we had twelve investigators in Sacrament meeting which is a record in my mission. The best part was that this family came to church that we've been working with for a really long time. So ya that's pretty much it for my week. Love you all, Love Connor 

                                               The big tongan is my kid ( Connor was his trainer)

                                               Elder Weight Elder Ngungutau

Feb 15, 2016

     So ya its been a great week. This Email won't be super long sorry but I'm pretty sick of looking at a computer screen. So Monday, we played soccer all day which was super fun and all that crap. Tuesday, we went to the temple which was awesome. We had to wake up at 5 so we could leave at 6 to get to the temple at 8. I was so happy to go to the temple. I've never wanted to go to the temple as much as I have these last few weeks and it felt so good to go and feel close to the Lord.  Wednesday, we got to do divisions with the APs as well. It was so much fun. The APs are in a new area this chage and we were the first ZLs to work in that area so it was a lot of contacting but like I said it was super fun to see and be with Elder Gudiel again. After that the week was a lot more smooth. We had a couple of divisions and so really good day. Our zone had a super awesome week and President came and did a surprise visit at our Zone Council which was a lot of fun and a little scary at the same time. but its been a great week. 
We have this family that we're teaching named Familia Robles and they're doing really well they just haven't gone to church yet, so that's kind of sad but they said they would go this week. So we're having this big goal of baptizing 200 people in March so everyone is working really hard to achieve that and the zone is doing amazing. They're really killing it and it's amazing the miracles that they're all seeing. Well, I hope you guys have a great week and I'll write you more next week. Love you guys. Love Connor

                                                      Connor and his Comp, Elder Galicia

                                                                 Elder Ngungutau

                                                    Con's zone at the temple

                                                           Elder Galicia Elder Bently Elder Gudiel

Feb 8 2016

    Alright so this week has been pretty darn fantastic. My new comp in Elder Galicia. He's a new zone leader so I've got to teach him about all the stuff he has to do as a ZL. He's from El Salvador but he's cool and I don't think we'll have any problems like I did with my last comps from El Salvador. So on Monday we played soccer and then I spent the entire day with Elder Ngungutau and Elder Weight. We stayed up until like 12 just talking about the changes and eating a ton of pizza. I don't think I've told you guys this yet, but Elder Ngungutau and Elder Weight have taught me how to play a couple of songs on the ukulele so I've been practicing that a lot. Mom to answer your questions, I haven't gotten your package yet and as far as I know President hasn't gotten his t shirt yet. I did order my suit but I haven't payed for it yet. I'll get it in a couple months when I'm finishing, maybe in May.  Tuesday we had the changes and everything. My comp showed up pretty early and then we got to work like any other day. Wednesday we saw miracles.  We were working in Sector 2 and I've always had a negative attitude about that sector because we never have lessons and we don't  have any investigators and all that garbage. But Wednesday I decided to change my attitude and work with lots of faith and we were able to see lots of blessings. We were able to find a bunch of new invetigators. It was a huge testimony builder for me and really helped me see the power that my faith and my attitude can have on our area. Thursday we had the mission council which went really well. We did much better this month as a mission, so president was really happy with us. So ya that was my week sounds like you guys are having a lot of fun skiing and playing Basketball all the time. Its crazy that Kenna is going into the young women this year. I cant believe shes so old already. Well love you all a ton and hope you have another great week. Love Connor

Feb 1, 2016

     This week was super interesting but super fun. So ya, it was my comps last week as a missionary, so we had to do all the dying missionary activities. On Tuesday,  we had his finally district meeting and then just tried to work as hard as we could. He really died really well. I mean he was super baggy but he kept working all the time. Wednesday, he had his final interview with President which is where the missionary that is finishing his mission goes with president and he tells the missionary all the things that they have to do when they get home to have success and live a good life in the church. Thursday we did divisions with San Jose which means I was with Elder Diaz again. He's progressed a lot since the last time I was with him and he's a much better missionary now than he was when he showed up. Friday was the best day ever. My comp had to go and take his English test and it just so happened that day Elder Daly hadn't eaten breakfast or lunch so he was really hungry and decided to take us to lunch while he waited for his wife to finish a meeting. He ended up taking us to this really nice restaurant, like I'm talking napkin on the lap restaurant, and he bought us like 5 pounds of STEAK!!!!! Okay maybe it wasnt 5 pounds but the thing is that it was a ton of Steak and it tasted sooooooooo good. We did divisions that day too. I was with Elder Ngungutau again and we spent the entire day talking about our second area.  Saturday and  Sunday were pretty slow to be honest.  Sunday, we just went around saying goodbye to members and that kind of stuff. We watched a conference with the 12 apostles about the Sabbeth day which was really good. One thing I really loved that Elder Bednar said that as members of the church we should do more service on Sundays to sanctify the Sabbath day.   I really liked that. Well ya I love you guys a ton and hope you have fun at the Super Bowl I expect a play by play next week.  Love you guys a ton. Love Connor

 The first one is my bored selfie and the other one is what me and my comp would look like if we used makeup

                                                                 Elder Antonio

                                          Elder Langi Elder Antonio Elder Weight.

                                                             Surprise breakfast for my comp

                   

Jan 25, 2016

     This was a pretty great week, like always. We had a really hard time finding lessons this week but we worked hard so that's all that really matters. We did a lot more service again this week and I'm still super tired. I think its because I have so much time as a zone leader and I'm getting ready for a break, I know I have at least one more change as a zone leader and then I'll hopefully be done. Dad, I'm hoping I finish my mission outside the cap training or something like that. I'm pretty sure I only have one more area left. I'll have one more change here in this area and then go to my next area for three changes and then I'll come home. My comp only has one week left and he's pretty baggy but working really hard still. He's a great comp. We get along super well and we're always laughing about something. This week we did divis twice. Once with Elders Ngungutau and Weight and the other with Elders De La Cruz and Elder Gomez. Tuesday, I was with Elder Weight and it was sooo much fun. We messed around a ton and just had a great time. We did a lot of walking and not much teaching but it was still a fun day. Then Wednesday we went and cleaned all the gardens in the stake center, like hardcore gardening. We trimmed trees and hedges, pulled weeds, cut flowers and just went crazy cleaning and messing around. I played this game with some other Elders where one person says a word and then everyone has to think of a song with that word in it. It really tested me but I did a really good job. After that we did divis because my comp wanted to go to church in Brisas because that was one of his old areas. So I went to church Sunday with Elder Gomez from Canada which was pretty fun. Sunday we had a lunch with some investigators so that they could say goodbye to my comp. We got a reference from a member that was a miracle. Its this lady that is going to die really soon and she wants to be baptized so we're working on getting permission to baptism her without going to church. We went and gave her a blessing yesterday and we're hoping President will be understanding on this one. 

  I hope you're all enjoying the snow. The last three days here have been super cold, like the coldest I've ever been on my mission and it just came out of nowhere. Well love you guys a ton and hope you have another great week. Love Connor

                                                                The best zone ever!!  (Zona Florida)

                                                           Elder Canasas

                                                 This was my very safe very secure ladder

                                Found this shirt in a paca 5 quetz, thats whats up, like 60 cents

Jan 18, 2016

     This week was super long and I was sooo tired yesterday. So happy its p-day and I can finally take a break. But ya, we didnt really do that much in divisions with the zone but we did do a lot of service which wears one out. So Tuesday we had the district councils like normal and everything except the assistants showed up to give out some chicolte to the zone about obedience which was good. It didn't really affect me because I don't have an obedience problem but like I said it was good for the zone and fun to see the assistants. Wednesday we were working in our area like a normal day and we had  a really good day, like 5 lessons and a bunch of contacts. Its kind of hard to work with my comp in our area because he's finishing his mission and I don't know the area all that well but we both work really well in divisions so I'm thinking that these last two weeks of the change we'll do a bunch of divisions which will be fun. Thursday we had divisions with the APs which was a lot of fun. They're doing divisions weird now so that we both go to the area of the APs and work there. I was with Elder Bently, who is a new AP and works super hard. It  was a lot of fun and I was able to learn a ton from him. Then at night we stayed in the white house which is super fun because there are 6 missionaries in that house. Friday was also divisions with San Jose. I was with Elder Diaz who is from         and like the Elders from        all the elders from       are really weird and hard to get along with. Also,  this missionary's breath always stinks and you can smell it from like 5 feet away, so that was pretty rough. But we had a lot of fun and had a lot of success so you could say it was still a great day. Saturday we did service helping some lady in a wheelchair move stuff out of a bedroom and then celebrated Elder Ngungutau's birthday with a piñata and some cake. It was pretty fun we had a couple missionaries there and then some members from his ward. After that we went and helped set up another birthday party for the member that gives us food which was also super fun because this guy is hilarious and he was pretty stressed so we took the opportunity to mess with him.   Sunday  like I said we were super tired so we didn't work super hard I'm sad to say, but we had a lot of fun. I super jealous to see you guys went skiing. I miss it so much and can't wait until next year. Sounds like everyone is having a good time in school and working hard. Kate you didn't write me! whats up? Kenna, super happy you're having so much fun with Emmy, and that you're loving basketball so much.  Love you guys a ton. Love Connor

                                                               me and my comp

                                                            Elder Bentley Elder Taya Elder Andersen Elder Rodrigez

                             Elder Antonio Elder Ngungutau Elder Diaz Elder Langi Elder Weight