Last E-mail! What???

Connor first sent this scripture reference:  3 John 1:13-14.  I looked it up and here it is.

  13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:

 14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.

Ha ha!

Here's the rest he sent:
     Okay so this week was a good week.  Hermana Carmelina couldnt get baptized again but what ever, I don't have to worry about that anymore. Mom, Hermana Caffaro wants you to take me to an Infections Disease Doctor when I get home just to make sure everything has been cleaned out of my stomach. I have to go and see Hna Ana Ruth because I promised her I would, she a great member and she took really good care of me when I was in Brigada. There's nothing special i want at the ariport but I do have a question do you know if they're going to release me Wednesday or am I going to have to wait until Thursday morning to be released? Love you all a ton and see you on Wednesday. Love Connor
(Con didn't tell me who any of these people are)

                                                 Elder Austin Elder Ludwig Elder Ferraro

                                                                  Elder Romero Elder Alegria

                                                                           Elder Hightower

                                                                          Papi Ronald

July 4, 2016

     This week was  a pretty crazy week and a really full one. Monday we went to the border again because there were lots of new missionaries that wanted to go. We got back pretty early and just messed around here in our area. Tuesday I had my last interview with President. I went into the capital with another missionary that is finishing his mission with me. The interviews were pretty long but really good. President gave me lots of advise on what I have to do after the mission to keep my self on the right path and to continue progressing without problems. We got back pretty late that day and it was kind of hard for me to focus because it finally hit me that its all coming to an end and there's only one week left. Wednesday was the first normal day of the week and we took the opportunity to head to an aldea we had never gone to. Thursday was pretty normal. We did have to go to Barbe in the morning to get another parasite test because my boo doesn't want to go away and it turns out I have another parasite. Its really bugging me because I don't know why, I eat good and I'm careful but it doesn't matter too much. Friday was an absolutely crazy day. First off we saw and touched a raccoon, which an investigator has as a pet and then we saw/heard this guy try to kill himself. We were just walking down the street and I saw this guy up on his roof and some people talking to him underneath. We turned up a street when we heard this huge thump and a bunch of people started screaming. Turns out he didn't die but hes in serious condition. Saturday was another normal day and Sunday was really slow. There was this super annoying kid sitting next to us at church that kept saying terrible things during the testimonies. Please keep praying for Carmelina. We're going to try to baptize her again this week end and we hope that this time everything goes over smoothly.  Love You all a ton. Love Connor

I forgot to tell you that on Saturday we had a grill with the Elders Quorum. We ate a ton of food. They bought 10 pounds of meat and there were only 9 people that showed up so we had to eat a pound of meat each. It was really good!

June 27, 2016

     Okay so first off this week was pretty amazing and went by super fast. I didn't get to go to the temple with my converts. They called me on Tuesday and said they weren't able to have all their interviews to be able to go and they'll have to wait until like July 23 to go and get sealed so that's a real bummer but the important thing is that they're going to do it. Apart from that we had divisions twice this week and so that was really fun. I stayed in my area once and left once, they will probably be the last times I do divisions. It's been really hot this week and it hasn't rained at all so I'm dying every day from the heat and sweat. We were able to get a baptism in and that is quite the story. So we were going to baptize this old man and his wife right. Timoteo and Carmelina. The baptism of Timoteo went over well. The member were there my comp preformed the baptism perfectly and everything. Then we got his wife in the water and when my comp tried to dunk her she freaked out and wouldn't go under. We tried like 15 times but every time we tried she freaked out and we coulndn't do it. She says she still wants to get baptized but that she'Okay so first off this week was pretty amazing and went by super fast. I didnt get to go to the temple with my converts they called me on Tuesday and said they werent able to have all their interviews to be able to go and theyll have to wait until like the 23 of July to go and get sealed so thats a real bummer but the important thing is that theyre going to do it. Apart from that we had divisions twice this week and so that was really fun. I stayed in my area once and left once, they will probably be the last times I do divisions. its been really hot this week and it hasnt rained at all so Im dying every day from the heat and sweat. We were able to get a baptism in and that is quite the story. So we were going to baptise this old man and his wife right. Timoteo and Carmelina. The baptism of Timoteo went over well the member were there my comp preformed the baptism perfectly and everythig. Then we got his wife in the water and when my comp tried to dunk her she freaked out and wouldnt go under. We tried like 15 times but everytime we tried she freaked out and we coulndnt do it. She says she still wants to get baptised but that shes afraid of the water so we're going to try again in a couple of weeks to see what happens. . Love you all and hope you guys have the best week ever. Love Connor

                                                                      Marriage of Timoteo and Carmelina

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                                                                Baptism of Timoteo 

June 20, 2016

This week was amazing and full of huge miracles. Monday we went to the cap and I already told you all about that.Tuesday I went and bought a bunch of medicine, Most of this week I was taking 10 pills everyday but I'm feeling much better which is the important thing, right?  Wednesday we had our multi zone conference, which was really weird because I had to start saying good bye to lots of people because its probable I won't ever see them again which is super sad but thats mission life I guess. The conference went really well and Presidente gave me time at the end to share my testimony with the missionaries. It was a really cool experience. The other days were pretty normal but we finally found our investigator that had disappeared on us. Turns out that he had gone up to an aldea to work all week but we were able to talk to him and this Sunday they came to church with the papers they needed to bring so that they can get married this weekend and baptized. We had planned to baptize them  Saturday but I just got a letter from some recent converts from Mita saying that this Saturday they're going to be sealed in the temple and invited me to be there. I'm super excited to be able to go and see them again and more that they're going to make these sacred covenants with our Heavenly Father. I can't believe that Andrew has already come home. It's super weird to think that the time is so short now.  Love you all, Love Connor

Pictures from the Multi zone conference.

                                                    Elder Williams Elder Gee Elder Ferraro

                                                                   Elder Infante Elder Wright

                                                             Elder De Leon Elder Neal

                                                                              Fish

June 13, 2016

     Ok Mom you got me and I'm not sure how you can always tell this kind of stuff. Its kind of creepy. (In my email to Con, I told him I'd had a feeling this last week that he'd been sick and was praying for him) But its not anything serious. I had some parasites again but I've got them all taken care of and I was suffering from a sinus infection because you know that they love to get me. On top of that I got a cold because its been raining a lot and I got wet one day. Today I went to and Ear Nose and Throat doctor and they shoved this nasty camera up my nose and I got to see the inside of my nose, which was pretty cool. They gave me a ton of medicine and I promise I'm doing good now. But apart from that we didn't really have anything fun happen. Its been raining a lot like every day and I didn't want to get wet again so we didn't really get a ton done some days because of that but we were able to visit some of our most important fechas and they're doing really well. Please pray for Timoteo, Carmelina and Juan Carlos and Carla. They are our investigators that will probably be baptized in June. We had district conference this week which was a lot of fun because I got to see President and Hermana Caffaro and because I got to see a bunch of members from Barberena. Sunday night it rained super hard for like an hour and all the rivers in my area were huge and we saw a giant crab in the street that had snuck into some guys house. We had a family that gave us like 50 mangoes so these last couple days I've been eating a ton of mangoes but that's ok with me.  Hope you guys have a great week and love you!! Love Connor

So I know I haven't sent pictures for like 2 weeks so I made sure to take some this week. The first one is all the mangoes and the second is the crab we saw and the third is a giant onsie that I found in a paca for Q10.

June 7 2016

Well its been a pretty normal week really, nothing special happened. Monday we had to stay in our area all day because they came to put a new smoke detector in our house so we couldn't leave the area. We did get our hair cut and then my comp cleaned the house while I slept and then we bought lunch and then went back home and slept some more. I've found that as the time continues to pass I just get more and more tired but its all good because I'm still working super hard. This week we lost contact with one of our investigators because he lost his phone and every time that we went to look for him he wasn't home so we couldn't find him until Saturday. He's doing good. We made plans to go with him and his wife this week to get all the papers they need to be married and baptized. They're this older couple, like 60 years old and they love the church and they're just awesome. We also found our other investigator that's progressing really well, He's a cop so its hard to teach him but he's been reading the material we give him and he's learning a lot. Unfortunately none of them could come to church Sunday and the chapel was really empty which was sad but that's what happens some times. Next week is District Conference and we're hoping that lots of people will come to that. Love you all. Love Connor 

May 30, 2016

     Alright well this is it only six emails left and then I'll be home, that's a crazy thought right? But anywho we had a really great week this week. President decided that it was going to be urgency week and set a bunch of high goals for us to achieve. We were able to make most of them but not all of them. Tomorrow are the changes and obviously I don't have changes of my comp but Elder Fisher is leaving which is sad but Elder Galicia is coming to the zone which will be awesome. This week we saw some miracles with some of our investigators. Two of them Timoteo and Carmelina are this cute old couple that have been coming to church for the past  two weeks and they love it. We'll be working to get them married and baptised this 18th of June and then the other family is Jose Carlos and Carla, who are the husband and step daughter of a member. We're going to be working to get them married and baptized the 25th of June. Jose Carlos is a cop which makes it really hard to teach him sometimes because he's only here every other week but his wife has been helping us out by sending him pictures of the folletos so he can read them while he's at work. We had this crazy member leaving with us this week and that has been really interesting but he's the only member that will leave with us so I'll take what I can get. So fun story this week. We had to go into the capital to get my comps visa signed and all taken care of so we had to get up super early and head into the capital. By the time we got off the bus I had to go to the bathroom so bad I could barley keep it in, so we ran straight to a McDonalds and the bathroom was occupied. By this point I was 100% sure I was going to crap my pants. The guy in the bathroom took forever and by this point I was considering just going in one of the urinals but by some miracle I was able to hold it in and make it to the bathroom. Apart from that things were pretty normal this week. We went to Barbe last p-day to say goodbye to a member that is going on his mission tomorrow but he never showed up so I just had to call him to say goodbye.  Love you all. Love Connor