Elder Pilling in Antigua

  Hey everyone!!!!   This week was an interesting week...  So the power went out last Monday morning. Not a rare thing, it usually comes back within the day. We went to the ruins for p day and had a good time. But then when we came back, we still didn't have power... so we can't make anything anddd we have cold showers. Not the end of the world though. Members feed us lunch and dinner. But then...  Thursday night  we ran out of water. So we had to go to a members house and shower. And well we had a a little water in our pila so we can flush the toilets. But yeah it's now been a week without power and 3 days without water. Very good times here in Guatemala!  We got to meet with Leslie yesterday! Her mother in law is the relief society president and we have been trying to get a real visit with her for a while now. We got to share a message on the restoration and it went really well and we are excited to see her progress!  Some fun things this week: On th...

  This week was a pretty normal week I won't lie... buttt we did do some cool things.   So first off on Wednesday we had a lesson with Vany Gomez. But we all decided and especially Vans that she needed to stop receiving lessons because every time we have one she has more questions... so for now we are taking a break from lessons.   But on Thursday we went to an Aldea (a village in the mountains).  We went to an Aldea called Son Jose Xepatàn. We spent a few hours out there and found some good potential people to teach!! We are going back some time this week.  We didn't get to meet with Julio, Benjamin, or Nefi, but this week we'll be sure to get to them.  Today we went to some ruins!! It was pretty neat but honeslty nothing crazy haha. Here are some pics.    Well this week I want to share a little from a talk by Elder Uchtdorf. "But just as minor deviations can draw us out of the Savior’s Way, so too can small and simple acts of realignment assured...

  Hey everyone! I hope you all had a good week.   Well this week was a big change!! I got a a latino companion and I'm finishing his training, so he only has a month and a half in the mission. Elder Bautista, from Mexico! I will definitely learn lots of Spanish this transfer and am so excited.       This week because we really don't have a whole lot of people that we are teaching, we spent some good time trying to find new people. But honeslty we didn't have much  success. It was tough. But, on Sunday we had an incredible day. We went to an Aldea (village) with the elders quorum presidency. It was like 30-45 minutes In car. And we met this part member family. One of the sons, Nephi, is not baptized and would like to learn more! But the thing is he doesn't know very much Spanish. Just the native language. So the elders quorum presidency had to do most of the teaching haha. It was so cool to be apart of a lesson in that language tho! They live very far s...

  Hi everybody!!! What's up!!?? This week flew by and now it's transfer time. I am going to be staying here and getting a new companion! I don't find out  until tomorrow  though. It is pretty sad that Elder Reid is leaving though. I will definitely remember this time with him. So this week we were running around! Thursday we had divisions. I stayed in Patzun with Elder Grimm and it was honestly super awesome. I learned a lot! Friday we had to travel a little to finish divisions and set up the baptism. We had a baptism on Saturday. Rosa made the decision and it was soooo awesome! Lots of people showed up to support her and I think she and her husband will continue strong!     This week I would like to share something that I read in Doctrine and Covenants 68:6 6 Wherefore, be of good cheer, and do not fear, for I the Lord am with you, and will stand by you; and ye shall bear record of me, even Jesus Christ, that I am the Son of the living God, that I was, that I a...

Hey everyone!!! This week was a very good week. Went by very fast and we have transfers in like 10 days :/     But we started this week with being in a trio with one of the assistants to the president! Elder Barahona. That was fun and interesting. He can eat soooooo much haha it was so fun. We met with a 9 year old boy who wants to be baptized but is a little scared of the water. So we are trying to encourage and motive him to be excited and want to be baptized in March!  Funny story… Wednesday we went to a village in the mountains called Chichoy Paraíso. We met with a lady we talked to a few weeks back in town. We got to know her a little and then we shared a message. She then asked us if we did anything else besides share messages about Jesus Christ. We replied with "of course! We serve and help others!" She said, "Can you guys build me a house please?”  We were a little shocked and surprised. Sadly, we responded and said we couldn't build a house. And we don'...

  Hi everyone!!!!  Sooo this week was super awesome and went by so fast. We started our new schedule this week, leaving  at 10 am  in the morning! It is so much better than leaving at 1 or 2 haha.  So we finalized a baptism date with Rosa. She has been meeting with the missionaries since last June... and her husband is a member and now she made the decision to be baptized  on the 5th of March ! We are very excited for her!!! We met with Vany as well and things are still progressing with her, she just has lots of questions haha.  On Tuesday we had divisions! I went to my zone leader’s area and got to work with him for a day. It was super cool to see another area and work with a different companion - a latino haha. Then Thursday we had zone conference!!! It was super good and we talked about why we changed the schedule and the p day. And talking with President and Hermana Probst was awesome! We went to the tienda, or little store, and bought some snacks ...

  Hi everyone!!! Welcome back to the blog Kind of a short week but a really good one (p-day is now Monday).  So it started off  Wednesday night , we met with Vany Gomez. We talked about baptism and if she felt ready… she said she still has a few doubts but wants to be baptized in our church because she knows Joseph Smith was a prophet, the Book of Mormon is true and that our church is the only church with the true priesthood! So we have big plans for our next lesson.  On Saturday we decided to talk to an old friend who was talking to the missionaries like 4 months ago… Julio Cesar. He's 25 and he is the only member not baptized in his family, although they havent been to church in years. He really enjoyed our visit with him and wants to learn what he needs to do to be baptized!!! So we are visiting him this week and are going to help him and hopefully see him progress closer to Jesus christ.  Elder Reid is sick again... it's not as bad as last time but his stoma...