10/6/2014
Hey Family!
well i made it completely safe down here to Hualtuco! Lets just say when i come to visit Oaxaca after the mish i am definitely coming back here but there is no way in HECK i am going on a bus again! its pure turns all the way and let me tell you in a bus its NOT pretty!!! i really almost threw up all over Hna Mamani Bahahaha i can picture it! Well we got off the bus and it was like how it explains in Daniel 3 with sadrac, mesac and abednego (haha i cant spell them in english if its wrong) but how the guards went to go put them in the fire and they died not even touching it cause it was so hot! yep but i feel like the three of them cause guess what i haven't died yet!!!!! that's a blessing!
haha but apparently the weather hasn't been sooo hot but i am glad cause right now we walk into peoples houses and they are like wow did someone get you wet and I'm like NO! I'm dying from heat people! yeah its really gross but i am glad i am here this time of year rather than the end of my mission cause then i would really die! the elders said that i will be here 6 months haha who really knows but i wouldn't mind it! its beautiful just hot and the people are SO different!
Well My comp her name is hna Saez she is from Puebla just 4 short hours away! hahaha really fun just shes used to being an only child and I'm the oldest of 6 that doesn't flow well with characters haha but you know what that's why we are here to learn and LOVE!!!!
Well we have amazing inves. here one of which is named Jairo pronounced Hiro.. he honestly is AMAZING!!! he was so prepared before the missionaries even found him!!! he understands every lesson reads about them before we teach has a firm testimony of the book of mormon, made his own baptism date is going to all services on Sunday plus institute AND mission prep class cause as of last night he decided his next step is a p. blessing and to leave on a mission!!!!!!!!! I can NOT believe how crazy it is! and he has decided all of this even with his family telling him its of the devil and that he is choosing Evil ways he is strong and knows the truth! i LOVE IT! the Lord really is preparing specific people to accept the gospel!!! he wrote me out his testimony and its one of the most beautiful things i have heard in my life i have never met someone so strong!
well i definitely LOVED conference it is such a blessing in our lives isnt it... to receive personal revelation and help! well I LOVED jeffery R Hollands talk...(as usual) and Jorg Klebrigat! WOW power! i was taken back from them like ahhh! haha i loved that jeffery r holland said that "i know that God knows how to help you help others when you are consciously seeking and asking!" I don't know why that hits me so much apparently i need to trust in my Saviors help more in the work cause really its HIS work! and i loved the 6 things from Jorg Klebrigat it was amazing that our spiritual confidence can increase when we apply these things into our lives and i LOVE LOVE LOVE what he said that "you are pleasing God despite your shortcomings!"that was such a testimony builder to me then i remembered the scripture in Helaman5 27 that the Lord can make our weaknesses strengths! loved it!!!
Well family its time for me to bid farewell til next week! but first... my NEW favorite scripture.... "if thou art Merry Praise the lord with songs, with music, with dancing and with prayers of praise and thanksgiving!" D&C 136 28... HOLY COW LOVE IT!!!!!
well i love you all and hope all is well at home and with everyone! Hunter i love you so much my brother and be safe! no olvide ni un oracion... sea feliz y escuches el espiritu santo en todo momento! recuerdes que Dios te amas mucho pero tambien tu hermana aqui en oaxaca!
be safe, be happy, remember your prayers and apply what you learn and God will bless you with more light!!!!
I LOVE YOU ALL!
Hna Bigelow
p.s. yes gma i got the package , hunter i finally got a letter haha and sorry if all my family that wrote me if i couldn't respond i will try next week!1
Monday, October 6, 2014
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| 8 months!! |
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| Temple Trip with her district! |
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| That is how great the temple makes them feel!! |
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| For her dad... she loves tomatoes now!! |
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| She loves those she serves!! |
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| A favorite drink of hers!! |
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| Her district :) |
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| Saying goodbye.... |
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| She's crazy??? |
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| Goodbye Etla!! |
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| Zone Conference!! |
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| Zone Conference |
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| Happy birthday President Madsen |
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| Service day!! |
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| Service with a cute smile!! |
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| Zone Conference |
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| New mission President and his wife! |
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| Her mission!! |
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| Sister's day!! |
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| Games! |
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| Hermana's |
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| and a movie!! |
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| Cute girls!! |
9/29/14
hey y'all! well we ended another transfer and are moving on to the next! its definitely been a transfer that i am not gunna lie was the hardest EVER i think i got attacked with everything possible that the mission and Mexico had to offer!!!! haha and I'm still trying to get a few bugs out of the system! but let me just tell y'all... i have never seen so many blessings in my life! i have never seen so much happiness and peace the gospel can bring to SO many people! i have been blessed with more strength, humility, faith and love through this last transfer and i am soo grateful for the blessings of the Lord. you know what they say..."what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" A LOT cheesey but true hahahaha well right now i am just trying to get parasites out of my system before tomorrow cause guess what?!?!?!
I am getting transferred to HUALTUCO OAXACA MEXICO! the second most beautiful beaches in Mexico... kinda really stoked! there i will be serving as Senior comp with Hna Sinai. i don't know who she is but we will see! i am really excited to go! i am super sad to leave my people here in Etla but i have a good feeling about this transfer!!! sad to leave hna martinez but hey we knew it'd happen at some point!!! I'm farther away from the offices like 6-7 hrs from the city so that will be weird but i am super excited to see what this brings... oh and guess what?!?!?! mamani will be in my district!!!! bahaha weird eh?
Well this week on experiences... there were a ton! i literally learned sooo much from the Lord nad how much he love his people here and how many people are truly ready to hear the gospel in this moment!! Like yesterday we went to contact a reference that we had receive from the elders the day before but we couldn't find the house so we went into the building that supposedly was right next door to this guys house and we contacted the lady and she said oh no thanks but then we asked her super random question if she would like to live with her 10 yr old daughter after this life and she said.. yes! how?? and we taught her right on the spot she firmly said she was going to go to church on Sunday and her and her daughter have baptism dates for November! it was such a miracle that we had been praying for!!!
well also yesterday hna Martinez and i sang in sacrament with my favorite family here in Etla and it was beautiful! also they sang a song for me as a family to say bye to me!!! they are a singing family he was the first member here with his family in Oaxaca and they created a radio station and only sang church hymns some long time ago!!! it was the best! i love them so much!!! sad to say bye to them but the Lord is always willing to humble ourselves and do his will! that's my lesson this transfer! haha
D&C 11:12-14 how the spirit helps us and the ways it speaks to us!
I love you all so much thank you for your love and prayers!
Have a great week!!!!
Hermana Bigelow
hey y'all! well we ended another transfer and are moving on to the next! its definitely been a transfer that i am not gunna lie was the hardest EVER i think i got attacked with everything possible that the mission and Mexico had to offer!!!! haha and I'm still trying to get a few bugs out of the system! but let me just tell y'all... i have never seen so many blessings in my life! i have never seen so much happiness and peace the gospel can bring to SO many people! i have been blessed with more strength, humility, faith and love through this last transfer and i am soo grateful for the blessings of the Lord. you know what they say..."what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" A LOT cheesey but true hahahaha well right now i am just trying to get parasites out of my system before tomorrow cause guess what?!?!?!
I am getting transferred to HUALTUCO OAXACA MEXICO! the second most beautiful beaches in Mexico... kinda really stoked! there i will be serving as Senior comp with Hna Sinai. i don't know who she is but we will see! i am really excited to go! i am super sad to leave my people here in Etla but i have a good feeling about this transfer!!! sad to leave hna martinez but hey we knew it'd happen at some point!!! I'm farther away from the offices like 6-7 hrs from the city so that will be weird but i am super excited to see what this brings... oh and guess what?!?!?! mamani will be in my district!!!! bahaha weird eh?
Well this week on experiences... there were a ton! i literally learned sooo much from the Lord nad how much he love his people here and how many people are truly ready to hear the gospel in this moment!! Like yesterday we went to contact a reference that we had receive from the elders the day before but we couldn't find the house so we went into the building that supposedly was right next door to this guys house and we contacted the lady and she said oh no thanks but then we asked her super random question if she would like to live with her 10 yr old daughter after this life and she said.. yes! how?? and we taught her right on the spot she firmly said she was going to go to church on Sunday and her and her daughter have baptism dates for November! it was such a miracle that we had been praying for!!!
well also yesterday hna Martinez and i sang in sacrament with my favorite family here in Etla and it was beautiful! also they sang a song for me as a family to say bye to me!!! they are a singing family he was the first member here with his family in Oaxaca and they created a radio station and only sang church hymns some long time ago!!! it was the best! i love them so much!!! sad to say bye to them but the Lord is always willing to humble ourselves and do his will! that's my lesson this transfer! haha
D&C 11:12-14 how the spirit helps us and the ways it speaks to us!
I love you all so much thank you for your love and prayers!
Have a great week!!!!
Hermana Bigelow
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
9/22/2014
Hey y'all! i just want to testify to you that our Savior lives! and He loves us SO much! He is always waiting with His arms stretched out wide for us! we after having a really hard transfer and changing things up in our work ways and in our prayers we finally had a ton of success this week and the Lord truly manifest His love for us and His people here! this week on Tuesday starting out we had amazing things happen! not going to lie! we saw the hand of the Lord in every step we took! He blessed our inves with the progress they have needed. He lead us to the chosen people here and most importantly He has opened the hearts and testified through the spirit that this gospel is true!!!!!
one experience we had this week that at first freaked me out is we were teaching an inves. for the second time but from the moment we met her i don't know it was weird i knew i had to meet her husband! i asked her somethings about him but she seemed distant! when we were there Tuesday i said to hna martinez i really want him to be here today and we got there and not even 10 minutes later her husband walked in but he was a huge tall wide tattooed man at "first i was afraid... i was pertrified!" but he just stormed in the house and didn't even say hi or anything i was like dang and i wanted to meet him??? then he walked back through when we finished the lesson and stunk of smoke he finally said hi and asked us what we were talking about and we said we are sharing a message about Jesus Christ and he said "jesucristo......jesucristo....jesucristo!!" and he started to open up to us and share his testimony of Christ and the love he has for him and really i was afraid at first but it was crazy the spirit filled the room soooooooooo strong and we were able to teach him and we have an appointment with them tomorrow to see how they are and they have some very hard problems in their lives but they are really a beautiful family that will progress sooooo much!!! ill keep you updated on them!
well we had some amazing contacts this week and we only had 2 people tell us no that they didn't want to hear all week and we did more contacts than i ever had my whole mission!!! the Lord really works in strange and BEAUTIFUL ways!!!!
this week was ward conference and on Saturday we as missionaries had to sing and the man from the quorum of the 70s used me as an example of a missionary that is always happy and shows it:) haha crazy man!!!! no it was a good thing that someone noticed!
this morning as sister missionaries we all got together and watched the Emma Smith movie.... I've never seen something so beautiful it was really amazing i cant wait to get home and watch it again!!!
well y'all today is 8 months in the mission field and i cant believe how fast time is flying and how much i have grown and learn but i def have so much more!
I love you guys all sooo much and i can not wait to hear from y'all!!!
Keep the missionaries fed and Loved!!!!
3 nephi 5:13
Love you all!
Hna Bigelow
ps jammed in the back of mission leaders truck and with his son elih and then at the nacho chapel taking glamour shots haha
pss my knees are the same and i am having back probs but DO NOT worry! all is well and mom the new facebook page is the same title as the one pres leyva had but at the end it says "y gozos" which means and joyess haha
Hey y'all! i just want to testify to you that our Savior lives! and He loves us SO much! He is always waiting with His arms stretched out wide for us! we after having a really hard transfer and changing things up in our work ways and in our prayers we finally had a ton of success this week and the Lord truly manifest His love for us and His people here! this week on Tuesday starting out we had amazing things happen! not going to lie! we saw the hand of the Lord in every step we took! He blessed our inves with the progress they have needed. He lead us to the chosen people here and most importantly He has opened the hearts and testified through the spirit that this gospel is true!!!!!
one experience we had this week that at first freaked me out is we were teaching an inves. for the second time but from the moment we met her i don't know it was weird i knew i had to meet her husband! i asked her somethings about him but she seemed distant! when we were there Tuesday i said to hna martinez i really want him to be here today and we got there and not even 10 minutes later her husband walked in but he was a huge tall wide tattooed man at "first i was afraid... i was pertrified!" but he just stormed in the house and didn't even say hi or anything i was like dang and i wanted to meet him??? then he walked back through when we finished the lesson and stunk of smoke he finally said hi and asked us what we were talking about and we said we are sharing a message about Jesus Christ and he said "jesucristo......jesucristo....jesucristo!!" and he started to open up to us and share his testimony of Christ and the love he has for him and really i was afraid at first but it was crazy the spirit filled the room soooooooooo strong and we were able to teach him and we have an appointment with them tomorrow to see how they are and they have some very hard problems in their lives but they are really a beautiful family that will progress sooooo much!!! ill keep you updated on them!
well we had some amazing contacts this week and we only had 2 people tell us no that they didn't want to hear all week and we did more contacts than i ever had my whole mission!!! the Lord really works in strange and BEAUTIFUL ways!!!!
this week was ward conference and on Saturday we as missionaries had to sing and the man from the quorum of the 70s used me as an example of a missionary that is always happy and shows it:) haha crazy man!!!! no it was a good thing that someone noticed!
this morning as sister missionaries we all got together and watched the Emma Smith movie.... I've never seen something so beautiful it was really amazing i cant wait to get home and watch it again!!!
well y'all today is 8 months in the mission field and i cant believe how fast time is flying and how much i have grown and learn but i def have so much more!
I love you guys all sooo much and i can not wait to hear from y'all!!!
Keep the missionaries fed and Loved!!!!
3 nephi 5:13
Love you all!
Hna Bigelow
ps jammed in the back of mission leaders truck and with his son elih and then at the nacho chapel taking glamour shots haha
pss my knees are the same and i am having back probs but DO NOT worry! all is well and mom the new facebook page is the same title as the one pres leyva had but at the end it says "y gozos" which means and joyess haha
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
9/15/2014
Hey family! I hope all is going well there!!! i am so sad to hear about brother Carter please send them my love!!!
Well this week has definitely been interesting! we have been hearing some really weird things that have been going on and just really have been relying on the spirit to guide us in our path. We started out just really trying to change somethings so that we could see different results in the work and it really seemed to help with somethings and how our inves are seeing the gospel we are starting to feel like the people are starting to really understand the importance of the gospel!!
Well one of our strange happenings this week on Saturday morning early we went and visited Belen and we talked with her and found a back path that leads to the neighborhood where we live. We ended up crossing a flipping river just to find a huge horny field ahead and then a man came out of no where at the top of the hill to help us just and when we got up i felt super weird about him and so did my comp but he wanted to hear about the gospel so we gave him a 30 sec run down and said we could teach him in his home with his family and he said no. then we starting walking away and he said "can i tell you something? i smell drugs" and then he proceeded to accuse us of doing drugs! it was really ridiculous!!! but that's about it on experiences this week!
I am definitely learning a lot from the Lord... we had another week like last just super hard especially yesterday at church....
Oh! i got a blessing this week that really has changed me as a missionary. honestly it was super short and simple but soooo profound!
i am lost on what to do about health beside just keep praying cause it continues the same! haha but all is well!
Today and tomorrow is festivities for Mexico independence day and we have a weird schedule but its been a good day! i got all my stuff packed in case i have changes in two weeks haha i have been here 4 and a half months so i kinda had a lot of stuff around the house!! we went to the nacho chapel!
Family i love you all! and just know that i know without a doubt that God hears and answers prayers! As His literal spirit children He wants to help and bless us in all things as long as we are obedient. I know this church is true and that through the book of mormon and this gospel we can receive and share the light and love we have through it!
my scripture this week is D&C 25:13-15 remember your covenants and be happy only you can choose that!!!
have an amazing week!!!
Hna Bigelow
Hey family! I hope all is going well there!!! i am so sad to hear about brother Carter please send them my love!!!
Well this week has definitely been interesting! we have been hearing some really weird things that have been going on and just really have been relying on the spirit to guide us in our path. We started out just really trying to change somethings so that we could see different results in the work and it really seemed to help with somethings and how our inves are seeing the gospel we are starting to feel like the people are starting to really understand the importance of the gospel!!
Well one of our strange happenings this week on Saturday morning early we went and visited Belen and we talked with her and found a back path that leads to the neighborhood where we live. We ended up crossing a flipping river just to find a huge horny field ahead and then a man came out of no where at the top of the hill to help us just and when we got up i felt super weird about him and so did my comp but he wanted to hear about the gospel so we gave him a 30 sec run down and said we could teach him in his home with his family and he said no. then we starting walking away and he said "can i tell you something? i smell drugs" and then he proceeded to accuse us of doing drugs! it was really ridiculous!!! but that's about it on experiences this week!
I am definitely learning a lot from the Lord... we had another week like last just super hard especially yesterday at church....
Oh! i got a blessing this week that really has changed me as a missionary. honestly it was super short and simple but soooo profound!
i am lost on what to do about health beside just keep praying cause it continues the same! haha but all is well!
Today and tomorrow is festivities for Mexico independence day and we have a weird schedule but its been a good day! i got all my stuff packed in case i have changes in two weeks haha i have been here 4 and a half months so i kinda had a lot of stuff around the house!! we went to the nacho chapel!
Family i love you all! and just know that i know without a doubt that God hears and answers prayers! As His literal spirit children He wants to help and bless us in all things as long as we are obedient. I know this church is true and that through the book of mormon and this gospel we can receive and share the light and love we have through it!
my scripture this week is D&C 25:13-15 remember your covenants and be happy only you can choose that!!!
have an amazing week!!!
Hna Bigelow
Thursday, September 11, 2014
9/8/2014
Well y'all another week has past and gone! definitely been a rough transfer if i do say so myself!! But i am learning so many things from the Lord its crazy! its been a transfer of just relying on the Lord in all my actions and learning exactly how the spirit works with me! I have learned to love the people here like i never have thought i would! its amazing but hard at the same time! some i just want to jump into that font and be baptized and other i just want them to realize if they would just come back to church they would be so much more happy and the Lord would bless them to see the light through their trials. I've never had such strong desires to help people its definitely one blessing from the Lord! i feel like all my life i have always tried to find ways i can help people no matter what they are doing and the mission is helping me learn more of this talent... weird to be talking about myself haha
But this week was definitely the hardest I've had here in the mish! but the Lord is teaching me and my comp humility its a blessing but one of the hardest things ever! but with the Lords strength we are overcoming the trials!
its definitely a lovely life to be here in the mission i wouldn't trade it for the world! but once again short on time!
I LOVE YOU ALL and thank you for all you do to help me! ps mom i got your package!!!!
scriptures alma 26:27 and alma 29:9
Love
Hna Bigelow
Well y'all another week has past and gone! definitely been a rough transfer if i do say so myself!! But i am learning so many things from the Lord its crazy! its been a transfer of just relying on the Lord in all my actions and learning exactly how the spirit works with me! I have learned to love the people here like i never have thought i would! its amazing but hard at the same time! some i just want to jump into that font and be baptized and other i just want them to realize if they would just come back to church they would be so much more happy and the Lord would bless them to see the light through their trials. I've never had such strong desires to help people its definitely one blessing from the Lord! i feel like all my life i have always tried to find ways i can help people no matter what they are doing and the mission is helping me learn more of this talent... weird to be talking about myself haha
But this week was definitely the hardest I've had here in the mish! but the Lord is teaching me and my comp humility its a blessing but one of the hardest things ever! but with the Lords strength we are overcoming the trials!
its definitely a lovely life to be here in the mission i wouldn't trade it for the world! but once again short on time!
I LOVE YOU ALL and thank you for all you do to help me! ps mom i got your package!!!!
scriptures alma 26:27 and alma 29:9
Love
Hna Bigelow
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