The Afteraffects of The FEAST

Ok So this first Photo and the second one. Are the After affects of that Wonderful Christmas Feast. Even though it was Christmas EVE was the feast but.,......Its a different country what can you do? All of us STUFFED TO THE GILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Third photo was Christmas Morning and my wonderful package from My parents that I DID wait to open. (Loree I did receive yours as well) But With my sisters you can imagine me with about twice as much candy you will understand what my sister Sent me. THANK YOU BOTH!!!!! I love ya tons!!!!!!!!

ANd this Photo is of the Wonderful time that I had to talk to my family Via SKYPE. I LOVE Skype now. I have become an official Skype user. Anywho. Love ya tons!!!!! BYE!

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"Sometimes God calms the storm. At other times, He calms the sailor. And sometimes He makes us swim."-Kolipoki

An Update.

Hey Everyone. It has been a while since I have done a good update on my blog. I will be doing both Photos and This Good old blog. So make sure to look at both.

Since it is still in December I will be doing this in Christmas Colors. WOOHOO!!!!!. So For Updates. Let me tell ya. Right now I am in a place called Framboyanes, La Vega. I arrived the eighth, a wednesday, of December. The monday before I received a call from President Lee asking me if I felt ready to be Senior Comp my mouth said yes well it just blurted the first thing that came to my head. But afterwards I actually started to think. Ummmm.... Senior Comp?????!!!!! Are you sure?!!!! But By the time my brain kicked out of automatic response mode it was to late to talk to President Because he had already gotten off the other line. Well. Since my mouth already said Yes I guess I am now in this thing! So I am now The Senior Comp. I rather enjoy it. But the suprises dont stop there.

The Next Day was tuesday it is the day that we learn whos going where and Whats going on with them. So We receieve the call, I am getting shipped out to LA VEGA!!!!!! To a ward called Framboyanes. I also learned that my comp is called Elder Valdez. I know that he is a Greenie and that I would be his Second Comp. So in terms of the Mission his "stepfather" Thats cool. I hope I can keep up the awesomenes.. So I use that tuesday and I finish packing and I got those last photos that you all see on my blog. Are we good. OK. So throughout the day I am calling a few of my buddies see wharts going on with them. And One of them tells me that he thinks I am district Leader. Umm WHAT?! No one told me anything about that. So I get to La Vega, After a VERY LONG Transfer Day. And guess what. It´s TRUE!!!! I am District leader. Wow. What a big jump. From Junior COmp to Senior COmp, District Leader and "stepfather" Wow. What a big Jump.

So. I am thinking about that. If President Lee put me there it´s from Heavenly Father and so. I am qualified to do it with his Help. Fun Shtuff. So right now I am still alive and I am just LOVING the Mission. the week before I got here they had just finished baptizing there last progressing Investigators. So I arrived once again to an area with NOTHING!!!!! I love these areas. That means once again I get to be a sower and a reaper. Thats my goal. We are going to find Those ready people and baptize them all!!!! Right now we are going amongst the rich people searching for the next Bishop/stake President/70. Amongst them. We know they are there. The only hard part is that its there that we get the most amount of doors slammed in our face......Well actually the majority all we see is a camera Lens. I have two cool stories though. Even amongst these people you find those ready and waiting.

So the first story is it was a morning. Morning contacts are the worst in this country, Just because its when everyone cleans and prepares the big meal of NOON to eat. So no one ever wants to give you time so its really tough sometimes. But it was just one of those mornings. The same one I was just talking about. NO ONE wanted to listen to us. We were in the poorish area. Just searching. We look into houses to see if we can see MEN. Which usually signifies a Family. Thats what we want FAMILIES. So we are going and we are getting close to the point of heading home. When we pass this one house I see a guy. I walk like two steps then stop. Turn around and go back to that house. It was like something kinda clicked in my head. It was cool. We talked to this guy introduced ourselves and he said his name was Narcisso. He is a lawyer. But he used to work for 37 years with an Ex-President of the Country. It was a good lesson. At the End of the Lesson we decided to give him a Book Of Mormon. He told us that He had just received the Best Gift he would recieve. WOW.  Right now. During this Season it has been hard to find him. But We will baptize him and his Family. Its awesome. We did set a Date of Baptism with him as well. But at least just for right now has fallen through we are waiting for the next time to teach him. He has been harder to find then 5 peso coin in a pile of bottle caps.

The other really cool Encounter was when we were amongst the richer people. Wow. This was in the evening. But wow. It is harder to get into one of their houses then it is to get out of Fort knox with Gold. Or get into Fort Knox for that matter. But we were doing contacts knowing that it would be tough. After about 20 housesof continuous knocking like house after house. We get rejected time after time. And with the last one it was a guy but he was cooking and didnt want to talk to us so we just started to walk. At the end of the street my comp and I justBoth turned to the Same house. So we go up to the doorbell. Knock on it. or ring it. and someone starts talking to us. And We introduse ourselves as representatives of the Church Of Jesus Christ and he tells us hold on and opens the door. He then comes running out. WOW. I was already excited for this lesson. It turned out to be an awesome Lesson. He had just started searching for a church because the Catholic Church just wasnt doing kit for him. And he told us what a coincidence that he had just started searching for a church and here we were on his doorstep. Amazing huh? Thats what I call being guided by the Lord.


So, to bring you all up to date, We are two days before The NEW YEARS. For CHristmas I was lucky and we (The missionaries) received a very special gift from Our mission president. The Chance to do a Video Call with our family back at home. That was an awsome gift. We also as a mission a little before got together and took a mission wie Photo. We all got together. It was wonderful. We had a giant Christmas Eve Feast. And Right now we are working our behinds off to find and convert the people of La Vega. I love you all. Keep on rockin,. Hope You all had a great Christmas and I hope you will all have a rockin noise bangin New years. See upi all next year!!! Love ya!!!

Elder Gordon

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"Sometimes God calms the storm. At other times, He calms the sailor. And sometimes He makes us swim."-Kolipoki

DONTYA LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!!!

So Mom, I thought about it. if I am stuck eating eggs and rice I better just do it the correct way, Right Dad? Gotta get me the BIG SPOON!!!!

So This Picture was Christmas EVE. With Us Four Elders in the house of a Member For CHristmas eve. In the house of Flia Gomez. The Elders From Left to Right are. ELDER WALKER, ELDER GORDON, ELDER VALDEZ, ELDER EVANGELISTA. Family it was the Elder on the right that talked to you in the Better english. Hes workin on it though.

THis was our Christmas FEAST. Pastelón Lasagna pasta, Rice, Bread, Pork and Chicken. Not Ham But Pork. It was all REALLY GOOD I loved it. Lots. We were really happy to the Gomez family.

THis next picture is the table after the FEAST. Like I said luckily we had more than us for eating this meal. Also some of the Gomez Family is inthis photo.

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"Sometimes God calms the storm. At other times, He calms the sailor. And sometimes He makes us swim."-Kolipoki

PHOTOS!!!!!!!!!!!

***Note: Somehow this post came through without the pictures attached and the copy of the email hasn't yet reached my inbox. I will post the pictures that go with these captions as soon as I have them available.  ~Melissa***


***Updated with the pictures now!***

So this Photo is about My new Companion and I.  This night was a night when we Just hung out outside and we did a whole bunch of things with Light. Elder Valdez and I.

So Here is a good example. I call the photo, Oh Oh OOh it´s Magic! Its an M. I finally figured out how to do these things.

This next one is very similiar. Even though I didnt turn out well This is a tribute to one of my favorite Animes Naruto. I have better ones I just was kinda rushed on time to find it.

So Mom this is a photo to you. Just look at what I have to eat tonight??? This is why I need recipes. I dont want to be stuck with eating Rice and Fried Eggs my entire mission.

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"Sometimes God calms the storm. At other times, He calms the sailor. And sometimes He makes us swim."-Kolipoki

An update.

WOW. so let me tell you what has been going on. WOW. Life has been pretty crazy. i had 2 dead companions in a row. "I killed" one of them as he was going home from the mission. It was actually a really fun transfer. We didnt have a lot of success and then there was this point to where he fiunally admitted he was dead. Then after him I received Elder Wahman. When he gets to the area. He tells me straight out he is pretty much dead. Which was true.He was half dead. and he has died a lile bit more as well. Then in the transfer was a hard ransfer he is a pretty well known Tigre in the mission. it took some time. we finall got to a point that we worked pretty well with each other. It was the transfer I have aught the least but. I learned a lott. But. I am coming into my year mark. Next week is when I hit it. I am super excited for it. Anyway. So Transfers were today!. Ans wow. President Lee called me Monday night and Told me I was going up to Senior Comp. I learned on Tuesday that I will be a "stepfather" or the second companion of an Elder. Then Today I learned that I am District Leader #. Also That I am moving to a new area. In La Vega. In Framboyanes B. This house is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It has HOT WATER!!!!!!!!!!! And it's large. And if I stay here two transfer which I hope I will I will experience Carniv'al Though I doubt president will let us stay at that house because all the parades of Carnival go right in front of the house. But. Thats a quick update. I am really excited for this transfer!!! Also. My trainer is the other District leader here in La Vega! Anywho Loveyou all tons!!!!!

con carina
Elder Gordon

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2nd Nephi 31:20

The End of the WORLD?????!!!!!!!!! In 2011????!!!!!

Well. This is one of my favorite photos. This is of a sign when coming into Santiago from some church. The thing I don't get is the scripture quotes that Christ will come like a theif in the Night. But......Now....Apparently we know when he is coming. I think this sign is rather funny. Its the only one I have seen. But what can you do? people someimes just dont understand.......Oh well.

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2nd Nephi 31:20

Hey waz up?!

Well Let me explain a few of these pictures for my mothers sake because she informed me that she wanted to know more about my photos not just a title. So here we go.

The first one is of one of my good friends. Elder Gamboa. On MY BODY pillow. this is to show how much everyone just loves my body pillow. but no one loves it more than I do. Thank you mom and dad for being awesome and sending it to me!!!!!!

This next one is of me and one of the members of my ward. He owns an internet center. Eventhough he is an inactive in his own ward but active in the church type of guy. When my ciompanions would take a lot of time and I was bore just sitting there I would talk and hang out with Robert, Though I had no clue he lived in my ward area until last week. 

This is the next photo, This is a picture of my favorite family in San fransisco. This is the family of Ramon and Senia. The guy on the left is Ramons brother Americo, The three kids are natanael he is 8, Melquis who is 7 and Lisbet who is 10. Then it is Senia. The mother she has been a member for 16 years but no one but her family knew it. And now she is becoming active and we are workiing on baptizing the family. The last one the one with the big arms a little smaller than Dads is Ramon. He own his own workshop of making furniture. his work looks really good. I absolutely love this family they are Awesome awesome people. I have seen such a big change in that family. 

This last one is me and my companion Elder Wahman. Yes I wore a santa Hat. It was awesome. That was this morning as well. Anywho I will continue with the blog after the next photo.

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2nd Nephi 31:20

INkKBLOTS

Well. I have heard from a few people that they need to go see a pschoatrtist. SO I have decided to make it easy for people and I will be their pschoatrist. So respond what you see in these three inkblots. Thanks! BYE!

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SÍ MÁS!!!!!!!!!

My comps back. 

My comp Elder Wahman.

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2nd Nephi 31:20

more photos

My "halloween costume".......

Funky colors!!!

My new scripture cases and what not.

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2nd Nephi 31:20