Baptism Photos

Hna. Buenas noches adjunto fotos del Bautizo de mi hijo Mayker Xavier Cabrera Tigrero el día de hoy Sábado 14 de Octubre saludos hna. Bendiciones 

William Cabrera C.

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Familia de Oro

Buenas tardes querida familia!!

So yeah I’m a real missionary again!!! Can you believe that? And oh yeah... we had 2 baptisms this weekend!! Man that was cool! And we have a few more coming up within the next month!! Wa hoo!!!

Love you all tons!!!

Suprise!! You have changes right now!

What’s the best thing you can imagine to do for P-day? How about having the Assistants call you at 9:30 asking you why you aren’t in the terminal yet?

So yeah that’s just about what happened today, this week isn’t even changes and I just get a surprise call asking me if I was on my way or not... well the funniest part is that I kind of suspected it but when no one had called me Saturday or Sunday telling me about the emergency change, I just figured that I wasn’t going anywhere and decided to dump my clothes in the washer, I’m the only one in the mission with a washing machine so lucky me, and then had to take out and pack all my soaking wet clothes. (My Assistant Elder Marin totally forgot to tell me so he felt really bad and I enjoyed messing with him and giving him crap about it)

So yeah I threw everything in a bag. Ran around my sector saying goodbye to like 3 families and I took the 30-minute taxi to the terminal.

I am now in the Sector 18 de October, Zone El Oro (the gold)

I’ve heard lots of good things about this zone and sector so I’m really excited!

I’ve also learned that we have 2 baptisms this weekend and another 2 for the next week so I’m starting off with what sounds like a pretty good program!

My new companion is Elder Garcia; he is from Peru and the first Latin companion who is actually taller than me! He is a Greenie and only has 5 weeks in the Mission, so yep... I’m a trainer!! I’m actually really excited about training him and trying to help him develop a bit as a missionary. Hopefully I can rub off a little bit on him what my amazing 3 trainers taught me (shout out to Broderick Hudson, Alex Humble, and Elder Jenkins) 

Also just wanted to give a quick shout out to my Older and Better-looking brother Max! Man 22 never looked so good! But sorry ladies.... he’s already married.

Love you all so much and Read the Book of Mormon!!

Let me know if you guys have any questions!! I love hearing from all of ya!

1. My comp wasn’t happy to be sending me off in the terminal... I’m going to miss that clown.

3. The whole office decided to drop me off in the Terminal. I’ve had some fun getting to know these guys and I’m gonna miss them....... Just not the office, like not even a little bit. (Sorry its blurry but I’ve taken less than 5 selfies in my life so deal with it)

4. Me and my Assistant. Elder Vieyra and I are pretty tight. He’s a super funny guy and at the same time a literal spiritual giant!

Conference Weekend

What’s up beloved friends and family?

Man was General Conference amazing or what?!?!  Man I don’t even know where to begin with.... I think the best part of Conference was when Elder Christoferson spoke (Saturday night session) and then Elder Holland came in for the K.O.!!! Man putting those two together was so incredibly powerful!! 

I also loved how much Everyone STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF READING THE BOOK OF MORMÓN EVERY DAY!!!! 

As a mission we have recently begun reading the "Libro de Mormón" together. We all have to read a chapter and a half every day in our companionships and we will finish together at the end of May! But I really am so excited to follow the Prophetic Advice and read, ponder, and put it into practice every day!!

I challenge all of you to read the Book of Mormon with my mission. Reading just one chapter and a half a day really will change and bless your lives! 

So here’s a huge miracle I’ve had happen this week!! So we were trying to pass buy for our 8 investigators who promised us they’d go to conference.... and sadly only 3 went (which is still amazing and a miracle in itself) but out of nowhere I get a call for an old investigator who almost got baptized before she moved.... she calls me and tells me that she moved back into our ward (in another house) and wants us to teach her again!!!

Sorry I don’t have more time to write but ill hit you all up with photos the next time!!

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Elder Stidham

Humpback wales always travel to Ecuador

What’s up beloved friends and family?

Man was General Conference amazing or what?!?!  Man I don’t even know where to begin with.... I think the best part of Conference was when Elder Christoferson spoke (Saturday night session) and then Elder Holland came in for the K.O.!!! Man putting those two together was so incredibly powerful!! 

I also loved how much Everyone STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF READING THE BOOK OF MORMÓN EVERY DAY!!!! 

As a mission we have recently begun reading the "Libro de Mormón" together. We all have to read a chapter and a half every day in our companionships and we will finish together at the end of May! But I really am so excited to follow the Prophetic Advice and read, ponder, and put it into practice every day!!

I challenge all of you to read the Book of Mormon with my mission. Reading just one chapter and a half a day really will change and bless your lives! 

So here’s a huge miracle I’ve had happen this week!! So we were trying to pass buy for our 8 investigators who promised us they’d go to conference.... and sadly only 3 went (which is still amazing and a miracle in itself) but out of nowhere I get a call for an old investigator who almost got baptized before she moved.... she calls me and tells me that she moved back into our ward (in another house) and wants us to teach her again!!!

Sorry I don’t have more time to write but ill hit you all up with photos the next time!!

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Elder Stidham

Being Blessed to Love Others Even When Its Hard At Times!

Q: ¿Quien fue al persona mas Pelacon (o rico si aprendiste español en otra país) en el Libro de Mormón?

A: "La-Moni" 

Yeah maybe I need to work on my joke stills again but how is going? 

Hey quick question... have you all heard this song before?? I had one of my buddies in the office show me it and man its sweet!! Check it out! (It’s attached hopefully)James the Mormon

But yeah let me tell you about the crazy and amazing week I’ve had!! So many times I’ve had people start screaming at me, slam doors in our face or family members of investigators just be super mean. But despite it all I have just had this unexplainable love for them! We had a Noche de Hogar (family home evening) last night and I shared my Dad's favorite scriptures Corinthians 13:4,8 and Moroni 7:45, which talk about Love and CHARITY. I explained how great of an example my father has been for me. Above anything I remember how much he taught me about serving others. He really always told me how proud of me was when I served others, he always set such a great example of helping others and I know that Serving others has been the biggest factor in growing my testimony. As a missionary all I do everyday is serve others, and there’s nothing else i'd rather be doing. I shared in our family home evening how even though people are mean and cruel sometimes it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t love them. Christ himself was humiliated, whipped, spit upon, mocked, forced to carry His own cross, and finally nailed to it. As He was nailed to the Cross He offered a prayer to His Father and pleaded forgiveness for His loved ones who were treating Him so poorly. During my time here are a servant of the Lord I have learned to love those who curse me, serve those who do harm to me and above all, see the children of the Lord AS HE SEES THEM!!

I have been so amazed how many miracles I’ve seen this week! Man I’ve just had such a love for the work and was so blessed!! We guided to a family who is just so ready for the gospel this week, we passed by on Monday and they begged us to come back every day to visit them!!! Then on Sunday we passed by this poor little families home to bring them to church and they were all ready in their best cloths and waiting for us to arrive. MIRACLES LIKE THAT JUST DONT HAPPEN HERE!! 

So yeah I was in an extremely good mood this Sunday with a whopping 8 investigators at church!!

Maria Fernanda Paz has been through a rollercoaster these last few weeks we’ve been teaching her, she really has changed so much so fast!! She told us last night how she was unsure if she wanted to get baptized anymore after church, but right when we passed by she was going to tell us that she changed her mind and didn’t want to go through with it, but before she could I felt inspired to Re-Teach Lesson 3: The Gospel of Jesus Christ (my favorite lesson to teach) and when we got to the part of Receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost I just felt the spirit poor over me and I thought with words that weren’t even my own. My companions and another member bore their testimonies about the importance of the Holy Ghost and Maria just started crying and told us how she didn’t understand the importance of being baptized and was about to tell us that she didn’t want to go through with it... but now she knows why and really wants to get baptized!!!

Les quiero bastante y que se vayan muy bien esta semana! 

Felicidad es una decisión, entonces elije a ser feliz! 

Leas el Libro de Mormón todo los días!

~Elder Stidham