Monday, September 1, 2014
August 13 Email - Cant Really Type Today
uhm i cant really type because well i was trying to adjust this new
fan we got a couple days and it was on full blast and my finger somehow slid
through the cage and it broke the blades and it slashed my finger pretty good
and my nail i talked to president douglas already we both kind of laughed about
it but yeah it took it like three hiurs to finally stop bleeding i have
pictures but im not going to send a big letter today lol.
August 6th Email - Its been about 4 weeks since ive written..whooops lol
Sorry everybody its been a while that i have written we didnt
really get to use the computers for the last 4 weeks but anyways heres a little
breakdown of whats happened in the past couple of weeks. First i finally got to
baptize somebody myself and it was awsome and nerve wrecking but mostly awsome.
His name is henry and hes about 11 or 12 and i was happy i got baptize somebody
small because i didnt want to baptize somebody whos huge and me fall into the
water or something haha. I had to redo it twice becasue his hands didnt go in
the water or something i dont know im just glad i didnt screw up on the spanish
i was practicing the phrase all day in my head haha. Second I got a new
companion his name is Elder Salazar and im currently still in the same area. Hes
knows martial arts or something like that i dont remember exactly.
Things are
going really good im glad that i know the area and really good friends with the
people so thats always a good thing. I got another infection in my eye so i went
to the mission doctor and he said just buy the same drops that i got last tiime.
well 700 pesos later jeez medicine is exspensive here like well anything like
that and stuff from america haha. Its nice with my new comp becasue i finally
feel like im working in the mission because i feel like my 8 months in the
mission ive sat back and watched how things are done but now i feel like im
doing stuff and really helping with the work so its been nice and exciting and
many other things.
Our mission president is so awsome today for pday we watched
here comes the boom with kevin james and tangled haha. Our mission president is
a really super interesting guy some of the stories he has told me have blown my
mind he seriously needs to write a book maybe one day i will write a email about
the stuff he has told me and also i have pictures from the baptism but it takes
forwever to send pictures and it doesnt allow me to talk with people until its
done downloading. as far as the area is going things are going super good and i
feel like we are getting trust from the members which is super awsome but
anyways thats all i reemember haha Bye!!!
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-Elder Tanner Gothard
July 9th Email - aye haste tu sickness!
Well i cant really share anything this week because i have been in
bed rest recovering from chingkunggoya sorry i dont know how to spell it
basically its a fever. YOu get a really high fever arthritus, rash, and no
energy and no desire to eat or drink. Luckily i only had it for 3 days but it
was the worst thing i have ever felt in my entire life just give you a idea lol.
I was so bored in the house because there is nothing to do and i would try to
read scriptures or liahonnas but i got tired really quickly haha. So yeah but i
am all good now i am healthy and much skinnier so thats a bonus whoo hoo!!! Well
thats all i can really share for this week sorry its so short... love you
guys!!
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-Elder Tanner Gothard
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-Elder Tanner Gothard
July 3rd Email - Another Week in the DR haha!
Hey everybody! Well this week in the DR has been somewhat difficult
for me this week. Mostly because my eye has been really red for almost 2 weeks
and since sunday i havnt been wearing my contacts because its really annoying
wearing contacts with my eye. IM pretty sure i have an eye infection becasue
there is a white spot or thing on my eye where its really red. So ive been
practically walking around blind for the week which is causing me headaches and
and my eye is a having a little pain. I was suppose to go to the eye doctor
yesterday but we were in nagua which is the farthest area from santiago which is
about 3 to 4 hours. SO we didnt have time to go... but i am going on friday
finally.
As far as investagators we have we are going to finalize his baptismal
date with him tomorrow because he finally got married. So we should hopefullly
have a second baptism here real soon. IM praying that we do. Its a big problem
here with marriage. The goverment makes it real hard to get married here and the
men simply dont want to get married even if they have been with the same girl
for 20 years and have like 5 children together. For missionaries here its really
difficult to find a couple that is actually married so it makes the missionary
work way harder then it needs to be. Well i dont really have anything crazy this
week like dogs almost attacking me or almost getting hit by cars haha. Love you
guys talk to you next week!!!
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-Elder Tanner Gothard
-Elder Tanner Gothard
June 25th Email - This week has been fun haha!!
Well this week has been great as usual im loving it here in mao!
The hermanas had a baptism this week which was awsome. Its great to see the area
progressing and me and elder henriquez are expected to have another baptism soon
which is exciting! Me and him are like the perfect team which is good when it
comes to lessons and we get along and hes wierd just like me so everything works
out haha. Its been really great to see the spirit work because with the people
that have been baptized after they have been baptized they always start crying
it just shows me that what we are doing is real and its great that we are
helping others come unto our savior jesus christ.
This week i almost had a
problem with some dogs lol. ME and Elder henriquez just finished some service
and we bought some ice cream and i went to go throw my wrapper away in this
trash can and there was a dog behind it and i tryed to hurry and throw it away
and all of a sudden i hear it barking and i booked it as fast as i could and
there were two dogs that almost came after me becasue they came around the fence
but luckily the owner was right there and stopped them so that was good i do not
want rabbies and i dont want to go to the hospitals here either no thank you.
Today we were allowed to ride bikes today.... it was so scary i felt like iwas
going to get hit by a car. The traffic here is insane traffic laws do not apply
for jacksquat.
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-Elder Tanner Gothard
-Elder Tanner Gothard
June 18th Email - My First Baptism!
Hey everybody well this week has been great and its also transfer week. Luckily
im going to stay another transfer with Elder Henriquez hes awsome love the guy
to death!! Anyways i have exciting news I had my first baptism this week! also
what was awsome is we were able to get our president and his wife to come and
she played the violin while we sang. It was great you could really feel the
spirit. It was great to see the look on demiras face when she got baptized. I
could tell she was super excited and ready for the gospel.
She was all teared up
which was great to see you could tell that we wanted to do it for herself and
and follow the example as should we all. He is our savior and redeemer and we
should always strive to follow him in everyway possible. I want to share my
testimony that i know that the church is true from all sincerity of my heart and
it has been such a blessing in my life and ive seen bless the lofes of others. I
know jesus Christ lives and died for all men so that we can one dday return with
our heavenly father again. Im grateful for this oppurtunity to help people seek
change in their lifes and mine as well. I say these things in the name of jesus
christ Amen. Love you all hope to talk to you all soon
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-Elder Tanner Gothard
-Elder Tanner Gothard
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