Elder Noah Te's Missionary Blog

April 23, 2018 it was a pretty good week here in espartaco! Found some new investigators, put baptismal dates for them! so hope everything work out. They are three kids! so hopefully we can get them excited for baptism! Our investigator Jesus got baptized this week! It was pretty cool. Jesus has been an investigator for like 3 years, but for some reason he stopped listening to the missionaries for like 2 years. His wife recently got baptized, exactly a month ago actually, and so this past month we've really taken advantage of the opportunity and got him excited to be baptized. And Jesus is one of those investigators that you don't really find. His goal wasn't to be baptized. His goal is to get the priesthood and be sealed one day on the temple and baptism is just a step he needs to take to get there. He goes to church every Sunday and actively participates in class! He really wanted to change his life, and now he is baptized! He is such a great guy, and I know that if h...

April 16, 2018 Quick email!!! No time today!! We had the best baptismal service on Saturday for our investigators Hebe, Jade and Rubi! I loved it! It is a really interesting story with these three girls. Thier grandparents got baptized like 6 months ago. Nobody in the family wanted anything at the time. Even when i first got here in the area of Espartaco, the three girls wouldn't even shake our hands. They wanted nothing to do with God or with us. For some reason, Jade decided to come to church with her grandparents and with Rubi. That was about a month ago. A week later, they told us that Hebe wanted to start listening to the missionaries. So we went and visited her (oh by the way they all live in the same house, just different floors. Very common in Mexico) So anyway, we started talking to Hebe, put a baptismal date with her on the first lesson, and there were literally no complications. They all went to church every week, they all stopped the bad habits they had in their l...

April 9, 2018 it's been a little interesting these past two weeks! First off, I will just say that this past general conference was one of the best, most spiritual conferences I've ever witnessed! It was awesome! President Nelson is truly the prophet!! Lots of new changes, it was awesome to watch it all! Last week tho, my companion got super sick! All day Sunday, during conference, he was just like dying! So after conference we went home so he could rest. He slept for like 5 hours, woke up and his temperature was like 104, so we called some members from the ward, and told them, they came and picked us up and took us to the hospital. Elder De Guzman got checked up by the worst doctor in the world, and then we literally waited like 6 hours for the results of his tests. It was like 4:30am at this point, and it was impossible for me to sleep. I just sat in a chair the whole time. Finally, the surgeon was like yeah you have an appendicitis, and we're going to take you up t...

March 26, 2018 hello! happy monday to everyone! well, this was an awesome week for Elder De Guzman and I. We have some really amazing investigators that I would like to tell you guys about. There is this family named the familia Capuano. They are a family that the missionaries actually found before i got to the area. And pretty much, the dad, Julio, got baptized like 30 years ago, got the priesthood, and then went inactive for like 20 years. And the missionaries found him and his family. Then I got here, and we started teaching them. And I can truly testify to their conversion, because when i first got here they didn't really want anything and now they have a baptismal date for the 7th of April and they couldn't be more ready. Also the cool thing is that Julio lived in Los Angeles for like 15 years so he speaks perfect English. And their daughter Zoe, is 11 years old, and also speaks amazing English. I love this family so much! I can't wait for their baptism. Julio i...

Mar 12, 2018 I have officially been out for ONE YEAR! I cannot believe how fast the time has gone here in Mexico! I have learned a ton, but I still have SO MUCH more to learn. I love the mexican people. They are so loving and have taught me so much about charity. I am learning to like my new area. It's pretty good and theres a lot of work here right now. This week we were able to see a lot of miracles in our area. I know that The Lord is working with us here in Espartaco. We have like 8 investigators with a baptisimal date right now and they are all progressing wonderfully! One of our investigators, Sarahi, is going to get baptized this next saturday. It's gonna be awesome! Can't wait for that. Anyway, I'll attach some pictures from the week. I burned a shirt for my one year mark haha!! anyway, love you all! have a good week! 🤘💙 Jesus loves you! Elder Te Me and this dude 3 great books It's a tradition to burn a shirt when you hit 1 year as ...

Feb 26, 2018 I'm finally out of Iztapalpa!!! no..... im actually really really sad! It was my favorite are and it was so hard to leave! there were a lot of super awesome families in that ward and I can't wait to go back and visit them after my mission. Anyway, I am now in an area called Espartaco in a zone called churubusco! It is a super cool area. It's a lot different from my old area. It is in a nicer part of town I would say, but I guess the work is still the same. My companions name is Elder De Guzman and he is from San Diego. He has like 3 months in the mission. He just finished his 12 weeks so im only his second companion. It's cool though. I recieved the assigment of district leader this change. I'm pretty excited and motivated to learn and progess and ultimately become a better missionary! but anyway, i dont have any more time today! so i will just add as many pictures as I can! love you all!!! have an awesome week!! Elder Te Pics of families...