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White Water Biking

Hey Sorry I don´t have any recordings this week. There was a lot going on. We really only had three days of work this week because we had a district meeting on Tuesday that we had to go back to Monterrey for and didn't get back until late so we didn't get to do much on Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were our work days. We found a few new investigators.

  I have a pretty cool experience to share. It happened while we were out contacting. We knocked on one door and this lady answered. We told her we were missionaries and she said she was a devout Catholic and didn´t want to hear our message. We asked her if there was anything that we could help her with because we do service as well. She said no but there is an older woman that lives across the street that can´t do a lot and could use our help. So we went over to her house. The door was open so we called in and we heard her say to come in. She was sitting on her bed in the front room. We explained that we were missionaries but she, like the first lady din´t want to hear our message. So we told her that we weren't here to give a message. We heard that you could use some help around the house so we are here to serve you. She gladly accepted. She had us wash her dishes. There was an entire shelf full of them She didn´t have running water so we took two big pales and filled them up outside at one of the neighbors homes. While we were washing dishes she opened up and we were able to talk to her about the church. We taught her a brief message about the plan of salvation and finished helping with the dishes. She was very grateful for our help and as we left she said we could come back. So that was awesome to see how serving others can have such a great effect on their hearts. 

One of our other Investigators (Guadelupe) accepted a date to be baptized!!! YAY!!!

Friday was fun. We woke up to the storm of all storms. Lightning every 5 seconds, thunder that shook the house, and a wall of water that was the rain. We had to bike and work in it. There was close to a foot of water on the roads and it was all running down. It was literally like riding a bike up a river af moving water. So that was fun. It was better than the heat. 

Saturday and Sunday were stake conference which we had to go back to Monterrey for. I sang two solos in the missionary choir. We stayed down there for the first half of today as well for our zone activity. We had a soccer tournament and then I cooked hamburgers for everyone. This was our birthday party as a zone because next week we are going to the temple.

I love you all! Hope everything is well.

Elder Hoyt

white water biking.

Sabinas Hidalgo from a birds eye view
Little church shrine on top of a small mountain


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  1. UnknownJune 5, 2017 at 9:12 PM

    What a great experience you are having and yes, giving service with a glad heart always opens doors that may have stayed closed. I want to know what is in the palm of your hands? It reminds me of someone ....You are looking great. Love ya bud

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