The Lord is more powerful than Satan - April 13th, 2015

Hey!

It was a great week here!! The area is coming along super quickly!! We worked our tails off this week and thought we were gonna get to take a nap this week, but they are doing some construction above us... so we didn’t get much!;) We had a good week though!! We had our first divisions of this change! Wasn’t something new for me but for my comp!! We had a good little divisions though!! I stayed in my area with one of the Zone leaders! His name is Elder Thalti! It was great to be with him and I learned a lot!! It’s amazing how much you can learn in a day!!

We found a lot of new investigators this week!! We found this new family! Super great!! Family licion hdz!! We taught them the first lesson and at the end of the lesson he asked us about a prayer, where you put your hands on the head and what not!! I was super confused at first then I remembered the blessing!! He asked if we could give his wife one the next time we went to his house!! We returned a couple days later and explained the blessing and gave a blessing to her!! It was a great expérience! He was all about the blessing!! Once we finished he asked her.. how do you feel? expecting her to say something huge! It was super funny!! Great family!! This Sunday was fast Sunday and it was super great!! The spirit was super strong!! The husband went to church this week!! The rest of the family couldn’t go but he went and it was a good experience for him!!

My comp is doing great!! He’s coming along super quickly!! He will be a great missionary when he can speak the language fully!! He’s starting to be more brave and go for it during the lessons, so it’s good!!

We have found some families that are progressing super quickly!! It’s crazy how to see how the closer the people are to be open to know the truth of this gospel how Satan is working hard also so that they wont’!! With the Lords help they can always know of the truth because the Lord is a lot more and will always be more powerful than anything of Satan!!

I’m doing great and mom no need to worry about my health! I’m doing good!! The Mexican food is super good!! Sometimes I eat way too much and it’s not good because we have to walk a ton after!;) Sounds like you all had a great week!! Super busy with school, sports, and work and the house!! Seems like so long ago that we were always running around to the different events!! I know that you’re all doing great and put my trust in the Lord that he will continue to make the right choices in whatever it is!! I love you guys and so grateful for the amazing family that I have!! I’m so grateful for the plan that my Father in Heaven has for us, that we can live together after this life para siempre!:) What a great blessing that is!! I know this is the only true church and when we follow the teachings of it, we will be happy!! I love you guys and pray that the Lord will strengthen and bless all of your lives in whatever you may be doing!

Love you all! Love, ELDER FACER

Loved Conference - April 6th, 2015

Wow!! What a crazy week here in Tampico!! We were so busy with tons of stuff this week!! We were always running around and sweating so much!! It’s super humid here and it just makes you sweat a ton!! Especially when you are walking.... basically running from house to house! ;)

The area is coming along quickly this week! We had a good week!! On Friday we had a meeting with president and another zone where he could teach us and it went super well! He just made our visions a whole lot bigger!! ha He’s a great boss!,) The zone meeting went well and it was fun to see a lot of the other elders that I know and from my zone and from other areas that I’ve known them!! They all seems to be doing great!! We came back into our area and it was one of the busiest days that I’ve had in the mission!! We came back and ate and went on the go!! We had a couple good lessons but then we went with a family that’s progressing super well!! We got there and invited them to the conference and they told us about the day they went to a baptism there and how it was so bonita and how they want it and what not!! It was so amazing!! They are great!! The husband Martin is a less active and he went to the priesthood session and the rest Lilian, Mari, Brenda, and Alex of the family went to three out of the 4 sessions!!! How great is that?? We will have to figure out a couple things in the next couple weeks, but in the end of this month we are hoping that they will be baptized!! I love them and so excited for that day!!

My comp is doing great!! He is coming along quickly and he’s surprised how busy we are!! When we looked back on that last week... he told me... there’s nothing more we could have done... my goal is to make it like that all of the weeks of my mission!!! Just be more organized and it should be more effective!! We seem to be working with the members more closely!! We have gotten the trust of most of them and now we just need to put it into practice with them and how they could help all of our investigators!!

Sound like you all had a great week!! I hope you all listened super closely to the conference!! Some super great talks... better get off those phones!,) we watched in English with all the rest of the missionaries that speak English!! We also had a couple of ladies that were stuck here in Mexico... got converted and just got the papers to go back!! So they were watching it here with us also!! They are great!! My favorite talk was Elder Holland’s!! I just love the way he goes about it his talks, and the love he has for our savior Jesus Christ and our loving Heavenly Father!! That’s something that I want to grow here on the mission!! But it really will take years to develop!! I love you guys and trust in the Lord that you are all doing well and deepening your conversions!! Happy birthday Chad!! Congrats Brax and Alesha!!

Have a good week!! Love Ky!!

Hna Teresa was baptized - March 30th, 2015

Hola!! Tuvimos el bautismo!!!! We had the baptism!! It was a good week!! The baptism went well!! There probably won’t be a baptism in the mission that goes super smoothly!! This one didn’t but hna Teresa got in the water!;) The baptism was scheduled for 3 and it lasted until 5:30!! Because people had to come and what not!! I got to be the witness because we didn’t have priesthood sufficient!! It was a good experience!! She was so ready to be baptized!! She’s great!! She really has a great spirit about her!! I would love to say we found her and what not but a lot of time that’s not the case. We just had to make sure that she went to church and had to finish some of the lessons. We also had to activate her cousin because she wanted him to baptize her. He was less active but we got it all together and it went through. It was a good experience for my comp!! The first one!! It’s going great with my comp!! He only gets frustrated with the language but I can remember how I was just the same because I thought I should be able to speak it! It just comes with time!! He’s great!! When he does speak, you really can feel the Holy Ghost!! I can now tell you how the gift of tongues is real for me and for him!! I know that the people understand the things that we have for them!! 2 gringos walking around!! It’s never happened before in this area so people are liking to stare! It’s pretty funny!! It was a good week for the missionary work!! The binder for the area is missing a lot of people we found out this week!! I’m not sure how but a lot of people get lost or what not, but we found them again this week!!! Here’s a little story. On the first day of the change a man contacted us and told us that we could come over to his house whenever he wanted and that he had a daughter that lives in the United States and she is a member. We really didn’t think anything of it and kinda forgot about him but just a couple days ago a teenager contacted us and told that we should come meet with them and visit them! So we said ok, but it came to that day and we had the baptism and we were chuck full so we didn’t go!! Yesterday we went to the house and the wife came out and greeted us. She was like Elders I’m glad you’re here!! I was takin back but them we visited them!! We put it all together and how the Dad contacted us first and how his son was the second. Family Aguilar!! They are great!! They have a son named Antonio!! He’s 24 and I think he’s made of gold!! He just had a look about him that was different!! I’m not sure how to explain it!! We found 2 families like them this week!! It was great!! The area is coming along quickly!! We are now starting to teach families!! It’s something special because really the gospel is here to bless our families and how we can live with them for all eternity!! Alanna’s birthday is this Saturday right!!! Happy bday!!! Also general conference!! I think its Jacob 4 : 6 lealo!!:) Sounds like you all had a good week with spring break!! Our spring break was real good! :) Ha love you tons!! Have a good next week!! Love, Ky

A Blessing to be with Elder Lundberg - March 23rd, 2015

Hola!

Where do I start!! It was such an amazing week we had here!! It’s a huge blessing to be with Elder Lundberg!! Even though he doesn’t speak much Spanish... almost none!! Ha he has a great spirit about him! We had so many experiences that were super spiritual! We found some new investigators this week that are so wonderful! We had this family named family Hernandez. They are so great! So a little bit about them! We went on Saturday to teach her because on Friday we contacted her in the street. We talked a little bit and she said that she had family that was members and how that we could come back Saturday, so we said alright and left and thought nothing of it! On Saturday we went to her house and she wasn’t home, only the little kids. We talked to them and asked if someone was home that we could talk to and they said yes and all the sudden a man came out and we talked a little bit and he said he was a member just going to a different church time. He told us lots of different things and how he was a missionary also and what not. Then her name is Hna Lilian came home! We talked to her also and asked if we could share a message. She said sure so we taught her but in the middle of the lesson, her family that I was explaining, his name is Arude, I asked him a question to tell us a little bit more about the baptism of Jesus Christ! He changed!! It was so funny to see!! He went from normal... to missionary mode!! It was great!! We had such a great lesson and she accepted a baptism date with her 3 little kids!! The next day was Sunday and they all came to church!! It’s a feeling that’s indescribable!! We also had to give talks!! We had our talks and they went pretty well!! My comp was pretty nervous!! He did a great job though!

This week we seemed to also get the confidence of some of the members a lot more!! They seem to want to work with us more closely so we are looking forward to that!! A little bit more about the area and us... we have a baptism this Saturday!! Hna Teresa!! We are super excited for her and hope it goes through!! I wish I could tell you more of the stories and experiences that we had this week but I don’t have enough time.I’m just a slow typer!! I also need to send pics so that will take up a little bit of time also.

Sounds like spring break will be fun!! Keep safe and have a great time!! I’m doing great here!! The Spanish is coming along great!! With the people and everyone else I have to pretty much talk all the time, but with my comp we are coming little by little with the Spanish!! We speak a little bit of English! ;) Ha I hope you are all doing great and you are all in my prayers!!

One of my favorite scriptures right now is John 21!! Give it a shot if you want! ;)

Love you guys!

Love Elder Facer

 

I'm Training - March 17th, 2015

Buenas Tardes! Wow!! I’m in a rush this week and I won’t be able to write hardly at all because we have to go work!! It’s a little late in the day I just want you to know that I’m doing great and I stayed in my area this change!! The change is that I’m training!! Elder Lundberg from RIGBY IDAHO how great is that!! I’m sure you will be able to get in contact with his family!! Tell them that he is doing great and has a special spirit about him!! We had a great week this last week! I learned a lot from Elder Cruz but I think we will have some big changes in this area!! It has a ton of potential!! Yesterday we went to office home and received the new missionaries! We actually worked yesterday and received our new comps today!! We had a meeting with president and he sure does expect a lot out of us!! He’s such a great leader for this mission!! I’m super excited for this next week to work with Elder Lundberg and we actually have a baptism on the 28th!! Hna Teresa!! She’s great!! I will surely write you more in the next week!! Just know that I love you tons and I’m praying for you always!! Mom remember that I’m doing great!! My health and all! No need to worry!! It will be a great next week!! Sounds like you had a good week all together!! I will do that bracket, and if I win in the family pool, I expect the money!!! :) I will send pics next week and write a longer one next week!! Love you tons!! Love Ky

I'm Here Doing the Lord's Work - March 9th, 2015

March 9th, 2015 Hola!! It was a super good week here and it kinda changed the mission for me personally! We were busy the whole week with things to do!! Our area is doing well and we found some new investigators that really want to progress!! It’s always a great thing when the investigator has real intentions and actually follows through with the commitments!! We had some great lessons this week!! It was Friday and we taught a couple lessons and what not, but the Hna Lilia was sick and also an investigator named Angel was sick. So we gave them a blessing!! I gave one of the blessings and my comp gave the other!! We always switch off and on, but I gave the blessing for Hna Lilia and it was a moment that I will never forget!! It was one of those moments when you give the blessing and the words just come to you!! I’ve always heard it from Dad and what not, but it’s something really special and I now know what Dad was talking about all those years!:) We also have a family Benite working through a divorce and are going to be married here, but here in Mexico it’s hard to do the both, but we talked to them last week about it a little and went on our way! At the first of the week, this week, they came to us and asked us more questions about it and how they are going to do it and what not!! It was great! I can’t wait for them to get it all figured out and then their baptism!! My comp is doing great!! We get along super well! It’s crazy how fast time is going!! This is the last week of this change!! I think when you really do just focus on the work and give it your all, you kinda do lose track of the time!! The mission changed for me this week because one day in the morning it was a little hard and what not so I read a couple of the talks that Darin gave me!! I was looking for flash cards and I founds the talks... miracle in its self right!:) ha but I grabbed the talks and sat down and read them! It’s been a super long time since I’ve read them and the spirit just hit me super hard and I just felt that really I’m not here for me!! I’m here doing the Lords work and need to focus on the people and how I could change their lives and not how this is gonna change my life!! Before I didn’t really think about me a whole ton and what not, but there’s so much that I could be and the Lord was just showing me how I could change by helping me see that!! I know that this gospel is true and know that this is the Lord’s work and when we give him our all in the Lord’s work or in our lives normally.....we will see miracles! The blessings will come that he has waiting for us, we just have to do our part….takes a little work but we can all do it!! Sounds like your week was fun with the trip to Utah!! Happy birthday Trevin!! Crazy how old you are!!! Don’t worry I sang to you from here!! I love you all and am always praying for you!! Have an amazing next week!! Love Ky!

March 2nd, 2015

Muy Buenas Días!

 

It was a good week here in Modelo!! It was a great start to go to the temple and worship there!! It’s something that is super special and really can change your week!! It definitely changed my week for me!! We had a good week here!! We are continuing to work hard and help this area out!! The reason it’s kinda hard is because before the elders didn’t use the members so the members are sleeping!! It’s just our job now to wake them up and get them to work!! We have some great members here! They really want to do the right thing, just not sure how to do it! ha Our bishop is in D F every other week so it’s hard to rely on him, so we kind of have to run our church!! This week I learned a lot just how to go do it!! You can think about something a lot, but it won’t be done until you just do it!!

 

My comp is doing great! He has great teaching skills and I’m always learning from his teaching skills!! It’s great to learn and apply it with my teaching!! I have a long ways to go, but little by little I’m coming along!! This week not much happened, just a lot of missionary work!!

 

We have this member in our area. His name is Javier! He has a pretty great story!! So he’s not all there if that makes sense, but he knows the church is true!! The rest of his family is less active and doesn’t go to church or anything!! They don’t want anything to do with it!! So this week we went to visit him and see if he could go with us to one of his neighbors!! He said yes and what not so we went and they weren’t home!! It was ok though because a lot of the lessons we put go thru!! But we asked him who else he knows and he just started going off with all these names and persons that we could teach!! not kidding it was 18 people!! It was awesome!! So now we have a little area that kinda exploded!!! It was great and I’m hoping this next week we will have some great new investigators!! The missionary work is something that isn’t an easy experience, because salvation isn’t a cheap experience!! I love that quote by Elder Holland!! It’s not exactly right but it’s kind of close I think!!

 

Today I cut my hair!! with a little help from my comp on the back but that’s it!!! I’m gonna be pro by the time I get back!! I took some pics but I don’t have much time so I will just have to send them the next week!!

 

We had a good little experience this week!! We are teaching a lady and we taught the first vision!! It was a good little lesson that we had with her!! She has had the lessons before with the missionaries but they kinda just left her and she doesn't know why.. probably because she wasn't progressing, but we taught her and she felt the spirit!! We put a date for a baptism with her and she said she will do what it takes to be ready for the date!! Her name is Paola!! She’s great and I know that her intentions are real!!

 

I love you guys and sounds like you had a good week!! I pray that you have a good next week and continue to remember the Lord in all you do and how blessed we are to have the gospel in our lives!!!

 

Love Ky