Week 96 - Jesus the Christ

Last week of the cycle this week! Sad week though, one of my best friends went home this week. The man, the myth, the legend, Elder Crockett went home this week so all of my pics are with him hahaha.

This week I have been reading a TON, both the Book of Mormon and Jesus the Christ. It has been INCREDIBLE to see the difference in my days as I am walking and teaching. I finished reading the BoM again in Spanish, I was quite happy with myself :) I have challenged myself to finish it one more time before going home! I'll never be able to read the entire BoM again as a missionary :) Also, Jesus the Christ just kinda blows my mind. Firstly, because it uses huge words.;) Secondly, because it explains everything sooooo well that it really strengthens your testimony. I have really loved learning about all of His parables. I highly recommend chapter 27 :)

These last 4 weeks are gonna be full of all sorts of activities :) It's all good stuff! Have a great week!

Elder Quist

Week 95 - Temple Visit

How is everyone doing? I hope y'all are having a dandy summer and being good people -  enjoying that good summer heat. This week we went to the temple which was fun! We went on the subway, which just so happens to be the 2nd largest in North America! Fun fact of the day.

Like I mentioned, this week we went to the temple and took our friend, Juanita and her grandkids! It was a party. The stake rented a bus for all of the investigators and a bunch of us missionaries took a bus to the metro, then took the subway, then we walked through a lovely little park to get to the temple. It was a great experience to see how she was influenced by the spirit as she learned more about the temple, the book of mormon, and eternal families. She was asked how she felt and all she could say was "I don't know how to explain what I feel. It makes me want to cry almost. I really like it here!" So you could say it was quite a success hahaha.

I would like to challenge each of you to refocus your efforts to get to the temple regularly! It is such a special place and I wish I could go more often as a missionary. God desires that all his children on BOTH sides of the veil receive the blessings of eternal life, and he needs each and everyone of us to help Him do that!

Have a great week!

Elder Quist :)

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Week 94 - Working Hard in Chalco

Hi!

So opposite of last week, some pics and not a lot of a letter.

We had our interviews with our new mission president, President Rush this week! It was nice to get to know him and talk with him about how we are going to move forward! He is great!

We had a district breakfast this week. We made eggs and sausage and burrito type things. It was fun.

Today we played soccer. It was quite a good time :)

I love you guys! Have a good week!

Elder Quist (:

 

Week 93 - Sharing the Gospel

Hi everyone!

I have no photos today - this was just a normal week. 

Let's talk about sharing the gospel! We have an investigator who just loves going to church and she has been inviting everyone she knows to church! We visited her and when we got there she was talking to the lady that works with her about how much she likes going and how peaceful she feels when she gets there. Just blew us away. We need to always be looking for ways we can share the gospel, people! 

This week we will have our first interviews with President Rush! It's gonna be great! I already love him. I promise to write more next week :) 

I love you guys!

Elder Quist :)

Week 92 - A New Mission President (and 58 days)

Hi All! 

Last Tuesday, I went on divisions with Elder Dearden all day, it was awesome! We walked a LOT and had to go fix up a couple contracts for the elders in my district. ALL DAY. It was exhausting, but I had a good time, learned a lot. In the evening, we finished our divisions with some wings! Today is my boi Crocketts BDAY and we bought him a cake and ate some wings, it was fun. 

Wednesday: I officially have 21 months in Mexico! Que loco! It is crazy to think about that, for 21 months I have had the amazing opportunity and privilege to share this gospel with others and help others know Christ. We walked a lot today and contacted a lot! It was not as fun as I thought it would be hahaha.

Thursday: Today was awesome! We had a multi-zone meeting and met President and Sister Rush, our new mission president! He is from Colorado and he has such a strong spirit. I know we are going to have a lot of success with him here, even though I miss Presidente and Hermana Zapata! After that we had a zone meeting and I taught a little about the importance of repentance and improving everyday to become better instruments for God... Good stuff.

Friday: Toady we had a lesson with the most prepared family! Her name is Sandra Rojas and she is a member's friend. She lives by herself and works on the weekends to provide for her three kids. After talking to her and her kids, she decided that she will do whatever is possible to get work off on Sunday to be able to go to church next week! And she wants to get baptized and her kids all want to missionaries like us now :)) Great moment :)

Saturday I was honestly so sick I didn't eat today and we just stayed in our house. :(

Church was fun on Sunday. The stake president gave an awesome talk! We had a few people in church and had a calm Sunday afternoon. 

TODAY I SAW MY MAN ANDREW FRANCIS. The man, the myth, the legend returned to visit Chalco and we had lunch with him, it was awesome! 

Sorry for a weird weekly, I love you guys!

Elder Quist :)