6-11-2018

Wow, the weeks go by so fast what the heck!!!! And every week is a good one.

This week we just worked hard!! We are having some success here. We
will have baptisms soon because we were promised that by an
investigator. She just doesn’t want to set a date yet. But hey, it’ll
get there no worries.
So much more success comes from working with members and their
friends. So members, invite your friends to activities and eventually
to take lessons from the missionaries. We want to baptize!!!

Well, all I really remember from this week was when I had to run away
from the HUGE DOG THAT GOT LOOSE. So, there’s this trailer park in our
area where a lot of Hispanics live. So it’s great for us and our
work!! They all have dogs. Like literally ever dang person has a dog.
The majority of them a little chihuahuas. I hate those dogs. They’re
more scary than the big ones. And well, on Saturday we went over there
at night. And for some reason the owners of this HUGE DOG had left
their gate open and it got out. The gate is still open by the way. I
had always heard this dog (and there was another one but it didn’t
want to leave like the other one did) and I was like alright well
luckily it’s pinned up. WELL, it got out!! And we saw it in one area
and it was behind a fence and so I was like HA you can’t get me and i
just stared at it cause it was barking at me and i was like dude stop
that’s annoying what good does that do? (Because when it was behind
that fence that I said, I didn’t realize that it wasn’t actually where
that dog lived and that it could get out just like it got in) and so
we started walking away and it walks right out and I was like what the
heck I thought it was locked up behind that fence 😂 but at time it
just stayed where it was and didn’t do anything. Well, we went around
to another area of the trailer park and there it was!! And this time
is was out in the road and barking at us and getting closer so I just
turned around and ran cause I was like NOPE and my companion is the
one that is scared of big dogs (cause in Mexico they’re meant to
protect, I guess). And he was like “don’t run!!” And I was like BOY IM
RUNNIN’ AWAY WHAT CHU TALKIN’ BOUT TELLING ME NOT TO RUN and I turned
around and it stopped chasing me. I only ran like 10 feet 😂 but yeah
so that’s how I almost died this week and saved my own life. The end.

I’ve also noticed that they past two weeks we’ve just kind of been
rejected a lot. Ok no not kind of. We have been rejected a lot! We are
trying to find new people to teach and they’re all like no thanks and
I’m like awe.
Oh and we got a door slammed in our faces this week! Hahahaha it was
funny I laughed while walking away. So we were going to visit a former
investigator and after we knocked on the door I noticed they had a “no
soliciting” sign and I was like oooooooh they’re gonna be these kinds
of people ok I hope they aren’t rude I just want to share happiness.
But like we had already knocked we couldn’t back out!! And so this
guys opens the door and screams NO and slams it and I was like alright
that was fast and easy thanks 😂😂
That stuff usually doesn’t happen here so that’s why I had to tell you
cause it was funny to me

6-4-2018

Heeellllooooo!!! Well, I’m finally 20. I felt like I was gonna be 19
forever. My knees hurt already I’m old.

So this week was good! We did missionary work and more missionary work.
We have some good work going on here in Valencia. Baptisms will be
coming soon!! Don’t you worry. We have an investigator and her two
kids right on track.
I’m not sure if I told you last week, but I had to chew out some 12-13
year olds in their Sunday school class 😂 I wasn’t mean to them. But
last Sunday we were in that Sunday school class and they were just
being super rude to the teacher and not obeying him and all that. And
we had THREE investigators in there. And the investigators didn’t like
it because of that. So at the end of class I asked the teacher if I
could say a few words and if I could do it in English (we speak
Spanish there) and he was like yes Elder. And so I just told the kids
that they can’t act like that and that our investigators didn’t like
the class because of how disrespectful they were (they were VERY
disrespectful). I was nice to them though. I just wanted them to know
that it wasn’t okay.


From my birthday yesterday I will send pictures and videos. For dinner
they made me a cake and sang to me. I appreciated it a lot. And then
at 7:30 a family told us they wanted us to come over for a family home
evening. Little did we know it was a little birthday party for me! It
was the Jennings family and it just made my day 😁 they made me to the
“mordida” thing. If you guys don’t know what that is, it’s when
they’re done singing happy birthday to you and they all scream
“MORDIDA MORDIDA MORDIDA” and you have to take a bite out of the cake
without hands and then somebody smacks your face in the cake. So they
did that to me and it was funny 😂😂 I low key didn’t want them to do
it but now I’m glad I did it. Experiences are fun 😂

I’m sorry it wasn’t a super long email. But I’m good and I’m happy 😁
i hope you’re doing well

Élder Hepworth

5-28-2018

Hellloooo everyone!!

So this week was really awesome. It went by super fast!! I feel like
time is going by faster and faster now.
So we didn’t find too many investigators this week, but we saw greater
things. We saw people change, a testimony of an investigator given,
and the power of the priesthood manifested.

So we only found 1 investigator (I will tell you later on in the email
about her) but we did have some really good lessons with an
investigator. We had two lessons this week with an investigator and
they went SO well. So in the lesson earlier this week, we taught her
the word of wisdom because she had some questions about it and she
wanted us to give her a really good reason to not drink coffee
hahahahah. So we taught it, and she accepted it so easily. We have a
really good relationship with her and her kids. So we always laugh and
joke around. Especially about “Mormons” because she said she already
knows the church is true and so she jokes around a lot about how
they’re just everywhere. She also went to church for the second time
and loved it. So did her kids!! She said the first time she went she
felt so good and calm and not judged my anyone (even though she was in
jeans and regular clothes). We had a lesson yesterday after church and
it was a super long lesson hahahaha but it went so well. We taught the
gospel of Jesucristo and focused super hard on baptism.

The other investigator that we found is named Ernestina. And on Friday
we went over to her house (her neighbor, who is a member told us to
go) to give her a blessing. We were like heck yeah!!! And so we gave
her the blessing and it was a short and simple one, but we found out
yesterday when we passed by again to see how she felt, that she felt a
super warm feeling that went through her body and now she hasn’t had
any problems since. So yesterday when we passed by we were able to
point out the Holy Ghost, the power of the priesthood, and that the
church is true. It was awesome!!! So we hope and pray that this
progresses. She wasn’t able to come to church yesterday, but they will
definitely be there tomorrow! FAITH FAITH FAITH

So that was my week. I only have 11 weeks left (someone just pointed
out to me) and I’m not trunky at all. Don’t you even think about it

Love you all! Have a great week and have faith 😁😁

Élder Hepworth