9-8-15

Oops...sorry this is a little late :)

Hey guys!

It´s been a good week- We found out the changes last night, and I´m staying in El Bosque as Zone Leader! Elder Galeano is leaving to train, and he´s going to a department called Florida.  He´s been an awesome companion, I´ve learned a lot from him!    I´m be with a brazilian named Elder Leite! And I can´t believe that I´ve hit a year! Time really flys, it´s crazy.   

This past change, I´ve really been thinking about these last days that we are in. Our mission has gone through a lot of changes while I´ve been here this past year, and we are really doing a lot of training with these members about the importance of sharing the gospel. It´s made me think a lot about the covenants I´ve made as a member of the church, and the responsibilities I have to share the gospel and serve those around me. We´ve studied a lot as a mission the Administative manuel of the church, and under missionary work, it explains how the missionaries are in the wards and stakes of the world to assist the members in THEIR work to share the gospel. That is really interesting! Before my mission I ALWAYS thought that the members are in the wards to help the missionaries in their work, but it is completely the opposite. So, thinking about that responsibility, I´ve really realized how close we are to the second coming, and how much I lack before He comes again! We are so close, the hard times are here, and we need to step up as members of the church and be stronger than any generation that has ever lived to prepare the earth for His coming!   hahaha I´ve really learned a lot this past year!!

So, this week, we´ve been working with a less active lady who´s an RM, but has made some wrong choices. She wants to come back, but her husband isn´t a member. We went to their house the other day, and painted a room in their house, and really got to know the husband better. (Her name is Natalia Bojorge, and her husband is Gonzalo.) So we did the service, and set up another time to go back and have a charla.  Something happened, and we couldn´t go back, but they came to church this past sunday out of the blue!!!!! SERIVE WORKS!!!! hahaha so we´re really excited, I´ll keep you posted!!

I love you all, have an Awesome week!!!

Elder Carroll

9-28-15

 La Mano de Punta del Este

 So, in our zone there is an historical house that is like 60 years old, that an old italian built when he imigrated to Uruguay. and it´s and Eagle!!!!   So we had a SWEET Zone activity last week!

 Me and my comp are studs. Period

 Oh yeah, and we had a sand castle contest against all the districts! it was legit.

This is my district. I´m pretty sure we won the contest...

9-28-15

Hey everyone!!!    

This week was really good, I got to give a talk in Sacrament meeting, that was fun!  We also saw some miracles-  We have an investigator named Silvana who has been an investigator for over a year. Her boyfriend has problems with drugs, and she has been trying to help him so that they can get married and baptized. But He does not want to change. So she finally said that she was done, and that she was going to move out.   The only problem was that she didn´t have a good enough job to pay for an apartment. SO, we fasted with her that she would be able to find a job and move.   We fasted on Wednesday, and on Thursday a job that she had applied for over 3 months ago called her and offered her a job!    It was so cool, and she now has a testimony of fasting! She is such a STRONG convert already, it´s incredible. It´s interesting to see how converted she´s become, compared to other people I´ve taught, because we teach the same things to everyone, but ONLY those that truly humble themselves, keep their committments are those that experience that mighty change of heart, and become santified and purified.    It´s true for us too, even if we´ve grown up in the church!

We also found a new investigator named Gonzalo, the husband of a less active lady who is also an RM. They are looking for the gospel, and told us that they want to have a refuge for their daughters in a world of confusion. We´re SUPER excited! I´ll keep you posted!

This week, I was studying Alma 22 about king lamoni´s dad, and Aaron, Ammon´s brother. When The king prayed and repented of his sins, with true intent, the spirit changed him 100%. When he woke up from his coma, he got up and imediatley started to minister to his people, and the whole house was converted to the Lord. I always thought that Aaron was such a stud for converting all those people, but I realized that is wasn´t Aaron, it was the king! He shared that gospel with his household. When we become CONVERTED to the gospel, we naturally want to Share it. That´s how we do missionary work, help one or two become converted so that they can go and convert MORE.      So, a really good indicador that you are converted or not is your desire to share the gospel. If you don´t have that desire, GET IT!!!!

I love you so much, Have a great week!!

Elder Carroll

9-14-15

Hey guys!   It´s been a really good week- Elder Leite is a STUD! We are already like best friends! haha and he´s teaching me portuques!!!! I´m so pumped- I´m determined to come home tri lingual!!!!! But he´s super funny, we´re so excited to get work done!

I couldn´t go to Minas this week- The flia garrido have been really struggling. Satan is really working on them so that they don´t get baptized- Daniela´s mom is really starting to get them to not go through with it. Pray for them, they are so ready!!

We also found and elderly couple from spain this week!!! Manuel and Emilina. (Ashlee, I thought of you!!) They are super catholic, and didn´t want to here anything. The only reason that they let us in is because they live with a member (Who was the área 70 in Uruguay a few years ago!) and they have been friends for 40 years. So, we started talking about their family, and they told us their WHOLE life story of every grandparent and child.   haha we felt prompted to talk about family history- we gave them  one of the Little booklet of My Family, and they said they would fill it out. They completely changed, and said that they want to live with their family forever!   They are like 80 years old, so they better get on it!! hahaha but we´re excited!

I love you all, I hope you have  a great week!

Elder Carroll

8-31-15

Hey Everyone!

I´m sorry it has taken me so long to write a group email!!!! It´s been crazy busy here.   I don´t know if I told you, but I´m now BACK in La Costa, and I am LOVING it!   It is a city right by the beach, and it is a lot like California. The members are the BEST, and I am loving it so much. I´m zone leader with my companion Elder Galeano, and we are having so much fun together.

So, we´re trying to explode the member missionary work here in El Bosque- All the members are such studs! We´ve found a lot of really cool investigatores, right now we are working with a lady named claudia, who is a lot like Ms. Cave! We are also working with the girlfriend of one of the young men in the ward, named vicki, we have a charla with her today.

AND, I found out that the Flia Garrido in Minas is getting baptized this week!!!  I got permission from President Cook to go to minas this saturday!  I´m so excited, I´ll send you pictures!!

I love you all so much, I don´t have too much time. But, the church is true. Something that has really been on my mind is how CLOSE we are to the 2nd coming. The Last days are raging on, the thing that will keep us safe are the stakes of zion around the world. Stay close to the lord, and strengthen your stakes!   We have to be prepared!!!

I love you guys! Have a great week!!

Elder Carroll

8-24-15 Pics

We had an open Chapel where anyone could come in and take a tour of the church!!! It was so cool, I gave the baptismal font tour!

And we went as a zone to the shopping mall in our area and we handed out Books of Mormon to people! It was super fun!!!!

 

 

8-21-15

 Too much fun.