God is Good (Week 84)

      Man what a week!!! So I am just so grateful to be on the mission in these times and to see the Lord's hand in the work! So first off we got to have the baptism of Rebeca! That was great, she is awesome! And we ate carnitas after, haha. Carnitas are really good but when you think about it, it's kinda really gross, cause they pretty much just throw a whole pig in oil and then you just eat it all in a taco, haha, with all the fat and guts and just everything, haha. But its good! And we had a historic week and month as a zone! This week in our zone we baptized 11 and we completed the standard in Tepalcapa! Prados (my last zone) was the first zone to do it and now we did it here too! So that’s great. it's really cool seeing it all work out! Haha. And in one of the areas they were going to baptize 6 that day and we went to do an interview and turns out there was no water! Haha, so we just went to another church. But it's funny cause there always has to be a test! So that was amazing and I really love this zone, all the missionaries are great!   

Spiritual Thought Of The Week

      Yesterday I gave a talk about the importance of studying, haha. I liked it cause I feel like it’s a topic I have been focused on lately. In John 5:39 it says that we need to study the scriptures because in them we have eternal life. If we want eternal life we have to study the scriptures! Why? Because to have eternal life we have to keep the commandments and if we don’t study the word of God how will we know what the commandments are? If we really love God we should study the scriptures everyday to be able to know Him better and to see what He has to tell us. The prophet Joseph Fielding Smith asked us, how many members of the church think that we have eternal life in the scriptures, but we decide not to prepare ourselves through our studies? We need to appreciate the scriptures more and read every day! I hope we can all read our scriptures every day to be able to know and keep the commandments and to have a good righteous life. I love you all so much, thank you for all the support!

Con Amor, Elder Herman

The Lord's Work (Week 83)

Andrea and Arely get baptized.

      Ok, well, wow. I am very grateful for the Lord's hand in the work here in the Mexico City North Mission! This week was amazing! First off we went to the temple Thursday as a misión and man I love the temple so much! I felt so close to the Lord and received so many answers! Then Saturday was the baptism of Andrea and Arely! Man it was a fight getting them baptized, but we did it! They have a year waiting to be able to get baptized and have been so faithful and patient and their baptism was just so great! And yesterday Rebeca went to church so she will be baptized this week! And well yesterday we went to the Visitors Center at the temple as a zone! We brought 26 investigators it was nuts! We filled up a bus and a combi thing too! I was so stressed out but we did it! It was such a cool experience! We are making history here in Tepalcapa and doing things no one has ever done! I know this is the Lords work and He truly is working.

Spiritual Thought Of The Week

      Wow, well I have learned a lot about humility here on the misión and it is something I am striving to get better at. Humility in the scriptures says that it is recognizing that we depend on God and the desire to submit ourselves to His will. When we are humble we give all the glory to God like all the people in scriptures do. We cannot do anything without God. When we are humble and recognize that God does everything, and we are grateful, we really do see many blessings from Him in our life. I am a witness of this, and I have seen the Lord work so many times in my life and I am just so grateful for Him. I am grateful that He has given me an opportunity to be an instrument in His hands! I love you all que tengan una buena semana!     

Con Amor, Elder Herman

Bryce (then) and Jake (now) at the Mexico City Temple.

Tepalcapa Zone Missionaries.

Mexico City TempleVisitor's Center

Miracles in Work City (Week 82)

Elder Nava & Elder Herman

       Well this week was really good! Well, in our área we have seen a lot of progress! There are 2 girls here who haven't been baptized but haven't been able to because the Dad refuses to sign a paper, because he thinks that if he signs it he is accepting that the church is true. But anyways we found a way so that they can get baptized, and they are going to be baptized maybe this week! But the girls are awesome, like they have shared their testimonies, and the other week one of them said the opening prayer at church! So they are already more than ready! So that was a cool tender mercy. Also the Zone is so motivated, it is great! We are going to baptize a lot of people! Wahoo!

Spiritual Thought Of The Week

      Well this week we have talked a lot about faith and prayers. I love faith and prayers! Praying is something basic and very necessary. Many times I have found myself praying just to pray or just praying and falling into a routine. When we pray we must ask for specific things, like I have said in past letters, but we also must ask believing that we will have answers to our prayers! I think sometimes we forget that God really is listening to us and really will give us what we ask for. But we need to remember that we always must do our part first, and then God will put in his part. In prayer we can explain to him our plans and ask him that he does something specific. We are all on the same team and we definitely need teammates to help us and well... God is our best player, so we need to give him the means to make great plays for our team. But we must support him and do our part. When we pray it is like we are in a huddle with God and we are planning up a great play to win the game, and we need God to do something miraculous. We also have to have faith sufficient to show God that we trust him and to give it our all. We know that, as it says in James 2:17 “if faith hath not works, it is dead.” Let's make good plans with God and then act with faith! When we do this we see miracles in every aspect of our lives and our testimony grows and we grow closer to our Heavenly Father. I know these things are true. I have seen it so many times in my misión! I love you all and I hope we can all call upon God to help us win our every day battles!

Con Amor, Elder Herman

Rain storm in Mexico City!

Crazy Week (Week 81)

Elder Passeri, Elder Wegner, & Elder Herman

      What a crazy week! On Tuesday we had intercambios with Chilpa, then Wednesday we had Zone Conference, then Thursday intercambios again with the assistants, then Friday interchanges again with the other district leader. So we had a packed week, it was good. Time kinda flew and man it is great being on the missión. We are seeing a lot of help from God in our área and a new investigator went to church yesterday! Also with one investigator named Pedro we are so close to getting him baptized at the end of this month! SO hopefully everything goes well with him!

Spiritual Though Of The Week

      Well on Saturday night we saw a cool Mormon Message with some recent converts about remembering Jesus Christ. It was great. It reminded me of all that He did for us. Sundays are so important when we partake of the sacrament and remember the sacrifice that He made for us. So many people know what He did for them and so many don’t do anything in return or don't even accept Him at all. When we remember Him and accept Him in our lives we truly see the powers of the atonement work in our lives. I am so grateful for my Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ and for everything that He did for me. And I am also so grateful to be able to represent Him and share what He shared. This church is true and Christ lives! I love you all, please remember everything that our Savior has done for you this week! 

Con Amor, Elder Herman 

Elder Wegner & Elder Herman

The Good Life (Week 80)

Elder Nava and Elder Herman

       This week was better than last week! Well the area is kinda tough, but we are working on that, haha. I am still trying to get to know everyone and to know the area a little better. But last Monday we went and visited some of my converts from Chilpa, the Torres family, and man they are awesome! I love them so much! We surprise visited them and when they saw me they were shocked, haha. Pure happiness! Families like them are what make missionary work worth it. They are still strong in the church and progressing! It made me so happy seeing them. J

Spiritual Thought Of The Week

       Well during my mission I have definitely strengthened my testimony in a good scripture study! There are some days on the mission when we just don’t have time to study. I have seen that those are the hardest days. Even before my mission I could see the difference in my days when I read even just a verse in the Book of Mormon and when I didn’t. It is so important to study every day. It truly does make life a little easier and a lot happier! The scriptures are the word of God and we can see what He has to tell us in them everyday. We receive so many blessings for reading the scriptures and it just fills up our glass of happiness! I love reading about the people in the Book of Mormon conserving the plates. It's cool to see everything that they went through just so that we can have their stories today and learn from them and know that Jesus is the Christ! I hope we can all be reading the scriptures everyday and receive all the blessings that God has prepared for us and become closer to him! I love you all!

Con Amor, Elder Herman

Elder Nava & Elder Herman