Week 51 - Working for a Casa Capilla

So um... we need to like... baptize or rescue like 10 people... and we get the Casa Capilla(Meetinghouse in a home)... wow, that's a lot to do.

My district had 5 baptisms, twas grand. Well what can I say, everything is fine. We are trying to find people who are really interested in the church. We have about 3 or 4 future baptisms. A couple, and a single mom and her kid. They came to church yesterday and love it!  So yeah we got a lot to do.
what us... um. yeah....

I LOVE THAT PICTURE OF ME. ITS SO GREAT. HAHA. I'm cool.(I saw a picture of  Dallin when he was in upward bound at Dixie State University. I was doing some HVAC work in some offices there this week.)

WOW! Devin is starting his mission papers and Samie is planning on going on a mission. Sweet!  Well tell them that it's a great experience and stuff!

My district is very different and we all have different problems. It's hard. but I got to keep on trying.  So, yeah lots to do.

We have about 3 menos activos (less active) that we are trying to get reactivated. So that also a lot of work.

oh yeah I hope you get the fotos(photos) this week!(we didn't)
Tell everyone I love them.

And dad... tell grandpa to take a shower haha.(Grandpa Pead says he won't take a shower till the Colorado Rockies win.  If the Rockies stink, he stinks)

Love ya.

Elder Pead. That son of yours

Week 50 Juices, I want to make more Juices.

Whew, another week has passed.

Hey guys this week has been a good week. Well I read your email and there is a lot that happened at home. This week here in the mission has gone by very well. I feel good about how we are teaching. My companion and I are getting along very well. We joke a lot, and we speak some English. He knows quite a few English words, it's quite fun. We are very relaxed and are having a good time. We work hard.

Everyone here in the mission says I am very full of energy and I would like probably burn down the mission if I eat more sugar. Well you know I can't stop, well I won't stop.

That is great that Pedro is back from his mission. Pedro es tan chévere. He is very inspiring. A great man. Tell him I said hi.

That's great that Doug is leaving on his mission soon. You don't know how excited I am to see all these great friends leave on their missions. It is  exciting to see that they have prepared well and they will do good.

Tell Brother and Sister Perkins hi for me, también al Hermano Ramírez y a la Hermana Anaya, la mamá de Pedro.

I am really happy here, this week has been fine. We had a few investigators show up.  The Armero family came. They want to do a family home evening this Wednesday, so we are going to go to their house and help them plan one out. It is going to be great.  We have a few others show up, they just need a little bit of fellow-shipping and they will be great.  They demonstrate their faith very well and they do the things that they need to. And because of that, things are really good and I am very happy that they are progressing. I just hope that they continue well. We are certainly doing our part.

We are having a little bit of a hard time finding new investigators this week. We had about six or eight others this week and none of them came to church. That is the part that I struggle with a little bit this week. Other than that my district is doing very well and I'm very proud of them. The sisters are doing extraordinarily well.  They are going to have a baptism this week and it was great to see the way they worked to get to that point with their investigator. Another companionship of elders also is having baptisms this week. We are psyched to see these people get to this point and be ready for baptism. We have five baptisms planed this week as a district and we are hoping and praying that everything will fall into place and go through as planned.  We are almost done getting all the paperwork in place for the other members of the Armero family so they can get married. One of our recent converts we had here, Esteban, the young man I baptized Who is 14 years old, moved this week to Bogota. He has been progressing a lot and reads the book of Mormon every day and we have great talks with him. Sad that he moved but who we are sending his membership as soon as we can and coordinating with the missionaries in Bogota so they can follow up with him. It is great that he will be closer to a temple. That will be better for him and I hope that he can continue to take the steps that he needs to his progress.

I am not as stressed this week. The only time I get stressed out is when I think about what I need to come up with for the class for district meeting. What do they need to hear this week?

I am very happy. Also I am very thirsty and we don't have any drinkable water in our house at the moment. I just want to drink water that is potable and make juices from the fruits that we have.  I like to make juices I want to make more juices. There is a fruit here called Lulo.  I don't remember seeing it anywhere else.  Have you guys ever heard of it? It's like a weird orange thing.  It is Good.

I hope and pray that everything continues to go good for everyone there.

Give Jarrett a hug for me.

Love you all

Elder Pead

Lulo is also known as 'Naranjilla' or 'little orange' and growns on a bush. Lulo is native to the Andes mountains in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The fruit has a leather like orange skin covered with a hairy fuzz. The inside looks like green tomato.

Week 49

Hey dad hey mom,

So this week has been fun. We are working hard and well. Working hard and well. Working, you guessed it, hard.

My new comp is very different. Likes to work, but sometimes naw. so you know, I gots to be on his tail about it. But I treat him well about it. Promise him stuff and well, yeah. That works. Sticken to my guns if you catch my drift.

Well,  we have two families we are working with to get them married and then baptized.

Things with the district are well. I'm now not the only English elder in my zone. so yeah. 2 Californians  and well, meee.
so yeah, good. Got lots to do.

Sorry this week's Letter is short. Just lots of stuff to do and to move. We see small miracles everyday. it's great.  I love Villagorgona, love the people, love you guys. Love everything.

Love your son.

Elder Pead

Week 48-Transfers and new Companion

Hey Mom, Hola papa.

So um.
TRANSFERS CAME.
My little boy tantachucho left this morning without saying goodbye to anyone.

THE WHOLE MISSION CHANGED OVER NIGHT, WHAT IS THIS LIFE.

But yeah. My little boy is off to the coast. I am here with a new elder named Elder Mendez. He was a companion of elder coca. When they were in Pasto. So you know, it's gonna be great.

I'm super psyched for this week. We found a family of the family of Duban, Majerly and Jose Luis. We have a baptism date for them and a date of marriage!!! MARRIAGE!
I'm super happy. we are gonna break new ground!

Yeah. I miss my boy, but hey, he's growing up, just like I did. haha.
As well as my two favorite sisters left... so now I'm super sad because they were really nice support for the district. So now, I got to gain the confidence of the new missionaries. But hey. its gonna be great.

Tell everyone I love them, alot.
alot.
like alot alot.

Tell Grandpa I love him so much and I feel his love.

Have a great week.

Love your son.

Elder Pead
PS. I'm sending lots of selfies this week.

Week 47 - A Video and A little Gibberish.

Heeyyyy pops whats the haps?

Well this week has gone and by. We GOT A BUS. We got 30 people in Gorgona to go to church, and another 10 went in their own autos, and well, we got a very good assistance! It was great. We also have a new sector that we will be working on with the help of the brother of Abner, you know, the member in Jamundi. Yeah, its gonna be great.

We have a baptism this week, hope all goes well with Alexandra. We are having such a blast here.

Glad you got lots of work to do! Maybe you will be building my future dorm hahahahahahaha. But really that's great to see the blessings roll in.

Austin is a stud.(For helping Grandpa so much) gosh.  Glad grandma is doing better. Tell her and Gramps I love them.

ZACH, MISSION, GOSH. TO MUCH TO TAKE IN. That's great.  Hope all goes well. Tell his mom that it will get better. (Zach is a young man in our ward leaving this week for his Mission)

Haha Jarrett is in middle school. yeahh he´ll love it.
Jeff, he is too grand. Glad he is loving it there.

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Love you dad
Love you mom
and Jarrbear
and Jefferson
and well
the world

Elder Pead



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Week 46 Special Mission Broadcast

Thanks for the tips. I'll make sure to put them into practice!

This week has been fine. Got lots to do in Gorgona. We got a bus to take members to church here and so it's a little cheaper to go to church!  So hopefully that will help the menos activos(less actives) and all.  Also our wallets.

I really love juice so you know. When I come home we will only make our juice from fruit.  Lots of juice.

Okay back to the letter. We had a baptism this week of Jose Luis Armero!  He is so great!  A great convert and a real conversion. He will do great. We have two investigators who are really good. A mother and daughter and hopefully they will have their baptisms in the next weeks.

So yea, I loved that you saw me in that stream.(The Cali Colombia Mission is celebrating 40 years and they had a special meeting Sunday evening.  They sent a link for parents of missionaries to watch live.  Dallin was in the choir.)  I hope you liked it.

Oh and for fourth of July, I bought a mountain dew. Tell Austin the 4th isn't the same without a dew.  haha

Love you guys, have a great week and will talk with you soon.

Elder Pead

Week 45

Hey Dad, it's  your son Dallin Travis Pead.

Writing you a quick letter. It seems like time is not on my side anymore. I'm glad you have a lot of work and stuff going on. It's always good to have stuff going on. Like you always told me "it's good to be busy."

Tell grandma I'll keep her in my prayers. I hope she gets better soon. Tell grandma and grandpa I miss them also. Tell Austin that it is great that he is doing a good job taking over for me and helping grandpa.

Yeah, I kind of forgot about the Fourth of July. A sister in my district had to remind me. She is from Mexico. She drew an American flag in her hand and said Elder Pead Elder Pead it's the 4th July. And I was like oh yeah.

Oh and also, speaking of the package you sent me but never came, it showed up this week. So you don't need to send me another one, I'm fine. I got it this past week so tranquilo my father.

It seems I can't speak English anymore. It's kind of weird but I am really starting to get a hold of Spanish really well. The people are saying that during our lessons I speak very well. The only thing that I seem to struggle with is on our invitations. But it is getting a lot better.

Speaking of the package, thanks for everything, the pants are nice they are just a hair big I am size 34 now. I bought some pants for my previous companion but I don't know what size they are, they were tailor-made and they fit me very well.

This week has been a week of trying to figure out how I can help my district. I'm still a little confused on what I should be doing. A little confused on what I need to do to help them.  I went on divisions with some elders in my district. I went with Elder Barvina, he was in my previous zone, he was actually the companion to Elder Skinner when we were in Pasto. It went really good. He is Elder Coca's companion now.

Everything is going great, still  have a lot to do and figure out. I know we can do it,
So if anyone has advice to send me on how to be a good district leader and help the members of my district please send it to me.

That's pretty much my week. Trying to become a better missionary and focus on how I am treating the other missionaries. Trying to be a better missionary.

I love that picture you sent of you and grandma. It was funny that you told me about all the things that grandma was dealing with and was in the hospital, but hey you're able to get a selfie with her so everything is OK.

I am once again the English leader in my zone. That is due to the fact that I am the only Gringo in my zone. We have a very small zone and my district is the biggest district of the zone.  The zone leaders are coming up with ideas to help me and I am waiting for a letter from the president to also help me with a few things.

I am going to read Mom's letter she sent me now and tell her I will send her a response to her letter.

Love you guys Super Duper much, have a great week.

Elder Pead