Well thanks to all of those that wrote me and wished me a happy birthday :) The day went by really well. So this week we had a couple things that went on. One, it was my birthday so that made the beginning of the week really good, Second, living in a restaurant by our food cita, we started teaching a gringo the lessons in english.... You have no idea how hard it is to explain the gospel to someone in english after teaching it for so long in spanish. He had alot of different thoughts about the church and our beliefs but it was fun talking to him. Third, We had a conference with Pres Collado on Friday, talking about the new number system that we are using and how we can use it to help the people we are teaching to progress in the gospel :)
This Sunday we also had the Stake Priesthood Session. It was really good except for the fact that we could have had a bigger atendance but its alright. We will strive to do better next time! But another thing is that Pres Q came back from working on the coast so he was at the meeting. He probably wont be leaving back out for awhile. Almost all of the bishops talked about the different duties we have as holders of the priesthood. Some talked on service, others talked on the Sacrament, others on blesssings, etc. Then the Stake Pres spoke and he talked about how bad all the members have been acting at church, using phones, tablets, not paying attention, etc and how we need to fix it NOW because we are the ones in charge of carryig out the Lords work here on the Earth because the Lord has assigned us to do so. He made a joke of the fact that some of us go to the church just to steal the WiFi thats there. But if we think about it, especially the teenagers, how many of them go to church and use their iPhones and such because there is WiFi there? We need to realize why we go to church and have reverence of the things sacred in the church. I loved his talk and I'm sure it helped everyone, including myself to want to be alittle better.
Love you guys!! Hope things are going good at home!
"'Sacred' means worthy of veneration and respect. By designating something as sacred, the Lord signals that it is of higher value and priority than other things. Sacred things are to be treated with more care, given greater deference, and regarded with deeper reverence. Sacred ranks high in the hierarchy of heavenly values."
—Elder Paul B. Pieper
"During sacrament meeting—and especially during the sacrament service—we should concentrate on worship and refrain from all other activities, especially from behavior that could interfere with the worship of others. Even a person who slips into quiet slumber does not interfere with others. Sacrament meeting is not a time for reading books or magazines. Young people, it is not a time for whispered conversations on cell phones or for texting persons at other locations. When we partake of the sacrament, we make a sacred covenant that we will always remember the Savior. How sad to see persons obviously violating that covenant in the very meeting where they are making it."
—Dallin H. Oaks
¡¡¡Les Amo Mucho!!!
Elder Daugherty
Monday, May 26, 2014
Monday, May 19, 2014
May 19, 2014
Well this week was the Week of the Family. Its a program that the Area Presidency set forth to promote the family and the functions of it. So it started on Monday with a FHE where everyone was to invite non members to their FHE and talk about how FHE has helped the family become stronger and how they family has more united when they do it.
Tuesday through Thursday, they had classes in church about different aspects of the family, like love in the home, relationships between parents and kids, scripture reading, family prayer, etc. They talked about how they could apply them in the home and all the blessing we can receive by doing so!
On Saturday, we had a cultural night where there were dances, songs, and poems. We Elders decided to do a number so my comp brought his guitar and we sang, Yo Sé Que Vive Mi Señor (I Know That My Redemeer Lives) and it was really cool! We have a video that I will have to send later. We then watched a video about how the problems that happen at home can be fixed by just adding alot of love, patience, and long suffering. It was a really good video and everyone was on the verge of tears.
On Sunday, there was the normal meeting in the morning and then at 5pm, there was a special broadcast in the Stake Center to end the Week of the Family. Due to a lot of miscommunication, we aren't able to attend but we did have some other success during the week!!
So on Thursday, Elder D and I, maybe you remember him, went and gave the interview to L for his baptism. D later told me that the interview was awesome, that L was finishing his questions and telling him the answers like it was nothing!! That just shows how much L really wanted to take this step!!!
Later on Saturday, L was able to finally take that step and get baptized!! He loved the experience and his wife was really impressed and loved it as well. And on Sunday, L came to get confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. His wife and kids came as well and they actually decided to stay for all the classes!! He even got the Aaronic Priesthood!!
We are working with his wife so that she will be able to take part of the blessings that they need in their lives!!! Not too much this week but it was a week of success for me!!
“When you feel pure intelligence flowing into you, it may give you sudden strokes of ideas, so that by noticing it, you may find it fulfilled the same day or soon; (i.e.) those things that were presented unto your minds by the Spirit of God, will come to pass; and thus by learning the Spirit of God and understanding it, you may grow into the principle of revelation, until you become perfect in Christ Jesus.”
--Joseph Fielding Smith
“Baptism is a sign to God, to angels, and to heaven that we do the will of God, and there is no other way beneath the heavens whereby God hath ordained for man to come to Him to be saved, and enter into the kingdom of God, except faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, and baptism for the remission of sins, and any other course is in vain; then you have the promise of the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
--Joseph Smith Jr.
¡¡¡Les Amo Mucho!!!
Elder Daugherty
Tuesday through Thursday, they had classes in church about different aspects of the family, like love in the home, relationships between parents and kids, scripture reading, family prayer, etc. They talked about how they could apply them in the home and all the blessing we can receive by doing so!
On Saturday, we had a cultural night where there were dances, songs, and poems. We Elders decided to do a number so my comp brought his guitar and we sang, Yo Sé Que Vive Mi Señor (I Know That My Redemeer Lives) and it was really cool! We have a video that I will have to send later. We then watched a video about how the problems that happen at home can be fixed by just adding alot of love, patience, and long suffering. It was a really good video and everyone was on the verge of tears.
On Sunday, there was the normal meeting in the morning and then at 5pm, there was a special broadcast in the Stake Center to end the Week of the Family. Due to a lot of miscommunication, we aren't able to attend but we did have some other success during the week!!
So on Thursday, Elder D and I, maybe you remember him, went and gave the interview to L for his baptism. D later told me that the interview was awesome, that L was finishing his questions and telling him the answers like it was nothing!! That just shows how much L really wanted to take this step!!!
Later on Saturday, L was able to finally take that step and get baptized!! He loved the experience and his wife was really impressed and loved it as well. And on Sunday, L came to get confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. His wife and kids came as well and they actually decided to stay for all the classes!! He even got the Aaronic Priesthood!!
We are working with his wife so that she will be able to take part of the blessings that they need in their lives!!! Not too much this week but it was a week of success for me!!
“When you feel pure intelligence flowing into you, it may give you sudden strokes of ideas, so that by noticing it, you may find it fulfilled the same day or soon; (i.e.) those things that were presented unto your minds by the Spirit of God, will come to pass; and thus by learning the Spirit of God and understanding it, you may grow into the principle of revelation, until you become perfect in Christ Jesus.”
--Joseph Fielding Smith
“Baptism is a sign to God, to angels, and to heaven that we do the will of God, and there is no other way beneath the heavens whereby God hath ordained for man to come to Him to be saved, and enter into the kingdom of God, except faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, and baptism for the remission of sins, and any other course is in vain; then you have the promise of the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
--Joseph Smith Jr.
¡¡¡Les Amo Mucho!!!
Elder Daugherty
Monday, May 12, 2014
May 12, 2014
Happy Birthday Mom!! I love you so much!!
Mom, I don't know how I could thank you for everything that you have done, given, or made for me in my life. Everything I am or ever will be is because of you. I cant even imagine how hard is was to raise a crazy child like me. I cant imagine how you feel while I am away from home right now but I know that you are proud of me. Because of your influence, your love, your care, I am here. I know that I'm not perfect but I get better everyday due to the things that I have learned because of you. I wouldn't be here if it weren't for your constant efforts to teach me the things our Lord has given us. Now I have the chance to teach what you taught me, to others so that they might also know of the blessings that they can receive through obedience to the Gospel. I cant wait to get home and give you a hug, a hug long waited for. :)
Love you Mom!!
Btw... Look this up :)
http://motherhood.mormon.org/?cid=HPTH050814094
Mom, I don't know how I could thank you for everything that you have done, given, or made for me in my life. Everything I am or ever will be is because of you. I cant even imagine how hard is was to raise a crazy child like me. I cant imagine how you feel while I am away from home right now but I know that you are proud of me. Because of your influence, your love, your care, I am here. I know that I'm not perfect but I get better everyday due to the things that I have learned because of you. I wouldn't be here if it weren't for your constant efforts to teach me the things our Lord has given us. Now I have the chance to teach what you taught me, to others so that they might also know of the blessings that they can receive through obedience to the Gospel. I cant wait to get home and give you a hug, a hug long waited for. :)
Love you Mom!!
Btw... Look this up :)
http://motherhood.mormon.org/?cid=HPTH050814094
Monday, May 5, 2014
May 5, 2014
Well this week was pretty great!!! We actually had a baptism. It was of the kid of the bishop. He came to us last week and told us that he couldn't have anyone in his house that wasn't a member. So we started teaching his kid, A. He accepted to be baptized right way so we put the date for the following weekend. Well we baptized him on Friday due to some stuff that the bishop had to do on Saturday. And on Sunday we confirmed him!!!
We also got the awesome opportunity to hike the volcano that is close to our area... San Cristobal. It's the highest in Nicaragua at 5,725 ft. We weren't able to get all the way to the top but we got close. It's actually quite active as well but we didn't have any problems.
So we've been planning this all week. One of the members, Gerardo, told us that he would take us if we were able to get permission. So we tried all week to get things worked out so we and some other missionaries could go. Sunday night, we got permission to go and we got things started. We found out that we were the only ones going due to the fact that the other missionaries had to run some errands in other places of Nicaragua so we decided to go with G, just the 3 of us. We got up at 3:30am to get out of the house by 4:30am to catch a truck that would take us to a town called Las Nubes (The Clouds) where we would begin our ascension. We got there at about 6:30am and headed up. We first passed through some avocado orchards, which were really cool, and then headed into some mountain farm land where they had a bunch of herds of cattle. We just followed the path, marking it so we wouldn't get lost coming back and kept going. Then we got to some old lava river beds. It's where the lava had passed awhile back when it exploded and created these rivers that will with water during the rainy season. They were all covered in black/grey rock and tons of volcanic sand. So we decided to stick to the river beds to go straight to the volcano. We go to a point where we had to go back due to the fact that the river bed ended so we busted our own trail about halfway up the side of the volcano. We could see out over all of Chichigalpa and all the little cities around it. It was so awesome and so silent. Something that we don't normally get working in the city. G had his scriptures and we read Alma 60:21-23.
21 Or do ye suppose that the Lord will still deliver us, while we sit upon our thrones and do not make use of the means which the Lord has provided for us?
22 Yea, will ye sit in idleness while ye are surrounded with thousands of those, yea, and tens of thousands, who do also sit in idleness, while there are thousands round about in the borders of the land who are falling by the sword, yea, wounded and bleeding?
23 Do ye suppose that God will look upon you as guiltless while ye sit still and behold these things? Behold I say unto you, Nay. Now I would that ye should remember that God has said that the inward vessel shall be cleansed first, and then shall the outer vessel be cleansed also.
It got us thinking about all the Nicaraguenses and how we are selected by God to come to this place and teach them. We cant be sitting around watching them fall away in sin around us, we need to do something about it! It teaches us in 23 that we need to repent before we can teach anyone else how to repent, cleaning the vessel inside and then the outside will be cleaned as well. I love these verses and how it applies to us in the mission and in our lives.
After we said a pray and looked out over the creations of the Lord one last time, we headed back down. So everyone knows that hiking up a mountain is one thing, but hiking down it is a whole different story. And walking on uneven ground makes it all the better. So we struggled our way down, got side tracked a bit but we made it back to the trail head at about 12:30pm. It was good timing and we got down safe. I loved the views and how I will probably never get that chance again. I also brought back some things from the top... Pine cones!! Couldn't believe it when I saw pine trees on the side of volcano. Now, whenever any of you get the chance to look at the Lords creations, just think about how much they mean to you and how much you mean to the Lord.
“Like the vital rudder of a ship, we have been provided a way to determine the direction we travel. The lighthouse of the Lord beckons to all as we sail the seas of life. Our home port is the celestial kingdom of God. Our purpose is to steer an undeviating course in that direction. A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder—never likely to reach home port. To us comes the signal: Chart your course, set your sail, position your rudder, and proceed.”
― Thomas S. Monson
¡¡¡Les AMO mucho!!!
Elder Daugherty
We also got the awesome opportunity to hike the volcano that is close to our area... San Cristobal. It's the highest in Nicaragua at 5,725 ft. We weren't able to get all the way to the top but we got close. It's actually quite active as well but we didn't have any problems.
So we've been planning this all week. One of the members, Gerardo, told us that he would take us if we were able to get permission. So we tried all week to get things worked out so we and some other missionaries could go. Sunday night, we got permission to go and we got things started. We found out that we were the only ones going due to the fact that the other missionaries had to run some errands in other places of Nicaragua so we decided to go with G, just the 3 of us. We got up at 3:30am to get out of the house by 4:30am to catch a truck that would take us to a town called Las Nubes (The Clouds) where we would begin our ascension. We got there at about 6:30am and headed up. We first passed through some avocado orchards, which were really cool, and then headed into some mountain farm land where they had a bunch of herds of cattle. We just followed the path, marking it so we wouldn't get lost coming back and kept going. Then we got to some old lava river beds. It's where the lava had passed awhile back when it exploded and created these rivers that will with water during the rainy season. They were all covered in black/grey rock and tons of volcanic sand. So we decided to stick to the river beds to go straight to the volcano. We go to a point where we had to go back due to the fact that the river bed ended so we busted our own trail about halfway up the side of the volcano. We could see out over all of Chichigalpa and all the little cities around it. It was so awesome and so silent. Something that we don't normally get working in the city. G had his scriptures and we read Alma 60:21-23.
21 Or do ye suppose that the Lord will still deliver us, while we sit upon our thrones and do not make use of the means which the Lord has provided for us?
22 Yea, will ye sit in idleness while ye are surrounded with thousands of those, yea, and tens of thousands, who do also sit in idleness, while there are thousands round about in the borders of the land who are falling by the sword, yea, wounded and bleeding?
23 Do ye suppose that God will look upon you as guiltless while ye sit still and behold these things? Behold I say unto you, Nay. Now I would that ye should remember that God has said that the inward vessel shall be cleansed first, and then shall the outer vessel be cleansed also.
It got us thinking about all the Nicaraguenses and how we are selected by God to come to this place and teach them. We cant be sitting around watching them fall away in sin around us, we need to do something about it! It teaches us in 23 that we need to repent before we can teach anyone else how to repent, cleaning the vessel inside and then the outside will be cleaned as well. I love these verses and how it applies to us in the mission and in our lives.
After we said a pray and looked out over the creations of the Lord one last time, we headed back down. So everyone knows that hiking up a mountain is one thing, but hiking down it is a whole different story. And walking on uneven ground makes it all the better. So we struggled our way down, got side tracked a bit but we made it back to the trail head at about 12:30pm. It was good timing and we got down safe. I loved the views and how I will probably never get that chance again. I also brought back some things from the top... Pine cones!! Couldn't believe it when I saw pine trees on the side of volcano. Now, whenever any of you get the chance to look at the Lords creations, just think about how much they mean to you and how much you mean to the Lord.
“Like the vital rudder of a ship, we have been provided a way to determine the direction we travel. The lighthouse of the Lord beckons to all as we sail the seas of life. Our home port is the celestial kingdom of God. Our purpose is to steer an undeviating course in that direction. A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder—never likely to reach home port. To us comes the signal: Chart your course, set your sail, position your rudder, and proceed.”
― Thomas S. Monson
¡¡¡Les AMO mucho!!!
Elder Daugherty
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