20170918 -- Elder Geddes in the mission - I hope he ends up getting baptized.

This week we confirmed Gabriela. It was ward conference on Sunday. The stake president spoke and gave a lesson. He's super smart. He talked about the gospel of Christ: Faith, Repentance, Baptism. The Gift of the Holy Ghost, and Enduring to the End but he explained it super cool. There were a bunch of police outside of the church because someone was stabbed to death. The gangs aren't going to do anything to us because we've made friends with them. Actually they had an activity in the church for independence day and the youth were chasing me because they wanted to paint me with Mexican colors because I'm American when too gang members started throwing rocks at them to protect me and then told me after if there are any problems to tell them and they'll take care of it. On Tuesday we have transfers and I'm going to Cumbres in the zone Mitras which is the richest zone in the mission. I'm excited for the change but everyone is telling me that my new companion is really disobedient. I don't know why president is putting me with hard companions but I'm going to be senor companion. This is Orbelin the Jehovah's witness that we've been teaching. I hope he ends up getting baptized. My companion made the tie that I'm wearing. Isaiah55:8-9 God's ways a lot of times aren't the same as ours. As we summit ourselves more to the will of God he blesses us like a father does with his children when they do what he asks. Go to church, read the scriptures, and pray everyday. Strive to make changes to become more like our perfect father because that's the purpose of life! Love, Elder Geddes. Éxito!!!

20170911 -- Elder Geddes in the mission - baptized Gabriela:)

This week we baptised Gabriela:))))))))))))))) It's kind of a lame story though. The bishop hasn't suported us in any of our baptisms but this one we commited him to go. Also we had a member do the ordinance to try to get them more involved in missionary work. So we planned to baptise her on Sunday after church. So the members that said they would go all went in there cars but we had to wait for a bus. We had to wait 30 for a bus and then the bishop called us and told us that they have everything that they need to do the baptism and that they are going to start without us. And then he said something that really made me angry, No se preocupe, les mando fotos dispues. Don't worry about it, I'll send you pictures after. And then went ahead and started without us. We arived right before they did the ordinance when they were already in the water. I was really upset because, I don't know, I felt like we did all the work and that this is our baptism. And even more our mission president wanted to come to the baptism but he wouldn't wait. We have some other cool investigators that went to church for the first time, Hector and Giermo. We had interviews with president this week and he basically said that I'm going to change areas. Later he talked to my companion and said that he is going to have a different companion. My companion is going to have his operation after this next change. I'll know next week where I'm going. It rained this week and it's been a little bit cooler. A LITTLE BIT. I took some pictures of how our area is. I don't like to take out my camera because my area is poor and I don't want to get robbed.

20170904 -- Elder Geddes in the mission - This week we baptized Teresa!!!!!

This week we baptized Teresa!!!!! We've been working with her for a while now. We got her to quit smoking and to get married and now she's baptized and can work to get sealed in the temple with her husband. We have plans to baptize Gabriela next week. We'll find out if my companion has to go home for his operation this week. GUESS WHAT??? We got the owner of the house to fix our cooler!!!!! I was on divisions with the zone leaders and we went to her house and I roasted her a little bit(She's a member) and now it's cold at night!!!! There is not much else to tell this week. We keep working like usual. Here's some scriptures to help us if you want to know God better. Mosiah4:9 Creemos que existe y que nos ama, 2Timothy3:14-17 Estudiamos las Escrituras, James1:5 Oramos a Él, John14:21-23 Obedecemos todos sus mandamientos lo mejor que podamos. Keep trying a little harder to be a little better:) Love Elder Geddes