We love all of the mothers in our lives! Hope you had a GREAT Mother's Day!
Here is a quick update with how things are in Vallarta...
Ivan, Cassandra and Lupe are still working toward baptism. They are struggling getting to church, but they have not given up. Please keep them in your prayers to feel the spirit of the Lord. Cassandra had a revelatory/answer to prayer experience of her own with the Book of Mormon that she shared with the Elders and they all had a great spirit around them. She is now reading the Book of Mormon. YEAH!!! Lupe is still working on her "boyfriend" of 7 years and trying to come to grips that she doesn't want to be with him because he isn't so good to her. Ivan was swamped with Mother's Day events and couldn't get to church this week, but is still progressing! It was wonderful to hear all the fun things that the Elders have going there.
The only bad news that Elder Williams had to share was one about himself. He is experiencing LOTS of pain in his knees. He has been sent to the doctor by Sister Wagner and if the medication doesn't help, he might have to have an MRI and whatever that says, possible surgery. We are really hoping (and he is too) that it won't come to that. Please keep Elder Williams in your prayers so he can be healed and finish up his mission. We just took Garrin into a Sports Medicine doctor today (May 13) with the exact same complaints of pain as Elder Williams described and he has officially been diagnosed with "patellarfemoral" syndrome. I told the doctor that Elder Williams had the same symptoms and he gave me a copy of the exercises and stretches that he gave Garrin to do. We will scan those in and send them to Elder Williams immediately.
Elder Williams and Elder Poblete seem to have a wonderful friendship! Elder Poblete is a very happy, positive companion and loves to have fun as much as Elder Williams! His only complaint about Elder Williams is... "he snores! sometimes so loud I can't sleep!" We told Elder Williams to go get some of those nose plug/snore things.
So, as you can see we had a GREAT talk! We also found out that Elder Williams does read this blog to make sure his mother isn't making any mistakes with her stories. His one complaint about the blog is that there are NO COMMENTS being made (except by Marie Cummings!) So now that you know he reads the blog, MAKE COMMENTS to Elder Williams and he might actually answer you back???
Here are some fun photos and videos of Elder Williams and his companions!
First a Painting Service Project. (I didn't get any info as to where, who or what)
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| Elder in "War Paint"? |
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| T-shirt Coveralls! |
Birthday parties for the Ward Mission Leader who you can tell has a great relationship with his missionaries and works hard to keep them busy!
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| Brother Organista and his missionaries |
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| A Happy Birthday cake for a wonderful leader! |
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| Happy Birthday Ward Mission Leader! |
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| Smile, Pitbull puppy, Smile! |
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| Elder Poblete getting Elder Williams back for snoring! |
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| Turn around is fair play???? |
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| Elders or Bandits??? |
And now for the real getting back at Elder Poblete...
Now for the talent in the district! We found out that the "Greenie" Elder Mickelson was a Jump Rope National Champion!!!!!! So here are some "sick" videos of his exceptional talent...
After this first attempt, Elder Mickelson learned to get his tie out of the way!
Well, we hope you had a great time reading, looking and watching! We hope you all had a great week-end celebrating the wonderful mothers in your lives! We hope you make some comments for Elder Williams to read and please keep him in your prayers!
We love you all!
The Williams'
Oooh, I got a shout-out this week! Love it. :-) Funny, but I don't get many comments on Eldon's blog except for one of his companion's mom.
ReplyDeleteElder Williams, you are in our prayers for your knee pain to subside so you can finish strong!
Marie you are awesome! Can't wait to have you here in Utah again! Thanks for your prayers! How close are you?
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