Week 85 in Chihuahua - July 22, 2019 - Cuauhtemoc

Hi Everyone,

Well I'm settled in at Cuauhtemoc.  It is still hot here, but not as hot as Chihuahua.  My new companion is Elder Herrera and he is cool.  He is a little homesick but he is working really hard so he is my kind of guy!

I bought a new suit.  It is marine blue with little white lines, but not too flashy.  And a bright yellow tie, but that might be a little flashy haha.

I could use some new shoes as the ones I'm wearing are falling apart, but I kind of want to keep using them so you can see how hard I worked when I get home.

I feel good in my new territory and our apartment is nice so that's good. 

My talk on Sunday went good and then I had to give another one yesterday that I found out about the night before.  I used to think that I had to write out my talks word for word, but I'm finding out here in the mission, that I no longer need to do that, and I don't have time to do that anyway!

I feel good and I'm excited to give it all I have for my last 10 weeks here in the mission.

Gotta go.

Love to all!
Elder Lignell

Pictures are of my new companion!

Week 84 in Chihuahua - July 13, 2019 - Last days as AP

Hi Everyone,

So I have two more days as Assistant to the President.  Then, I will be assigned to a new territory and I get to train a new missionary.  He is from Peru and I'll pick him up at the airport on Monday. Neither of his parents are members.

My new territory is the city of Cuauhtemoc and the best part is that it is not super hot like Chihuahua and the people there are super cool.

I've learned so much from being an assistant.  Some of the hardest times in my mission have been during these last 4 and half months as an assistant.  It is a lot of hard work and everyone looks to me for answers so I had to be really organized and I tried to set a good example and not ever be negative about any situations.

I have to speak tomorrow in church about how the love of God for his children.

Well, I think it is finally time to break down and buy some new church clothes while I'm here.  The suit I have is not going to make it to the end and you can buy a suit here for pretty cheap so we'll see what they have today when I go looking.

Okay, so new "P" day will be on Mondays since I won't be an assistant any longer.

Have a great week everyone!

Week 83 in Chihuahua - July 6, 2019 - Last Week as AP

Yo yo yo whats up everyone!! This has been a super super super crazy week. The new mission presidents got here and they are awesome. It was super hard to say goodbye to President and Hermana Montoya they are just so amazing. 

But the first day the President and Hermana Ingalls got here I could just tell that they were called of God. They really do love us and they hardly even know us. 

We have had to meet with all of the zones of the mission this week so that they could meet the new Presdient and I'm tired haha. We have been traveling everyday again and it's our job to take president to all of the churches because he doesn't know Chihuahua. 

I've had to translate for Hermana Ingalls in the meetings because she doesn't know much Spanish but she is learning quick. They both have such powerful testimonies of the gospel and know what they are doing is right.  

Love you all have a great week!

Week 82 in Chihuahua - June 29, 2019 - Definitely Not a Coincidence!

Hi Everyone,

Wow, where do I begin?!!  So our mission President, President Montoya and Sister Montoya left the other day.  There were a lot of tears.  We made them a good bye video of all the missionaries and they loved it!  I loved them both and it was hard to see them go.

But, our new president is awesome too and he and his wife are from Florida.  He served a Spanish speaking mission when he was younger and so his Spanish isn't too bad, but his wife doesn't speak any Spanish and I feel really sorry for her!  She definitely seems lost in our meetings when we are all speaking Spanish.  But, they are both super cool and super nice and it will be great working with them.

I'm not sure I'll be in Chihuahua much longer as we should have changes soon, but we'll see.

So, Yalina and her family were baptized and the mom said they are so content and love church and love the people so much!!!  We will confirm them tomorrow.

Cool story for you.  So, I have never once in my entire mission, taken my phone charging cord with me anywhere, because I don't need it.  Just recently we went to another district and I grabbed my phone charging cord just in case....first time I've put it in my pack.

So, a couple of days before Yalina was baptized, we were trying to call her and we couldn't get a hold of her no matter what time we called, so we went over to her house.  She was home and said that her phone charging cord broke and her phone was dead and she couldn't even tell some of her family members because she didn't know their phone numbers. They were all plugged into her cell phone!

I told her I just happened to have a phone charging cord in my pack, but I didn't think it was the size that she needed.  Sure enough, it fit her phone, so I gave it to her to keep.  She was so happy and to think that it was the first time I've ever put my phone charging cord in my pack. It is so cool how the Lord helps in small ways that can really help a person so much.  It was a cool experience.

It has been interesting being the assistant to the President.  There were some sister missionaries who missed their bus and they were all packed and ready to go and called me and wanted me to buy them tickets for the next bus ride out, but that bus would have been leaving later at night and they would have arrived at their new apartment after their curfew.  I told them I wouldn't do it.  They were both upset with me because they really didn't want to unpack to stay another night, but I wouldn't budge.  I told them I had to follow the rules and how bad would I feel if something happened to them because I allowed them to arrive later than they should have?  I've had a few requests like that, where I've had to say no.

The pictures are of President Montoya's last day, and Yalina and her family's baptism.

Have a great week everyone!

Love, Elder Lignell