Week 71

This week the Lord Helped us help two more of his Childeren enter in the way of the gospel! 

Dauris, and Jenny were baptized, they both have been going to church for the last month or two and finally decided to make the commitment to follow Jesus Christ, super awesome! their families went and now many are more interested in also receiving the gospel, Francisco (Dauris step brother) said he is ready and wants to be baptized next week! super awesome! 

we have been finding more prepared people as well, others that also want to change thier lives for the better, its a huge blessing to find so many prepared people.

this week something a little scary happened though, we were in a taxi car traveling to a meeting and it was raining at night when this motercycle came wizzing by and clipped the side of the car. it slipped and fell, the taxi driver stopped for a second then this guy on the side of the road got all ticked at the our driver and came running towards the car, the driver took off driving but the guy through the only thing he had in his hand at our car, a box of light bulbs, it flew in through the window and hit me in the head! didnt hurt but it was scary still, there is no respect for the law here in the DR... kinda crazy. the lord protects his missionaries though, so no worries! haha

other than that not much more to say, has been great weather here, always cloudy but only a little rain has fallen, its been a cool climate, super nice! just getting a little trunky because we are entering the holiday season, thanksgiving and all, ill probably only be able to get my hands on chicken, they dont really eat turkey here... oh well! 

love you guys tons! talk next week!

ELDER AUGER

 The two most recent converts in the valiente branch, Dauris and Jenny!

 a selfie that i took at the birthday party of Jenny, she got baptized one day after her birthday, super cool family, we ate dominican BBQ and cake!

funny other little story, Jenny´s son Justin was crying after her mom got baptized cuz he also wanted to be baptized, he is only 6 years old... tuff one to have to do on the mish, deny a willing soul baptism ;) hahaha

i ate subway in the capital, thought of high school lunch with friends, i hadnt eaten subway since i left the states!

while we were walking one day, it had rain a little and i slipped in the mud, cut my arm and knee, but all good in the hood! hahaha

Week 70

Well, 20 years went by fast, crazy to think that ive now spent 2 birthdays away from home and them fam... miss you guys, but all is well, loving the mish still!

thank you all for the birthday shout outs, i dont have a tone of time to write, but know that i love you all and appreciate the birthday shout outs! you guys are awesome, thanks for all the love, support and prayers!

this was a good week, had two intercambios, with the zone leaders of villa mella, and los restauradores, good stuff, there are so many great missionaries, feel blessed to have known so many people here serving the Lord.

had 9 investigators come to church, we are know preparing about 4 baptisms or maybe more for these next 2 weeks, should be good! found 17 new investigators, and had 25 lessons, not including with member present, working harder than ever, love that about elder lopez!

cool experience:

i was feeling a little down the other day, for just some dumb reasons, a little trunky, didnt have any lessons for a few hours, and it was super hot, just kinda irritated, I think satan was trying to get to me, so i said a little prayer in my heart and God heard. this lady turned onto the street wlking ahead of us and as we passed her i asked to help her carry the bags in her hands, she was an older lady, she said i could and we walked her home, she told us about her life, so many problems, made my little struggles seem even smaller, she smiled as we got to her house and said she was so greatful for our help, and it changed my attitude for the rest of the day, i Know god listens to our prayers, gave me an opportunity to serve, and as my dad said when i left, the best way to get rid of home sickness and sadness is by serving others. AMEN loveyou dad, thanks for always teaching my the best principles, your in my prayers, glad to hear you are getting better! :) love you tons!

it was a good birthday, had 6 elder come over, we played dominos in the house, made lunch and baked the brownies, super good, thanks mom, the shirts fit as well, i just had to get them sewed a little, but it was only like 2 dollars! :) hahaha you guys are the best!

well, time is running short, love you all, hope you have a great week!

ELDER AUGER

 Thanks for the brownies mom!

  the elders that came over to party, we played dominos and ate great food cooked by the two dominican elders, my comp and elder de los santos! super fun!

 elder allen and i with the brownies, stud from my group

 the dominicans, they made mangu of plantain and yuca! super delicious!

 intercambio with a salvadoreño elder lemus, stud, we got wet though!

, then i had to remember how blessed i am to be serving here, even though its hot 24 7 the sights like this make it worth it!

Week 69

so this was another great week, had 9 investigators in church this week, 4 new people, super awesome, the Rodriguez family went again, super awesome, we didnt know if they were going to make it, but they did! the Lord is blessing our area tons right now, we also recieved an awesome refferel from the branch president, ana elis is her name, she went to church and is progressing, should have a baptismal date soon!

fast sunday felt the spirit super strong, bore testimony of the blessings that we recieve when we sacrifice to put the Lords matters first, for example moses giving up his life in Egypt to help God´s people, see Hebrews 11, just as i have been able to see the blessings of serving a mission. I know that The Lord has blessed me more than i could have imagined.

Thinking of you tons dad, i know the surgery will have gone well, praying for you tons bro! 

then we had a fun activity this weekend in the church, the branch pres told me we were going to be caroling, so i was super stoked, when we left to go, i found out it was more like a marching band, they had a guira, drums, and i had my little ukelele that elder zamora left me, wasnt as reverent of an activity as i thought it was going to be, but the christmas spirit was there! haha crazy that its getting to be that time of year!

anyways love you guys tons, hope all is well, thanks for all your prayers and thoughts, i really feel the extra love and support!

until next week!

ELDER AUGER

caught a spare second with this super cute grand daughter of one of our investigators, had to chat with her a little so you guys could see how dang cute the kids are over here! haha