11/9/16

Pues..... this is crazy!! IT seems like last week was when I got here!!! Honestly I am going to miss this place a lot!! It has been just an amazing experience! So first off some more news my companion Elder Harris went home which was sad I really liked him but he had some struggles he needed to take care of before coming back out.

SOOOOO I got my flight plans this week!!!! I leave Monday at 2:30 in the morning!!! haha my first flight is to Dallas where I have like a 3 hour layover!! haha and then to Miami! and then finally to Guayaquil!!!! I am really excited but super nervous at the same time! I am just so ready to share the gospel! last night we had a devotional by Joy D Jones the primary general president and she said "Smile, you have the greatest message in the universe and it’s free" that made me really happy and excited to bring people to Christ!!!!

Soo I have a really cool experience I want to share with you guys! Yesterday we did this thing called a skype member TRC! it’s where we go skype a random member and share like a spiritual message so we can get used to talking to native people! We got this guy named Joe! he is from Mexico and he is a beast!! But me and Elder Manua did a lesson about being a member missionary! And in the middle of it we asked him why would he want to share the gospel with people around him and he bore such a powerful testimony on how much joy the gospel has brought him and why wouldn’t he want to share it!! and then he turned to me and said Elder Bigelow (in Spanish of course) I know you are struggling with the language but I want you to know that you will get it down! he said that the spirit will teach me everything even not spiritual things and all that I had to do is keep praying and being like 100 percent obedient and then Spanish will come fast for me! I felt the spirit so strong and so I bore my testimony and when I spoke I wasn’t like fluent or nothing but I could say exactly what I wanted and I didn’t really stumble around it was amazing haha I almost bawled my eyes out hahahaha but that was just so spiritual I loved it!!!!

Other things that happened this week is Jenny Oaks Baker came and did a performance for us on Sunday night and it was incredible!!! haha I got a sweet looking haircut and I am still the champion at 4 square!! last gym time I was king for like 30 minutes it was legit!! hahaha

I just want to end with my testimony that I know that Jesus Christ lives and that he died for me!! I know that Gods plan for us is perfect and amazing and that the Atonement is real!! if there is one thing I could say to all of you and that I have learned pretty well here is to not care what anyone else thinks about you but the Lord!!! Because people may think you are lame for keeping rules or other things but who cares!! because when you know the Lord is happy then you should be happy with yourself!! and just use the atonement often it should be your best friend!!!! I love all you guys!! and I can’t wait for Ecuador!! next time I email you I will be it the promised land!!!! :)

The Kingdom of God or Nothing!!!

TKOGON

Elder Bigelow... the man, the myth, the legend!!!!