I am having a really hard time right now. I dont know how to explain it but i just have been feeling lonely the last few days. I am not sure what i can do better but its just really stressful. All i want to do when we get back to the apartment is relax but its hard to do that when there are four people in the apartment and two of them have to talk on the phone because they are the zone leaders and its just stressful i dont know what i can do to help get my mind of things in the night last night i decided to just read and that helped so i will probably start to do more reading when we get back to the apartment, I am reading the book of mormon in spanish and i am actually understanding almost everything I am in alma right now so i still have a long way to go but it is helping me to think more about the stories and how i can apply them when we are teaching. But seriously I dont know why but i feel like i am just lonely, I dont feel like i have the greatest relationship with my companion and i dont feel like i have the spirit with me either. I dont know what to do. I am going to do so reflecting today and see what i can do. Well I love you.
Love elder baer
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Lexie - September 8, 2014
Hey everyone. This was a pretty tough week. I think I need to be grateful for all of the hard times though because they make the good times seem that much better. I think thats a pretty cool thing to remember for any momento in our lives. We have a baptism coming up this weekend. We didnt have it last weekend for some problems but I think we are good to go this week and its a good thing it got pushed back becuase the 3rd of the 3 brothers decided he wantes to be be baptized too! So it will be all of three of them. How cool! My companion was sick this week so we did a lot of walking back and for the house and lost a lot of time but she isfeeling better now so we will start this week a lot better. We are heading to the president of the missions house today for lunch. Im pretty exicted about it. And I bought a mexico shirt this week! I wore it to church yesterday and everyone said i was a real chiapaneca haha. I cant believe how much im learning and how hard it is to speak a different language. Im pretty excited to see the president today becuase that means I can talk a Little in english! Wooohooo! I cant quite figure out how to explain to my companion that I have a realy hard time expressing how I feel completely in spanish but its coming and gets better every day. PATIENCE! I hope everything is going well. Always remember how much our Savior loves you and how important our happiness is to Him! Im learning every day how the góspel can bring happiness to our lives. Its honestly beautiful. I love that when I teach people all these principles and commandments that the góspel has and I can honestly testify that every single one of them brings happiness to our lives. How amazing is that. Love and miss you all!
Love, Hermana Baer
Love, Hermana Baer
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Tayler - September 1, 2014
Well we are still having a hard time finding people but i did some
reflecting last night. In preach my gospel in the missionary purpose
it says we invite everyone to come unto christ. When i was thinking
about that it doesnt say we invite nonmembers to come unto christ. We
invite everyone. Then i thought back on all the people that we have
been helping in the last few weeks. Maybe we have not had a lot of
success with baptizing or finding but we have helped to reactivate a
lot of less actives and now they are active and strong going to church
everyone sunday. We have been focused on the members and for that i
think we have not really set apary time to find people wich is
important too. Like i have heared a million times already the
definition of a successful missionary is not the amount of people he
baptizes but more about how well he lives his purpose in inviting
everyone to come unto christ. And i think i kind of lost that vision
for a while i was feeling like i hadnt been doing anything and just
wasting time but in reality i cant even explain how much we have
helped this ward. We still nee to find a balance in our work so we can
find more people but it is something that i am not feeling so stressed
right now. Well sounds like Jake enjoyed his game he told me
everything and i am super happy for him. Well have a good time this
week I will try to work harder and have some experiences to share next
week. I love you.
Love elder baer
reflecting last night. In preach my gospel in the missionary purpose
it says we invite everyone to come unto christ. When i was thinking
about that it doesnt say we invite nonmembers to come unto christ. We
invite everyone. Then i thought back on all the people that we have
been helping in the last few weeks. Maybe we have not had a lot of
success with baptizing or finding but we have helped to reactivate a
lot of less actives and now they are active and strong going to church
everyone sunday. We have been focused on the members and for that i
think we have not really set apary time to find people wich is
important too. Like i have heared a million times already the
definition of a successful missionary is not the amount of people he
baptizes but more about how well he lives his purpose in inviting
everyone to come unto christ. And i think i kind of lost that vision
for a while i was feeling like i hadnt been doing anything and just
wasting time but in reality i cant even explain how much we have
helped this ward. We still nee to find a balance in our work so we can
find more people but it is something that i am not feeling so stressed
right now. Well sounds like Jake enjoyed his game he told me
everything and i am super happy for him. Well have a good time this
week I will try to work harder and have some experiences to share next
week. I love you.
Love elder baer
Lexie - September 1, 2014
Hey Mom,
Another long week not going to lie it was a rough one. Im definately feeling what you said about the excitement wearing off. Now im just here and its hard and learning another language is ridiculous.
We have another baptism this week so im pretty excited about that. Everything else about this week was just about the same as always. It rained cats and dogs on thursday I think. It was so awesome. We were at a house at the lower end of where we live and the road was like a river. It was insane. The mom of the house we were at had to cross it and her daughter was out there helping her. The water was hitting them at their knees and it literally looked like a river it was moving so fast. So crazy. Its beenn raining a lot off and on this week. Sometimes it makes it way hot and other times it cools it down. depends on the day. I was thinking this week of maybe some things you could send me eventually. Im not in any hurry or anything but just so you know I lOVE my bag that we got at tjmax. its baglini brand. But its just a little bit too small for everthing I need during the day. If you wanted to keep an eye out for another of that brand I would love that. Same style like a satchel. And I need a cord for my camera. I use my companions every week because a lot of the time there isnt a spot for my camera card and I dont have the cord? I dont know if i forgot it or what but I dont have it. Anyways that would be awesome as well. I dont need more clothes but holy moly I cant tel you how sick i am of my clothes already lol. Pretty much all I wear is the skirts you sent me in the mtc. They are all my favorites.
Thats honestly about it this week. Just missing home a lot. Like a lot. I know im where I need to be but this is the hardest thing in the whole world.
Another long week not going to lie it was a rough one. Im definately feeling what you said about the excitement wearing off. Now im just here and its hard and learning another language is ridiculous.
Thats honestly about it this week. Just missing home a lot. Like a lot. I know im where I need to be but this is the hardest thing in the whole world.
Love, Lexie
Making empenadas!
Samantha is in the middle. She was baptized two weeks ago and has been going to lessons with us.
Lexie - August 25, 2014
Hey mom,
Glad things are going good and thanks for sending tayler something! I can tell hes having a hard time too. I think this whole mission thing is supposed to be the hardest thing ever though becasue Ive had my fair share of days. Yesteray was one of those I really want to be home days but im feeling better today. The emails totally pick me back up. Its so nice to have time to write you all. Im glad the running is all going well. I cant believe you are going to be back doing half marathons in two seconds. Hopefully I get more of an itch to run more when I get home. Im going to need it. The lady here that makes delicious food is going to write down her recipies for me so I can make stuff when I get home! Im just happy I have the most amazing parents in the whole world. I realize every day how much I am blessed. Thats great that bailey and kitty are getting along well lol. Shes not being jealous is she? Lol. So funny.
This week we met someone that speaks english lol. He told me all about hopping the boarder three times and working in washington dc. Is it really that easy to cross the boarder? Who knows. But hes very nice and all he wants to do is practice his english lol. Its kind of funny. Ive also realized that becasue food is the only thing I really get to decide on during the day I eat like a pig. Honestly I have got to stop. Its awful! So were going to hope that my last area is somewhere near the beach where I sweat to death so I can come home a little smaller lol. I was reading this week in Alma and found a verse that I really like. Its in Alma 39 verse 11. It talks about how people rejected the gospel because of a bad example of someone who was a memeber of the church. I think its so important to remember thatn even though not everyone has a badge that says they are a part of this church like missionaries do that we are all representatives of christ. Its part of our baptism covenant and people watch us. They know the things that we say we do or dont do in the church and when we do something wrong people see it. Idk, Im kind of rambling but I think the best way to share the gospel is to be an example and always strive to live the commandments of God. I really love the secripture I picked for my mission plaque becuase really truely we are blessed with happiness when we live the commandments of God. Pure and simple. Obedience is happiness.
I hope everything is going good. I cant believe Tayler has been gone 6 months! and im appraoching 4 quickly. So crazy. Thank you for being so amazing. I honestly cant even explain how lucky our family is. Have an amazing and wonderful week and I will talk to you soon!
Love, Hermana Baer
Glad things are going good and thanks for sending tayler something! I can tell hes having a hard time too. I think this whole mission thing is supposed to be the hardest thing ever though becasue Ive had my fair share of days. Yesteray was one of those I really want to be home days but im feeling better today. The emails totally pick me back up. Its so nice to have time to write you all. Im glad the running is all going well. I cant believe you are going to be back doing half marathons in two seconds. Hopefully I get more of an itch to run more when I get home. Im going to need it. The lady here that makes delicious food is going to write down her recipies for me so I can make stuff when I get home! Im just happy I have the most amazing parents in the whole world. I realize every day how much I am blessed. Thats great that bailey and kitty are getting along well lol. Shes not being jealous is she? Lol. So funny.
This week we met someone that speaks english lol. He told me all about hopping the boarder three times and working in washington dc. Is it really that easy to cross the boarder? Who knows. But hes very nice and all he wants to do is practice his english lol. Its kind of funny. Ive also realized that becasue food is the only thing I really get to decide on during the day I eat like a pig. Honestly I have got to stop. Its awful! So were going to hope that my last area is somewhere near the beach where I sweat to death so I can come home a little smaller lol. I was reading this week in Alma and found a verse that I really like. Its in Alma 39 verse 11. It talks about how people rejected the gospel because of a bad example of someone who was a memeber of the church. I think its so important to remember thatn even though not everyone has a badge that says they are a part of this church like missionaries do that we are all representatives of christ. Its part of our baptism covenant and people watch us. They know the things that we say we do or dont do in the church and when we do something wrong people see it. Idk, Im kind of rambling but I think the best way to share the gospel is to be an example and always strive to live the commandments of God. I really love the secripture I picked for my mission plaque becuase really truely we are blessed with happiness when we live the commandments of God. Pure and simple. Obedience is happiness.
I hope everything is going good. I cant believe Tayler has been gone 6 months! and im appraoching 4 quickly. So crazy. Thank you for being so amazing. I honestly cant even explain how lucky our family is. Have an amazing and wonderful week and I will talk to you soon!
Love, Hermana Baer
Tayler - August 25, 2014
Dear Mother,
Well this week was another tough one. I am not sure what we are doing wrong but obviously we need to change something. This week was unusually hot for this time of the year, we were dying of the heat walking all day long every day. I think i got a little bit more tan but im not really sure it might just be my mind playing tricks on me. Also yesterday the temperature dropped again, and it started to hail during church wich was crazy because it hailed a ton. And now it is super cold, this morning when we left it was super windy and super cold and super humid basically it felt like it was raining even though it wasnt we could feel the humidity in the air. Also this week my pants ripped(my old pants that i have had for a long time) so i had to sow those and as of right now they are holding in pretty well. I tried to sow them yesterday really quick but that didnt hold at all so last night i tried again and for now they are holding in there. Well we had an activity in the ward last monday and it was super fun. we had a talent show and lots of people participated and at the end us 4 elders danced the cotton eye joe and the members really liked it. lots of them tried to come dance with us but we are going to have to teach them a little better. But it was a great way to build the trust that the members have with us. I feel like the members here are a lot more friendly and have better relationships with the missionaries here for some reason. They always talk to us in the street and always like it when we spontaneously show up outside of their house. Well I hope you have a good week and if you havent updated your itunes yet you should do that or make an account for me and i will send you my card info. i love you
love elder baer
Well this week was another tough one. I am not sure what we are doing wrong but obviously we need to change something. This week was unusually hot for this time of the year, we were dying of the heat walking all day long every day. I think i got a little bit more tan but im not really sure it might just be my mind playing tricks on me. Also yesterday the temperature dropped again, and it started to hail during church wich was crazy because it hailed a ton. And now it is super cold, this morning when we left it was super windy and super cold and super humid basically it felt like it was raining even though it wasnt we could feel the humidity in the air. Also this week my pants ripped(my old pants that i have had for a long time) so i had to sow those and as of right now they are holding in pretty well. I tried to sow them yesterday really quick but that didnt hold at all so last night i tried again and for now they are holding in there. Well we had an activity in the ward last monday and it was super fun. we had a talent show and lots of people participated and at the end us 4 elders danced the cotton eye joe and the members really liked it. lots of them tried to come dance with us but we are going to have to teach them a little better. But it was a great way to build the trust that the members have with us. I feel like the members here are a lot more friendly and have better relationships with the missionaries here for some reason. They always talk to us in the street and always like it when we spontaneously show up outside of their house. Well I hope you have a good week and if you havent updated your itunes yet you should do that or make an account for me and i will send you my card info. i love you
love elder baer
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Lexie - August 19, 2014
Hey everyone! Im doing a letter together today because I have absolutely no time. I havent read through any letters but im printing them all out to read tonight. this week was great! They changed our p day to today because we had a mission activity and hit up the local zoo lol. It was actually a lot nicer than I expected and pretty fun. But we have our english class tonight at the church so we have zero time to do anything else. Im going to try to send a bunch of pictures of this week and I will tell you more next week! Ok heres the highlights. We had our first baptism! Wooo! It was beautiful and wonderful and fanstic and I cant wait to experience that again! They are wonderful. Ill send a picture. Ok craziest thing this week. Ive had these weird little spider guys on my desk all week and I couldnt figure out wehre they were coming from. The other day I took my speaker to the kitchen and plugged it into charge and it exploded with spiders! They had been living in my speaker! The picture Im sending is the second explosion after I had already cleaned them up a ton. So nasty. There were hundreds of them. But I sprrayed my speaker a bunch and shook it out and I think they re all gone. They were storing food in there and everything! Weve had great fun with lizards, centipedes, and cucaraches this week. And my companion wont kill anything so thats my job. the dang lizardss are so fast it sucks. I hate the cocroaches but at least they die when we spray them with the nasty spray stuff we have. While me and my companion were walking this week she all the sudden started freaking out and screaming and pointing to my back. I kept asking what it was and she finally said it was a huge spider but wouldn{t do anything! I kept saying hermana! I cannot see it you have to help me! Finally after like a whole minute of screaming she wacked whatever it was off my back. I never saw it but holy moly. Ew and I tried that whole corn with mayonaise and chile thing. Ew so nasty. I decided I would try it because its my comps favortie thing but wow that was gross. Straight mayo. Blechh. T
Today was really fun. I spent a lot of them with all the american sisters and It was a nice break to speak in english for a while. I think it kind of makes the native speakers mad when we do that but it sooooo nice to be able to have apersonality for two seconds. President George is AWESOME. He came to our baptism and is just wonderful. I{m so glad to have an american president. and hes so much more laid back then the president before. Which I quite like. I think thats about it. Im sorry its so short but im going to try to send all my pictures. I hope everything is going great I will read all your letters tonight. Love you all tons and thank you so much for being so wonderful. I am so blessed!
Love, Hermana Baer
Today was really fun. I spent a lot of them with all the american sisters and It was a nice break to speak in english for a while. I think it kind of makes the native speakers mad when we do that but it sooooo nice to be able to have apersonality for two seconds. President George is AWESOME. He came to our baptism and is just wonderful. I{m so glad to have an american president. and hes so much more laid back then the president before. Which I quite like. I think thats about it. Im sorry its so short but im going to try to send all my pictures. I hope everything is going great I will read all your letters tonight. Love you all tons and thank you so much for being so wonderful. I am so blessed!
Love, Hermana Baer
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