Email May 27, 2013

Hello Mom!

So it sounds about one of the most exciting weeks happened at home! That is crazy! Congrats to everyone!! Pat, congrats, that is probably some of the best news I have ever heard in my mission. I missed Kelon on Wednesday night by 5 minutes........... NO!!!! I could have cried.. Benny and Jackee, congrats! That is wonderful! And yes, one of Jeff Moss's mission buddies is in my ward, David Sorilla, and I also met another from his mission named Nathan Barrejos.

Alright. Crazy week for me. So as you already knew, the sister missionaries kicked us out this week. My comp and I were given the really rich part of Moroni. I did about 80 individual contacts. Almost all of them were intercom contacts... We found a couple of people though. 

We had to show the sisters a few of our investigators. Hermanas Torres and Speirs. Hermana Torres started her mission in this zone when I got here, she left, trained, and now is back training here. She asked when she first saw me, You are still here? Haha it was pretty funny. 

So on Friday we had zone conference. It was the most spiritual zone conference I have been a part of. The asistontos asked us 2 to do a practice with President Madariaga, luckily we had a few days to prepare. And we nailed it. We taught repentance. The Spirit was super strong. I also gave my last testimony. I have really gained a strong testimony in my mission, for which I am grateful. 

Well. This is all I have to say basically. Once again, God answers prayers. He answered my prayers last night in the most simple way, but it meant a lot to me. I love you all. Hope you have a good week.

Love, Elder Naegle

Email May 20, 2013

Hello Mom!

Well, first news first. Let us begin the move! They are kicking us out of Moroni and putting sisters in..... There are 4 sisters that are coming early for some reason, so tomorrow we gotta be out of the house so they can move in. That means I had to clean today... But we are fairly tidy so it wasn't too bad. For 2 weeks I will live with the asistontos until the normal changes, at which point the zone leaders will move somewhere else. We should be sharing the area in 3 for 2 weeks instead of just 2. As for the last 2 weeks that I have after the change, I have no idea what President will do with me now! Haha I told him today in my email that he can do whatever he needs to do with me. So we will see.

Well, I had so many things to tell you and then we got this phone call and my mind went blank. Just kidding! As much as I love writing home... I don't have much to say anymore.. haha sorry Mom! But there is good news this week. Roque is coming back  around! Booo yeah!!! It was awesome. We went back and had a really spiritual lesson, but she wasn't going to change her mind. An idea popped into my head, and well, it worked. The Spirit is an amazing thing. 

I gave a talk yesterday. All 4 missionaries were assigned to talk about missionary work... Talk about a boring sacrament mtg. I went last, and I mixed things up a bit. I talked about prayer. Prayer has come to mean so much more to me in the mission. One of the many things that I needed to learn in my time here. God answers prayers, if you don't know it, get down on them knees and pray! 

Life is great. Jesus is the Christ. Have a great week!

Love, Elder Naegle

Email May 13, 2013

Hello Mom,

Well you already know because of the phone call, but Zuni and Tamara were baptized! They also made their way through the rain to be confirmed yesterday! So that was the highlight of the week... Other than the phone call of course! It was really good to see the family! Niglet I am glad that making some money is more important to you than seeing your brother.... haha just kidding brother, spend that money well!

So this week I started another 40 day fast. Should help me to have the Spirit more. We did a zone presentation this week about having more light and we made a plan for the zone to do it. We are starting with the 40 day fast, and then in the coming weeks working to get the mission standards. Everyone seems to be excited about it, and I am loving it too! 

So this week we were walking by a big soccer field and their was a concert going on of a pretty famous band here in Paraguay. There were at least 2000 people. We decided we were going to contact everyone and invite them all to church. After some contemplating and being scared... We decided to do it! We made our way up to the security... and..... That was as far as we got... hahaha but we tried! Would have been a great story, now it is just a great failure... But it would have been cool. The Church is true! I want to share the gospel with everyone! Have a great week!

Love, Elder Naegle

Email May 6, 2013

Hello there Mom!

Sounds like everything is going well at home. Tell Matt and Jacqueline congrats on their baby! That is exciting. Lots of things are changing here in my life... Like less hair on the head and... Yeah... That is about it. Just kidding! Lots of things are changing here in Moroni! Life is awesome!

Suni and children should be getting baptized this weekend. She just needs to hold in strong with quitting smoking, but it has been over a week now so I feel like she will be able to do it. Her fear was the interview because a member told her they make you confess everything you have ever done.... So... We cleared that one up! She has strong desires to change her life, it is awesome.

Roque... Well... Monday night when we called her she said she didn't want to get baptized. So naturally we dropped everything and went. The world was coming down on her. So we had several lessons with her this week, all of which were Spirit packed. She was holding her ground pretty strong though. So we went in Saturday with all the faith in the world and... she told us that she knows the Church is true and that she needs to get baptized, but she can't do it now... It was one of the hardest moments of my mission. The Spirit was undeniable. It was so hard to see someone reject the answer from God. We are still praying for her, but for now at least she will stay with her decision. Hanks and I felt the spiritual confirmation that we did all we could do which was a nice comfort. One day.

Well we watched some Elder Bednar videos about light and the light of Christ today in leader council. I realized the importance of helping our light grow within us because light chases away darkness. As our light grows, we will be able to help others get rid of the darkness in their lives. Let us all strive to brighten that light.

I love you all. The Church is true. If you don't know, read the Book of Mormon and pray about it. Also, "Ask the missionaries! They can help!" But seriously we can. Have a great week! Can't wait to talk to you on Saturday!

Love, Elder Naegle