Category: Updates from the Field

León – Week 66

[Week 1 in León (Malpaísillo Area,  León Zone), week 1 with Elder Ramos] Hey everyone, sorry it’s been so long since I have sent a big group email out! Its difficult to do with limited time and everything so I’m sure you’ll forgive me. We had an awesome week! Firstly, we had our final zone...

Tipitapa – Week 64

[Week 11 in Tipitapa (La Bocana Area, Las Americas Zone), week 5 with Elder Alvarenga] Sorry I’m writing so late, we went to multicentro today to look for the camera and we had some travel problems and got back super late! But I’ll try responding to all your questions! Okay well were still visiting Sara...

Tipitapa – Week 63

[Week 10 in Tipitapa (La Bocana Area, Las Americas Zone), week 4 with Elder Alvarenga] Here are some fotos from Saras baptism​​ this Saturday! Her kids weren’t able to be baptized because of opposition from the dad but were going to continue working with them and the father as well! It was definitely a good...

Tipitapa – Week 61

[Week 8 in Tipitapa (La Bocana Area, Las Americas Zone), week 2 with Elder Alvarenga] Cayman sent another audio recording this week, and we haven’t yet transcribed it (and might not ever get to it), but he celebrated his birthday this past week.  He sent a note saying he’s no longer a teenager, but he...

Tipitapa – Week 60

[Week 7 in Tipitapa (La Bocana Area, Las Americas Zone), week 1 with Elder Alvarenga] Hey everyone, I just wanted to send out a update. I stayed here in Tipitapa as the District Leader so that was tranquilo. Today I got my new comp, his name is Elder Alvarenga and he’s from Costa Rica.  He’s...

Tipitapa – Week 59

[Week 6 in Tipitapa (La Bocana Area, Las Americas Zone), week 6 with Elder Cuestas] Hey guys, sorry I didn’t write yesterday, we were in the hospital because my comp has been having a hurt back. It turned out to be nothing but they gave him some medicine so it shouldn’t hurt too much. We...

Tipitapa – Week 55

[Week 2 in Tipitapa (La Bocana Area, Las Americas Zone), week 2 with Elder Cuestas] Hey guys, hope everyone is doing great! This first week here in my area was interesting. First of all, the area is pretty cool; it has all the cool parts of Tipitapa, including beach on the huge lake by Managua....

Managua – Week 54

[Week 1 in Tipitapa (La Bocana Area, Las Americas Zone), week 1 with Elder Cuestas] Hey everyone, hope everything is going well! This week was pretty interesting, we were running all over the place doing baptismal interviews really far from our area, Ciudadela and Loma Verde. Both nights we had to stay there with the...

Managua – Week 53

[Week 12 in Managua (Ruben Dario Area, Las Americas Zone), week 6 with Elder Davidson] Hey guys! So this was a pretty great week! We baptized James, the 12 year old son of two members but who were inactive before we met them. We had a pretty normal week, normal appointments and everything. We’ve been...

Managua – Week 51

[Week 10 in Managua (Ruben Dario Area, Las Americas Zone), week 4 with Elder Davidson] Again, Cayman sent an audio recording, but this one was very long and detailed, and he sent it to a large group of people, so we felt okay sharing here.  There are a few more pics as well!