Happy Birthday Dad!

Well I guess I can start by saying “Happy Birthday Dad!”  And the same day is six months into the mission if that makes you feel better. All I can say is that time has really passed by very fast. But my commentary about the Nicas right now is that they are really good at watering their dirt to keep the dust down. It is like a chore that they do about three times a day, I feel. I just think that it is funny and apparently it is only here in Nicaragua. They supposedly don’t do it in countries like Guatemala. I also found mom’s letter very funny quite. I didn't really think that it could be true. The one that I definitely could believe was the rainbow colored hair. But thank you for the laugh.

This has honestly been a pretty hard week. We have been continuing to teach the Adventists about once a week and I think I have given about five different lessons about baptism to them. We know the mom is going to be baptized sometime in the future, but  I don’t know when. But I did pretty much nail them on a few points of doctrine about why this was the true church. They were asking me to explain some parts in Revelations about how the church in the last days is going to be persecuted. First, I asked if it was important for their salvation to know this and then I explained some history of the church. Then I explained that the Sabbath had to be on Sunday since it says in the New Testament, the first day of the week.  Unfortunately, the mom and the daughter started arguing a little.  And now the mom goes to our church more than her own now.

We have also been teaching their friend Erica some more. We are making progress to a baptismal date. She has moved from May too before the next transfers. So hopefully she will be baptized soon. I have also taught about three different lessons about baptism to her. But she’ll make it soon. Yamileht we had to dropped because she said she was moving back to her hometown.

Church was kind of a bummer this week, since we didn't have any investigators in church. This has been the very first week in my mission without anyone in church. Somehow, there has been some miracle that people have always come though we thought no one would come.

But that sums up the week. Have a good week.  I love you.

Elder Ferrin

Waspán Has Gone Jarrón Azul

Well hello everyone. I guess I can say for the most part that this has been a good week. For the first part of the week we were only in Villa Reconciliation, but now we can go anywhere we want in Waspán. The president said we could mix all the areas. So there are still four missionaries but in all of Waspán. So I got some of my investigators back, since the other missionaries hadn't really taught them yet. And, no mom, I do not have hot water, just pressurized.

We were able to have the baptism for Berta and everything went fine. When it was time to start there were no members at the church. So we waited about 20 minutes and the Relief Society showed up because they were having an activity. Berta was so happy to be baptized and was confirmed on Sunday in church. Church is still at 8:00 a.m. in the morning. We leave our apartment about 6:30 a.m. to pass by our investigators and bring them to church.

We have been teaching the sister of a recent convert who is also the woman who is our lunch appointment. The name of the investigator is Yamileht. We had a date for her baptism this week  but she couldn't come to church this week, so we have to wait another week. We had the AP´s work with us during the week once, which was also good to do.

The Adventists are the almost members. They go to every activity but won´t commit to be baptized. But we are hoping for them in time. But we are having progress with their friend Erica. She goes to all of the activities, but won´t commit to a date since she wants to wait until may to be baptized when her son is in Nicaragua and after she has received an answer to her prayers.

Today for p-day we had a Capture the Flag with water balloons which was good and fun. Then we went out to eat at some Mexican restaurant so that is all of the photos.

Elder Ferrin and Elder Clark

Elder Ferrin and Elder Valle

Sorry don´t have much more time.

Elder Ferrin

Waspán, Wonder of the World

March 2, 2015

Well this has been a really fast week but ended really well. Today we had cambios (transfers) and I guess you can say I had changes. I am still in Waspán but in Waspán Sur. It includes Waspán Sur, Miguel Gutierez, and Villa Reconciliacion. And I still get to be with Elder Valle. I am one of the only few people to have served in every Waspán area 1, 2, and 3. I also get to be District Leader. So I get to run around and figure out a new area again with Elder Valle.

With the Adventists we have pretty much stopped teaching them, only sometimes. They came to the activity, baptism, and church this week. They really enjoy and always take notes, but won’t commit to a baptism date. But we have started teaching their friend named Erica. She used to go to an Evangelic church but was never baptized since she didn’t like it. She also went to every activity this week with the church. The problem is that she thinks it is necessary to study a church for at least a year before baptism. But we’ll see what happens with her.

This week we had the baptism for Orquidea finally. We didn’t have to do anything for it. One of her friends did the program and all we did was bring the clothes. But she was so happy and she already plans to go to the temple, do baptisms, prepare for a mission, get her endowments, and all that fun stuff. So I don’t think we have to worry about her staying active in the church.



 Sunday was great. We only brought one other person to church this week, Bertha, she is planning on getting baptized this week. She went to activity and baptism Saturday as well. We have other baptisms planned now since we just gained more investigators because of the cambios. We also had to change houses by the way, yet again. But this is one of my favorite houses since it has a really pressurized shower. It feels great. But several members wanted to feed us Sunday, so we had four meals. All because it was Elder Zorrilla’s final day. He is now going home.



We have a lot of amazing opportunities this cambio. And I know that the Lord will help us have success. March is going to be a month of miracles. Also we had the Jehovah witnesses contact our house this week, which was funny I think. Happy Late Birthday Brandton. Sorry it is late, I thought today was the first, not yesterday, when I was writing last week. But goodbye all.

Elder Ferrin