I Love Missionary Work

Dear Family!!

I love you all so much and miss you!!!!  It sounds like you all are going to have a blast this summer!! Beach parties, time with family, soccer games, dance, and dad taking pictures of it all with his brand new nifty newcam6000!!! You think I might be a little bit jealous.. ( I might be) but you all* should be jealous of me and Heather right now!! I mean we get to spend our entire summer finding teaching and baptizing some of Heavenly Father's prepared and elect children!!!  Heather!!! this is such an awesome thing we're doing, That Mom and Dad have done, and that Tyler and Jessica will one day have the opportunity to do!!!  Dad I hope your not joking about the 3 month trip to Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand and Virginia.... because I AM SO DOWN!!! just sayin... 

Mother you asked me some questions: Will you get to go to the temple in your missions before you go home? I will at least get to go once, at the end of my mission, but I will also get to go with my recent converts that I baptized in September!! they are coming up on their year mark and I get to go through the temple with them!! What is the closest temple to your mission? The Closest temple that is around here is the D.C. Temple.. it's actually in Maryland, but it is one of the most beautiful temples in my opinion (from what I can tell from pics). 

What is the best thing that happened this week? The best thing that happened this week was finding a lady who had been taught by missionaries 10 years ago and wants to be baptized, at Burger King.  We were with Sister Sanders if you remember her, she is a sweet old lady whose husband passed away, we meet her at restaurants because members won't come with us to her house and be a third male, so we have to meet with her at public places.  We were talking to her about missionary work and we said, "Do you know what else we do as missionaries? we talk to everyone!!" we asked her what she thought that meant and she said, "well, guess it means you talk to everyone you see.  right then some people walking in the doors of BK I got up right away and me and Elder Gambles started talking to Brittany!!!  She is going to be baptized!!! AWESOME!!  Super cool miracle!! 

 Did you have a chance to perform service for anyone?  Definitely!! we helped move a new family into our ward!! they are way cool and live in the same apartment and said they would feed us every day if they had to!!! they are legit!!! 

 Are there less actives or no members that you can give service too?  There are some less active members that are moving out sometime this month.  We are helping them :) 

This has been a hard week, we set up 11 lessons and all of them either cancelled or rescheduled!! but it was all for a purpose!! I love being a missionary!! I love and miss you all so much!!!!!!  THIS GOSPEL IS SO TRUE!!!

Love, Elder Sahagun  

This is Mark Brown, aka my favorite member in the world!! you should friend him on facebook and thank him for changing your son's life!!! He was the only elder going out on splits with me and Elder Wood for a LONG time!! He is an incredible member missioary and...  he's moving :( and I'm going to miss him A LOT 

My Dear Family!! 

We are Strong!

This week has been pretty great! we had Zone Conference this week!!  I always love it, all of the trainings were on how to get our investigators to progress towards baptism!! Needless to say that ALWAYS pumps me up!! I love hearing from President Wilson, pretty much he's da man.  Also got to hang with Elder Jordan Holman, for a little bit.  It's always good to see familiar faces! It was weird talking to him about all of these things from high school. seems like forever ago!! 

So I got a package from you guys of that mission map thing!!  It is was cool!! I love it!! where did you get it??  

When He is with us!

Cool thing,  We've worked out this deal where we get the sisters car once a week to go do missionary stuff, pretty much love it.  especially since this summer is suppose to be a really bad one. as far as heat and humidity go.  I was actually informed that last summer was a "mild" one.  If that's true, then I may need some extra prayers this summer. cause I thought last summer was pretty bad. 

So right now we are teaching this kid named Brian Byrd.  he's was tight and wants to be baptized but it has been a struggle for us to get him to church.  It actually is a struggle for all of our investigators.  Either they work or they come up with another excuse.  It's a little frustrating. "JUST COME TO CHURCH!!"   (random quote from the District 2)

We had a way cool experience on member exchanges this week.  We were driving through this neighborhood with Brother Roberts and I saw some guy outside doing yard work.  and I felt like we should go talk to him.  I told Bro Roberts to turn around.  we got out and talked to him and he said his name was Dan and that he had gotten and read one of our pamphlets and he said he agreed with everything he read in it!! we talked to him for about 10 minutes and set up a return appointment for this saturday!! It was a way cool thing to be able to see the fruits of following a prompting.

Being a missionary is awesome, and exhausting!! but I love biking around talking to people about Jesus Christ and teaching the Restored Gospel to anyone that will listen!! I hope you can all find the little opportunities that pop up in your lives to share the wonderful message that we have!! I love you all and hope you have a great week!!

Love 

Elder Sahagun                                                 

We want to share His word with you!

FAMILY!!!!

Elder Sahagun and the Virginia trees!

Such a great week!!  Baptismal interviews and baptism, finding new investigators, and teaching people about the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. Could life get better??  I submit that it cannot!!  

So yeah on Thursday I got to do 3 baptismal interviews!!  It was such an incredible spiritual experience, I loved interviewing Ethan (10years old) it was incredible to see how much of the Gospel he has learned and the strong testimony he already has!!  I was super nervous but it all went really smoothly and they are just super prepared and ready!!!  this has been a long time coming for them and I was so excited for them!! it was an incredible baptism!!  I was so happy to be a part of it!  I got to do a musical number and Elder Gambles and I also got to teach the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ!!  It was awesome!! 

I'm loving serving as a District Leader!!! Had my first district meeting this week and it was way cool!! I have such an awesome group of missionaries!!  It's pretty stressful sometimes but I feel like I have learned a lot just in the past 2 weeks or so!!  I'm super excited to just serve them!!! it's way awesome and I'm super grateful for this opportunity that the Lord has given me!!

I am loving serving with Elder Gambles!!  We are starting to really pick up the work in this area!!  and I know that we can do a lot through the spirit to change this area.   Mom that E-Mail you sent was super inspired!! me and Elder Gambles were talking about that just last night!!! Thank you so much for that thought!! It really helped me to have a better perspective on what I can do to improve as a companion. I loved all of those Pictures you found on facebook!! awesome!!

I will try and take more pictures this week, I hope that you guys have a Phenomenal week filled with missionary experiences and opportunities to Open Your Mouth!!!  I love you all so very much!! 

Love, Elder Sahagun

MOTHER!!!!!!

Throw back to the Missionary Training Center

It was super great to hear from you!!!! AHHHH I can't even tell you how awesome it is to see the fam!!!  I was pretty sure I wasn't going to cry, at the first I did pretty good at holding it together.. haha didn't last. I LOVE those pictures!!! Is that one with Heather and I doing a thumbs up from the MTC?? 

 I think I lost that tie.... cause I don't recognize it... oh well, I've picked up like five more anyways.  It was so good to see Heather!!!  I hope I still get to see her when I skype again on Christmas!! I am go glad for this time as a missionary!! I am super excited to be out here and super blessed to have such an incredible family supporting me from back home!! 

Tyler!!! STOP GROWING!!!! I miss hangin with my bro I love you buddy, Tell Mrs. Duncan and yes.. even Mrs. Dowse that I said HI!! :)  Jessica!!  You look so much older!! super weird!!!!!  I'm glad you are doing so well with dancing!!  Keep it up!! I love you lots and can't wait to come back and sing you some bedtime songs :)

 Heather!!!!  You are such and incredible example to me, I can remember SOOO clearly that Saturday Morning when you told me that you were going on a mission and you wanted me to go with you!!!! Looking at those pics that Mom sent show that this is something that we've been preparing for our whole lives!!

Then and Now!

and look at us now!!  We're living it every day!! and It's such an amazing experience!! I love you so much!!!!  I love and miss you all so much!! and I can't wait to skype again in 7 months!!! Have a great week!!! 

Love, Elder Sahagun  

My Birthday In Richmond Virginia

Happy 20th Birthday! The ward mission leader
 and his family took me and my companion to Texas
 Roadhouse for my Birthday

AHHHHH FAMILY!!!!!!!! 

Craziest week of my whole life!!! Not a lot of time to tell you about it I'm so sorry!!!!! 

Elder Bednar came!!!!!! He is my new favorite Apostle for sure!!!!!! He is so funny!! haha dad this might make you laugh, Dean M. Davies presiding bishop did a James Brown Impression from the pulpit. He got up to speak and said " Well in the words of James Brown..... WAAAHHHH I FEEL GOOD'" hahaha everyone including Elder Bednar Started busting up!!! It was such an Incredible experience!! 500 missionaries were there from both Virginia Richmond and Virginia Chesapeake Spirit was soo strong!!! 

Transfer calls came!! Elder Wood is Leaving :( I am staying here in Massaponax and President asked me to be the new District Leader!  I'm a lot a bit freaking out.  I know that the Lord will provide!!! 









Thanks for all of the Birthday stuff, I kinda messed up the cup cakes... haha not so good at baking still!!

I can't wait to see you guys next week!(Skype for Mother's Day) Spoiler Alert!!! I'm most likely going to cry.... just a fair warning!!! I hope you have a great week!!!!!

Love Elder Sahagun 

April 28, 2014

FAMILY!!!!!!!  

You have no Idea how crazy this week has been, and I wish I had time to tell you about every door that we knocked on this week.  But that would take forever because that is basically all we did this week!!  We have been trying really hard to find some new investigators this week, It has been super trying and sometimes I feel no one wants to listen and we get rejected door after door. I know that it is really hard now, only because we are in for some major blessing!!! mom to answer your questions  Tell me about your companion. I'm still with Elder Wood, and I love him to death!!! we work super well together and he is soo ready to work and I love it!! he is from Redding California and wants to be President one day. Tell me about your area. Massaponax is the hardest area I have ever served in!!! I love it because we get to bike around everywhere and we have a lot of doors we can knock!! What are the people like? the people are nice... sometimes. Okay for the most part people are really rude and kinda scary at times, but every once in a while we'll run into some truly great people. What is the wether like now? The weather is starting to feel like what it felt like when I first got here.  I can tell the humidity is staring to go up :/ It rains on us pretty frequently.  Have you done some sightseeing on your pdays? President Wilson has said that we have to stay in our own areas on P-Day unless we get special permission.. so we haven't really seen all that much. What one thing you would tell Tyler to do to prepare for a mission? Tyler!!! I couldn't tell you one thing to help you prepare for the crazy, incredible, fulfilling, exhausting, challenging,  2 year spiritual growth spurt that is your mission. Mainly because there are so many things that you can do!! If I did have to choose just one, I would tell you to strengthen your love for your Savior Jesus Christ. If you love the Lord, there will be nothing that can hold you back from serving with all of the energy of your soul.  There will be no amount of adversity that can shake your decision and your resolve to serve the Lord.  A huge part of love is trust. Tyler always trust in the Lord to help you to know who you need to become to be ready to serve a mission.  I know and promise that as you ask and seek wholeheartedly to rise to a new sense of commitment to the Lord, that he will bless you to know exactly what to do.  I love you buddy, I'm excited to share all that I've learned on my mission with you when I get home!!! Family!!  I love you all so very much!! I hope that you all have a great week!!!  I would send you some pics.... but my camera is broken and won't turn on :( I'll send them to you next week!!  

p.s. transfers are coming up and I might be leaving.. I'll let you know next week.

pps. if you could.. could you send me an knew mini scripture case.. mine is ripped :( 

 

I love you guys!!!! 

Love Elder Sahagun

Happy Easter

Dear Family,

Dear Family,

What a great week to be a missionary!!!  I love Easter!! I hope you all got to see that video on easter.mormon.org!!  It is so uplifting and powerful I love it!! We've been knocking on everyone's door trying to share it with as many people as we can this week!! I love watching it with people, and seeing how the spirit of the Lord changes their hearts and their countenance as they watch it!!  Thank you so much for the Easter package!! I loved going through the last days of Christ!! I've been devoting a lot of my studies to the life of Christ!! Question.  Have you gotten the letter I sent?? let me know!!  This week was pretty slow and a little rough, but I am so grateful for the opportunity it has given me to be patient and improve myself.  It is really hard to go out and knock doors all day and not teach any people.  I know that the Lord is trying to teach me something, I'm still praying to understand what that is, But with that being said I still love being a missionary!! It is the most incredible thing!! We are vessels of the Spirit of God.  It doesn't get better than that!!  It is crazy to hear about all the stuff going on back home,  SOOOO crazy that Quinn and Courtney had a baby!! AHHHHH so crazy!!  Crazy stuff this week!! got in a race with the zone leaders with us on our bikes and them in their car (they live right above us).  We took a crazy short cut and it came down to the wire.. We pulled into the apartment at the same time from opposite entrances... I biked like a maniac got in front of them and they were riding my back wheel..  I sped up a little bit and finally slid in for the win..

Look I won and I have the wounds to prove it!

Keep me updated on all of the latest!  I love you all so very much!! 

Mom- I love and appreciate very much how much care you and dad took in raising us kids!! I realize how lucky I am to have such wonderful parents every day!!!

We've found four of these in our apt. Maybe we should tell someone!

Dad- HAHAHA wow, just to let you know I showed that picture to just a few missionaries, they thought it was pretty awesome.  

Jessica!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK!! LOVE YOU 

Tyler!  How Goes it buddy?? Keep me Updated Sure love ya!!!