December 16, 2012

Wow hello family I can't believe how fast time is going it wont be too much longer that we are going to be able to speak via skype!!!! I'm super excited for it and I cant wait at all!! Well for this week things have been going well first off I wanted to say I HAD A BAPTISM!!! It was one of the best ones that I have had throughout my whole time in the mission.  We baptized a sister by the name of Adela and she had been talking with us for about 2 months. The story is funny with her because she just kept telling us that she wasn't receiving an answer which was really frustrating because she had asked about a million times and with us as well we had asked however she never had received a answer from God and I kept asking why wasn't  if she was doing her part she should receive an answer!! As I sat there pondering I felt like I wanted to just give up and go and find some new ones and that maybe she isn't prepared.  As we went over there I felt the urge to just put a date for her the following Saturday and I just thought to myself, what good is it going to do she will just reject it like all the other times that she has.  However knowing it was from the spirit I followed and started with the words will you follow... and she just said no stop I have something to say.  To my surprise I was like ok what is it.  She sat for a second crying a little I was like oh no she is going to tell us that she doesn't want to be baptized.  And then with a loud shout she said I want to be baptized!! A little shocked by what just happened I was like no it's fine I understand... not realizing what she had really said.  After processing it for a second I asked her to repeat it again and she said she wants to be baptized in that second I started to jump for joy!! I was so very happy we ended up having the interview that day and baptizing the next!! It was the first baptism with my new companion Elder Troetsch!! We both were happy and I was able to learn one of the greatest lessons with this baptism.  I learned that not only is it important to be diligent with the things of God but to also trust Him in his timing and believing in Him that he knows all things.  It is probably one of the hardest for me to do is believe Him to give the answer when its time.  However we also need to do our part which is work with all diligence so then we will be able to help them receive an answer!! And when they receive their answer they will feel the greatness of joy!! I know that God loves us and that he listens to us and answers our prayers however we also need to trust that he has a time and that He will bless us.  If we continue and look.  Search and you will find knock and it shall be opened unto you.  We sometimes first need to search to find and then ask  God if it's good and that's when he will open up the heavens and tell us our answer.  He promises that he will answer however sometimes its with love and patience in all things. I love you guys and know that God loves us and if we are faithful and continually follow and search we will have the heavens opened up unto us!!

I love you all and pray for you always!!!

Love Elder Trujillo

December 9, 2012

 Well ok I want to tell about like 10 stories with what happened this week but I

will tell one that helped me to grow and to love people more.  It actually was an 

answer to one of my prayers which was how could I get people to know that I am a 

representative of Christ so then they will want to listen to us more.  As we went 

along through our day it seemed to have been a long day because a lot of people had

bad news I just wanted to go to the house. However I knew that would be worse then

going around all day(I can't sit down for two long because I need to be doing

something) lol anyways we kept going to the houses that we had and it seemed like

nobody wanted anything.  So we ended up going to church and I brought my question

there so then I would be able to know what to do.  As we passed class for class I

didn't really feel like my question was going to be answered and I was a little

discouraged.  As we got to the last class we recieved a class about forgiving 

others for what they do.  As I was in the class I kept thinking of Christ on the

cross and how He died for us.  As the class ended I just sat there confused on 

why my question never got answered... however I am very grateful for the patience

of our Heavenly Father because as I kept thinking of what Christ did for us I

started to remember about what He said.  As you know He said " father forgive them

for they know not what they do" I realized and looked back on the day and what had

happened.  People rejected us and had completely told us that they didn't want to

know about Christ.  As I realized what God was teaching me I felt a warm loving

feeling for all those who had completely diened us.  My heart started to feel love

for each and everyone of them.  My heart filled with joy and I finally had 

recieved a answer to my prayers.  I learned that the greatest way to show that we 

are followers of Christ is do what it says in the hymn As i have loved you love

one another!! I am so grateful for my Father in Heaven that gives us oportunities 

to grow and to learn!! I know that he loves me and that if we forgive others we 

will feel a joy more great than any other joy.  We will feel a love greater then 

any other love then we have ever felt in our lives.  I know that Our father lives 

and that we can feel a true love of Him because just as he loves us we need

to love others.  That they will feel the true love of Him and the love will touch 

their hearts!! I love you guys so much I couldnt even express with all the words of

the world!! I am so grateful for the family that I have been given because I know I

ts because we chose each other in heaven!!! WITH MUCH LOVE 
Elder Trujillo

December 2, 2012

 Sometimes I wish I would have been home more, however I know that while being here I have learned how important the family is, which is they are everything!! I have been thinking lately why out of all the places in the world I was sent here to Nicaragua... and I have come to a conclusion well the reason I think maybe they aren't exactly the reasons probably... lol well first I think so because God wanted me to be humble, Thinking back on my life I wasn't the most humble person... so  to learn what it truly means to appreciate what you have and to truly put everything into God's hands.  The second reason is to learn about patience... and I know everyone knows that I was everything but patient before. lol However through all of the experiences I have had, truly have changed me.  Believing more that God is my father celestial who loves me, even through all my mistakes and errors He loves me.  His love He has for every one of us is incomprehensible, and even though sometimes I wonder why he lets us experience hard times I have learned a greater lesson... That we are put through tests to strengthen our faith, to make us believe in Him more, He loves us so much that he has confidence in us to know that we will be able to overcome the trials that we have.  I am so very grateful for the Father in Heaven that I have and for all the experiences that I have gone through in the mission, both sad and joyful.  I sometimes look at all the things that I have seen and I can't help but start to cry.  I have seen people be healed, I have seen broken hearts be restored back together, I have seen the pure love of Christ.  The love that makes us strive to help others and makes us love someone who we don't even know.  As I was in church this week I prayed to know what I needed to do so then we could have more success.  My answer was found in the little classroom of about 10 people.  It was in the primary, the teacher Ligia asked me to help out and to give a five min talk about how to be a good missionary.  As I entered I was a little unsure of what it meant to be a good missionary,  one that baptizes, one that keeps the rules... and as I went on I was a little confused myself on what it truly means to be a good missionary.. because there are very good missionaries that don't even baptize very much... And after I gave the talk I started to ponder in my mind on what it truly means.  As I was thinking there came to me a scripture that says we need to become like little children to enter the kingdom of God.  As I started to look at that little classroom of 10 kids all full of joy and love, as I looked back over to that classroom of 10 kids I thought I saw 10 angels of God.  I started to ponder in my mind again on what it means to become like a kid... because sometimes they aren't the cutest of things... lol however as I watched that group of 3 or 4 year olds I saw something that was like a miracle.  I saw two new kids sitting alone in the corner of the room and as I started to approach them and on the verge of asking them why they were alone there arrived two of the little  kids over talking with him.  Telling him to join in.  And it hit me we may not need to act like kids however become like them full of love, joy, happiness, and innocence!!! I love you so much and I'm so very grateful for this grand experience that I was able to have!!
Elder Trujillo!!

November 26,2012

HEY FAMILY!!!

Wow Has this week been super amazing and filled with such a great spirit of guidance!! We have been putting ALL of our effort on finding and baptizing those that have been prepared!!  I'm super happy because we have been able to find two... However we contacted 100!!! lol I guess the Lord works in ways to strengthen us as missionaries as well!  It's been a fight to find but however we are now seeing the blessings!!  I've been having the time of my life and the miracles that I have seen that have really helped me to open up my eyes and to become more like Christ!  I am so thankful for my savior and his atonement and for the strength He has given me!  Well this week we were only able to get two people in the chruch and Sunday seemed to be the hardest day of the week!  It was super hard because all of the appointments that we had fall through so most of the day we were contacting.  However by the end of the day we were able to have one of the strongest spiritual experiences with one family that we had.  We had contacted them and we hadn't passed by their house for a couple of days and we were walking by and I felt the need to go over and talk with them so I just went and hoped for the best because we didn't have anything planned out so I was just going off what the Lord was telling me to do... And I really learned what it means when it says dont worry of what to say because in the moment you will be given the words in your mouth.  Well we entered and we started to talk with them and we talked about Nephi when he is leaving into the wilderness with his family and that they left to follow our savior Jesus and what he had commanded.  Then next I started talking with them and I was in the moment filled with the spirit and starting telling the father about repentance and Jesus and that we don't need to stay in the same state of sorrow and pain of what we have done but that we should let go and come unto Christ so that we can feel the happiness He brings!! The spirit was extremely strong and he started to cry a little at my words I told him I knew how it felt and that the burden of our sins truely weigh down on us.  I know what it feels like to carry that weight I'm sure we all do... however we don't need to hold it all in because God loves us that He gave His only begotten son.  I have the greatest testimony that Jesus lives, that he is my savior and my redemer,  That the atonement can change who we are and make us like Him.  I know because its made me who I am... Its the greatest gift he gave us,  It makes us who we need to be it's my power and my strength,  my rock and my salvation... It's what keeps me going its what makes me not want to stop.  We can become who He wants through repentance, faith, and following the spirit of God.  Thank you for all of you and everything you've done for me and the love that each one of you have!! for the support and courage that you have given me.  

  But I want to say HI TO EVERYONE!!!