#29

Hello!

We are doing good here in Portland. This week has been really wet.
There has been a lot of rain. It has been kind of annoying actually. I
can't say I'm too big of a fan of the rain. I even walked through a
big puddle that went up to my ankles. I got soaked. That was a
conscious decision though. I went to dinner that night barefoot
because my socks were soaking wet so that was funny. We did a fast to
find people this week. The whole mission participated in it so
hopefully that helps us all find new people this week. We did find one
new investigator this week that is pretty solid. He is a thirteen year
old kid named Joel. He is really interested in the church and has been
taught by missionaries in the past. He said he wanted to get baptized
and that he wanted to serve a mission but his parents are really
Catholic and don't want him getting baptized. We are hopefully going
to talk to his parents this week and hopefully he can get baptized.

Other than that, not a lot is going on. We are going to do a lot of
finding this week so hopefully we find a bunch of people haha. This
work is still rewarding whether we find people or no though. I have
been able to meet so many amazing people and I have only served in one
area so far. There is joy in everything that we do. Sometimes we just
have to look a little harder for it. I hope you are all doing well and
have a great week. I love you all!

Also if any of you would like to be added to my iCloud photo sharing
album just email me with you email address and I will add you!

Elder Navarro

I love rain



"service" project

#28

How are you this fine March Monday? Everything is going pretty good
this week except our world pretty much fell apart. We visited Irlinda
and went over the baptismal interview to see if she was ready to get
baptized and all was good. She answered all the questions perfectly.
Then we tried to set a date with her to get baptized. She then told us
that she is moving this week to southeast Portland which is across the
willammete river which is outside of the mission!!! It sucks so bad.
We called the zone leaders to see if we could still baptize her
because she wouldn't be too far but they told us we just have to refer
her to the Vancouver missionaries. Boo! They suck. Just kidding. It
just sucks because there is nothing we can do.

Other than that, we have just been knocking on doors as usual. It's
been a lot of fun. We have been getting a lot of dinners lately now
that we are eating with the west hills Ward. They always do a good job
feeding us. The second half of the month we eat with a different Ward
and we don't get fed too often with them. It's ok though. It just
sucks at the end of the month because we have no money because we have
to buy dinners but it's okay.

Thank goodness the other elders got there car back. I was getting sick
of driving them everywhere. How is state basketball going? Who is
going to win? I want to go to costa vida so bad but as far as I know,
there aren't any in the mission. :(

But yeah that's about all I have to say this week. Love ya and have a
great week!

Elder Navarro

#27

Hello what is up?

Everything is going good! We taught Irlinda this week with a member
there. It was like my second member present ever. It was so cool and
it went so well. We taught about baptism and invited her to be
baptized. The only problem is that she wants to talk to our branch
president before she gets baptized. She was at church yesterday but
got scared and didn't talk to her. Ugh now we have to wait till next
week.

The weather has been really crazy this past week. The rain just
doesn't stop. It's so crazy and annoying. Man your new calling does
seem like a lot to do. That is so weird that you have such a crazy
calling.

That video of dad was the best. Haha I showed it to a bunch of other
elders. Everyone was a busting out laughing haha. I also got to hold a
tarantula this week. I will send a video it was super scary but really
fun.

That is so weird that jay is home. I remember when he left and now he
is already home. Yeah I think there have been problems with the
servers so hopefully this will send or I am wasting my time. Today I
don't know what we are doing. We are doing laundry right now so I
don't know what we are doing later. Probably play basketball or
something. We didn't have any dinners this last week so I have like
two dollars left on my church car but we have dinners like all of this
week so I should be good. But love you I might send some more later


Elder Navarro

#23

Hey whats up? 

Portland is pretty cool as usual. Not a lot happened for us either. We were made a branch yesterday which was super cool! Everyone was so excited! We went to the new branch Presidents house after for lunch which was really good. It was fun to just kinda hang out with everyone. The rest of the week we just went knocking on doors and what not. 

That sounds like a fun calling. Scary though. That is so weird that spencer is leaving. I can't even imagine him leaving Haha. And yes j am getting Ty's emails. Sounds like he is doing good so far. 

Of course I heard about Dallins call. I am stoked for him. Australia should be fun! 

Haha that's funny that I your friend fed the sisters because I know exactly what sisters are over there haha. We might be going out to lunch with the today. Hopefully I will be able to talk to them haha. 

Anyways, I don't really have much else to say this week. Transfers are next week. Should be interesting to see what happens. I hope to stay here but I doubt I will. Anyways, love you and have a great week. 

Elder Navarro

#22

What is up everyone? How has everyone been? I just want to apologize
for not sending out a group email every week. P-Days get crazy and I
forget to write one. Anyways, this week has been pretty awesome. We
witnessed probably one of the coolest things I have ever witnessed. We
were at Fred Meyer getting some stuff and we walked out of the
building and there were these cops standing outside talking to this
guy. Then all of the sudden we start walking to our car and this guy
is sprinting away from these cops. The cops chased him and then they
went around this corner and we don't know what happened after that,
but it was awesome. This place was flooded with police within seconds.
It was crazy. Then, a bunch of people started asking us what was going
on as if we were cops or something. It was pretty funny.

Anyways, we taught Irlinda this week too. I don't know if I have
talked about her before, but she is the sweetest little Peruvian lady
ever! She has been taught for quite a while and wants to get baptized.
The only problem is that she is not married. Her and her "boyfriend"
have been together for like 30 years but marriage is not an option for
them. We have talked to President Ballard about her situation and he
said she could get baptized if they are not in a physical relationship
and we have his permission. We are currently working on getting his
permission for her to get baptized but he is in Peru so that makes it
a little difficult. She is the best though. We love teaching her.

Other than that, we are just living the missionary life. Knocking
doors. That pretty much sums up what we do on a daily basis. Haha it
is the best thing ever. We talk to some pretty interesting people that
way. The other day we met this guy that just got out of jail for
stabbing someone. He is also a drug dealer. Really cool guy though. He
seems to like us. I don't know if we will go back there though.
Anyways, I hope everyone has a great week and keep being awesome!

Elder Navarro

My best friend Lupe

#19

Happy 2016 everyone!

This has been a pretty awesome week. We go to do a lot of service
because it was New Years and they didn't want us knocking on doors. On
Thursday, we did service for Habitat for Humanity. We helped them
build this apartment building for refugees and people like that. We
helped finish this scaffolding that goes to the top of the complex. It
was pretty scary because the ladder only went to the second floor of
the scaffolding so we had to climb on the outside of this scaffolding
to get to the tap and we weren't strapped to anything so if we fell we
were pretty much dead. It was awesome though. Super fun.

Then on Friday, we didn't get to do a whole lot except for more
service. We went to the old folks home that we usually go to and
played games with them. It was a lot of fun as usual. Oh yeah I forgot
to say, I got a new companion. His name is Elder Casanova and he is
from Idaho Falls but not really. He moved there from California a few
months before he left on his mission. He has been out for almost a
year. We get along really well and we have already gotten a lot of
work done. It is going to be a good transfer.

Other than that, everything else is going pretty good. We are still
looking for people to teach. We are working on cleaning out our area
book and starting fresh in a way. We just want to try to find a lot of
new people to teach since the people we are teaching right now aren't
really progressing. Anyways, I hope everyone has a great week and an
even better 2016. Bye!

Elder Navarro

#18

What up?

Yes, I will be getting a new companion today. I'm pretty excited. I
think it will be fun. I've only talked to him a couple of times but he
seems pretty cool. I'm sad that Elder Keith is leaving but it's all
good. We have been together for a long time. Of course you already
stalked him on Facebook haha. It was awesome seeing everyone. I'm glad
they were all there.

The rest of the day, we kinda just hung out at the church. Elder
Anderson couldn't call home until 5 so we just waited at the church
with them which was still pretty fun! Then, we went to dinner which
was alright. It kinda sucked because there were twenty people at their
house. The house was huge so there was a lot of room everyone but they
were all family so we felt a little out of place!

Hey, we switch to 9 o'clock church next week too! It is way better now
because I can take a lunchtime nap on Sunday's now! That is so awesome
that Nate gets to serve. That is so exciting! When does he go? What is
different about that mission than a normal one?

This week, nothing too crazy is happening. We can't work again on New
Years but that's really it. A lot of people in our district are
getting transferred. Sister Wynn is getting transferred. Our district
leader is getting transferred. Then, Elder Cepeda is getting
transferred down south too. :( he is going to be the Spanish Training
Leader in the south. I was hoping he would be the STL up here so we
could go on exchanges.

I'll probably just keep the Christmas tree at least until I get
transferred then I will figure out what to do with it.

Yeah it was awesome face Timing! I had fun! And Mother's Day isn't
even that long away! I'm excited for this transfer. We are going to
get some good work done. Love you all! Bye!

Elder Navarro