#48

Hey what's up?

We are doing good! Transfers are a week from today so we will see what
happens. We will get transfer calls on Saturday this week. Elder
Cepeda will probably be leaving since he has been in this area for a
while. Maybe my next companion I will be with for more than one
transfer. I can't seem to keep my companions for very long haha.

This week has been pretty awesome actually. We had a mini zone
conference which was awesome. President Ballard taught us some really
cool stuff about using the scriptures in lessons. It's crazy how
powerful they can be. Also, we went to a stake fair on Saturdaymorning which was so fun haha. We helped serve food and it was so fun
to just hang out for a little while. They also had some old retired
people band perform. It was hilarious.

Other than that, everything is pretty normal. We are going to Molalla
today to hang out with some members. Not the Pedersons though
unfortunately. Nobody wants to go over there but me. Haha. I'll get
back over there eventually haha. It should be fun either way! Molalla
is the greatest haha. I'm glad to hear everything's getting fixed.
Hope you guys have a great week! Love you! Adios!

Elder Navarro

#47 Jungle

Hola!

How are you all doing? Everything here in Beaverton is going
fantastic. We are seeing some real success right now. Our
investigator, Natalia, has come to church the past two weeks. Also, we
had a lesson with her at the Temple Visitor's Center on Saturday which
was really awesome! She told us that she really felt the spirit while
she was there.

Also, thanks to all the Pokemon hunting that is going on right now, we
are able to talk to a lot more people on the streets. We even had some
random people at the church looking for Pokemon. Haha. Anyways, I
don't have a lot of time, but I hope everyone does something awesome
this week! Les amo! Hasta luego!

Elder Navarro

#46 July

Ay yo!

We are doing really well this week! I guess I'll start with the Fourth of July. We got to go to a fireworks show that night which was really fun! Elder Cepeda and I were just walking around and this lady comes up to us and asks if we had someone to watch the show with and she invited us to sit with her and her nonmember friend. It was really awesome. Although, she told us not to bring up religion with her friend haha because she has already met with missionaries, it was nice to just kinda chill for a night. And staying out late was pretty awesome as well.

We also had a really good lesson with Natalia this week and she came to church yesterday! Woohoo! It was really awesome. We also went to a birthday party for one of the kids in the ward. It was a lot of fun! The Hispanics really do love their piñatas haha. Other than that, nothing too eventful happened this week. Honestly, it was a pretty boring week. Haha Sounds like it was quite the week at home! That sucks that everything is falling apart! That concert looked pretty cool even though I'm not a fan of Nashville tribute. 

I haven't heard anything about protests in Portland. It doesn't surprise me though. Portland truly is a weird place. I love it but everyone is insane. Glad to hear about Ty. Interesting that him mission president said that. Whatever though. I'm sure he'll be fine! Anyways, I think we are going to some nickel arcade today so that should be fun! Have a good week! Love ya! Adios!!

Elder Navarro

#45 Great Unfinished Symphony

Happy 4th!!!!

I hope you are all enjoying the day today! I know we are having a
blast here! This week has been a pretty awesome week! First of all, we
had the privilege of attending the temple earlier this week. It is
definitely a blessing to be serving in an area where a temple is so
close.

Also, we had some really awesome lessons with Natalia. She is
progressing very well. She has such a desire to learn and grow closer
to Jesus Christ. It really is an amazing thing to see. She is having
some difficulties with the word of wisdom, but we are working hard to
help her work through it!

Anyways, something that I have come to learn this week is that if we
have the faith necessary, we can do anything! Anything is possible if
we trust in our Heavenly Father and His Son, and all we have to do is
believe. I love being a missionary. I love helping people. Enjoy the
4th of July! What a privilege it is to be in such an amazing country!
It's crazy to think how much others before us have suffered in order
for us to be exactly where we are right now. We are so lucky to be
alive right now! I love you! Have a great week! :)

Elder Navarro

#44 Round and Round

Hola!

How is everyone doing this week? I know I haven't written in a while.
P-days can get a little crazy and sometimes I run out of time to write
a group email. Anyways, a lot has happened in the last couple weeks.
Unfortunately, I got transferred out of the Oregon City/Molalla area.
I was super sad to leave especially because I wasn't really expecting
to be transferred. I will really miss a lot of the people that I met
there, but I am now in the Nike are which covers a little bit of
Beaverton and Hillsboro.

For the first few days we didn't have a car because it was in the
shop, so we had to walk everywhere. Also, our area is massive
especially on foot and let me just say after this week, I am done
walking for a while! Haha no but we were able to do some really great
things this week.

We were able to set a baptismal date with a super awesome investigator
that we have! Her name is Natalia and she is the sweetest lady ever.
She has been reading the Book of Mormon and taking notes on what she
reads. She is super amazing! Hopefully we will continue to help her
progress towards baptism.

Other than that, I hope you all are doing fantastic! Enjoy your week
this week. I love you all! Bye!


Elder Navarro

#43 Happy Fathers Day

Happy Fathers Day Daddio!

Hope Mom was your servant for the day! Haha just kidding. To be honest though, Yesterday was one of the saddest days of my life. I'm sure you can guess why. Im getting transferred :( and not only am I getting transferred but the area is getting shut down and the branch is getting shut down as well. They are going to tell all the members to go to their respective English wards. :(. Literally the worst! We also didn't get transfer news because of a meeting we had on Saturday which I will get to later but I am going to the Nike area with Elder Cepeda. I'm super excited to be with him but I am even more bummed to be leaving this area. 

I had my last dinner with the Pedersons last night at least for a little while. I am going to miss them SOOO much. Seriously I think they are my second favorite family next to our own. It was super sad. Oh well I guess. It has been great getting to know them. 

Anyways, I will make this email somewhat happy. We had a mission tour with Elder Nielson who is the head of the mission department for the church. It was super interesting to hear about a lot of the logistics of missions and missionaries. He gave some really good training for us. He talked a lot about success and how it should be measured as missionaries. It was super awesome!

Anyways, I'm glad everyone is getting ready to leave on their missions. Congrats on the new job! Hope you have another great week! Love you! Bye!

Elder Navarro

#42 Missionaries

Hey Parents!

What's up? We haven't really been able to do a whole lot. We have had to do a whole lot of logistical stuff this week! We had Elder Muglestons departing temple trip this week so we had to go all the way to Portland so that took about our whole day. It was a really fun day though. I'm not allowed to go through the Temple with them but I went on a split with some other elders which was super fun. We pretty much just chilled in Portland all day. We did go visit Elder White in my old apartment which was awesome. He is doing really well!

Other than that, not a whole lot has happened. Our Baptismal Dates got really sick so we couldn't visit them this week. We have mostly been working a lot with the less actives because we have a ton with such a big area. So a lot of our time is taken up by teaching them which I think is good, but some of the leadership in the mission thinks otherwise haha. Whatever. 

Sounds like a lot of stuff is going down at home. Super bummed to hear about Dallin. I hope all ends well with him. I need to email him. See how he's doing. But yeah, other than that. Not much is going on. We went to the Pedersons for dinner last night. Super fun as usual. They had to leave pretty early for seminary graduation so what did we do after they left? We cleaned their entire kitchen! It was pretty fun! Haha well, I hope you guys have a great week! I think we are going downtown Portland this week for Elder Muglestons last pday. It will be fun. Love you! Bye!

Elder Navarro