May 28, 2018

That manner of children we ought to be - Inspiration: Alma 46 and Alma 48:17.  We are all enlisted: Jeffery R. Holland and Your four minutes: Gary E Stevenson.

In this past week I have been thinking a lot about the world we live in as I watch people fall and not want to change, the drive to do evil is strong and it consumes all that it touches, as long as you don't fight back. I have seen many fall away and fall into the thought that they cant back out, or feel that now that they have failed they can never return. They are half right, they can never return to where they were but they can always get better than what they were. That's what God wants for us, is to be better than we were, I love the quote from Joseph Smith, "Sometimes the Lord brings us low to build us up." 

Many times evil rises up to take the liberty of those that have had a hard time and have found that they are in need in these moments. We know in the church the purpose that we came here was to receive a body and to be tempted and tested. This is good but we never know when or how we will be tested and we never know when we will have to use our liberty for good. For this reason, we must respect others choices for they are in their in their own test and oftentimes need help! We are not to take the liberty away but to help, that is the plan of God!, and if we do seek to take liberty away we are doing the work of the devil! 

I look now back into my past and see many times I was not as Good as I could have been. I missed many opportunities to be better and using this knowledge, I know there is only one way to stand up to the evilness in this world. In Alma 46 is a powerful story and I love it so much. It's about an election and, well, it's not the best election. As a matter a fact the person who was going to win was planning on doing this plan of Satin - to take the freedom and liberty of the people as their new king. I love the reaction of Moroni! It is an example we can all follow. Amalickiah, the man who wanted to take their liberty, had almost won the election, many were rooting for him and, well, Moroni didn't like that so he took his cloke and tore it to make a banner. As I imagine this, it is not just any cloke, it is of precious material and he writes on it and tore it making it less than what it was. Yet, what he wrote made it so much more than what he did, more than the action or tearing it, more than writing and more than the cloke, the message was what was important. The words in this combination, in this form, had a greater value than what he had done and than the cloke itself. The odds were againstMoronii and he did this and put on his armor and took to the streets, teaching and sharing this message with everyone! With the blessings of God his actions and his words were blessed. He went willingly to stand alone, he went not expecting to win but to do all he could, he went not willing to give up. He had what I call Grit and for this he is one of my favorite heroes of the Book of Mormon! He had the Grit to do what he knew to be right and it was so strong that later it talked about how if everyone was like him the gates of hell would quake! The scriptures literally say that if we all would do as he did the gates of hell would quake!  That's a promise and one I want to build upon in this time! 

"The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows, it's a very mean and nasty place" Rocky... We all know we are all surrounded by evil at all times! there are many temptations and forms of evil and all are founded from el diablo, the diabolical one, the father of lies, Satan, and Lucifer, the devil, a being of evilness, whose goals are founded in taking away our happiness and love. We are surrounded by a thing that wishes to take us down to his level, take away all we hold dear and obliterate any chance of us to be happy! As I continue I want everyone to think of who you are, not the face we show or even who you were or who you want to be, but who you are. I want you to also think of who you could be if everything you did had the foundation of "What would Christ do if he was in my shoes? and What would God have me do ?" as well as " What would I have me do? and What could I do to be happy?" This week I studied two talks as listed above, I highly encourage everyone to go back though and read these two again they have many good messages that can help us grow and become better! 

As we are surrounded by the temptations of the world and of the enemy who wants to drag us down, we often get accustomed to the feelings of the world, and of the forces that influence us day to day! This is truly terrifying. The other day we (me and my companion) were walking and we were talking about something and a homeless man walked up to us, he smelled of crap and beer, we learned very fast that he was covered in his own crap. I relate this to us in this world, we often feel without a home, lost and truly abandoned, don't get accustomed to the life and feel worthless and dowtrodened, much like this poor man we feel covered in our own crap, and feel there is no chance to get better. This man did not ask for money or even help, he asked us to leave. I felt bad for the man and offered to help but he did not want it. Like this man, we may get covered in crap but lucky for us we know of the atonement of Christ and with this, we can always get clean. We may be surrounded by evilness but that is not a reason to hold our tongue or to stop working to be better or to stop asking for help from God. We learn from the first vision that the evilness that comes before something special often feels more powerful than us and sometimes it is but that's no excuse to stop doing the good that we are doing. Like Moroni, we must use all we have, every last bit, then when we have our testimony and our armor of God we can go out and charge forth towards the enemy forcing him back to his own home, teaching those who'll listen, and helping those in need! Elder Holland says "Satan is real, he is evil, and all his wants are malicious." This warning for us it not to turn tail and run or to be a deserter of the faith, but to put on the armor of God (Ephesians 6: 10- 18) and work with our brethren and "Stand for the right!" Elder Holland takes this talk so seriously, I feel the fire he's putting out, I feel he is doing this because of the gravity of the situation, and for this reason, also I talk. The temptation may surround us and that is why we must never falter to be willing to REPENT! Yet we can not do this without an active commitment to change! "We can't just settle back into the comfort of our seats." I don't imagine Moroni sitting down with a little flag and waving it around from his recliner, I see him running down the center of the street and shouting his message for all to hear, pulling people from their houses to see what he has to say. He understood what the magnitude of his time was. We learn that this life is a time to prepare to meet God; "Yea, behold the day of this life is the day to perform your labors." So what are the labors we are to do? Gary E. Stevenson said "In ordinances the power of Godliness is manifest." It's not for me to decide how you obey this but it's something to consider to help you start to get active in the work of salvation.

We are all in a race and our goal is to be the best that we can, so we need to think how to run our race, then when we have a plan we can't wait we must act! That is my cry, know it's never too late to start our journey. Let us all take a little hint from Bilbo the Hobbit, he might have been late and may not have wanted to start at first but he got off his butt and got to work! 

I have faith in all of you and know that you all can do this! I know that Christ lives and that He loves each of us and will help us through all of our trials that we go though. It's through Him we can find true peace and grow to be who we are meant to be! I know God has a plan for all of us, it's our job to go out and accomplish it! I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen.

Questions for everyone 

1. What is an active commitment? 

2. How can I become better? 

3. Do you feel the magnitude of your four minutes?

4. What are my personal labors? 

I love and miss everyone and want to congratulate everyone for working harder and becoming better! Love y'all!  -- Elder David Kaysen Cazier

May 14, 2018

1. My Area
2. Mother's Day
3. The Work

1. My area is amazing, all city and really small.  It is mostly stores but it also has a lot of people.  It is crazy amazing and crazy hard sometimes but I love it!!!
2. Mother's Day was Amazing!  I talked with my family and it really inspired me to work harder!  I love these talks!!!
3. The work is picking up.  We just had an assistant with us for a week and now the work is exploding!!!  I love it!  I don't know what happened but we are just working all of the time now.
Sorry for the short message but I don't have a lot of time today.  One day maybe I'll have a lot more time!  Love you guys and stay strong and a shout out to J & J, Congrats on baby LaGrand!
- Elder Cazier

April 23, 2018

1. Blessings
2. Emergency Cambieos
3. I am alive and doing fine
1. For those who receive this e-mail, you are helping me more than you know!  I promise you will receive blessings for helping!  I thank you in advance and love each of you!
2. I don't know what happened outside of Elder Bolman breaking his foot but the mission had 3 Elders transferred and, well, I was the one who had the most.  I have had 4 areas in the past 5 weeks.  It has been a lot of moving but I am ok.  Nothing has happened to me so don't worry!
3. Photos to prove I am alive :)

April 9, 2018

1. New Areas
2. My Week
3. Investigators
4. Praying for you
1. Well due to a lack of time I am writing fast.  I am worried because I have been divided between three areas and I don't know any of them really well.  One of the first things I need to learn is the area and so I don't get lost!  I worry about this a lot!
2. My week was hectic.  I have so much to do and so much more to study.  I am learning the ropes of three areas and working practically day and night to live.  But it is all great!  I also caught the flu.  it is very weird being sick here because everyone thinks that you are going to die but trust me, I am fine.  I was way sicker in my last area.
3. We have some amazing investigators in all three areas...
Armando - He needs help with chastity and with going to church but has a very strong testimony.
Lupita - She likes drugs and has been clean once she started the lessons and if she continues to stay clean and learn more she will get her children back.
Efrine - He wants to understand everything but is a little harder to teach.  He is trying to listen but he doesn't understand much.  He feels the spirit and wants more but he doesn't know how.  All he knows is when he has us around he feels more.
4. I know life can be stressful and crazy.  Mom, I am keeping you in my prayers.  Know that the best thing you can do is relax and just remember the things that you have learned.  It is harder if you overwork yourself! 
I love you all and keeping you in my prayers!  -  Elder Cazier

April 2, 2018 - Pictures 2 of 2

April 2, 2018 - Pictures 1 of 2

April 2, 2018

1. A Broken Foot
2. Work
3. General Conference

1. So in the photos I sent you there is one of a broken foot, and well, it is Elder Bolmon's little toe.  He got a fracture and it is not that great.  He is here to see if it will heal in 2 or 3 weeks.  If nothing happens he will be going home.  Please keep him in your prayers.  From what I know I have been and will be taking care of him.
2. We have stopped the work for the last 4 days in my area because of this emergency.  We need companions to teach and he needs a companion.  I have stayed with him and my companion went to his area with his companion.  I am so ready to get back to work!  I have felt so lazy the last couple of days even though I have helped take care of him.  I have cleaned all of the ZLs houses twice and well, I am so ready to just hit the grind.
4. I was able to watch General Conference in English.  it was amazing and I loved every minute of it!  It will be good to get some things moving in the church and I think that this is good and it will help the church a lot!
Love and miss everyone!!! - Elder Cazier

March 26, 2018

1. My Area
2. My Companion
3. I Love Life

1. My area is a lot like Idaho Falls but with Mexican Style.  Our city is really kinda amazing, it is hard for me to learn the streets and know where I am going.  It is also hard to talk.  I was born in a rancho and people use different slang and different words here.  It is hard in different ways and it is, in all honesty, easier to live here.  Juan Eugelio was harder to do basic needs of life and not to be sick and not die (Just Kidding ;).  Here we have stores nearby and life is a blast!
2. Me and my new companion don't have a lot in common like Fuentes and I did.  But we are making things great and we get along good.  We aren't quiet so close but that comes with time and we have got that.  We are getting used to each other.  He knows a lot of stuff that I don't know and he has a ton of time in the mission and so I am following his words.  I am trying to learn how to be a district leader, how to dance Columbian, and how to cook... all things that he knows and does.  That is just the stuff I am doing on the side to get closer to my companion.  It is crazy but it's getting there.
3. My area has two things I love, #1 Boiler - BOOO YAAAHHHH #2 Gym - HOOOO YAAAHHH!  We do about an hour and a half of workouts every morning and then shower cold and in the night shower HOT. I am living the dream!  -  Elder Cazier

March 19, 2018

1. Baptism
2. Cambio (Elder Sandoval)
3. Goals for this Cambio
4. A Thought of Home
5. A Story and a Lesson
1. The baptism was amazing!  It was perfect!  I am so happy and it is the first of many!  Hannia and Herson are super happy!  The mother was not so much, we got her permission but she still doesn't like the church much.  The father was not able to baptize them so I baptized Herson and Fuentes baptized Hannia.  It turned out really well and we had Tonuvasa sing and play the ukulele and now everyone wants one.  It was amazing and it was kinda rare.  Every missionary tried to baptize them and we were the ones able to do it.  It was amazing and the Spirit was so strong!
2. So I had camibios, I am now in Nuevo Lenres.  Everyone told me it was a Rancho but it really isn't.  It is a Pueblo, 2 or 3 steps bigger than a Rancho.  It is very different and I am so ready to get started!  My new companion is Elder Sandoval from Colombia.  We are going to get along nicely.  We have a boiler but I don't think I will use it very often (you will see why).  We will have a lot of success and I know this because we both want to baptize this cambio and we are going to be working extra hard to do that!  I know that things will be hard but that is why I am here.  I was put in a hard area to start and now it is time to help others!  I have been trained and now it is time to start training others and working to be a better missionary!  It is not going to be easy but HOOYAH let's do it!!!  I know nothing of this area and so it will be fun meeting people.  I have already met 3 members, Luis and Rosalinda, times two, mother and daughter.  It's great getting to know new people!
3. So I have a lot of goals for this cambio.  For example, I want to workout every day and we will have two baptisms minimum and read the Book of Mormon, I figured out that if I read 7 chapters of the Book of Mormon a day that I can finish it by the end of this cambio in a month and a half!  I have also decided to grow my hair out to protect my head from the sun a little and see if I can have a better haircut.  I want to be more grateful and work harder.  I also want to be more outgoing and fight for my chance in the lessons and start taking the lead.  I am tired of people saying we can't do something I want to do because they are comp. major.  So, yeah, it is time I push past my limits.  I am also studying conference a lot more and taking a lot more notes and praying more.
4. I thought of home the other day and of my baptism and it brought tears to my eyes.  I force myself not to think of home often because I am a baby about it and I don't want to cry.  But I allowed myself and I just wanted to thank everyone for helping me make good choices and be a better person.  I am missing you!
5. I have found and have been taught the importance of having lists.  I am starting to use lists and do more.  I have found I am cleaner when I use them and I get more done.  It's amazing seeing the difference in my day when I use them and what happens when I do!
I love you all and miss you!  Sorry that I don't have photos, in the craziness I left my cord at my new house and so I will have photos next week.  - Elder Cazier

March 12, 2018

1. A Story
2. Mosiah 24:13
3. Much Love
4. Put Forth all your Heart
5. Prayers
1. So, I kinda told you about Hannia and Herson a while back.  Well, I have great news.  Their mother is super catholic and when her mom (their grandmother) passed away she had said: "I don't want any of my descendants to join the church of the devil." so the mom was following this and not letting her children join the church.  We were working with her to how her that we are not devils and that we believe in Christ.  These teachings shouldn't have been hard because she had gone to church and she has a lot of family who are members, but she followed the teachings of her mother.  Then this Tuesday we had a 'noche de hogar' with them and we watched the old restoration and then asked Hannia to share her testimony.  Then, Abigail, a young woman, shared her testimony.  We ten shared ours and we testified of the blessings that would come.  We asked the father (a member) if he gave us his permission to baptize them and then we asked the mom....... Literally, a miracle happened!  She nodded her head, having had her heart softened by the spirit!  I give all credit to God, for it really was him using us, not us trying to invite Him.  We had them sign papers saying that they are ready.  So this Saturday we have a baptism!  Thank you so much for your prayers, they have helped so much!  I feel how much they have helped!  After that Hannia said 'I have waited so long for this!'  She is 15 and she has wanted this since she could remember.  She waited until she turned 8 but it didn't happen.  Now it is going to happen!  I have heard that others tried to help her but to no avail and now thanks to the mighty power of prayer and of miracles in this world they are being baptized by their father.  After she said that I was looking around and everyone and I mean everyone was crying and I was like 'What the heck?' and then I felt the tears on my cheeks also.  The Spirit was really there!
2. (Preface, read the chapter and pay attention to the verse, then read this.)  I only have one more week in this area most likely.  I feel like after all my working God has given me a blessing and lifted me up to the happiness I now feel!  Not for my own work but for them and how God has blessed them.  This also applies to them a lot!  Then there is one more thing this applies to and it is my family and all those having a hard time!  Read this and take comfort and know we will rise up and be blessed.
3. I have always felt a lot of love for my area but this week it is indescribable!  There is so much and even more for those in need.
4. I know I have put all of my heart into this area.  I have always liked the saying 'Wear your heart on your sleeves,' and I see it in a new light now!  Wear it on your sleeves because it is better to work with and work harder!  It is way better, I testify that as you put love in your actions blessings will follow, it may take time, but they will come!
5. Please pray for Victor, he has not been wanting lessons.  He wants to be a member but he doesn't want to be baptized.  He knows that baptism is our job, we are to bring souls to Christ through faith and repentance and baptism!  He now fears us and is hiding from us, so if we could pray for him to have courage and for his heart to be softened that would be great!
We don't have a lot of investigators right now, so this is it.
I love and miss everyone and long to hear your voices! - Elder Cazier

March 5, 2018

1. Worry
2. Work
3. Love
1.  I heard about your car accident.  Please, tell me everything!
2. We are working really hard right now and this will continue until I succeed!
3. Cambios are coming up in 2 weeks and I believe that I will be going to Durango.  I am trying to save money for the trip.  It is going to be weird going somewhere else because I have a lot of love for the people here.  It is getting weird though because they have had a new missionary for so long.  So it will be strange for the area and for me.
I don't have a lot to write about this week, sorry. 
Know I love and miss you all, Stay safe! - Elder Cazier

February 26, 2018

1. A Story
2. Gracias
3. Family
4. Prayers
1. So we went to Navora's house this week and had a shock, the father of her sisters had returned.  I learned something very important, something that I have taken for granted all of my life and something that I didn't even think existed.  We went there and we were invited to sit down and immediately something was wrong.  Every time we have gone there the Spirit was waiting for us and as soon as we were in their house the Spirit flooded in, but with this man there, there was nothing.  We started to talk and invite the spirit like missionaries do, but when we said anything that invited the spirit he would do something to counteract it.  For example, we asked, "Navora, How's your day?" Then her 'kinda' father (father of Navora's youngest sister, *Not married, just living there) said "Her day has been perfect. I entered her life again!"  "OK, well, what is your name, sir?"  "Carlos, gringo!!!"  Whenever he talked my anger would rise and I felt my blood boil, in other words, I felt the Spirit of Contention.  Eventually, after about an hour, we were able to hit the topic of the church.  It is hard to dodge the topic of the church for an hour with missionaries!  We found out he is apart of AA and well, I don't know what it's like in the states but here it is crazy!  They have their own Bible and everything!  It is different than anyone else's!  We were able to start with a lesson.  once we said the prayer my companion, Elder Fuentes started to 'planch' (get after) the father.  This was necessary because in that hour we found out that he is using this family to get the things he wants like money, drugs, alcohol, and more.  I followed with an outpouring of love, something we have found that works really well when we have to 'planch'.  It went well and we had a good reception with the family even with him.  then we moved on and started teaching Navora about the restoration, but something was still wrong.  I had not understood some things and I was not feeling the Spirit so I decided to testify of Christ, a sure way to bring the spirit to a house!  When I finished I asked Navora a question about how she felt about the church and about prayer.  She started to answer and the father interrupted her and she got up and left the room for a little bit, when she came back she started to cry.  I was concerned because our last visit she could not feel the Spirit because she believed that God did not love her.  We taught her that she was a loved daughter of God and that he loves her.  We ended with a priesthood blessing given by me.  But this time it was different.  I still didn't feel the Spirit.  This is kinda where it ends.  We had to leave because our Bishop was getting mad at my companion.  They were yelling at each other and I was sitting in between them thinking "What is happening?" (I rely on the Spirit right not to understand what is going on when a plan derails).  When we left I tried to ask my companion what happened and he wouldn't say.  So I waited an hour and a half for us to drive back to Juan Eugelio in silence, which is so weird!  After we got to the church building we got our and I told my companion to tell me what happened.  It turns out the father was calling Navora the mean things people call me because she spent time in America, and even worse things, things that people are scared to call a messenger of God.  So, yeah, things went south fast and we found out why she doesn't feel loved.  Near the end, even I felt like yelling and almost wanted to attack the father.  That is because the whole family started to talk this way to Navora.
Guys, the whole time I thought they were talking to me that way.  I have to share with you what the nametag means to me.  It is a Shield of Faith, when people are in need of protection they can come to use and find shelter from the shafts and whirlwind of the devil and of the world (Helaman 5:12).  I failed my job, I can't begin to say how mad I still am and we are kinda waiting to go back because both of us still really want to condem that father.
Now time for a 'planch'.  All those fathers who read this and don't take care of your family the way God says, beware.  Especially those with daughters.  I felt the sadness God had for that man and I felt and still feel that his evilness for hurting a beloved daughter of God is beyond sadness and dwells in the depths of hell!  The way I felt is like nothing I have ever felt before!  I know missionaries are more in tune with feelings and feel more than normal and that is a gift of the Spirit.  I feel the love God has for people and for the world, not in its fullness because I believe that would break me in cases like this.  Because I felt...  I can't describe it but I beg you and the ward to pray for her because her life right now is very, very hard and I think the only way to help is to get rid of that father figure.  He is doing so much harm to this family!  It's hard to sit and hear people talk bad about a daughter of God.  As matter of fact, before my mission, I would have thrown down with this guy.  I fear to act and I fear not acting.
2. Following that, I have to thank my family for showing me so much love and support in everything I have decided to do in my life and being kind to me all my days.  I remember feeling picked on but that was nothing compared to this!  Oh, and thanks for the packages.
3. The importance of a family is to grow together closer to God and to become better children of our Heavenly Father!  Those families that counteract this by putting down their children with whatever it may be, through abuse, words and actions destroy the Plan of Salvation and hinder the progression towards God!  This is an issue I have not known and don't know how to face!  All I know is with prayer and God anything is possible.  In my blessing, I promised she would feel loved.  I believe it is up to us to make that happen.  I don't know how to help her but if anyone has an idea please share it with me.
4. Navora and her family (I hate to say this, but her father too) needs help.
Lupita - Navora's mother, said that we could not baptize her family.
Garcia - A family who wants to be better but never seems to have the time to try.
Charis - A mother who wants to go to church but is helping her sister out every Sunday and is still trying to come.
I love everyone!  I know this was a little bit of a downer e-mail but she really does need help and needs to know that she is loved by us and by our Heavenly Father and by Jesus, our Savior!  If we can get her to church one more time then to baptism I know the gift of the Holy Ghost will help her feel loved!
I love and miss everyone! - Elder Cazier

February 19, 2019

1. Photos
2. My Area
3. Work
4. Finding I am Different
5. Pray for the People
6. Earthquakes
2. My area is Juan Eugelio, but in about 3 weeks that will change.  No one has stayed in Juan Eugelio this long in a long time.  I have no idea where I will go.  I want to go to Durango because it is really hot right now and I hear it is colder there, but the sun is a lot stronger!
3. We are working the snot out of our area right now.  We leave the house around 9:00-10:00 and we start working.  We stop and eat for 20 minutes at 2:00 and use the bathroom after (the food has destroyed me!  So we use the bathroom about 4-5 times a day and it is never fun! Oh, and Dad, raw sewage is not the worst smell, even when it has sat for forever.  I found that out this week!)  We are working all the time and we have found that when it is hot people don't like standing outside for long so we get in more doors.  Then we can use the bathroom again ;) !!!  Blessings from knocking doors are real!  I can testify of that!  But every day we are walking about 10-20 miles or more.  Water is an issue but don't send water or other liquids.  We have it, it is just there is not a lot of stores in the desert so we pack water bottles and use that.  Then we refill them when we hit the city.
4. I am so glad I have hiked all my life and have done workouts and pushed my body because now I am in a situation where all the muscles I have developed are being used more.  My chest has gotten smaller, which I am not super happy about, but I am not carrying as much.  I am able to work out a little but right now it is mostly working out my mind.  That is helping a lot!  I have two stories. 1)  People in the United States talk about racism and inequality.  I always knew that stuff existed but I never knew what it was like until now.  Ok, guys, it's time to face facts.  I am white, really white, and sometimes when I am in the sun I am read.  When I was with Elder Squire people didn't say much because there were two of us, but now people are always saying the craziest things.  It is funny at times but other times it is not the best.  For example, I make fun of myself all the time to get in doors because, well, I am red in the sun  It is a mild sunburn and I am even wearing some sunscreen (spf 75) but, yeah, it is not quite as strong as the sun.  Every morning I am white and by the end of the day, I am really red!  Other times people have refused to talk to us and throw things at me and yell the meanest things!  People have the ability to be mean but what they don't know is that being different is one of the best things for a missionary and so they are only progressing the work.  For every mean person, there are 3 nice ones willing to stand up for you, invite you in, and shelter you from people and listen to the message of God!  2)  I have been raised a way that makes me want to work til the work is done. Others work at a rate to finish work.  What this means is as the day goes on I work harder and harder but as the day goes on for others they stay at the same pace or maybe even slow down!  Never slow down and never stop once you do it ends and you have to start over and start from a low not a high!  I am just learning this now.
5. Some of our investigators who need help and prayers...
Alejandro -
Navora - An American who is investigating the church.  She doesn't understand a lot and what she has heard about religion... Well, it sounds kinda scary and a little like they worshiped the devil.  But she wants to know more and she is feeling the spirit and she has a testimony of Priesthood Blessings and Power.
Lupita - Daughter of Juani, and she wants to be baptized but she is shy and wants to do it with a family member and her family needs softer hearts.
Juani - Mother of Lupita.  She is taking the lessons but she kinda doesn't want anything, she thinks and knows that the church is true.  It is a lot of work to go to church and it is hard.  Pray to help her heart be softened and so she will want to come.  If we get her there we will get 4 other children there as well. 
Victor - An older man who has trouble walking.  He doesn't like praying and he is terrified of baptism because he knows what kind of commitment it is.  He wants to be a member and feel joy all the time from the Gift of the Holy Ghost but he doesn't want baptism.  I don't know what to do with this but as of right now he said he will prepare to be baptized.  He has even admitted that he doesn't think he will want to so it is all the Spirit and whether we can help him change his attitude.
Hania - Daughter of a member father (non-active) and a non-member mother.  She is very active but her mother won't let her get baptized.  We are changing this slowly but surely.
Herason - Brother to Hania, same problems.
Familia Del La Rosa (5) - They don't have a lot of time on Sunday's to go to church because they like to visit family.
Familia Ramirez Soliz (6) - This family is converts of Elder Squire and Elder Morgan.  They are falling apart.  The father Domingo is abusive when he drinks and we (Elder Squire and Morgan) got him off drinking but he has relapsed and now the kids and wife don't live with him.  Because of this the wife, Alijandra, needs to work on Sundays and gets home around 10:00 pm except for Saturdays when she gets home at 9:00 pm.  We need her to be strengthened and to feel the love of our Savior!  And she needs her Sundays free!
6. Well, the earthquake was about the distance from Idaho to California from me, maybe a little more.  So, yeah, I felt nothing and really nothing happened here.  But people are freaking out and a few people are saying it is the end of the world.
I love you and miss you!!!!  20 months left and I plan on making the most of them!!! - Elder Cazier