Led by the spirit!

Que Onda? What’s gooood! 

We out here in Palau for another 6 weeks! Haha! We had changes today and everything is staying just about the same here in our district so that's way chill because I’ve got my Day One Saltillo boys Elder Sabey and Elder Reed out here again and I get another change with my companion Elder Villaruaz, who is way chill!

This week we found 16 investigators before Friday so we decided to go out to Musquiez and help them find some people because they only had 3 investigators at the moment. It went really good, Elder Sabey and I were able to find 14 investigators in about 2 1/2 hours on Friday morning! I honestly have such a strong testimony of talking with everybody and listening to the Spirit. Elder Sabey and I were walking down the street when I saw an older lady sitting on her porch. I got the prompting that I should go and contact her, however, usually older people fall into bucket 3 (which means they can’t really progress) so I hesitated for a second, but when I felt the prompting again, I decided to contact her. Right as I walked up to her porch she invited us in and proceeded to tell us that she is a member, however, only two of her 8 kids are members. She stated that she sees the missionaries pass by almost every day but they never visit her so she was just so happy. I offered to pray for her and her family, and after the prayer her daughter in law who was listening invited us in to eat a tortilla and we ended up teaching her and her 3 kids! Her husband is a member so we set up an appointment with them at a time when he could be there so they can teach them all together! Then as we left the house I told the grandma that we would be back on Tuesday to teach her family and you should have seen the joy in her face, it definitely made my week! 

Shout out to my mom real quick for the package! We have been having a lot of FHEs with the members here so I had my mom send me a pocket-sized projector to bring our FHEs to the next level! She also sent 6 boxes of girl scout cookies, with tons of chocolate and other treats from the U.S. so that was wayyyyy chill! She also sent some of my old ties that are kind of fat so now the Surgeon has a lot of work to do haha! I had her throw in a couple of America themed things for my boy Villarauz. Oh and my mom sent him an Ab wheel so he is way stoked because we always hit abz together! 

Haha sorry my email is kind of short this week we don’t have much time because we are going to have a Carne Asada in Rosita tonight since we met our goal to baptize 14 as a zone this past month! 

Thanks for all the love and support, 

Much love, 

Elder Cebollero

1. Gringas with my boy Villarauz!

2. Breakfast with my day one Saltillo boy Sabey!

3. Working in Barroteran!

4. Packages my mom sent! 

5. So much good stuff from home! 

6. P-day lunch with the boys after a quick lift and some volleyball

7. P-day with the boys! 

Zone Conference, and two baptisms!

Que onda? This week was crazy hahah so much going on between Zone Conference, district conference, and Two baptisms! We ended up training back and forth in busses between Sabinas, Rosita, and Palau for over six hours this past weekend! 

Anyways, this week went great! Elder Villaruaz and I had the privilege to bring two souls unto Christ this week through the waters of baptism so that was really cool, it was great to watch a Grandmother take on this journey together with her Niece. We were supposed to baptize her mom too, however, she got really sick, so she hasn’t been able to move out, so keep Erika in your prayers. So, this week since we had our District conference we confirmed them Sunday after the conference and President Cahoon and Sister Cahoon even came and watched me confirm Maria so that was a little scary haha, but it went really good! 

As I stated in my first paragraph we spent a lot of time traveling this week so to make it a little bit easier to get to Sabinas before the zone conference on Friday and Saturday President let Elder Villaruaz and I and the Elders form Musquies, Elder Smith and Elder Sabey, stay the night in Rosita with Elder Reed and Elder Villatoro so that was hype haha! Thursday night in Rosita we ordered a bunch of pizza and bought some mountain dew! Then we finished the night off with root beer floats and church movies! 

On Friday for the Zone Conference we played some volleyball and then watched the movie Coco while we took turns interviewing with President! My interview went really good and after my interview President asked me for the Book of Gainz so he can get on that Grind hahah he is honestly the sickest Mission Pres! 

Today for P-day All the Elders from Rosita and Musquies came down to Palau to play some volleyball and then we ate some lunch with the Christian family! Then Elder Villarauz and I went and got some more free haircuts! Don’t worry it still looks pretty good even though it was free haha! 

Much love,

Elder Ceb

1. Maria and Camila at their baptism

2. Some good food with the squad!

3. Maria and Camila at the baptism. 

4. Love my boy Elder Villatoro 

5. SO hype

6. More hype

7. The most hype 

8. Still hype lol. 

9. We are legends. 

10. Good food with the squad round 2. 

A solid week of miracles in Palau!

Que onda? The mish is going by way too fast hahah!  I can’t believe I’m already out here writing in Palau for the 5th time! 

This past week went really good.  We were able to find a solid set of 23 new investigators, set another baptism date for the 17^th and we also had 11 investigators come to church! Things are really coming together here, thanks to much praying and fasting, we have had the opportunity to not only meet our goal of 10 investigators in church but exceed it.

This past week was also full of miracles, I feel like I have been really obedient throughout all of my mission, however, right now we are focusing on all of the little things as my companion and I study the white handbook daily, I would definitely say striving to be exactly obedient is what is bringing us the opportunity to see these miracles. Last week I mentioned one of our investigators Erika who came to church last week for the first time with her mom Maria who is another one of our investigators. Anyways, we went and visited Erika and had a really great first lesson and she excepted a baptismal date for this past Saturday the 10th. We had given her a Book of Mormon when she came to church and she had already read 3 Nephi 11 and she really wanted to be baptized and she even had a testimony about the Book of Mormon and everything because whenever she starts to read her boyfriend stops fighting with her and she is able to feel the peace that we had talked about! However, after she shared that experience we realized that she wasn’t married, and she was living with her boyfriend, so we bore our testimonies about marriage and a couple of other things and set another appointment to go back on Thursday. She was really really ready to be baptized and everything honestly like the perfect investigator.  She even gave up drinking coffee and coke after the first time she came to church without us saying anything. (Btw don’t worry haha we explained to her that coke isn’t necessarily against the word of wisdom, so she can still drink some Mexican coke which btw is like 10 times better than the coke in the US.) Anyways, we continued to pray and pray and pray during the days leading up to our next appointment with Erika so that she would still be able to be baptized despite her problems with the law of chastity. Then we went and visited her on Friday and taught the law of chastity and explained that she would need to get married or separate from her boyfriend, and without hesitating she explained that she would leave him in order to be baptized despite the fact that this is going to be hard on her and her kids. We talked with her a little bit more and she said she would need a couple of days to move out and so we ended up moving her baptism date to the 17th. Which brings me to the next miracle, Sunday when we were at church we finally had the opportunity to talk with Erika’s Mom, Maria, and we were able to set a baptism date with her for this next Saturday the 17th so she can be baptized with her daughter! We also have another appointment with Erika tomorrow so we are going to work to set a baptism date with her daughter who is 11 years old, so all three of them can be baptized together! 

We have also been able to see so many other miracles daily as we have been doing the Lord’s work. It is honestly insane how many people we have progressing at the moment here in Palau! We still have a lot of work to do though so Keep Elder Villaruaz and I and our investigators in your prayers please! 

This past week I also had the opportunity to go on exchanges with one of the day one Saltillo boys Elder Reed! It was way hype we found like 10 Investigators and they were all way coool. We also got invited to eat some pancakes in the morning before he headed back to Nueva Rosita! 

Oh, and for P-day we met up with Elder Sabey and Elder Smith again to play some more volleyball and I got to hit the gym for a little bit too!  #chestandback #arnold #gainz #coryGfitness 

Thanks for all the love and support, I love hearing from all of you back home, 

Much love, 

Elder Ceb

1. I love the Book of Mormon fam!

2. Gotta love some hotcakes! Shout out to Elder Reed! #Saltillodayones

3. Gainzzzz out here in Palau!

Six months in the Saltillo Mission!

So, I officially hit six months this past week so that’s Hype! It's Honestly so crazy how fast time goes by. Back in the day when I was in Frontera with Elder Carreon he used to always point at the planes flying by and ask how far away I thought they were... During this time, I only had about three months in the mission, so the answer was always about 21 months away because in 21 months I would be on a plane heading back to the 801 (Utah). Anyways, I was looking at a plane flying by the other day and I realized that these next 18 months are probably going to fly by...which means I need to work even harder, so I can baptize at least 1000 people out here in Saltillo! 

We had another good week here in Palau! After our District meeting on Tuesday, our DL Elder Viatorro came on divisions with us and it was hype haha! He is honestly one of my favorite Latinos lol. I love that guy haha.

Then Wednesday we went to Parroteran again which is always a good time. This week we found 18 investigators and had 6 people in church and set two more baptismal dates, however, we lost some baptismal dates though. One of our investigators, Samuel who is 14, has been reading the Book of Mormon and all of our pamphlets and he told us that he prayed, and he knew that all of it was true and that he wants to be baptized and everything! However, his parents won’t let him come to church with us. WE talked with them a couple of times and they won’t let him come to church because they go to a different Christian church every Sunday at the same time. It’s too bad that Samuel won’t be able to be baptized, however, we still have a lot of other investigators progressing so Elder Villarauz and I are still going to baptize out here in Palau. 

We also had the opportunity to have a miracle this Sunday as we were fasting! We were both fasting for the investigators that we have progressing at the moment, and also for the opportunity to find more people that can be baptized within these upcoming weeks. I was also fasting that we could have our investigators come to church. Anyways, one of our investigators named Maria came to church this Sunday for the 4th time. We were talking with her last Sunday and she said her daughter was a member. But, she didn’t know her daughter’s address, so we haven't been able to visit her. However, this past Sunday her daughter and granddaughters came to church with her and after sacrament meeting her daughter came up to us (who we thought was a member) and said that she really likes our church and then she asked what she needed to do to be baptized. We set an appointment with Maria's daughter and granddaughter for this Tuesday, so we can start preparing them to be baptized. We are also going to work this week to help Maria prepare to be baptized, she lives in Ranchereas which is kind of far away from Palau, so we have only been able to teach her on Sundays after sacrament meeting. However, this week she is going to be in Palau on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday so we are going to work with her this weekend. Every Wednesday we have been working in Barotteran and we pass through Ranchereas on the way home, so we are going to try and set an appointment for this Wednesday night.

This past week we ate dinner every single night haha and a couple of the nights we ate dinner twice rip. Don’t get me wrong the food is wayyyy good and its coool and all that our investigators keep inviting us to eat with them, however, this food is definitely not good for the body lol. It's all good though…I can just pull out the book of gainz and my golds gym in a suit case and get to work! Oh, and btw we have a free gym here in Palau but it’s kind of far from the house and it doesn’t open till 8... However, I can still go lift on P-day! I Went this morning and got a solid chest and back workout and all, but my bench press just isn’t the same as it used to be, so I’ll have to start doing more pushups haha! 

Oh, and the Surgeon hasn’t died or anything ha I think I’m going to do a couple of ties this next week! 

much love / Elder Ceb

1. Chillin in Palau

2. Pretty sure my investigator Seguio spray painted this back in the day!

3. Lupita

4. Villatoro, Reed and Villarauz

5. Bought my boys Elder Villarauz and Villartoro some ice cream!