Transfer chisme

 Hola mis amigos y familia!

 This week we got transfers and I will be staying here with Elder Cookson. We are receiving 38 missionaries between now and in 2 weeks so everyone is making room for the newbies. On Thursday one of the office elders came to drop off beds and desks at our house so we thought we were gonna be put in a trio but that didn’t happen.

 On Monday we sang at a funeral for a member. And then hung out with our district. We are also allowed to have zone meetings and visit members in their homes so as things open up we are taking advantage of them. We visited like 5 members this week and had two zone meetings! Its super fun!

 We also ran out of our allotted number of miles for the month which means we had to do a lot of biking this week. My companion was struggling a lot and we both got our arms burnt multiple times. 

 Sunday, we had a conference with Elder Razcon. I believe he is an area seventy. We drove to Weslaco, about an hour away from where we live in Brownsville. That was super good too!

 Hope you all had a great week!

 Les quiero mucho,
Elder Tolman 

Omar got baptized!

 Hola mis amigos y familia,

 The beginning of this week was long and normal. We grinded trying to find people and there was this one girl we called, and later had a lesson with her on Facebook. We are now allowed to visit members and so we ate at a members house for the first time in forever! We set a date for her to be baptized but a day later we found out she just talked to us cause she thought we were cute and just was flirting so that was awkward!

 On Thursday we started preparing things for the baptism and then Friday night at 8 we had Omar's baptism! There wasn't many people and we all had to wear masks, but the spirit was still there! He was baptized by his girlfriend’s brother. We are so excited for him! We went and celebrated with ice cream after. 

 Then on Saturday we had a carwash and we started at 9 and we didn't have too many people come in, but then 1 hour later we were packed and there was a pretty good-sized line. For almost the entire time, I was in charge of talking to the people before they got their car washed. Telling them it was free and who we are and why we are doing it and then sending them a survey. We had a total of 70 or more people come through so I would say it was a success! After the car wash, we also got to wax our zone leader’s leg cause we hit our goal for baptismal dates set. He had like 13 wax strips on his legs!

 Sunday, I had the chance to confirm Omar a member of the Church! It was exciting and we are so proud of him!

Love all you guys and hope you have a great week! 

Elder Tolman

#noappendix

 Hey everyone. Most of you have heard but I got my appendix out. If you haven't heard then now you have and everything Is fine! Thanks for all the prayers and love and birthday wishes!

 Anyways, on Wednesday we had a leadership meeting and we have a lot of plans to keep this zone rolling forward and seeing miracles and things are already starting to happen. On Sister Ocampo’s orders I am supposed to be in bed most the time but to be honest I haven’t, and I've been trying to work like normal. And this week I almost converted one of my nurses haha and we set 2 baptismal dates! Omar also passed his interview and will be baptized this Friday by our ZL named Elder Killian! One of the people this week we had to pass off to other elders, but then we were able to find someone else who is willing to make changes in his life and follow Christ more fully! I am so grateful for this time I have to be a missionary when the windows of heaven are open, and miracles are being poured out upon us!

 Love you all,
Elder Tolman

 

Great News

 Hola mis amigos y familia!

 So I have some of the greatest news ever! Last Monday night we set a baptismal date with a guy named Omar! He is the boyfriend of a member in our branch and is super excited to get baptized! At first, he set his date for September 5 but then later we changed it to August 21 because he is super ready! 

 Tuesday, we had district council and I made mom's hello pretzel salad. Everyone loved it! Thanks mom! Later we had interviews with President, and they were awesome. Also, I have been messaging a woman from Xalapa Mexico and we passed her off to the elders this week. They were super excited and so they will be teaching her as we keep sending her helpful scriptures and support. 

Wednesday, we decided to call random members and ask to give them car washes! We did that for most of the day which was fun! Everyone got sunburned a little but luckily mine has tanned.  

The rest of the week we just tried contacting through every means possible and talked to a lot of people! Then on Sunday I gave a talk and we partook of the Sacrament! And now I need ideas for what treat I will be making next so if you have a recipe you’d like me to try out, send it.  

Hope you all have a great week 

Les quiero mucho
Elder Tolman

Rio Grande

Car Wash

Donuts and Bugs

Hola mis amigos y familia!

 So this week we are really focusing on helping people do family history and we are gonna continue doing that this coming week too. So we did a lot of that which is actually exhausting to try and explain to someone over the phone and in Spanish. 

Last Monday we were able to play pickleball with some other elders and so that was fun. Usually Mondays can get pretty boring!

 We also had both of our toilets were broken ever since I moved into this apartment so last week I also called to get them fixed so yay! 

 Our days this week have been full of lessons and so that has been great. We also find really solid people but then the appointment falls through which is sad. One contact Elder Cookson did is he asked what church they go to. She said none cause she doesn’t know which is true. So he got all excited, but then she just ghosted him. 

 Krispy Kreme was celebrating their chocolate donuts 2nd anniversary so we also got some donuts! Later we saw lighting bugs. I tried to take a video of them but it didn’t work and instead I got attacked by mosquitoes. 

 And last but not least, we finally had someone come to church! We are gonna have a lesson with her this week, and a member brought her boyfriend who we are also gonna start teaching!

 We are super excited for this transfer and ready to see miracles! Can’t wait to share all of them that happen because I know the Lord always is pouring blessings upon us!

 Les quiero mucho,
Elder Tolman