Elder Samuel Holdstock

  What's up everyone! How's life been? This last week was quite a wild one. We had been working with a couple of guys, but we needed way more potentials so we put our heads down and got to work trying to find a bunch of ballers. We prayed and prayed to know how and who, and God really came through. This last week we found like 5 people with extremely high potential to get baptized within the next 5 weeks which was a miracle for our little area of la floresta.  Thus only problem was that we had transfers last week. I wasn't even considering the idea of me leaving because I had been there for 3 weeks in La Floresta and we had just opened it, but I guess I should have considered that option a little more.  Now I'm in Panamericana with Elder Turley. He's from Springville, Utah and got to Bolivia 3 days ago which is going to be fun. We haven't had new americans show up to the mission in over a year, so we are all super excited. Now we just gotta make some miracles st...

  What's up everyone! How are we all doing? This last week we had an interesting time. Basically, we were supposed to have 2 baptism to finish off the transfer nicely, but then neither of them was able to go through. But oh well, what can you do. Hopefully we will be seeing one of those baptisms this Saturday and the other will maybe be the next week with a lot of crossed fingers and prayer. This week we had an incredible day, and then an awful day then good then just slow. Something that was kinda sad was the amount of inactive families we came across where there is only one active member in the family, and the rest have gone inactive because a member did this or a member said that. It made me think about my testimony and the things that I know for sure. The things that I will never be able to reject because of the incredible experiences I have witnessed. Please don't let your testimony rely in the words and actions of others. Center your testimony on Christ, then it won't...

  Hey guys This week was pretty good. Our first full week here in the new area, even though we were technically here before. Now it's just full time over here in La Floresta. We continue to see so many miracles and know that God is directing this work. We've been teaching this guy Luis for a minutes now. He mom and younger brother met the church and got baptized when they lived in Chile, and then they returned to the family in Bolivia and married a member so his step-dad is a member too. He has never been interested in the church until a few weeks ago. Little by little we have seen the changes in his life as he starts to give God room in his life. The man has changed completely. This week he finally accepted a baptismal date for this Saturday. The only problem is that he doesn't want anyone there, just us and the bishop. So please pray so that his family can be a part of this special day. I got to go on an exchange to my old area this last week over in Villa Moderna. It was...

  Good morning everyone What's going on? The bolivian life has been quite interesting this last week. We were excited to have a good normal week of work, but it didn't quite play out like that. I think we were able to get 2 full days of work in there.  This week we went to the temple and it was awesome! I love that place! It's always such a nice peaceful experience and every time it just makes me so grateful for Jesus Christ and the love he shows me and everyone else.  After the temple, we had interviews with President. We had been seeing some opposition in our ward, and I was prepared to ask him about it to see what we could do. Little did I know I wouldn't even have to bring it up. By the end of our interview, we were with the secretary asking for the key to a new house because we needed to move as soon possible. Since then I can't count all the miracles we have seen. Yesterday someone literally brought their mom to us in sacrament meeting and said "are you g...

  Hello everyone how are we doing? How was everyone's conference weekend? What talk did you like? This week was an interesting one. We had our zone conference and on top of that general conference this weekend. A lot of sitting and receiving revelation, but it was an awesome experience. It was also a slow week with our friends. The majority of our friends and college students and they're getting into exam season and just "don't have time." One of our friends, Floord, is awesome. She is the daughter of a family that got baptized in Chile not too long ago, but she's here in Bolivia studying. This week she told us that she wanted to be baptized and we were so excited for her, but then she said in January when her family comes to visit..  :/ So pray for her. Conference was incredible and a spiritual boost which is what we all needed. One of my favorite talks was from Elder Costa. It's so important to come to Christ daily and repent. He is who perfects. He give...