2018-07-29 Some Pictures From the MTC

Elder Vincent's instructor at the MTC sent a number of photographs of his district (Hermana Curtis, Hermana Litchfield, Elder Vincent, Elder Davis, Elder Taylor, Elder Salway, Elder Sneddon, Elder Mickelson, Elder Wilcox, Elder Van Tassell, Elder Taylor and Elder Christiansen).

 

2018-07-25 What a great First Week!

FLIGHT TO THE MTC

We are grateful for the message we recieved from a great sister Tuesday morning as we were thinking about Elder Vincent and wondering whether he made it to the MTC safely.  We know he is in God's hands, but we are so blessed to have his children everywhere watching out for his servants:

I’m not sure if this is the right page but thought I’d share a photo hoping this is your son elder Vincent.. what a remarkable young man.. grateful for the spirit that i felt and for the opportunity i had to bear of serving a mission as well and the infinite blessings that pours abundantly not only in him but his family.. i never get too many opportunities to fly with passengers of the same faith let alone commuting to the mtc to start a full time mission.. you’ve raised an amazing young man and thank you for that.. may the good lord continue to watch over you and elder Vincent as he journeys to do the will of the lord and serve the people of Argentina.. god bless and one love..

Centro de Capacitacion Misional México

The Mexico MTC frequently posts pictures on FaceBook of missionaries and activities going on there.  Elder Vincent is in Branch 7, District C.  Here are a few pictures of his district:

There he is in the back with his companion Elder Dallin Davis

The rest of his District

2018-07-25 Email:

Hey guys this week was amazing!

The day I got here, I got here early with 6 other missionaries and we went through the general orientation. From there we got news that we would be helping the front office with getting the rest of the missionaries coming in. We helped over 300 new missionaries all from Utah. We had to help unload all their bags and it was raining and in our suits so that was fun.

My companion is Elder Dallin Davis. He is from Queen Creek Arizona.  There are 6 of us in our district going to Argentina Bahia Blanca. I have amazing roommates!  Elder Sneddon and Elder Mickelson. They are all so cool and fun. We have barely known each other for a week but it feels like I have known them my whole life.

We started classes and the rigorous schedule immediately the next day and it was hard getting used to it at first but once I got into the groove, it was all good. My Spanish is coming along, I can understand the Latinos well and I can translate to the rest of my district when they do not understand but the tricky part is responding.  It is especially hard because I do not have a wide vocabulary right now but it is amazing.

I can feel my testimony growing daily.  The fact that EVERYTHING IS CENTERED AROUND THE GOSPEL AND THE SPIRIT IS SO GREAT!  We had our first investigator on Wednesday last week and his name is Sebastian. Before going into the lesson, I was so excited and I could not wait to share the first lesson with him.  His parents are catholic and his sister is a member but she has shared el Libro de Mormon to him. When we started teaching, I could honestly feel the love God had for him and I was so happy. I smiled throughout the whole lesson and I loved it!  I could feel the spirit so strongly. But guess what.... it turns out he was a fake!!!!!  He was actually our teacher!  He taught the rest of the afternoon and it was hilarious jajaja.

The past two nights was very interesting. Me and our room had a gospel doctrine discussion on like deeper questions of el evangelio and none of the questions were bashing the church or even close to it but it was the kind that gets you pondering and thinking why things happened in the scriptures or like things we do not know much about. We talked for 2 nights in a row about these things but no matter what the subject was on, the spirit was so strong. The strongest I have ever felt since being here at the CCM. 

Sorry for not emailing earlier but we just came back from the temple. The Mexico temple is so amazing!!!! It is huge! It is maybe 4 floors tall. It is about 3 or 2 Laie temples put together but it was so big, we had to take escalators up to the next floor for endowment sessions. It was cool.  We all had translators but my translator magically did not work so I sat through it immersed into the Spanish. I felt the spirit so strong there and it was really cool hearing it in Spanish. It is about an hour bus ride away from the CCM and it was cool. Mexico looks exactly like they do in movies with the favelas on the mountain. They have colorful houses but I will send pictures next week, I forgot the transfer cable.

PS: sorry for the mistakes in the grammar or typos, Mexican keyboards are hard to use jajaja!

2018-07-22 Argentina Bahia Blanca Mission Map

Here is a map of the Argentina Bahia Blanca Mission:

2018-07-16 On My Way to Argentina

 

Today is the day! I’m gonna be gone for two years and I guess it’s a bittersweet moment. I am excited and happy to be going off to do what I have always wanted to do, serve a mission! But I am also sad because I know the big guy like me is actually a teddy bear and he is sad to be leaving his friends and family all in one day. I know I have not prepared the best I could have because I realized I’m not the smart teenager I suppose myself to be, but I hope that in due time the Lord will be able to put me to work. I pray that as I go out to serve the people of Argentina, I can be as the potter’s clay and be molded into the kind of missionary and young man Heavenly Father wants me to be. I hope my flight is a safe flight and that I’ll be able to get there safely and on time. I was reading in 1 Nephi chapter 3 verse 7 and I know that as I go out, I still have a semi worldly outlook on me leaving but I hope soon I can be as Nephi said and “I will go and do the things the Lord commands save he should prepare a way” I know all things are possible through Him and that I will be on my way to becoming the son of our Heavenly Father he wants me to be. I know the journey is tough and long but it could be considered my “crucible”. I will go through the refiner’s fire and all my impurities will be taken out as I perform the Lord’s work. I love you all and will work hard. I hope that soon I will get lost in the work and do all I can to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. I love you all and I will see you in 2 years.