The Hospital Visit…

Elder Ballard has had such an eventful week.  With all the events happening in the country and the world, we were anxious to see what he knew and how he was doing.  Missionaries often aren't privy to news and current events so we weren't sure how he much he knew of what was going on. …

Elder Ballard moves to Barrancabermeja

Elder Ballard called and it was the best connection we have had in a long time, so this area is awesome already!  Except he said when he got off the 12 hour bus ride, the humidity was so bad he felt like he was drowning.  Even though its only 80-90 degrees, the humidity is so …

Happy Valentines Day!

This was Mikeys birthday week so we asked friends and family to share something they loved about him via email, and he was bombarded with love.  We were so so grateful!  Here's to our first 20 year old!   Hey guys I am gonna have to make this email short SO SORRY. This week was …

Elder Ballard and Elder Lucaila

Hey guys! This week was a good one! we are seeing some great progress in the area and are feeling good. Elder Lucaila and I are becoming great friends helping each other learn new languages. Right now we are in 1 Nephi 19 in the English Book of Mormon! We had a mulitzone conference this week and …

Elder Ballard’s new companion

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SWEET SISTER!!!!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!! Make sure to wish her a happy birthday, she is officially a teenager;) This week we had a lot of work to do. We found two new families to teach and are very excited about that. One is named the Himenez Family, which is a …

Elder Ballard moves to Suba

Buen dia a todos!!! Homies this week was a crazy one. I got transferred from the Calera to a place called Suba and it has been a walk though some of the ghettoest parts of Bogotá. My area is called pinar, it is on the outskirts of Bogota and full of great people. My new …

Elder Ballard is leaving La Calera!

Hey guys! I got some news. I am leaving La Calera! I am a little sad to leave the area because the members and I became really close and comfortable, great friends more than anything. We have seen it grow and hopefully soon it will be a branch. I may still be in the mission …

Christmas Cheers

Hey guys! Im sorry I dont have many photos this week. so I found this beauty! You already know what Im gonna be doing during exercise. We were walking tward an investigators house out in the field and found a llama! This week we found out something amazing about the Calera. So the Calera was a …

Elder Ballards Cochabamba companion

Hey guys! This is gonna be a short one im sorry! So all of the american missionaries were taken out of bolivia a few weeks ago, and I have a new companion from Cochabamba Bolivia, the same mission that my brother was going to serve in! If he would have left one transfer earlier, he could …

Elder Michael Ballard Dec 2, 2019

Hey guys! I hope you all had a good week! Here are some photos: This is Marina Rivera who got baptized after investigating the church 15 years! She finally is part of our faith with her family. We got a group together and played some football for pday! Getting ready for Christmas!!! So this week …