a pic of the train
our zone!!
me and my comp at
eating a Asado! best thing there is!
the dude with his finger in my ear is one of the coolest guys ive ever meet!
an intense game of matching
family home evening!
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Jesse - September 2, 2014
what a week! its been filled with sickness, fun activities, the spirit, meeting new friends and even accidents! to start out the week i ended up being sick Monday night through Wednesday, so that really sucked but i guess there's nothing you can really do about that,just keep moving on Thursday my companion and i got invited to go and help out in seminary. it was pretty tough though i must say, making american pancakes and playing ping-pong can really put a lot of stress on someone haha it was a great activity with the seminary students and they all really enjoyed the food and especially the maple syrup!!! they dont have that here so its like gold to them, good stuff! but i would have to say that the highlight of he week was Saturday! we had the chance to participate in a open house for a church in our zone. basically whoever wants can come and take a tour of the church as 10 missionaries participate and teach certain gospel principles. my companion and i were chosen to teach about baptism. so we looked pretty legit all dressed in white. but the best part was that we got to teach about baptism,nothing else just baptism,why we do it, what it does, why christ did it and it was just a really great experience. they were several groups that went through that really had the spirit and it made my eyes a little sweaty. there was even one group that went through that was all members(things had slowed down a little) so i thought alright cool we can just practice with them. this group ended up being one of the best ones we had and it was just an amazing feeling hearing the testimonies of less actives, and actives. yesterday was also great. we had a zone activity that i was put in charge of. we ended up buying a ton of meat,salad and drinks and had whats called an Asado. basically the best meat you can find anywhere, argentine cows are just different,unique, with a beauty that you cant find in your average cow, she means everything to me:P but seriously its freakin good! ohh and we also had tthe wonderful opportunity to witness a car accident yesterday on the way to a family home evening so that was cool, nobody died, just the car. but we did make it safely to the family home evening and it went great, ill ave to send pictures. but that just about summarizes the week that we had here in Argentina. i hope everyone has a great week! ohh yeah an i hear that there are a lot of missions that are using i-pads! what that about haha if we used i-pads here we wouldn't even make it out of the store before it was stolen, along with our wallets money and i-phones...oh yeah we have none of that either:P i love you all!
Diana - September 1, 2014
Well everyone this week was a good one! I am getting to know the area a lot better and I get to see the Space needle everyday!!! Its the best. We had two people at church yesterday it was so cool and we met them this week. Being in this area is really fun there is never a dull moment. I have decided that the city life is not for me. lol I love being able to drive to the desert and look at the stars and actually see them. Its too loud, too busy and just not for me. Its too dirty and too many hobos for my liking. So for now Safford will do for me. =D So Seattle has a lot of things that I have never had to really deal with before. The first is gays, I don't fully understand it all, but I have come to learn a very important lesson. I do not agree with it I know it is wrong, but every one is a child of God I have no right to pass judgement on anyone. So my stance on this subject is the action is wrong but the people are still in need of my love and respect. The second is atheist. This is one subject I just cant rap my head around. I can understand being angry with God (not a good chose) but i understand but completely denying the very being who created you and loves you and wants you to be happy. That is just not a smart use of there agency. God loves each of us and he wants us to follow in his way because that's what will bring us true happiness. I have never met a happy atheist because God is happiness. I just don't understand.
I do know that God loves each of us and He will send blessings our way but we must first ask then act. I know that to truly be happy we must follow the commandments follow our leaders called from God. I also know that God is a lot smarter then I am and He knows whats best, even when I don't fully understand some day i will. I love this church and this Gospel. I love my family SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much and i am so exited to see you all soon. be happy and remember God loves you!!!
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Anthony - Aug 26
Well this week was...eventful. First of all, every day seems to blend together so these are not exact dates. Nothing happened most of the week, I went out on the town Wednesday after I emailed and nothing to exciting happened. My bag that I took for my scriptures is literally falling apart, slowly but surly and I can´t find the store to by a new one. Oh well., At least I went out side the gates. After that it was back to classes, our room is called the dungeon because it has windows and so we don´t know what time it is at all. A couple days ago we had out first earthquake, nothing big, but kinda shook everyone up. Ü Then one morning while we were starting to play kick ball. This dog got attacked by to other dogs, it was scary. No one got hut, thank goodness. Then during the match I got smashed in the face by the ball we were using. I fine though, I just got a face full of dirt. Then, like last night I was walking back to class and There were some hermanas in front of us, we suddenly we herd a yelp and a crash looking up I saw a man on the corner across the street, naked, throwing bottles at the street. My fist thought was to block the sisters, but thankfully he ran off. It was pretty weird. This morning my compañero and I went out on the streets again and walked all the way to the other side of ton to find this llama store but we couldn´t find it. I have seen some of the thing you can buy there and they are awesome. The candy here is delisios, well not the candy persay but the snack food. They have this carmel type stuff that you can put on almost everything. They put it in between two cookies and cover the whole thing in chocolate, it is awesome. well that is pretty much my week. I only have an hour to write so I haven´t able to read all your email but I hope that your week was fantastic. Oh and one more thing. In my district I have a nick name, its Wheat thins. Its pretty awesome, we also play a alot of soccer, I am still not very good but I should be ounce these six weeks are up. Well love you all and hope your weeks are spectacular,
Love,
Elder Wheat Thins
Jesse - Aug. 25
Alright, where to start? it was another week full of just everything. turns out that our baptism wasn't able to go through:P it sucks but thats life right haha we still have a couple of things to straighten out before he gets baptized, one of them being marriage. that seems to be the problem that we always have in the mission, everyone knows how to make a family but after that they are completely lost:P we have about 5 investigators that want to be baptized but cant because they have to get married first so its a bummer! also we (my companion and i) realized that we have a lot of differences! it was kinda bugging me so when we had our weekly planning session i mentioned that i didnt feel like we were teaching together and that we had no unity. we then ended up talking for about 40 minutes about the things that we can do to improve the way we teach together. it was really weird for me because i hate talking about personal things or if i have a problem with someone i usually just avoid them! but unfortunately we as missionaries cant do that haha its really the first time that i talked about my feelings with another dude i dont like that much but you know what, it actually helped us a lot! after we had talked about everything and set some goals on what to do our teaching improved a lot and we could finally feel the spirit in the lessons. it doesnt mean that im going to do the same with every companion haha but i did learn from it! im just not a very touchy feely guy:P a funny moment that happened this week! we were getting ready to eat lunch one day with a family and we talked for a while at first but then when everything was finally ready to eat they asked me to say the prayer. i said yes and right when i did i looked into the other room and saw the grossest thing. the family has a puppy that is very mischievous and what he was doing was his duty...all over the floor. he had stepped in it, and was slipping all over the floor because of it, and even had some dingle-berries. so as i began to say the prayer i couldnt help but start to laugh, at this point everyone was ready for the prayer and bowed their heads. it took me a few awkward seconds to get the laughing under control but i finally was able to accomplish it. my companion and i had a good laugh about it. but another good thing that happened was that we talked to a lot of people, more than usual. our purpose is to invite others to come unto christ and talk to everyone, so thats what we did we talked to everyone we could. we got a lot of contact in the streets and even a few new investigators. we have a couple of missionaries that are headed home this next transfer, but the weird thing is that when i arrived to argentina they were in my very first zone. so they watched me arrive and i get to watch them leave. its a little weird to think still that the mission will eventually end, but im going to enjoy what i got:) im still doing good im happy with what im doing, and its still really cold windy and raining:P other than that life is good! i pray for you always!
Elder Whetten!
Diana - August 25
So this week was really crazy. Monday did our p day thing Tuseday did the normal missionary thing Wednesday we had interviews with President Choi. Wednesday night got a phone call i was being emergency Transferred. I was not happy i did not cause the transfer but I was needed to go to a new area i cried as i packed woke up left Beaver Lake headed to the mission office to find out who my new companion and my new area. So I am now in Down Town Seattle. It is a great area lots of people to talk to.lots of pictures to take. Lots of things to do. My companion is Sister Lee she was born and raised in South Korea but moved to Utah 7 years ago. She is 22 and goes home next transfer. she is a great missionary I am going to really miss sister boyd. oh Well i guess thats what a mission is all about change =/ But i just want you all to know that i love you and i love my savior and I know he hears our prayers. i know that the book of mormon is true. I know that the leaders we have are inspired of the Lord. I know that God cares more about our growth then our comfort. never give up what you want the most for some thing you want right now. hope you all have a great week sounds like everyone is doing great!! i love you all so much!!!
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