Games & finding people

Hey everybody, this week has been really good. We have been blessed to find a lot of good people last week. (pretty much on Wednesday through Sunday we found new people) it was cool... then, this week it slowed down a little bit. but yeah, so now we got some people to teach and we are doing good. So it's been really good this week.

the way we have really found people is through contacts on the streets, and so that's been working really good for us.. but its been funny cause as, of this week, it's been hard to get directions for people houses. but it's always like that, just depends on the people. And some of the new people we are teaching are called David y vanesa, they are a young married couple... key word "married".... and they were listening to the charlas in a pueblito en nuequen and so they are really good... but as of right now, we have only passed by them once... so we will see how they are today.... actually a lot of them, it's kind of early ot be able to tell.. but it seems that we found a streak of people who are looking for the gospel, so that's cool...

but just to answer some questions I've got, my comp Van Wagenen is zone leader, I'm his helper. so I'm happy.

some thing cool here is that we found a store that sells stuff really cheap but in bulk... like the pictures with the cookies... and so we bought like 8 boxes of alfajores, and a bunch of other fatty good stuff.... and so we are happy getting fat...

here it's been really cold, and and it's been raining, and so not that fun of a weather to work in, but they say it's like this every winter....(minus last year) so it's going to be an interesting winter, to see how i deal with the cold, but mainly the rain...

oh, just as i remember, this next week there is a big reunion in the mission for leaders and stuff, all next week. and so i don't know if i will be able to write next week so yeah, that might be a little weird but I'm excited cause i hear they are changing a lot of stuff.... and to give u all the hint they gave me, they made a preach my gospel movie 2.... and so I'm excited to see what's going down... something i have learned in the mission is that change is going to come no matter what we do to stop it. the best, and really only thing we can do in most cases is embrace it... and so I'm excited...

but yeah, um, to end it with a funny experience in the zone, me and my comp planned a game we can play as a zone... it's a game about basketball... obviously... and so my comp told me when u do a game and promise a prize at the end, the best thing u can do is win it so u don't waste the money for the zone... and so we started good... but we underestimated how much people want to beat us... and so the last two days, even though we have had ok datos... we still lost..... but everyday we play a different team, and so here is the tablas......

Equipos G P

Lakers 5 0
Jazz 4 1
Nuggets 4 2
Heat 4 2
Suns 3 2
Knicks 3 2
Bobcats 2 3
Spurs 2 3
Hawks 2 3
Bulls 2 4
Wizards 2 4
76ers 2 4
Maverick 2 4

we are the heat.... the 2 teams wining are the hermanas and the games we have lost we lost cause they are cheating.... hump... but it's good....

doesn't animate in a bad or dumb way but makes it a little more competitive... so yeah its cool...

but yeah that's about all i got for today so thanks u all for the love and the support....

i love u all and will see u all later......

All night at the bus terminal

hey everybody,

i don't remember if i said transfers were this week but they were, and the results of transfers is that i am now........... with elder Van Wagenen, he is from Minnesota, but he was born in Mesa or in other words he's a stud.... i met him in Santa Rosa, he is 2 transfers older than me... so we are going to have some fun this transfer together.....

but transfers were kind of a pain in the butt for me.... cause Probert was zone leader and I'm like lackey but number 2 and so with Probert gone i needed to deal with transfers, o sea greet people in the terminal, make sure nobody missed their bus, and so pretty much i was there all night... all in all it's one more reason why i don't want to be leadership in the mission.. cause some elders showed up to the terminal without tickets, others missed their bus.. it was a pain... and i was running on fumes.. cause the whole night got like 30 minutes of sleep.. but it was a blessing cause, all in all, it went good......

here it has been freezing cold, and raining.. two things I'm not really a fan of but my comp still made me go out and work,...lol.... but yeah.....

to give the run down of the week after last p-day, me and Probert did some more divisions, with some other elders... then Saturday, and Sunday was passing by members so Probert could say goodbye.. and Sunday night at 5, we were in the terminal... there till about 8 in the morning Monday.... then Tuesday, me and elder Van Wagenen worked and had a good day..

so that's been pretty much how it's been here, kind of weird but fun... and strange.

but as far as people here, that lady Amalia we will probably leave a little bit and not pass by so often, which is kind of a bummer cause the gospel can really help her, but that's the funny thing about the gospel, is that it's her choice... but something i have been thinking about lately is how great of a analogy is that Alma 32 metaphor or simile thing... that compares faith to a seed, and how when it grows, it grows at different rates... like, i have never seen two trees that look exactly the same. it's the same about faith.. every one's at a different place and is trimmed differently so that it can grow and be the best and biggest it can be... i don't know, the gospel is just cool.. and even better, it's true... so yeah, sorry for the rant.. but that's what we have been teaching a less active member, and it's just cool but anyways...

so really, don't have any more things to say minus the fact that the gay marriage thing is getting pretty big here. so we have been getting a lot of questions about that... but things like that actually help and makes it easier to share the gospel, cause they wonder what we think about it.. so yeah ...

but thanks for everything. sorry the letter probably didn't make sense, my fingers are freezing right now and so...

yeah, i love u all and will see u later... and am grateful for everything u all do for me.

peace out

A week filled with Germans, divis and English class

This week has been good here in Bahia. it's been kind of complicated but it's been good....

up to this point in the week i have been doing divis in coronel Suarez. it was fun, went up Monday, got back today in the morning.... it's a nice pueblito, a lot of germans..... on that note, yes Argentina lost. people were sad but it wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. at least here in Bahia. the people dealt with it good... sucks that they lost, it gave the people here a bunch of animo..... kind of cool how sports can do that... but yes. so back to suarez. Monday me and probert got there at like 1 in the afternoon, after like a 4 hour bus ride. but then i stayed with elder gessel... last name comes from Germany..... and it was good. we worked a lot, and yesterday it rained, we got wet. so it's been a fun week. up till now.

and this weekend we have transfers, so we will see how all that goes. me and probert hopefully stay together... but we will see.. but um... yeah if u cant tell this week has been filled up with lots of germans, and divis, friday we were on divis again. saturday me and my comp worked together and then sunday church. but it's been good.. I'm actually really happy with the area, comp. barrio.. and so yeah, it's a lot easier to work and be happy in those circumstances..

so as far as the area, all the investigators are about the same as far as i know of so not much to tell u all on that front... but yeah, if u can't tell by the fotos I'm getting fat... but i will eat better next transfer.

oh, fourth of July was good, but kind of weird cause now i look back a year ago, and I'm still in Argentina.. it was weird but my comp made some real good American food... pasta and milanesas.. lol... but yeah, i ate a lot.

oh funny story when i was in suarez, i taught an english class, with elder gessel. and it was about buying stuff. and so we did some practices, and during the practice they asked to buy a hamburger.. but it was like a pink panther moment... they couldn't say it right, and i couldn't stop laughing. but it was good...

but yeah that's pretty much all i can remember, um thanks for all the love and support. and the prayers. i miss u all and will see u all soon enough... but love y'all peace out...