Autographs please

hey every one how's it going. hope life is good. here, this week has been way hard but kind of fun. me and my comp find a way to pass the time and have fun, while we work. this week the cops didn't bug us, they are still everywhere in the city and they still pass by and wait outside our house a little, it's funny cause if we notice they are there we close all the windows and make it look way suspicious... at least until they come with a warrant... if they have those here. but yeah, it's been funny with that.

as far as all the other stuff is concerned. this week we found a family, and we found a dude who is way good. the dude's name is pablo,and he was a reference we contacted without contacting it. our presidente gave us the reference and then we were walking in the street and found him and put a cita. it was way cool so that's something cool. and the other family, is a family of 3 but we found them, then they have been hard to find again. so we will see what's up with that. aside from that we have pretty much lost everyone else. the family that was going to be baptized this weekend sent us a message that said she wanted to think alone, and told us to not call her back. like any good person we are not giving up on her but yeah, she don't answer the phone and we haven't passed by the house o sea yeah we will see what's up with that. but yeah that's been pretty much the story of the week with us. most everyone told us we will call u when we can, which pretty much means they wont call. but yeah, we will see what's up. but now that i think about it, the week was pretty good mainly cause we found pablo, he's like 47 or something like that, which is what the branch needs, men who will want to work. but yeah

this sunday was the primary program. it was way good considering that there were only like 5 kids. after, i went to them and asked them for their autographs, they were way happy about that. but they did way good...... but now i need to tell u all something that happened that had me and my comp laughing the whole time with the music. but not with the kids.... in the church we had someone who plays the piano. and i was happy cause its been a while, we all sing out of tone, and so i thought the piano would be good. the dude plays the introduction, does it perfectly. it was way nice. then he starts playing jesus es mi luz. the dude starts nice and softly then all of a sudden goes crazy and starts pounding the piano playing so loud that nobody can sing, and he would throw in little cool piano notes that aren't in the song to show of a bit..... me and my comp were laughing way hard. then the sacrament song. this is where it gets worse, we stand up to break the bread and they guy is playing asombro me da. and he starts going nuts with it. i started laughing and then my comp started laughing. and we couldn't stop. we had the district president there, who dropped the cane on us after. then he told us he was laughing also. so it wasn't so bad. but yeah, it was a way funny sunday.

but yeah that's all i pretty much remember as of right now. so yeah, um, thanks for everything, for the love, the support, and the prayers. i love y'all. it's hard here but it's fun, and I'm learning a lot. and it's a pueblo of like 12 000 people in total.... with campo..... but I'm sure there is like, at least, 100 people here for us to baptize, and teach... we just needed to find them in the middle of the 11 900 people... but yeah, 100, a lot of people.... so yeah.... but yeah

ok i love y'all, will see y'all latter, peace out

Rain and police

hey everybody, hows life....

this week has been interesting mainly cause it was raining since wednesday night. and I'm not the happiest camper in the rain... so it was kind of hard for me but it happens. cant beat mother nature.

but Tuesday we went to necochea for reunion de districto. and it was good but we left early cause we needed to catch our bus. but yeah.

here the work is going good. this last week we didn't find anybody. so that kind of stunk, but like always there are more good stuff than bad stuff. like this last week we worked a lot with menos activos and found and taught some good families, and so we will work with them try to get them to go back to church.... but the fun thing about working with menos activos is that you can always learn about the problems the rama has had, and sometimes why the church has a bad rap. here it's cause there is a family with kids menos activos, but they are all thieves.... like the only ones in loberia. the funny thing is that most nights we get home and there is a cop out side our house. we thought he was protecting us. but then presidente told us that the police would follow the missionaries, and vigilar them (sorry forgot
the word for that). so that's way funny. they weren't protecting us, they were spying on us. the rest of the week me and my comp have been pretending that we had ear phones in our ears, i talk in English when we pass them... but yeah, that's about the highlight of the week.

the rest with the service, it was hard cause the rain, so nobody is in the streets but everyone has cars here. so it's weird.

but yeah, then this sunday was kind of an experience also with the rain we only had like 17 people in total in church. we didn't have any investigators, cause with the rain and mothers day. they didn't commit to it. but my comp directed, i blessed the sacrament, water and bread. and then me and my comp had talks, and then the branch president. so it was fun. but yeah, it's cool cause, like i said last week, i'm learning a lot about how the church is organized and it's way cool to see. but yeah

but right now we have a couple of families that we are teaching. the best ones are called the familia castellano. im sure i spell it wrong but they are a family of 4. well more, but 4 that can be baptized, but they are good. right now we are teaching about the commandments. and they have a fecha for the 30 of october. so that's way cool.

but yeah that was pretty much the week. rain, getting spied on by the police, and mothers day.... so to all moms: happy mothers day.

oh yeah just cause i know my mom will ask me latter, my talk was about temples. but i talked like 5 minutes about moms, and told them your 2 rules. but nobody got it or they are a tough crowd here in loberia. but with my awesomely great charm they will all ask me to talk every week....lol...

but yeah thank u all for the letters, the letters helped a lot. just to here how things are going over there is nice. its kind of always hard to stay focused when u cant see the exito but your letters helped me. so thanks for the love and the support. i will see you latter.

peace out

Changes and learning

hey everyone.

if u can't tell there are some new changes in the mission, one of which is p-day is once again on Monday, so that's why I'm writing u on Monday...... yeah ...... lol. the second change in the mission and this is the crazy one that has some elders upset.... is no siesta... yep, pres wants us to work. so yeah, it's been fun, the changes just took place yesterday, so yeah, it's been fun.

but now, about here in loberia this week has been very fun, and i have learned a lot, many things about how the church works. yesterday it was fast Sunday and i had the opportunity to see what the church how the church deals with it. way cool, for me at least, strengthens my testimony to see how organized and simple it is. so yeah, it's been cool. but as far as the area it's been great. i like it. it's a small pueblo but there are a lot of people who walk around and work so there is always people to talk to. but this week it's been hard for us to get in houses but that will change this week cause, i think, i figured out how to get inside. but it's been fun.

i kind of figured we would go about like Ammon did and ask people if they needed help so that's what we did, we did like 4 service things for the people, the funnest part was Saturday we help build a house. so yeah, it was fun and yeah....

also me and my comp get along great, so that makes it easier to adapt. but aside from that, not much really changed considering i wrote to y'all a couple of days ago. but yeah, just a lot of service. and it's working pretty good. and so yeah.

in the church here we were a total of 27 people, including me and my comp and the branch president. but yeah, it's a nice little branch, the members are great and happy, as of right now, just kind of lonely but we'll change that. but yeah, so that's what's been up with this week.

and about the changes, the p day one doesn't bug me, and to be honest neither does the no siesta thing, pres knows what he is doing and so i just do what he tells us. and it's never hurt me, on the contrary it helps, so yeah......

but yeah, I'm going to try to send some pictures this week again, mom ur going to be happy cause I'm taking a lot of pictures here.... mainly cause nobody will rob us here. so yeah

also this sunday was some crazy day in Loberia where a bunch of people from other places came and did dances and stuff. it was kind of funny, cause the people in the pueblo were there at the fiesta, party, festival thing, so yeah, it was funny to see. and mainly cause there were a lot of people in the streets...easy to do contacts. so yeah, it was cool. but yeah that's about it so yeah

thank you all for the support, the love and the prayers. I'm way happy here, and loving every minute of it, mainly cause I'm learning so much..... it's way cool but yeah love y'all peace out

I just got to do what the Lord wants me to do

well, this week has been crazy, but mainly with conference and the baptism. but so i will start with the baptism. we didn't have it, what happened is we were getting everything ready to go, we were going to do it in the morning, but then we figured out we didn't have the key to the baptismal fount and so we called the bishop and he tells us to fill it up anyway... so we do it without going inside. then we realize that the fount isn't clogged... so we needed to go inside to stop the water from draining. so we go outside and see that the window was open... and so i hoped inside and put the plug... it was way funny cause there must have been people watching and thinking why are the mormons breaking into their own church. but yeah, in the end we got a call from antonela and she said she had to work and wouldn't be able to do it..... to show that God works in mysterious ways.. obispo forgot that he didn't even have the keys, so if she would have come she wouldn't have been able to get baptized anyways... so yeah, big blessing..... but then conference..... it was awesome. i got to say i love conference, the talks just get better and better. so i can't complain....

and so now with transfers..... I'm now in a little pueblito called loberia. it's a pueblo right above necochea. to be honest, when i got the news i wasn't the happiest camper, cause i had just got to villa serra a little while ago. but yeah, i can't complain, i realize I'm getting the things i wanted in the mission... as far as the places i want to go, and things i want to do.... in loberia, it's a branch, and I'm a 1st counselor in the branch. so I'm going to learn a lot about how to do that stuff. which is really what i wanted.... so I'm happy with the change. my comp is a chileno called elder guzman, I'm his 2nd comp in the mission, so it's fun to have someone with that newbie desire. he is a really good kid, i like him. but yeah.....

to explain what the pueblo is like, it's about 24 by 24, so it could be smaller. but it's a pueblo filled with a bunch of old people and the church doesn't have the best reputation, and in pueblos it's hard to fix that.... non the less. I'm excited to see what the Lord can do with us there. we will need to rely on the spirit a lot cause i have never worked in a pueblo nor have i ever lived in one... so it's going to be fun. this couple of days working there, my comp has been comp mayor showing me around and helping me with that. but we are talking with every one.... i figure it's a pueblo with 5 thousand to 10 thousand so there has got to be a lot of people so I'm way excited...... but yeah that's with transfers....

funny fact in my old area, my son, elder bills, is going there. that would be the 3rd time i have left him an area. he has been following me in the mission. so it was funny when i heard that.

but yeah, it's been a crazy week but no complaints. i just got to do what the Lord wants me to do, and let Him make me the tool He needs me to be. so yeah, I'm way excited just to see what we can to here.... but yeah, I'm going to try to send pictures of necochea, I'm here right now and took a lot of pictures so my mom would be happy, so yeah...

but thanks for the love and the support. i love y'all. and will see y'all latter...

peace out