Home!

the last picture with my group, in bahia blanca. i will miss you!



it was a very weird moment once i saw all of them, but it was funny they all gave me 1,000,000 dollar bills, too bad they were fake.



my sobrinos grew so much over the past 2 years, but it's cool them talk.



oh taco bell how i love you...



this picture isn't my house, but i could say that i'm finally home... just cause i think this is the effect my mom wants you all to get from this picture..... lol... so i'm home... but it's been a great 2 years.

How the mssion has blessed me

this week was pretty good. we worked hard, and found some people, and are working a lot with incomplete families...and they are going forward little by little... the cool thing is we found out that the father of a family we have been teaching all transfer was baptized like 30 years ago.... it was funny, cause we asked him why he never told us and he said nunca me preguntaron (you never asked)... and so, moral of the story, ask a lot of questions.... but it was funny cause then, after he told us, he really became a good help in telling his family to get baptized.... the bad thing is that the family went on vacation and don't get back till about 5 of May... so i wont be here but yeah... so that was a bummer.... but yeah, that's pretty much how things are going here this week... and the fact that everyone wants to give me food.... it's going to be cool... but yeah

so seeing how i don't know if this will be the last email i write in the mission field.... i figure i will just say how much the mission has blessed me..... and cause I'm like the reverse of the nephites... i don't express myself good, and so i write it down... and if nobody understands... oh well .lol....
for me the mission has been hard, cause it kind of goes against my nature..... for example i don't like when people get in my space or restrict me a lot.... I'm probably not alone... and if you don't believe me ask my parents.... but the mission has helped become more humbled, and realize that, when we do everything we can, God just does the rest. i saw that time and time again on my mission. it's actually way cool to see how God worked with me, a stubborn punk kid, with a lot of faults. and yet he used me and i had some success. just to make it short, the mission was truly nothing i thought i would have been but it was everything that i was promised it would be. Directed my life, helped me see what i can reach if i put my mind to it. helped me learn to trust in God. and all while i did it i had fun.. so yeah, i love the mission. and am grateful to everyone who helped me be able to come and be here. i love y'all and will see y'all latter...

peace out

oh ps. um thanks for all the letters... this week we beat last weeks letters amounts... lol... but don't answer back on this email, cause i think it might get deleted right away.... well, i have no idea... so yeah..

peace out again


so here are the answers to this week's questions, and very smart, make some essay so the letter gets longer...lol...

1. what movie won the Oscar for best film this year?
a. black swan
b. Toy Story 3
c. the king's speech
d. RM
Bryce: i know this one cause of all the signs they have for it here in mar del.... it's the discurso del rey.... or option c...

2. what would you like to do first
a. go to a movie
b. go to a game
c. go to the temple
d. go to a dance
Bryce: well i think the fact that we put the third option takes the fun away from the question, cause the temple is what i would like to do when i get home... but without the temple as an option i take, go to movie.....

3. what are your plans for the first month back?
Bryce: find a job, maybe work 2 jobs and make some money, just over summer until i have to go to school. but i honestly have no idea, how the first month is going to be... probably get used to it... but yeah, so if i told you a serious answer i would be lying....

4. how much do you think you will use your Spanish once you're back?
Bryce: i like talking in the language that people can understand me, so probably use it the same amount, i talk English here... maybe 60 percent English 45 percent Spanish..... i talk 105% of the time..... cause now i talk a lot... but i don't write a lot... so yeah....

but that's all i got to answers so yeah peace out

I was sick most of the week

well, to be honest. the more time i have in the mission the less i want to actually write this email.... so it's going to be kind of short cause, first i was sick most of the week so we couldn't really get anything done, and then this Sunday, it rained way hard, and so nobody came to church... which was kind of bad luck cause it was conferencia de barrio. but it was a good week.

it's getting harder to stay focused. but i look at it as how I'm going to be when i have abuelos age.... worked so hard, did everything, i cant blow it off in the last stretch... but it's the gran lucha.. man's tiredness. vs. man that knows what he should do...

but yeah. it's been an alright week. but I'm a lot better now from my sickness also so that's good.... but yeah, thanks for the love... i actually think i got more letters today than i ever got in one day so thanks for that, i will try to get back to all y'all if not this week next week... but love y'all and will see y'all in about 14 days... peace out

PS... told you, y'all would find out when i get home before me....

This week's questions:

1. First thing you will do after being released
a. Go shopping
b. Go drive around
c. Watch a Suns game or some other sport
d. Play video games
e. Go on a date
Bryce: the first thing i will do after i get released will be drive around, listening to music.... video games are kind of a waste of time, so that no.... if the suns are playing i would want to watch a suns game but they won't be playing... date probably not... and i need to buy shoes... so shopping is an option... but i will be driving for like 2 hours straight....

2. what happened to Jeff Gordon
a. he retired
b. won the Daytona 500 this year
c. was in a serious accident
d. won the Winston cup in 2010
e. he won a race after 2 yrs.
Bryce: this i have no idea, i hope he is not hurt... i will say he won the daytona 500... but no idea...

3. What is the price of gas in Phoenix
a. $2.50/gallon
b. $3.00/gallon
c. $3.50/gallon
d. $4.00/gallon
e. $4.50/gallon
Bryce: well this might affect the answer to the first question. but i will say like 3 bucks.. any more and I'm walking every where i go...lol

4. What do you think will be harder to get used to once you’re back?
a- No comp
b- 4 hr. time difference
c- Heat
d- Driving / traffic
e- Speaking English
Bryce: to answer this question... time difference won't matter cause i wont sleep on the plane, and then i will sleep like at 10 at night the first day... and i will be used to it... that's what i did when i got here... so it will work again... heat. no i love Arizona..but maybe a little, i have had to winters in a row... but no problem... driving.no problem cause I'm the best in the family. and english, maybe but it will be harder not to use Spanish word in my English sentences.... but the answer will be no comp... i like having someone by my side all day it makes life more fun.

5. What do you think will be the first thing you’ll get once you get home
a- New pair of shoes
b- cell phone
c- car
d- computer
e- suit
Bryce: this one is between shoes and a phone... but i got no money... so it's whatever mom and dad want to spot. but a car, hope i still got the volvo, and computer, no reason, and a suit.... not going to wear one again for like 2 months....lol...

i liked these ones cause i cant be wrong...

Time is going by quickly

ok this week was actually pretty good. yeah the questions y'all sent were kind of hard to answer but yeah.

but time is going by really quick now, it's kind of weird... but we found this awesome new family, and so it will be cool to see them progress a little. also we had some investigator in church so that was good. with some blessing, we will have a couple of baptisms, right before i go home...jejeje.... but yeah. aside with that, the investigators are good and we are finding a good amount of people.

but yeah, i guess the funny experience of the week was we were teaching this guy, his name is mario, and his drunk friend came and kick us out... it was funny cause he got mad and broke like his own plants and stuff. but yeah. so we will just have to teach him in a better place... the good thing is that he lives by a lot of members and so that's good... but yeah, aside from that, it was a normal week. not really anything out of the ordinary. but yeah, so that's that.

but about my travel info..... don't know so, like i said, y'all will probably know before me... but they stole an encomienda and so it could have been in there. i will have to try to find out. but yeah. so that that.

in newbery, we have had a lot of success with menos activos, and they are most like part families. but it's cool to see how the ward is progressing, just when everyone is on the same page, and has a good to reach... for our mission is to have at least 6 stakes in the mission, and with that comes the temple...but it's good just to see everyone go hard with that.

but yeah that's about all i got, so thanks for the love and the support i love y'all and will see y'all latter. peace out

Below are the questions and Bryce's answers for this week:

these ones i really have no idea... so yeah, i will give my reasoning...

1- what final fantasy game is on now
a- 12
b- 13
c- 14
d- 14b
Bryce: i know they did a 13 before i left, and so there has got to be a 14 but knowing squaresoft... they probably made a second of 14 so yeah, anserw d..

2- How many games did the branch win at the basketball stake tournament
a- 0
b- 1
c- 2
d- all
Bryce: the answer to this questions depends if or if not Dan played.... if Dan didn't play i will say 2 games.... if Dan does play i say zero....

3- what is the next big movie coming out
a- Pirates of the Caribbean – on stranger tides
b- Harry Potter – deadly hallows II
c- Twilight – breaking dawn I
d- Star wars – the hann solo saga
Bryce: I'm kind of bummed there is no new batman movie on this list...... just so y'all know... but i haven't heard of a new star wars movie, and so that's over.. but I'm going to say pirates of the Caribbean... cause its the only one i heard of... also cause i think they are over with the hairy pottter movies...

4- What’s happening in Libya
a- Internal war
b- Building a temple
c- Big earthquake
d- First democratic elections
Bryce: i guess it depend if you want the Argentine answer or if you want the real answer, but since I'm here in Argentina i will say America is attacking for oil....jeje..just playing

5- who is in dancing with the stars now
a- Jerry springer (talk host)
b- Donny Osmond (actor)
c- Jason Taylor (Miami Dolphins)
d- Ralph Macchio (actor – karate kid)
Bryce: i go with the last dude. cause the other 3 where already in dancing with the stars when i was at home like 2 or 3 years ago...

Conference week

so this week was alright. kind of nice cause it was conference week. but we actually had pretty good success this week. so that was cool. the biggest let down is no one came to conference. that kind of sucked. but yeah.

so first to answer the questions of conference. we watched all of conference, but priesthood, we watched Sunday morning, cause it started at nine and it was too late. but yeah. but it was good. liked a lot of the talks, mainly the prophet. it's so cool, cause he talks and you can just tell he is a prophet.
kind of made me laugh all the talks had to do with family and marriage....lol... i got the hint.. nah, just playing.. but it was stressful, cause the members weren't so happy and blamed us for everything, they didn't want us watching in english, to the point where they would just make fun of us for watching english.. but it was alright. it was just stressful for them, cause there were a lot of technical difficulties. but my favorite talks were the one by the seventy... who talked about being... and doing... great talk... and Uchtdorft.. was a great talk....

but just to throw something funny. At the end of the Prophet's talk Sunday when he said, he wanted to announce another temple. we all were like Independence, or Jerusalem... it was funny, we all were freaking out. but yeah, it was a great weekend.

but with the people we have been teaching, they are alright, with the families... in most of them, the parents don't really want to change so much. but we are still trying with that. we found this lady called laura, she was way interested.. and we taught her.. so that was cool.

but yeah, aside from that, a pretty normal week. but yeah. i guess i have to say i was thinking about the mission. it's the best thing that i have ever done....and am still doing.. i love it . and i want to thank you all for your support... i love y'all and will see y'all latter.

peace out

We sent 5 questions that we asked Bryce to answer without checking the answers - this week they were family questions. Below are the questions and his answers.

1 - what is Emmit's middle name?
a- Scott
b- Walker
c- Bryce
d- James
Answer: his name is walker.... cause i think of Walker texas ranger... to remember his name... so that's easy...

2- which nephew or niece will be the next to be baptized
a- Sayge
b- Ian
c- Harrison
d- Alana
Answer: it's either Harrison, Sayge... i say Harrison cause he is older..... but i don't remember if he already got baptized... that's the only reason i say sayge.

3- How many times has Mati moved since your mission?
a- one
b- two
c- three
d- four
Answer: this question is impossible to answer... i just say mati and misty make up your mind... to be honest i don't even remember where they lived when i came on the mission I'm gonna say two times.

4- what sports are your niece/nephews practicing now
a- soccer
b- karate
c- baseball
d- basketball
Answer: considering that i have seen pictures of Luke and Harrison playing baseball soccer, and pretty much every other sport the only thing left if karate. so that's what i say.

5- how many car accidents has the family been involved since you left
a- 2
b- 3
c- 4
d- 5
e- 6
Answer: this question makes me laugh... i heard Paul crashed the car... don't know how many times. but if its more than 3, y'all are terrible drivers.so i will say 4 cause you all are bad drivers...lol.

questions are easy

well, this week was kind of tranquilo cause it normally is the first week of the transfer.. but with the people we are teaching they are going good. we will get them all to go to conference, and that will be a great tool. so yeah, it will be cool. but aside from that it's been a normal week.

but to answer some of the question, i already answered the five my mom sent me and i didn't even cheat. so I hope they are right. but i still don't have any idea when i get home, i think you all will know before i know... so we will see.

but yeah in case y'all didn't know the States played Argentina, and so we watched a little of the game with a part family over dinner... it was funny cause we tied... and so they can no longer talk bad about us.... yeah....or at least in soccer....

but yeah... but this week in church we had part of the family we are working with, 3 girls and 2 were way afraid to go, that we had to sit with them during their classes... mainly cause they had a bad experience before with the other churches....

but yeah it was a good week. i got no complaints... but yeah. so I'm sorry for the short letter, but thank you for the love and the support... i love y'all and will see y'all latter

peace out


(So we thought it would be fun to ask Bryce 5 questions a week till he gets home. This week we asked 5 sport questions that Bryce would have answered without even thinking about it before his mission - actually Jason thought the questions cause i still have no idea about sports)

1- How many championships does Kobe have?
a. Four
b. Five
c. Three
d. Six
Bryce answer: obviously 3 with shaq and 2 with out... i think... so 5..

2. What team does shaq play for?
a. Miami
b. New York
c. Boston
d. Cleveland
Bryce answer: shaq plays in Cleveland with lebron... before he left...

3. Who won two superbowls during your mission?
a. Saints/ Steelers
b. Steelers/ Packers
c. Saints/ Packers
d. Patriots/Steelers
Bryce answer: i actually don't remember but I'm going to say saints and packers...
cause y'all told me the packers won last time... and the past time is over..

4. What superstar is playing with amare in new York?
a. Lebron James
b. Shaq
c. Carmelo Anthony
d. Derin Williams
Bryce answer: the team of thugs... carmelo... still love amare though

5. Who is the suns leading scorer this year and how many points per game?
a. Steve Nash- 15.6
b. Channing Frye- 18.7
c. Vince Carter-16.3
d. Grant Hill- 14.2
Bryce answer: i have no idea, but if its between these four no wonder why we suck... i will say frye, cause its the highest

Running to the finish

so this week was actually kind of hard for me.... but still a good week. it was hard because it was the last week of transfer, and it actually hit me that soon I'm going home. but since i was in loberia i came up with a boxing analogy, my mission is 16 transfers, this is the last round, but from my little understanding of boxing, finishing isn't enough to win, so that's what i need to do better with, not just finish but finish good. but lucky, I'm in the best place in the mission.
funny how God always helps us out in ways like that.

but this week, we at least had members from each of the 2 big families we are really focusing on, come to church, and thye all said next week more will come. so that is great news. also with one, the familia sanchez, we watched "Jose smith prophet of the restauracion", and it worked wonders. they were way excited and would have all come to church but the dad woke up sick so that was a bummer. but hopefully in April we will be able to get both families. then aside from that it was kind of way tranquilo, i can't really think of any weird stuff that happened, it was actually a lot of walking around looking for part families that the bishop gave to us on a list. but yeah.

oh, and about transfers. i'm still here in newberry and elder seegrist is still my comp. I'm way excited, he's a good friend, and presidente likes the team we make... he says " ambos son re-vivos" ..... don't know if it's a good thing but we have fun, and manage to work so I'm excited to finish with him... really the only change that really affects me is the new elder in the ward with us. but he is a good kid. so it will be fun. but yeah.

and so, yeah, on kind of a trunky note to my family who is going to want a lot of stuff from Argentina, write me a list with everything you want and send me some money (give it to mom) and i will do my best to get it. the good thing is that I'm in mar del plata, and so i can pretty much get anything Argentina has to offer.... so let me know cause if you don't tell me I'm just coming home with independiente shirts for every one. and alfajores for me, but the cheap ones....lol... money talks to my mouth... but yeah, that's all i can remember...

so yeah, i guess i will write y'all next week, and be good. and now that i think what i always say is thanks for the prayers, support, and love..... but that's cliche, so i just leave it with this lovely phrase..... if you want to love me got to show me.....

alright peace out

Good Times

hey every one, how's it all going.

this week was alright, we found a family of 6, so that's cool. we are teaching all big families. so that's awesome. the purpose of the gospel is to unite families, and hopefully that's what we are doing.

but it was also a funny week, I'm going to tell a funny story. this week was the first time in my mission where someone actually tried to rob me. it was funny. he was drugged out, cause the night before was carnival. but we had talked to him before, so he called us over, and we went to see what's up, and he asked us for 2 pesos, we said no, and then he pulled out a knife, and was trying to hide it but we saw it and, i asked him what he was doing with a knife, and he was like nothing, and tried to walk towards me, and i held him back a little, we told him we would pass by late, when he was a little more coherent so we could talk to him, cause he said he wanted to change. and so we left him there, and then we went to the cita across the street. they weren't there, and so we started walking back down the street, and he called us over.....(now i have a big problem that if someone calls us i go, and because i knew he was harmless, we went back)... my mom is probably mad by reading this.... but so when we got back, he was a lot madder, and said he wanted his 2 pesos, or he would shoot us. we started talking to him once again, i had to hold him back, and then his mom came out... this is the funny part, cause he really is a good kid, he is just a drug addict, but once his mom came out, he changed completely and we started talking to the mom, trying to help her out, we put a cita to go back and visit her and her son... but the son was saying how crazy it is in buenos aires, cause they kill people for like 10 pesos, and he was like the world is going downhill... but it made me laugh a little, cause he tried to rob us for 2... but yeah, then after that, everything was fine... we went to the cita, he was normal but the mom wasn't there. so we told him we would pass by when the mom is there. but that was the funny story of the week. but it was cool, cause the mom is way interested, so that worked out good. blessings.

but yeah, aside from that, the week was normal, we had entrevistas thursday, and it was nice to talk to presidente. but yeah. it's been good, the week. another funnny story is that we talked to a dude of another religion that gave us a weird compliment, he said that God would look at us with mercy when He comes even though we are wrong.... it made me laugh, i just told him thanks....( got to know when to pick the battles) but yeah.

over all this week was nice, the biggest miracle we saw was that we are going a lot better, a little more energy, and animo. and for that we found a family that's pretty good. but it's been fun, the mission. this week is transfers, so next Monday i will tell you if there are any changes, i doubt it. but we will see, i actually hope not. but yeah thanks for the love and all the support, and the prayers.... i love you all and the mission.....

peace out...

PS... don't freak out with the story of the dude who almost robbed us, you can tell the people who you can bend and you can tell the people who you can... so we were always good with him.......mainly for my mom and dad... love y'all

We had the baptisms, Yay!

well, first things first, we got the baptisms, yeah....... it was cool and a fun experience. so that was way cool. then Sunday was good cause they got the Holy Ghost... well kind of... one of the guys did the blessing wrong and so we need to do that latter. but no problem.... but that was way cool. we baptized mariana and julieta... and we will start working on the mom and see if we have exito doing that.... also this week, i got in contact with somebody who i was teaching in caisamar, but i left and couldn't say goodbye to them... and now they live in jorge newberry..... it is way funny. they are a big family, 9 in total.... so we are starting back with them... the parents names are marcelo y alba.. they are way good....

also, we didn't have interviews with the president. that was this week but I'm excited igual (just the same)... but it was a big blessing to find marcelo y alba... cause we didn't really have more people to teach, aside from mariana and julieta, that want to really progress. but yeah, so that's were we are at with the area. this week we are going to focus on finding people we can baptize this month, and keep helping cumplir the meta...

but yeah, kind of on a funny note, every p-day we play a little bit of sports, and we play basket, ultimate frisbee, and in the end of doing this i have never lost... yeah, undefeated!... so that's cool.

and this week was full of weird... drunk, stoned people talking to us.. but it was good, we actually put some citas with some of them, but it's always funny when they stop you and talk cause they always bring up something interesting. but yeah, i guess at the same time kind of sad cause they can't control, themselves and use all their money on that...

but yeah. anyways...

yeah, um, I'm actually going to try to send some pictures so this time i have an excuse for the letter to be short (jeje)... but yeah, i want to thank you all for the support and the letters, today i got a lot of letters. but yeah i will try to get back to everyone.. but love y'all...

peace out

Things should become a lot easier

well, this week was a good week... the mission is really getting a lot better than were it was before. WE HAVE BEEN working a lot with the menos activos, and ex investigators, but the area is way big, and I'm still lost about 90 percent of the time... the good thing is i know how to get home.... lol... but yeah, we have seen some exito from that. as far as the baptisms go, we put them back to this weekend, cause they didn't have the assistance needed yet. and i thought they did... but in the end it worked out good. we are working with some investigators, but they are going kind of slowly.. and so we will see what happens with all of that. but this week we found an ex investigator that want to get baptized, so that was cool... but she is always working, but hopefully will have more time now that the temporada (season) is over here in mar del plata.... but aside from that, it was a kind of normal week here.

but as far as the ward goes, the members are way nice, but there are a lot and it's hard to remember all their names, but they help us out a lot. but this Sunday we had some investigators in church but the attendance was like 100 maybe 120, something like that, it was a lot lower than normal... but probably had to do with the end of the temporada... but yeah...

also, Friday we had conference de zona, it was way cool to be able to talk to presidente, but we have interviews this Wednesday. but the conferencia was way cool, i like it a lot.. here in mar del plata are like all my friends from the mission now so it's cool. but yeah. that's about everything.

things should become a lot easier here to work in, cause the season is ending. so I'm excited for that... and yeah, this month, as a mission, we have the goal for 180 baptisms, or sea about 2 a companionship.. but it's going to be cool when we reach it.... but yeah..

that's all i can think about. but yeah, I'm thankful for the prayers, and the support and the examples you have all given me....

love you all peace out

Life here is good

hey y'all... this week has been fun, the first half of the week we did divisions, with the other pair of missionaries in the ward, cause in my barrio there are 4 elders, 2 that work in the campo, and me and seegrist that work in the city. but i went to the campo to work a little, and met some members that are there. it was fun. we had success. then this week we found a big family of 6, it was cool. but the ward I'm in is way big, this week there were 170 people, that's a ton...it's way cool.... but way different from loberia. but yeah.

we didn't have baptisms last weekend but this one, yes. we are going to baptize 2. so that will be cool. then, we are working with a lot of other people, mainly that family we found cause they are married, but we will see when we talk a little bit about mandamientos (commandments). but I'm excited for that. so my comp, elder seegrist, has like 7 months to finish the mission, so yeah. it was a pretty good week. but all in all kind of normal....

but to answer some questions, my area is called jorge newberry, a ward of like 150 normal assistance, o sea (that's) way big...for here.. also, yes, the area is kind of dangerous, actually almost all of mar del plata is pretty dangerous, cause they rob us, cause they know we don't do anything.... but we only go with like 2 pesos, and a bus card so, hopefully, they'll realize we never have money. but until now all is good. and cause the area is so big, we have lunch almost everyday day, which is going to make me fat. but yeah, that's the area... my house is not in my area but it's on the street 180 y moreno... so that's if you want to find my house. but things have been going good. and we are being blessed with finding new people. so yeah.

but all in all, life here is way good, it's been fun here. also, me and seegrist, have fun and do what we need to do. so that's cool. but yeah, so that's all, i got for now, thanks for the love and the support. i will see y'all latter. and peace out.

Going to Buenos Aires to get a new passport

hello everybody, this week was quite the week..... it was a lot of time on a collectivo getting to know a new area, but it was fun.....

first things first.... Jason and amanduh, congrats on the baby, Emmit Smith Taliercio.... good name...lol... (think about it) but that's cool, he actually looks cute from the photos mom sent me, so that's cool...... thanks for making me an uncle...

to start this week i went to buenos aires, to get a new passport. kids robbed the office in the mission and some passports were stolen, mine was among those, and so Tuesday we went to biahia blanca to get the papers, it was a 7 hour bus ride, then we got there and went on a 10 hours bus ride to buenos aires.... it was cool, i went to America for like an hour, but kind of a bummer cause the embassy didn't look anything like they do in the movies.... but we also got to know the area presidency, which was cool cause they took time to talk to us..... and they had us write like a 3 page essay, but it was cool the whole day in buenos aires, but we couldn't really do anything.... but no complaints... then it was like a 6 hour bus ride back to mar del plata and we got back on a Thursday..... but it was a fun trip, saw a lot of buenos aires... and it was way cool to meet some general authorities...

then once we got back to the area, we started to work, it's way different from loberia, cause there are a lot more people, but the area is just as big, so that's kind of funny. we found these 2 girls, who want to get baptized, so that is cool, we are shooting for the fecha, the 26, and then it was a lot of going around getting to know the members, and the area. but we are going to have a lot of exito here, which is way tight. in church there are like 140 people who go which is a bunch..so that's way cool. but aside from that nothing wierd happened, it was kind of tranquilo... I'm still kind of lost and follow my comp but it's cool, he's a cool dude.

but yeah, that's was about it. kind of normal weird, but i think when i get back I'm going to be a vegetarian for like a year.... here i eat like lunch and diner and it's always asado (BBQ)

but right now I'm excited to see what the Lord has for us in store here, in newberry. and so thanks for all the prayers, and the support. i love you all and will see y'all latter.... peace out

Back in Mar del Plata

well, a lot of stuff have changed. this weekend we had transfers, and i got sent out of loberia, and got sent back to mar del plata norte..... area Jorge Newberry.... which means 2 things: first I'm going to get robbed. second, I'm going to get fatter, and have a lot of exito..... but yeah, my comp name is elder seegrist. i met him in bahia, he is a cool elder, so we're going to have some fun.... but as far as loberia, last sunday in church we confirmed mirta, it was cool. i got to do it, and she was so happy and started crying... so it was cool. but as far as roberto and andreas, they said they wanted to wait. and couldn't convince them cause they didn't want to pray about it but they will get baptized next week or in 2 weeks... we will see. but it will be cool. also, i was way bombed when they sent me away from loberia, just kind of when things started going a little better, but in church we had 27, and so it was good.

this last week, most was spent in necochea, and then the last half was spent in loberia, but like always when i leave an area i think if i actually did something to help the area... to be honest sometimes i don't feel like i did anything, but there, it was way cool, cause at the end of it all i could see it, the people were way more receptive, and the members were excited. so it was a great blessing to be able to see that.... i was way happy. how God blesses us if you just do what He would do and work.... it was cool.... I'm going to miss the area....

but change is a good thing, and just have to embrace it. mar del plata is way different, mainly in newberry. but I'm excited to see what the Lord has for me to do here.... but yeah...

so yeah, that's all i got for you all.... thanks for the love and the support, and i miss you all and will see y'all latter.... peace out

Baptism

hey everybody....

well this last week was way cool. it was kind of tranquilo, but good. pretty much the whole purpose was to get mirta and roberto baptized... and well, Monday we had a cita with Roberto but he didn't go and then, at the end of the week, we taught him one time, so we pushed his baptism for this week.. so that's what happened with him. but we will see if he gets there, this week he came to church without us calling him or reminding him, but he doesn't really understand that much... but we will see what happens. but then mirta, got baptized last sunday... so that was cool. it was funny, to ensure that the members would stay, we ended sacrament meeting like 20 minutes early so they would stay but it worked... and mirta enjoyed it so that's the only thing that's important. in church we had Roberto and mirta... but aside from that it was a tranquilo week in loberia.... well, for us.. loberia was going crazy... celebrating 120 years since it was founded.. so there were a lot of concerts, and stuff. it was funny to actually see the city moving and going... but it was fun..

then it was kind of normal, don't know what more to say. but yeah, it's a short email but I'm sending lots of pictures so yeah...

but it was way cool to see how Mirta progressed and accepted the gospel, and embraced it... it was a miracle... down to the way we found her, cause we really found the house like 2 months ago with guzman, and she was living with a menos activo family... and we found the house cause a dude gave us the reference that they lived there... and we would go but weren't able to ever find them... then one day me and Garcia had nothing to do so we were like we will go to their house, and we found her and all the family.. but she was juntado... and then she separated... but it was way cool to see the hand of God, when we were teaching her.... and then they day of her baptism, she was so nervous... but she was also way giddy... like a little girl, it was funny... then after, she bore her testimony.... it was so cool. all the work vale la pena (it's worth it).... but yeah

so that's all i have, so thanks for the support and the love and all the prays... and i will see y'all latter

Things are starting to pick up

so hey everybody... how's life going over there......

cause here things have been starting to pick up for us a little bit. this week we still helped presidente with his house, but it was to take out the supports of the roof. He has earned the service, cause he came to like 4 lessons week with us.. and his wife also came to 2 so yeah. that family is the best in the branch... but it was funny cause presidente would always kind of make fun of me... just pretty much playing around... but i got my payback with him this week cause he needed someone tall to be able to reach the supports... and i was like I'm not sure i feel like it...... it was kind of funny. but oh well...

aside from that, the people we are teaching are progressing very well, mirta went to church, and is pretty much ready for her baptism this week. so that's good. she said she likes the church a lot and said it was better than her church. so that's way good. then also, roberto and andreas went to church also.... and roberto is ready for his baptism this week, and his son andreas, we re going to run the fechas so that roberto can baptize him, cause we still have a lot to teach him... but we will see how it all goes down..... all in all, we were way blessed this week. lots of people came to church, 27, better than last weeks 17 so that's cool. but yeah... it's funny with mirta, cause she sometimes randomly shows up at the church thinking that someone will be there, and it's almost always empty.. but we always pass by when she gets there.... she is way lucky... lol... and we see roberto everywhere we go, in his car, and he always honks his horn.... so if all goes good with them they will get baptized this weekend...

but yeah, aside from that it was kind of normal week. pretty much it's always a boring day until like 6 to 9 then we have all our citas.... and now a lot people are going to necochea for summer and to go to the beach. and so the city is pretty empty right now... but yeah. it's been fun tying to find new people, but yeah... just keep at it....

now to answer questions... about a certain comment that my legs are way white, from a certain sister in law.... i just have to say... almost 2 years in nothing but pants....lol... and now another question, if i think will stay here... i think i will go, kind of because presidente told me that he will try to get me out of there, cause if i stay one more transfer then I'm finishing the mission here... in loberia.... but it wouldn't bug me too much. get along good with my comp, and it's always easier to work with new members, cause they are excited so we will see what goes down... now i really don't care.. i will go where they send me.... but yeah...

so that's what i can remember... i tried to make the letter longer for my mom, cause she always complains,
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creative, huh... but yeah, thanks for the love the support. and all the prayers... i love y'all and will see y'all latter peace out...

PS... i had to give a talk, it was way cool, Jason would be proud i used the star wars thing... light vs. dark.. but not a lot of people got it... but if i give it there it would be a hit...lol..

alright peace out

Sorry dad, had to get on the roof

well, i hope all is well with you all, and that there are no problems

this week was a good week. we were blessed in a big way, and it was fun.... first of all, dad I'm sorry for what i did, every week you tell me not to go on roofs, or do anything dangerous... but this week our presidente needed help taking down his roof. so we went to help him. it was funny cause i thought about what my dad always says, it was way fine. but the punishment was in the form of a way crazy sunburn that burned my legs to a crisp.... after a year and a half of pants... imaging that... lol...

but we did that, and have been working with pretty much 3 people, but have been with them about every day... roberto, and his son andreas... who kind of disappeared Friday, o we will see with him... and then mirta, our investigator de oro. she wasn't at first cause she isn't divorced and was en pareja, but she separated from him, cause they fought. and so now she can progress. which was like the miracle of the week cause she needs the gospel and it will help her a ton. so we were way excited. the only bad thing now is that she lives in a house where the dueño doesn't like us... so we aren't allowed to teach in her house... but that's why we have the church... so, no worries as of right now.... she also came to church. so that was way cool. but kind of a funny story... but if you all want to know ask me after the mission... cause now i wont tell. but yeah.

fun week... and we didn't find anybody new but the people we have been focusing on are progressing a lot so. that's the only thing that matters to me. as of right now. but we Will find more this week.

but yeah, that was pretty much the whole week in a nut shell.

also with the crazy weather here, were one day it's hot, the next it's cold, it rains then the sun comes out and it still rains.... it's weird stuff... but the other night we got soaked in the rain. it was way funny.... but it was our punishment for getting home late. but it was funny.

but yeah. that's all i can think about right now so we will see what happens. but yeah, this week.

sure it will be an awesome week of adventure, miracles, and changing lives..... so yeah, thank you for your support and for all the love y'all have shown me... i will see y'all later, peace out

More than one man has been saved by thinking of his family

hey everybody. how life going over there.... hope everyone is starting the new year good.

this week we found this dude called roberto and his son, we have taught them a lot.... well, actually when i say we found him he was a reference of presidente, and so yeah, we have taught him a lot, the sad thing is that he couldn't go to the iglesia but yeah, it's been good. here things are starting to pick up a little, we are teaching people who are at their house when we put citas and so it looks as thought the Lord is blessing us right now. well, He always blesses us but it looks like we are doing something good. but yeah...

aside from that, it's been a normal week. this weekend it rained a lot and so yeah, it's been fun. Saturday night we were stuck in a house till like 10 at night because it was raining so strong, and here when it rains all the taxis turn off their phones.... not quite sure why, so we got wet going home. but also with the people we found last week, it's going good. they are always there and are progressing slowly but progressing... little by little. and so yeah

but to answer some questions.... this week in the branch asistencia was low but high considering it was raining.... we had 21, so without rain we would have had 30 easy, so that's an up side... but the cool thing is if we put our part God blesses us. and so thats kind of what's happening...

also, to answer another question that was if i am homesick... or trunky.... there is a quote by Elder Holland that says that he wants missionaries to be trunky, but that they use that for more motivation... to be honest something like that but don't quote me on that.... but yeah, I'm trunky but i have been that way since the mtc... but i use it for more motivation... more than one man has been save from sin by thinking of his family...... who said that... it was a conference talk... but yeah lol...

oh, something I'm doing is reading Doctrine and Covenants from the end to the beginning... to do a countdown,,, 1 section a day till i get to section 1. it's something i learned from one of my comps... good idea.

but yeah, can't really think of anything else to write. but hey, i did get the package and.... and thanks for the peanut butter and mainly the pictures... wow, everything i see, my sobrinos, i laugh... they are all so big now... it's way funny and kind of weird.... but hey, random thought about the pictures, why are in almost all the pictures every one is looking away from the camera... it's just something i noticed... but yeah, thanks for that...

i want to say that i love you all. really know that I'm loving my time here, its hard, even more so cause I'm kind of tired and old in the mission so i become kind of prideful. but the cool thing i have learned is the love that our Heavenly Father has for us when he knocks us on our butt... my favorite story in the Bible is Peter walking on the water. mainly cause... if you know the story, he was in the boat and sees Jesus walking on water, and they are afraid, Jesus tells them not to be afraid, and pedro asks if he could go on the water and get closer to the Lord... Jesus says come.... he gets out the boat and starts walking on the water... then come wind and he doubts. and starts sinking, like always, the Savior reaches out his hand to help us. and tells Peter, man of little faith why did you doubt... God has mainly things for us to do, He is like a great artist, and has in his mind what we can become if we let him move the brush. and I'm sure none of that made any sense cause i don't make to much sense when i talk about church stuff in English but don't make any sense in Spanish either..lol... but moral of the story is progress, little by little, all our life till we become the thing the Lord has for us to become.... if you don't know what that is, talk to your local Mormon missionary...lol...

i love y'all and know that the church is God only true church...but yeah... miss y'all peace out

Happy New Year!

Well, happy new years everybody. hope you all passed it good and enjoyed yourselves. I was with my comp and we passed it at home, it was like the first time i can remember that i didn't even intend to stay up and see the firecrackers, and stuff. but it was fun, we made some food..... that my comp got sick from eating... and we ate a lot. but it was a tranquilo day. and yeah, that's how we passed it, even though at 12 we woke up cause there were a bunch drunk dudes playing with fireworks in front of our house, it was way funny. but yeah.

aside from that, the week was good, even though me and Elder Garcia used to live with each other in Bahia, but it's always kind of hard to get used to a new person around you. but its been fun. this week we went by some menos activos, and they are an incomplete family. but we were teaching them and they were way interested and excited about the message. so we will see what goes down with them. they are 4 non members. but yeah. it was a good blessing. but this week we were blessed to find some people to teach, so it was pretty awesome.

but some people have asked what are my goals for 2011, after all a new year. new thing to do, and so yeah to answer that questions I'm going to give you a scripture reference.... DC 90:33... lol. you can look it up when you want. but to be honest i have the goals i want to reach, but just don't know how to reach them yet. but it will all come... first things first finish the mission, then worry about the other stuff.

but it has been a great year. to be honest my full year in the mission wasn't really what i thought it would be but i have never learned so much in my life... that's kind of a comment about the mission in general... but it was a hard year, but i guess that's one of the reasons things get hard, cause if it would have been easy i wouldn't have learned anything...lol... but yeah

i don't really know what more to write, but i promised my mom i would make this letter way long, or that i would send some pictures and i cant send pictures right now so i need to make it long. but yeah...

oh well i guess i just want to say thanks you all for your help and your prayers, and all the thing you all have taught me and given me. I'm way grateful for my family, friends, and mainly that i had the opportunity to be born in the church, mainly cause if it had been for my mom and dad finding the church i wouldn't have ever looked for it. to have the gospel has been one of the best things i have ever been given, and the good example of my mom and dad, by teaching me it. but not only by teaching but by living it given me the example..... with the rest of my family, and my other friends from the church and outside of it..... didn't want to leave y'all hanging...lol...

and congrats to Alana for getting baptized, i asked pres if i could go but he didn't write me back, i take it as a no. but i wish i could have been there. or if it's the 8th of January...... there is still hope...lol... but yeah, thanks, love y'all and peace out


PS.... wait, the branch has church at 9 in the morning now?.... bummer. whatever happened to the "we don't change our horario". 11 in the morning is the best time to have it. but oh well. es lo que hay. the church is still true.
peace out