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.