Almost better to swim across the street

well, first day of p-day on Wednesday, kind of weird but es lo que hay...

so some big things happened here the last couple of days, mainly as of tomorrow, i am in Santa Rosa barrio 3 only, not 5, we got 2 new elders who will go to 5 so that makes our job a lot easier, but we leave 5 with a couple who is getting married and getting ready to be baptized. so we're happy about that.

also some other news, is that i love it here in Santa Rosa, it's flipping hot but the people are nicer... so i dig that...

so this week seemed a lot longer cause p-day was on weds. but it was great, in barrio 3 we had a 118 people in church which is a lot cause the average in other barrios are like 50, and in barrio 5 we had 60 so that was good there too.... but pretty much what we did this week was the same old same old... work, and better... we don't knock doors cause the members pretty much do everything.. another reason i love Santa Rosa.

but yeah, really i can't think of anything we did or any good stories... but yeah... i guess to answer some questions.....

first, now my area is above the rail road tracks on the left side, dad, the cross roads of my house are piedras y m. Argentina... hope that helps a little trying to find me.....

also wait, ok good stories...

here some member feel it is necessary to force food down certain missionaries or through....mine... we were eating lunch and i still had food on my plate and she said elder eat more..... and gave me more until i got sick.. for like 2 days.... moral of the story don't eat food.... I'm going to need to start saying no to the people or i will get fatter... I'm already huge but es lo que hay.

also, there was a huge storm and it flooded the streets and me and bundy were in a house teaching, then the lights went out, so it was a weird lesson.... but good, we were in the house for like 2 hours waiting for the storm, then we just left during the storm cause it was late..... but yeah, walking home we hit a crossroad, all the streets were flooded and we could go back and try to find another way or just walk on through.... it didn't look deep so we walked in and got up to my knees, yeah a little deeper than i thought.... but it was funny cause everyone was like mejor nadar para cruzar, or better to swim across.. but yeah...

so that's pretty much everything..... oh wait, i have some big news that might shock everyone that knows about Argentine soccer, before hincha de boca, now hincha de independiente, with velez a close second..... sorry family who like boca, but mom, at least i still hate river so don't worry, but i almost hate boca just as much... long story ...i can tell next week why it changed.... but yeah.... so yeah that's all

right on, thanks for the support and the love, y'all give me.... i love the mission, it's hot, hard, but vale la pena, so we do it... but thanks again love y'all. peace out

PS. don't know why the letter last week came late cause i sent it Monday but yeah, so sorry

Huge changes, grammar and enjoying the journey

what's up everyone....

one week in santa rosa and one baptism, his name was luis, 11 years old almost 12, and he is re-capo.. but yeah so that was a great way to start the transfer...

but this transfer is going to be weird, cause in the mission there aren't alot of missionaries, and so the pres. didn't want to close areas that were good so he gave some elders 2 areas, and me and my comp have the two areas... like seriously, a third of santa rosa. it's big, and to make it even more fun the 2 barrios we need to work in aren't really the best of friends, and now we are in the middle of everything, but the work goes on, and good things are happening here.

but this week was more getting to know the members and trying to find the balance in working the two areas. the bishops from the wards don't want us working in the other ward.. so it's fun...

but also the people here are a lot nicer, well, at least they say hi, which is really nice after 4 and half months of people avoiding u... but yeah... it's what there is....

but yeah, so this Sunday we went to two sacrament meetings, which was really nice, and i needed to do the welcome speech, and testimony, it was really funny cause everyone said my accent was great but my grammar is terrible... so i need to start working on that, but y'all know me, not a fan of rules especially when it comes to languages.. look at how i spell...

but talking about rules... the pres. made some huge changes this transfer, one being changing p day to Wednesday, so yeah next week's letter is coming on Wednesday, so that Monday we can work, also we can only email from 5 to 6 on Wednesday, so the letter will come later than normal.

also surprise transfers, which is weird, but whatever.... also we plan Thursday not Tuesday, and district meetings are something we will hardly ever do, cause we're not allow to travel...

but yeah so those are some of the changes of the mission.. at first i wasn't that happy but he's the boss and does everything for a reason, so i will do it happily... but those are about that...

to answer some questions about Santa Rosa..

me and my comp elder bundy have two areas, two barrios, and 1/3 of Santa Rosa. also the people here are great the members are great and we don't need to knock doors which is the part i love, they give references and put the citas for us.... which is even more part that i love.

but also the house is piedras 1242, santa rosa, don't know the direction more than that but to find it look for the railroad tracks in right above centro, and my areas are everything above those, there's a big lake in my area that might help y'all find it if u want...dad...

but yeah, so that's pretty much everything.. I'm so happy to be here in santa rosa, and I'm happy for the hard times that i had and that are in store.... the greatest thing that i learned in olavarria, is venga lo que venga difrutalo. and that's going to be the motto, probably, for the rest of my life, stay chill, work, do what u need to do, but enjoy the journey.

and right on... thanks for the love and the support that u have all given me, and sorry for the terrible English, don't worry cause i suck at 2 languages now..lol.. but yeah thanks and peace out..

ps. the next letter will be Wednesday like at 3 or 4 your time so don't freak out mom it will come

Killing my companion

hey, so the news of the transfer is I'm in Santa Rosa, la pampa now, and my area is huge cause a lot of missionaries went home, cause they finished their missinon, and so i have two barrios in my area right now.. so yeah..

my new comp is elder bundy, who dies this transfer, I'm going to kill him... he was ap when i got to the mission so he is really good and a hard worker...

right now, i don't know much about the area aside from that cause i just got here, so yeah, i will let u know more next week... but yeah, santa rosa, the city so I'm stocked the place i wanted to go.....

but the last week in olavarria was hard, cause i was kind of thinking about the places i could go, while tring to work and all that jazz.. but the highlight of the week was friday when we had a show de talentos... it was great, pretty much everything we did in the week was to build up for that... but yeah, in the show de talentos me and elder lopez sang a song that was about a missionary who got writing off... it was really funny, and the idea of lopez... so we got it on video but can't really send it right now cause all my stuff is packed in the bags so i will try next week...

but then after that there wasn't really much.... but yeah kind of normal..

but I'm happy for my time in olavarria, independecia. i learned a lot and worked hard so yeah... we had success also so it was great, we leave lopez and elder sands, the new comp of lopez, with 2 families that are incomplete and going to get married and are striving for the temple.. I'm cool with that.... it was hard to leave cause olavarria became like home for me, but I'm happy to be in a new area that's really, really big, with new doors.. and new people to meet.

but yeah, so that's pretty much all, sorry not much to say this week....... but next week will be a bit more.. so right on...

oh a note to Jason and Amanda... wow, the big step, engagement... you're both making the biggest best mistake of your lives...lol... nah right on, I'm excited for u, and if u want the speech u need to send me an invitation, and a nice one.... with a note or something like that...I'm happy for y'all and do what u need to do to be happy...

so yeah, thanks all for the love and the support, it's helped me a lot.. so thanks again and i love u all.. peace out

Hard week but loving every minute of the mission

what's up everyone, hows life going...

here this week was hard for me... mainly cause i was more depressed that I'm going and didn't change anything... yeah, i don't know where I'm going but this is my last p-day in olavarria for now.. the president already told me unless he feels i should stay a little more. but yeah probably not... and so this week we were working hard but like always we never got anything out of it... but so i was all depressed then Sunday came, and church started and we had so many people there, many menos activos, that we had been working with for like 3 or 4 weeks.. gave me so much hope.. and then the president of the branch gave a talk and started to say how lucky the branch was to have 2 good missionaries, and that they can have confidence in us... which before the missionaries didn't have confidence in the brach and viseversa... but it gave me such excitement. and it made me feel so stupid for being depressed. but yeah that was the major spiritual thing of the week.. i guess if we try our best there is always something that will happen that's good....

but yeah, so to answer some questions that i got... no, me and my comp aren't fighting, elder Lopez and me are like great friends, and really have never fought, over anything... it was just that we were kind of both depressed that we were doing everything we could and we thought nothing was coming from it...

but yeah, so this week was a big week for me also cause i got 6 months in the mission, already it's funny cause it's exactly how they say, it's like yesterday i was home, and now I'm here in Argentina preaching what i know is true... pretty awesome....

as far as the mission, so far i have loved every minute of it. yeah,. maybe if i had more exito i would be happier but it will come and if it doesn't it's all good it's the way it's supposed to be....

but yeah so that's everything, sorry this letter is really short, i have a lot of things to do today so not much time but yeah...

i love you all and thanks for the support and the letters. i know I'm bad at writing back but i will try to do it.... alright thanks, and just for kicks, put this letter a little better, if next week i am still in olavarria u all can laugh at me... jk.. but yeah so thanks for everything,, peace out.

PS sorry i didn't answer all your questions.. but what can u do I'm here really far away..lol,.. bye