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

One more thing I'm grateful for

hey everybody, hope you all enjoyed your turkey day and Thanksgiving festivities.... but first...... tengo que añadir algo a la lista que hice la semana pasada, numero 11...estoy agradecido por mi presidente de mision y su esposa... ellos son todo lo que yo pudiera haber esperado de un presidente de la mision... son capos.. son como mis padres argentinos que todavia viven en argentina... gracias a ellos...

to be honest with y'all, this week was probably the hardest and worst week datawise i have had all my mission. nobody was in the houses, all the citas fell through and our investigators weren't there for the citas either.... o sea we pretty much just walked around and did contacts in the streets and knock houses... so yeah...

but this week we had zone conference, and i had the chance to talk with pres a little bit where he told me he saw my list was not too happy that he wasn't there...lol... but i fixed it..he's there now.. and that's pretty much what i learned this week. most of the times in our life or at least in mine.. we try to fix stuff by doing doing weird stuff when we miss the easy solution that's right in front of our faces...
but the conference was great, helped me and my comp a lot and we learned and got a lot of questions answered... it's way cool to see how inspired people are sometimes, like always presidente in his talks answers all my questions so in the interview there is really nothing to talk about...lol... got to say he's way efficient. but yeah

but yeah, aside from that... the conference was in tandil, and so Friday we went there and came back on Saturday night... but yeah, it was fun.... but the good thing is from this week here on out it's all up hill. we can't get worse, really...lol... but it's all got to about trials, faith, and obedience. and if i do all i've got to, God will bless us in the way we need it. and that's true. so just keep on fighting.

but yeah... sorry the letter is short. the computer shut off on me halfway through the first time, then this is the second but yeah... i love y'all. thanks for the package.. and the fotos, and all the letters i got a lot this week, it was cool.. but i love y'all again....

thanks and 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

Transfers, Conference and Baptism

well, i have big news..... transfers are this week. and general conference. so i will start with first things first..

transfers.... this one i have no idea what to think because i have been with my comp for 2 transfers, but in 2 different areas. really i have been here in bahia for like 5 months. and so it can go either way. i always play a little game with the elders in the house and try to predict transfers. so i will play with u all. try to decide what happens. if i stay or go and if my comp will stay or go... hopefully we both stay, we are a really great companionship, and elder waggy is a great friend. but iré y haré (I'll go and do) so yeah, we will see. but i will let y'all know...

then with general conference this weekend also it's going to make transfers interesting. but I'm way excited, and we are working to try to get everybody to go and hear the prophet cause if they hear him they will want to know more. it's kind of funny how conference talks are so much better when u actually listen. who would have thought....lol..

but also, to make this weekend even crazier but way awesome is we have a baptism... yeah, her name is antonela, we have been teaching her all the transfer. but we have also kind of had a fecha with her all the transfer but now she has the assistance, and and the testimony and is way excited for the baptism. then, next week, we have 3 more, who is an incomplete family, they are way good... they kick a lot or in other words, they want to know everything and complain about everything, but the funny thing is they all got their answers and know they have to do it and obey. so it's way fun to teach them, cause when they have a doubt about the commandments we just always say remember your answer. and so yeah. with them once they hear the prophet and the apostles, they will be way happy, so yeah....

but this week has been kind of crazy, as right now we have 7 living with us in our house, 2 of them are from another area but stuff happened there so they have to work with us, and the other is just an elder who is hurt so he needed to go to the doctor but it's been fun being so many but way crazy.... it's easy to see why we have the rule not to get together so much as elders. but yeah, it's been fun and a crazy week.

but to answer some question about rules.... no i don't get on facebook, so if someone aside from my mom and sister get on, get off...lol but nah, all in all, i do my best to be obedient to the mission rules. cause i figured out, a lot of it is so we can have more power in our testimonies, and for protection. so mas vale that i obey them. so i hope that answers those questions. gots to be like nefi, and the last thing i write in my book is "and i must obey, amen."

oh, and mom, i know i promised fotos but i forgot to bring my camera and this cyber isn't so good, so yeah.. my bad...

but yeah, that's pretty much all the things to come. and whats happened. this week we also have interviews, so yeah, it's going to be way crowded... but like all things in life, we just take what comes ahead, and trust in God, stay chill, and have fun. my motto. and i must obey amen...lol...

but thanks for all the love and the support, and the emails... i love y'all and miss y'all and so i will see y'all latter. peace out

Funny story

Well, how's life going for u all.....

this week has been crazy for us.. and it's been kind of funny. this week we had plans to have like 6 people in church with members passing by to pick them... and only one came; it was kind of a disappointment, but oh well, the work goes on. they will all come next week cause they felt really bad they left us and some members hanging. but yeah, pretty much thursday through saturday it was normally going to teach, and trying to get them to go to sacrament meeting.

but yeah, then the big news, on monday and tuesday we had conference with elder adukitis, a member of the 70ty, that came and part of the area presidency...... lets just say he called us all to repentance... it was funny, he dropped the cane but we deserved it, and he did it with love and a smile.

on Monday it was a conference of leaders in all the mission. so there he talked about how the mission is doing, what we need to do to have more exito (sucess). and also talked about paying the price... he said that like 200 times during the 2 conferences "pay the price"... and so after that, presidente talked about some of the new metas (goals) for the mision. and so yeah, it was a great conference.

another good thing about it was that i got to see a lot of my friends in the mission cause everyone had to come here to bahia... so that was fun.....

but then on tuesday it was zone conference, my zone bahia with the santa rosa zone. and it was great. he once again talked about how we can be better, have more faith in the promises, telling us that there is people to find..... something he said that i like a lot is that he said: the field is white and ready to harvest. and if it's ready to harvest, how do we not see many fruits..... yeah he dropped it good... but it was great... I hink it's like all things, when someone gives you advice, even more so a servant of God. u take it and do all u can to do it... so i'm way excited...

this past 2 months the mission has been changing a ton for the better. and with all the new changes i only see good things. it's all about faith , what we need to do to have more, and to put it in practice..... o sea paying the price.

it's been a great week. the mission is a funny place cause it's kind of like a mini life. ur born ur new, u learn or die. when change comes u accept it and adapt to it. same thing when problems come, u solve them. and so yeah, it's funny, i love the mission. it's the best experience ever.....

to answer some questions really fast....

one - no, i could not see or hear the argentina game cause of the conference.. and cause it's against the rules...

funny story though..... tuesday, we got to the church at 9 in the morning to prepare the church, clean up, make it look good for the conference. it should have started at 3 in the afternoon. then the other zone comes like at 10. and then we just wait in the church till it started, cause we didn't want them getting lost if they went out to work... so yeah, anyways, like at 2:50 one of the ap's asked me and my comp to go run really quick, find a kiosco that's open, cause it's the siesta, and buy like 5 bottles of water.... and do it before presidente and elder adukitis come. we go and see presidente in the car with the elder so we started running to the gas station. the only place open... also, we are in our suits, and when we get there the aps call us and tell us that it already started. and so, we buy the water and run back.... we get there late, i give them the water bottles. My tie was way out of place cause we were running, and so yeah, we were one of the first ones there and we got to the meeting late with a general authority there..... worst part about it is that he didn't even need the water... he had his own watter bottle...... yeah, stuff happens.... it was funny to me.... but yeah

ok well, i love y'all very much and miss y'all. and will see y'all latter.

thanks for the prayers... and peace out

Focus on the right stuff - teaching by the spirit

Well, since last week's letter was short, i will try to make this one a good one... this week has been great, the conference ended on friday, and then saturday we had to work like normal.... but about the conference...

the changes aren't really that big, it's just pretty much helping us focus on the right stuff, and letting us rely more on the spirit when we teach..... like it was really like a mini MTC, for the whole week... but the changes in teaching has helped us out a lot. me and my comp have felt the spirit a lot more when we teach... but to better explain the changes, it's not really changes in preach my gospel, but they help us use it better, and by using that book better we will teach better, it's been great.. lets us be better tools in the Lord's hands, so it's great.

but as far as rules go, the only thing is that interviews are once every 3 months, but that's why we are supposed to write to the pres every week.

but during the conference it was presidente teaching us, with the ap's, and a lot of practicas. so we could, kind of, apply what we learned also, what was cool was that i was able to see like most of my really good friends in the mission. so that was fun...

but after the conference, it's been kind of complicated cause we have been in a trio cause one of the elders in the zone doesn't have a comp, cause his newbie didn't show up... and it's really hard to be in a trio, mainly cause the people think we will attack them, and almost quite literally run away from us.. but the lessons we have taught have been great. now we focus more on the people, on the needs, and so pretty much love them in the most productive way.. but yeah...... i guess in short word the purpose of the conference is to give us more confidence teaching with the sprit. cause it's true, many time we hold ourselves back thinking we can't do it, or that God can't/ doesn't love us enough to work through us... kind of funny but true... but all, in the end, depends on faith.. and trusting that He will guide us and give us what we need..

i have seen the difference in this short time, I'm not a great teacher but with the spirit doesn't really matter.. I'm getting better at teaching, and using the spirit way more and me and my comp are going to do big things here.. so I'm excited... but now we need to find some more people to teach cause we don't have too many now..... but yeah, that's everything in a short note... but yeah, I'm grateful for the changes and for the mission, I'm learning a lot of stuff that's use to me now and when i get back... so i love it, mainly cause it's fun.... and yet hard.... almost never do those two things happen at the same time... but oh well

i love u all, thanks for the love and the support. i miss y'all and love y'all, And will See y'all latter..,

peace out

Round 2 coming up!

hey y'all, how life going....

general conference was crazy good. it was cool to watch all of the sessions, the only bad thing is that we couldn't get anyone to go see it with us... but it was great, we watched it with all the other elders in english so yeah. my favorite talk is uchdorf, Sunday morning great, but i also loved how the prophet opened it up, with all the jokes, it was awesome. i really seem to love general conference now, mainly cause everytime i see it, i know they're all servants from God.... except the girls not the best speakers....lol.. but yeah, it's funny cause it gets very prideful, of them.. but i guess it's a good thing, what do i know? but yeah, so it was good....

but as far as everything else goes, it was mellow, relaxed, but we didn't have too many opportunities to work, but yeah. really, nothing happened that was weird since the last time i wrote y'all so i really got nothing...

well, we got in a bash, and we got round 2 this Friday.. here's the situation, there is a menos activo who is studying with another religion, and we got there right as this religion was teaching her, and so long story short, she is confused... i would be too.... and so she told us to come back Friday, this other religion also, and she will ask questions, and then we answer them. then the other religion, and we do it all like that... but yeah, so it's going to be fun...... but we got a secret weapon that isn't really a secret but they just don't use it, and that's the book of Mormon, seriously i have never been so grateful for that book, as i have been this transfer, all the arguments that can be had with the bible, the book of Mormon fixes them... and they help one another.... it's awesome.... so this hermana will go from menos activo to fully activo..... but if the BoM doesn't work, which it will, we still got the truth and the spirit..... so yeah, it's going to be good.. i hope we can help out the hermana see the truth. and so i will tell u all latter how it went.... really, i hate bashing, but for the hermana i will do it.... well, i guess really not bashing, more answering her questions, and the objections of the other religion... but yeah..... hope it goes well...

but aside from that i've got nothing. I'm happy here, my area is hard but I'm sure in my head i make it harder than what it really is, but there is always people, otherwise i wouldn't be here in this area... so family of 7 here we come.

but yeah, thanks for the love and the prayes, love u all and peace out