Being humble to see the miracles

hey every one, this week was good. we actually found a lot of people and so we are getting started with getting them ready for their fechas... the biggest problem is finding our investigators after we found them the first time... kind of the story of my mission... but yeah. no complaints. it's funny how sometimes the Lord just wants patience out of us. like last week was way hard, to be honest so was this one but yet God blessed us and helped us find more people. so it was cool.....

Monday, we found this dude named juan, it was funny, it was raining, and we passed his house then we doubled back so we could knock it and he let us in. we taught him, he's a great dude. then Tuesday, we found some more people, a family of 3, well, more like a sister and brothers but they are way funny, they heard the lessons before and pretty much know everything. we just need to help them apply it. but yeah....
we pretty much found people every day of the week. and Saturday, we found the coolest dude. his name is Jeremiah... like the bible prophet. but this dude looks and acts like Chris Rock... he's way funny, heis 20 years old... but he had us laughing all the time in the cita. it was fun.
all in all, we received many blessings... patience is the name of the game. but it was a good week all in all.

but to try to answer some questions.....

here the only person that gives us food is presidente gutirrez, and to be honest, if we go to his house every day he will give us food... way good. but most of the week we fend for ourselves. and so yeah, we eat, hamburgers, pizza, pasta, rice, sandwiches, and whatever else we have in the house...

then the branch is still fun, me or my comp has to teach Sunday school. and then whatever other class the teachers didn't prepare. and we talk every sunday. wether it be directing, talks, prayers.... either way, the members here get the blessing of hearing my broken Spanish...lol.. well, strong yankee accent. but yeah....

but yeah, like i said, this week was a lot better, most of it was just in forgetting myself and serving the people and being humble enough to see the miracles..... God sometime kicks us on our butts so we can get better and progress. so after the swift kick in the rear from last week, I'm good until probably tomorrow and then i'll need another..lol.... but that's life, right? Progress, slowly but surely... like someone told me in an email "we ain't the losing team". just work hard, serve, love, be myself, stay chill, and it will all go good, or at least, the way it needs to go.

but yeah..... so thanks y'all for the letters i'm gonna try to answer all the emails i didn't answer last week. sorry, know I'm way gratefully to get mail. and love hearing from family and friends. so thanks for the support.

love y'all and peace out....

Perfect week

hey y'all... this has been a great week... first on the week end we had the baptism of Karina... it went perfect. then Sunday the ward was very happy with us... even to the point that the obispo said we need to be fed more often. it was funny... so I'm going to be getting fat..er.. but yeah... then as far as the game, Sunday... it was crazy here, people were going out to party and yelling from the streets, it was awesome... if they win Saturday i will video or take pictures of it.....

so what the mission was doing last week was a "semana perfecta" or perfect week, where everyone in the mission has had to be exactly perfect with all the rules, and every one has to get at least 215 contacts because that is what the area presidency says... so we did that so we can see the miracles, and mainly to force God to bless us... D&C 82: 10...... and so with all that done, me and my comp had to make sure that we did it and that the other areas did it too... but it was hard cause few of the companionships actually did it. but the ones that did do it saw some miracles..

as far as me and my comp, the baptism and what happened on Sunday was our miracle... this area it's segun dicen one of the hardest areas in the mission.... to be honest, I don't see it, i love it here... but it has also had some bad missionary experiences so not many of the members gave a ton of support to the elders.. but the last companionship's worked on that a lot and we are too and we are seeing the blessings of that work... all the members like us and do the best to help us... so it animates us a ton to work and keep strong.

but that has been the great week we have had, we saw a lot of miracles, a lot of them not really worth telling cause they weren't anything big, or that crazy.. but what i have learned is the smaller ones are more important, and make a bigger difference... that's why i think they are sometimes hard to see. but to be honest, the fact that i can stay on the mission this long, and learn the stuff i have learned, had the exito i have had, and the strength i have received are all miracles... of an all powerful.. yet all loving God...

that was something i learned a lot this week. with that lady i told y'all about. Amalia, where her nieto died... she is angry at God because every one says He is all powerful, and in being all powerful, why does He not step in and make people do stuff, heal people, and stop natural disasters... it's cause He is all loving... loves us enough to let us make mistakes, pass throw hard times, let people make choices, and more than anything give us a purpose, and a way to be happy.. and all powerful enough to give us that way, and option many times we just need to take it..... but yeah, that's what i have learned. sorry for the rant... but i want to thank u all for the love and the support you all have been giving me... for the prayers. and everything... i love u all...... sorry i can't spell...

but yeah. aguante argentina world cup......

peace out

Looking for a house...again

how's life going there.... life here has been crazy for me, transfers came, and then we got some news about the house... .... yeah, i will start with transfers....

my new comp is a mini missionary called gustavo. he's a cool guy, and is getting ready to go out on his mission. so that's what happened, i don't know why i got a mini but whatever. i don't complain, so yeah, but aside from that transfers worked out great for me... in my house i have my kid again, elder bills, who is now comp mayor.... a stud like his papi.... but yeah, also i know a ton of the elders in the zone now so it makes p days more fun... but yeah, so that's how transfers worked out for me.... to be honest, when i got them i wasn't the happiest camper, but yeah it's all good... stuff happens for a reason... now i just gots to find the reason... but I'm excited to see what the Lord has in store....

now the thing with the house, again we are looking for a house. because the dueño said that he wasn't going to fix it, and so then the mission said that they weren't going to pay so yeah, we have till the end of the month to find a house. and we cant go over mil pesos which makes it almost impossible to find a house.... and nobody really seems to want to help us out that much..... so yeah, still don't know if it's cause we are missionaries or if it's cause we are yankees so i guess we will see with time...... but yeah, they are putting a lot of pressure on us to find it, and we can't work until we find it.... so yeah, that's pretty much the 2 main things that are happening here.

also big news, for the first time in the mission i got sick, it was for like 2 days, Thursday and Friday. it was funny cause me and my comp got sick at the same time, so it was fun, but super boring.... but yeah, it's been all good with that....now i wont get sick till i get home... so that's a trunky moment..jaja

but yeah, for my birthday didn't tell anyone, so they found out after and kind of got mad at me, but i don't really want to do anything... now I'm 20, big whoop..... i kind of stopped caring about stuff like that for these 2 years so yeah.... it's cool though, I passed it the way i wanted to: tranquilo, and so good b-day....

but yeah, that's pretty much this week up till now and what I'm doing, kind of hard for me. but to be honest, pres must like to keep me off my feet, with all the changes. but i don't mind cause i learn quick and it's kind of funny to see what else he wants to throw at me... but yeah, that's my life right now... excited for the changes, and more excited to see the miracles... so yeah, i love u all... thanks for the prayers and the emails.... i like getting them. so yeah

peace out