Life on the other side of the world

how's life going on the other side of the world?

it's funny, the swine flu thing has some funny phases. phase 1 everyone freaks out, phase 2 nobody cares anymore, phases 3 they freak out some more, and last phase problem solved. here in Argentina they are in between phase 1 and 2. but anyway that's that about that. it's a good thing for missionaries cause everyone is at home, but at the same time some people don't want to open the door, cause they are scared we have the gripe (flu). but anyways that's all I'm going to talk about the gripe, cause it's annoying.

But this week was really cool. p-day we played basketball, and futbol, tuesday we worked alot, found this really great family, but then the wife got the gripe, like 2 days after, so we need to wait till she is better. before we can go back.

but we also found a family of 6. that was all in home and seemed really interested, but that's really all we found.

lots of rejections, but unfortunately for every one who rejects us, it makes my comp, elder vizcardo, want to work harder, and i get a kick out of getting rejected, so it doesn't slow us down.

wednesday was mission conference, it was alright, kind of boring, and there was no food, but it was alright.

then thursday me and elder vizcardo went to Mar del plata cause he needed to get his patriarchal blessing, and there is only two in the mission one in bahia blanca and the other in mar del plata, and we chose mar del plata. it was cool, went to the beach, walked around, a little, then went to the patriarch. it was a little vacation. but 6 hours on a bus to get there, and to get back. but it was cool.i got some pictures i will try to send.

also after that friday we worked some more, that was when we found the family of six, then saturday was a fun day but we didn't actually knock doors, we went to visit some of our investigators, and meet some members.

but anyways, then sunday there was a small meeting for people who don't have the priesthood in their houses at the church. which was fun cause we needed to make it look like there was nobody there cause, right now, it's against the law, or something like that. but it was a good meeting.

oh also funny story i now know why we carry big backpacks, for the dogs, we were walking and this big dog comes and starts barking, looked like it was going to bite me so i took my backpack and nailed the dog, and he went bye bye, it was funny.

now to answer some questions. mom, first of all the city is called bolivar not bolivarria; i was mixing my cities name with that one....that's only for her everyone sorry..... my city is called olavarria, it's kind of a big city, but really not probably the size of tucson, or mesa, cause i don't really know that much about tucson. but anyways, actually i don't know much about mesa either. but anyways it's kind of a poor city, well it is, not kind of it is.

but anyways the food here is good, it doesn't upset my stomach at all, it's really cool,

also it is freezing here, it kind of sucks but whatever. i will get over it.

ummm yeah, hope this letter was longer, better, and all that. thanks for the support, and the love and everything.
peace out

First assignment in Argentina

so this is the first email I'm doing from Argentina so far all is good, my first comp's name is elder vizcardo, he is from Peru, he is really cool.

but its kind of funny my first week here we only knock on 4 doors, but 2 of them let us in. which was really good for only knocking for doors.

but its not that we are lazy it's just that we had no time. here is what happened. on Monday i left the mtc yeah....i barely got out cause i had a cold, and the doctor wanted me to stay, but i told him that i felt great so he let me go and now I'm in perfect health... then tuesday we got to buenos aires, and we stayed there till about 6 at night. i saw tio, it was really awesome, it made arriving here a lot easier, so I'm happy i saw him. then tuesday night we went to bahia blanca, and stayed there till i arrived in my area, independencia olavarria.

it's a nice area, we always have food to eat. but anyways so friday morning i arrived in my area at like 2 in the morning. then we went around olavarria friday, did some work, then we went to a city called bolavarria cause there was a baptism, and we stayed there till sunday and i got back to my area around 6 at night. but yeah that was pretty much my week. i like my area it's a good place nice people.

it is really cool to be in argentina. um that is really all that happened.

oh wait I'm lyeing, the church here is closed for 2 weeks cause the flu, big problem i cant get a way from it. but hopefully it is only closed for 2 weeks cause if not we can't baptize people, cause they can't attend church. But alot of the missionaries are saying they are having a hard time getting in houses cause the people are paranoid, and don't want to get sick. but yeah i think that's all.

yeah i just want to say congrats to jazmin y zuyapa, sorry if i spelt your names wrong. but that's awesome you decided to get baptized. a

alright i think that's all so yeah talk to y'all next week. peace out thanks for the support, and the love.
peace out again

Elder Bednar, the greatest missionary speaker ever

hey everybody whats up hows life on the outside.

I have some big news as you know my companion was district leader, well guess what now he is a zone leader, and by saying that i'm a zone leader too. Which means i have to inforce the rules. it sucks but i kind of like the power to control everybody in the zone. but so far it has been alright.

Also some big news at the mtc is swine flu. IT is still just as bad, but now everybody is getting used to it, but 2 people from my zone got the swine flu, one just got it today, and he was put into isolation. but i'm still healthy i just hope i don't get sick the week before i go cause if that happens i will be delayed when i got to argentina. but so far no delay.

Also someone really cool came to the MTC this week. just to show u how cool it's the equivalent of if the beattles got back together with the original member (if john lennon wasn't dead), but David Bednar came. He is like the greatest missionary talker ever, him and jeffrey r holland. But when he came everyone started getting really excited, and people where giving each others high fives, which is funny cause it's against the rules, to give high fives, with the whole swine flu thing. BUt it was a great talk. It was about the holy ghost and he just told a bunch of jokes and stories, it was awesome. he told this one story about a missionary who always kept his BOM in his pocket over his heart and one night he got robbed and got shot right where his BOM was. but he was ok cause the bullet stoped in the Isiah chapters in second nefi. if you don't get it sorry, ask someone who does. but it's funny as missionaries everything amuses us, and it's funny.

BUt also sunday we watched the legacy, and that movie is really funny at the MTC because everybody starts cheering when they kiss, and when they are traveling they do some really funny stuff. at least for us.

Oh at the TRC we had to teach missionaries again, cause the swine flu thing nobody wants to come in, it sucked, we did really bad, cause this week is the week where they do a non christian faith thing. but the missionaries, me and elder nielson got where evil. they were people who hatted their families, and everytime we tried to teach them something they said we don't believe in that. They were evil. like if it was really i bet they would have kicked us out or we would have left, but it was hard. BUt the spanish was better than the first one. but they were just evil sister missionaries.

Also at the rc this week i talked to this same girl i talked to a little while ago. like a week ago it was cool, cause i just got to tell her some funny stories about joseph smith, cause she is a member but her parents don't let her go. so she sneaks on the internet to just learn stuff about the gospel, it was cool.

Um that is pretty much everything...............wait no somebody had a birthday...HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRISON, HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME AT DISNEY LAND.

alright thanks to everyone for the support and thanks for letters.

Alright peace out. sorry if the spelling is bad on this letter. oh and happy birthday to anybody else who had a birthday.


MOM im sending u a letter hope fully it gets to u soon. i love you

MTC and the swine flu

Well i guess the MTC doesn't want me to like it here. Cause as some of you may have heard there is a couple of cases of the swine flu here. and because of that the MTC is on lock down. it sucks mainly because i cant play basket ball anymore, again. first the gym floor and now this. I'm never going to be able to play basketball again. But anyways there have been like 5 cases of swine flu and 20 cases of some other flu, but the people with the flu are put into isolation/quarantined. which sounds funny, but oh well. but that's whats up with the swine flu. hopefully i don't turn into a pig.

Also i always forget stuff when i do this email, so i want to say my companion is the DL, which is cool cause its not me. Also we got a new district last week, and they are all going to mexico. so that's cool, they all really cool kids.

Now for the weekly TRC update, let me say it sucked this week cause we were teaching some missionaries from our zone, cause nobody volunteered with the whole swine flu thing. So i guess the swine flu must be pretty big news in the real world if it is still going on. BUt we taught it in spanish(the first lession) which was alright but my mind went blank so i did really bad and my comp, cant really make sense in spanish yet so it was hard. but we did alright for the first lession in spanish.

The At the RC, i finally talked to some one on the phone, and guess what they are getting baptized today, just joking. one guy cussed me out witch was funny. and another lady said she wasn't in the mood. But at least i talked to people. but it was fun.

Yeah um i kind of had everything that i wanted to say on this email planed out but i really forgot, and i didn't bring that paper with me, so ummm yeah. I guess somethings never change right.

Oh right um yo podria escribir esta carta en espanol, pero la verdad es que, no tengo la tiempo para hacerla. y por que todavia no se como spell en espanol. pero gracias por su apoyo, y por toda las cosas ustedes les hacen por mi. ok back to english. yeah i really dont remember what to say. So thank you for all the support, and everything you have done for me.

Don't worry i wont turn in to a pig, but while I'm on this topic i remember a funny story. So alot of the people are paranoid of getting sick cause if you get sick. you get sent to isolation. And they were giving out those air maskes that cover your face. and So it was to the point were if you cough the missionaries will get out of your way. and so i couldn't resist. i got one of those masks and i put it on and pretended to cough, and like everyone one but my companion like started running, and i literally mean running it was funny. oh and also we are not allowed to shake hands, but what me and some of the other people in my district do is put a bunch of hand sanitizer on and hi five each other, that way we don't get swine flu.. but if i get swine flu, i wouldn't be surprised cause of all the jokes i make about it.

But any ways that's all i got. Thanks again por todo. you like the spanglish. Hasta luego.
Peace OUt



mom i want you to know I'm sending a letter that will answer all of your swine flu questions. and don't worry I'm safe and healthy.... love you