Christmas - Ponder on the reason for it all

well, the good news and the bad news for you all is that this Saturday i will be calling you all so i will keep the letter short so that we have lots to talk about when i call.

but actually the funny thing is, right now, I'm writing from mar del plata caisamar. we had a super p-day and i had to come here. it's way cool to walk an old area. the bad thing is that i don't have a chance to pass by some of my friends before i go back to loberia. but, oh well, it is what it is.

so this week has been interesting, church the assistance dropped a ton, and there were only 10 in sacrament meeting, to be honest, don't know why it dropped, normally more people come during Christmas but oh well....

we have been working with 2 of our investigators, trying to get them to get baptized but we just need to be patient, they are willing, just don't really understand why.... but they will get there....

so yeah, aside from that it was a normal week, we worked and did what we had to do but it's harder this time a year cause everyone gets way into Christmas gifts and shopping, but forget the reasoning to it all. happens everywhere i think. but yeah...

so i am way excited for Christmas and new years to be over so everyone will kind of simmer down and so we can teach, and find people a little bit easier. but I'm also way happy to call you all and talk to the fam... so i will try to call at 11 but i will call first, one of this days, to work out the little details.....sorry that's mainly for my mom.... whoops.. but oh well......

so yeah, um i have a couple of funny things that happened but i will tell in the phone call...... but yeah, so mainly i just want to wish everybody a merry Christmas... and celebrate it good, and have fun.... but also try to take a step back and really ponder on the reason for it all... i promise it will be a little more joyus.....(i think i made up a new word but oh well) so yeah, know that I'm way grateful to be here, and i love the mission... so thanks for the support, and for the love, i miss you all and am with you in spirit... so don't forget to send me gifts.... lol... nah just playing... it's all about Christ. but alright see y'all later and peace out

Interesting work

hey everybody.

this week was an interesting one. but it's been getting better here. this week was mainly trying to teach the fechas we have and try to get them to go to church. and in which none of them really came but it was a good week anyway. it's funny to see how God is always willing to bless us. we were blessed to work, we found a couple more people to teach and focused on the fechas. but we will see if this weekend we can get any. i hope we can... i know we can. but yeah.

this weekend we divis with the district leader and an AP... my ex comp van wagenen. i was with waggy and we did service all day, we cut one of our investigators grass, cause it was way long. but yeah, it was fun to be with him again. brought back old times.

but yeah, then Sunday for the first time me and my comp didn't have to speak, or bless the sacrament. i did direct, and my comp taught the class. but the branch is getting more consistent now. at least we have had like 25 or more for the past 2 or 3 weeks so that's good. and some menos activos are going back to so yeah, all in all, a good week...

but to be honest sorry I'm going to keep the letter short; my mind went blank and don't know what to write.

but yeah thanks for the love, and the support. you all have always been there to help me, and for that i am way grateful.... i love this work that I'm doing.. nothing's better than it, and nothing else i would rather be doing. but i love y'all and will see you all later....

peace out

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....

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