Things should become a lot easier

well, this week was a good week... the mission is really getting a lot better than were it was before. WE HAVE BEEN working a lot with the menos activos, and ex investigators, but the area is way big, and I'm still lost about 90 percent of the time... the good thing is i know how to get home.... lol... but yeah, we have seen some exito from that. as far as the baptisms go, we put them back to this weekend, cause they didn't have the assistance needed yet. and i thought they did... but in the end it worked out good. we are working with some investigators, but they are going kind of slowly.. and so we will see what happens with all of that. but this week we found an ex investigator that want to get baptized, so that was cool... but she is always working, but hopefully will have more time now that the temporada (season) is over here in mar del plata.... but aside from that, it was a kind of normal week here.

but as far as the ward goes, the members are way nice, but there are a lot and it's hard to remember all their names, but they help us out a lot. but this Sunday we had some investigators in church but the attendance was like 100 maybe 120, something like that, it was a lot lower than normal... but probably had to do with the end of the temporada... but yeah...

also, Friday we had conference de zona, it was way cool to be able to talk to presidente, but we have interviews this Wednesday. but the conferencia was way cool, i like it a lot.. here in mar del plata are like all my friends from the mission now so it's cool. but yeah. that's about everything.

things should become a lot easier here to work in, cause the season is ending. so I'm excited for that... and yeah, this month, as a mission, we have the goal for 180 baptisms, or sea about 2 a companionship.. but it's going to be cool when we reach it.... but yeah..

that's all i can think about. but yeah, I'm thankful for the prayers, and the support and the examples you have all given me....

love you all peace out

Life here is good

hey y'all... this week has been fun, the first half of the week we did divisions, with the other pair of missionaries in the ward, cause in my barrio there are 4 elders, 2 that work in the campo, and me and seegrist that work in the city. but i went to the campo to work a little, and met some members that are there. it was fun. we had success. then this week we found a big family of 6, it was cool. but the ward I'm in is way big, this week there were 170 people, that's a ton...it's way cool.... but way different from loberia. but yeah.

we didn't have baptisms last weekend but this one, yes. we are going to baptize 2. so that will be cool. then, we are working with a lot of other people, mainly that family we found cause they are married, but we will see when we talk a little bit about mandamientos (commandments). but I'm excited for that. so my comp, elder seegrist, has like 7 months to finish the mission, so yeah. it was a pretty good week. but all in all kind of normal....

but to answer some questions, my area is called jorge newberry, a ward of like 150 normal assistance, o sea (that's) way big...for here.. also, yes, the area is kind of dangerous, actually almost all of mar del plata is pretty dangerous, cause they rob us, cause they know we don't do anything.... but we only go with like 2 pesos, and a bus card so, hopefully, they'll realize we never have money. but until now all is good. and cause the area is so big, we have lunch almost everyday day, which is going to make me fat. but yeah, that's the area... my house is not in my area but it's on the street 180 y moreno... so that's if you want to find my house. but things have been going good. and we are being blessed with finding new people. so yeah.

but all in all, life here is way good, it's been fun here. also, me and seegrist, have fun and do what we need to do. so that's cool. but yeah, so that's all, i got for now, thanks for the love and the support. i will see y'all latter. and peace out.

Going to Buenos Aires to get a new passport

hello everybody, this week was quite the week..... it was a lot of time on a collectivo getting to know a new area, but it was fun.....

first things first.... Jason and amanduh, congrats on the baby, Emmit Smith Taliercio.... good name...lol... (think about it) but that's cool, he actually looks cute from the photos mom sent me, so that's cool...... thanks for making me an uncle...

to start this week i went to buenos aires, to get a new passport. kids robbed the office in the mission and some passports were stolen, mine was among those, and so Tuesday we went to biahia blanca to get the papers, it was a 7 hour bus ride, then we got there and went on a 10 hours bus ride to buenos aires.... it was cool, i went to America for like an hour, but kind of a bummer cause the embassy didn't look anything like they do in the movies.... but we also got to know the area presidency, which was cool cause they took time to talk to us..... and they had us write like a 3 page essay, but it was cool the whole day in buenos aires, but we couldn't really do anything.... but no complaints... then it was like a 6 hour bus ride back to mar del plata and we got back on a Thursday..... but it was a fun trip, saw a lot of buenos aires... and it was way cool to meet some general authorities...

then once we got back to the area, we started to work, it's way different from loberia, cause there are a lot more people, but the area is just as big, so that's kind of funny. we found these 2 girls, who want to get baptized, so that is cool, we are shooting for the fecha, the 26, and then it was a lot of going around getting to know the members, and the area. but we are going to have a lot of exito here, which is way tight. in church there are like 140 people who go which is a bunch..so that's way cool. but aside from that nothing wierd happened, it was kind of tranquilo... I'm still kind of lost and follow my comp but it's cool, he's a cool dude.

but yeah, that's was about it. kind of normal weird, but i think when i get back I'm going to be a vegetarian for like a year.... here i eat like lunch and diner and it's always asado (BBQ)

but right now I'm excited to see what the Lord has for us in store here, in newberry. and so thanks for all the prayers, and the support. i love you all and will see y'all latter.... peace out

Back in Mar del Plata

well, a lot of stuff have changed. this weekend we had transfers, and i got sent out of loberia, and got sent back to mar del plata norte..... area Jorge Newberry.... which means 2 things: first I'm going to get robbed. second, I'm going to get fatter, and have a lot of exito..... but yeah, my comp name is elder seegrist. i met him in bahia, he is a cool elder, so we're going to have some fun.... but as far as loberia, last sunday in church we confirmed mirta, it was cool. i got to do it, and she was so happy and started crying... so it was cool. but as far as roberto and andreas, they said they wanted to wait. and couldn't convince them cause they didn't want to pray about it but they will get baptized next week or in 2 weeks... we will see. but it will be cool. also, i was way bombed when they sent me away from loberia, just kind of when things started going a little better, but in church we had 27, and so it was good.

this last week, most was spent in necochea, and then the last half was spent in loberia, but like always when i leave an area i think if i actually did something to help the area... to be honest sometimes i don't feel like i did anything, but there, it was way cool, cause at the end of it all i could see it, the people were way more receptive, and the members were excited. so it was a great blessing to be able to see that.... i was way happy. how God blesses us if you just do what He would do and work.... it was cool.... I'm going to miss the area....

but change is a good thing, and just have to embrace it. mar del plata is way different, mainly in newberry. but I'm excited to see what the Lord has for me to do here.... but yeah...

so yeah, that's all i got for you all.... thanks for the love and the support, and i miss you all and will see y'all latter.... peace out