Training a new comp

this week I'm in Bahia Blanca.....I didn't get transferred but I had to come here to get my kid.....yep, I'm training..... it's weird, I'm really nervous but got to do my best.... i really don't feel ready to train but me and my comp will have to learn together.... so sorry, i don't have much time to write much, my new comp's name is elder bills, he is from salt lake, Utah.....and I'm his papi. he seems great and like a kid who knows a lot so he will help me teach a lot.....

but this last week was good as bundy went home, and i got to kill him... or so we say... but it was great working with him, he was the best missionary i have seen so I'll try to keep his example.....

then this week on Monday and Tuesday i was without a comp so i was working with a kid called Gabriel, the best recent convert i have seen, he's a great kid and we got a ton done so it was good to be with him...

then today, at 2:40 in the morning i went to the terminal to go to Bahia and here i am..... i got back to Santa a Rosa at 6 or in a little while, so I'm happy to be going back, Bahia is nice, but i feel more at home in Santa Rosa...... mainly cause it's my area....

but yeah, so I'm happy to be training, like i said: i really am nervous, but if God didn't think i could do it i wouldn't be doing it, so that gives me comfort, just going to do my best and keep going with the motto, stay chill and work.... cause for the next year and a half es lo que hay.....

alright sorry for the short letter, i will let u know more about the comp... latter.... alright thank u all i love u and peace out...

oh, about calling for Christmas, buy a calling card for Argentina, and i will call, give y'all the number of the fijo amd then y'all call me back.... i will let y'all know more as we go.... love u all peace

I love the mission!

wow, sounds like i have missed a lot this week, from stuff that's happened at home... accidents, weddings, and stuff, dang.... oh well... I'm happy y'all are all safe and nobody got hurt hardcore..... but about the Jason accident, first problem...is that Amanda was driving, anyone that's seen her drive knew it was only a matter of time..... just playing...seriously glad to hear about the miracle... right on...

this week was kind of weird, we didn't have the bautizmo on sunday cause he got juntado, but now we just need to get them married and then dunk them, cause they both like the church... God works in mysterious ways.....

this week is kind of laid back cause bundy is going home so he wants to visit some of the people we had but we still work... he is dying great... so that's good, but has had bad luck the last 2 weeks.... but venga lo que venga... we just take it head on and keep going, that's life....

but funny stories we haven't got any, it's kind of getting harder to say what we have been doing cause now we do a lot of service, which is nice cause it keeps me in shape..somewhat.... but yeah.. we have done service like 3 time this last week... i like it. beats knocking doors....

the really only big news is this weekend is transfers so that will be a change i will let y'all know how that goes next week.... probably coming with new rules, cause pres is doing that a lot now but i down with change, and if I'm not, what can i do, so make the best of it.... in the end it works out for the best anyway.. so I'm happy...

i really am sorry i have nothing to write about this week next week i will have a lot hopefully.....

but thanks for the love, the support, the help.....oh and for the packages the pants were great and the airheads were a nice touch... my comp said it makes sense i like airheards, and i told him it made sense he likes sour patch kids....

i love it... its a great experience, i was actually thinking about all the things i have learned and thinking about the stuff i understand now, compared to if i never went on the mission. best blessing i have ever received, seriously things make more sense, and u can see the purpose easier.... i love the mission, hands down no other thing i would rather be doing now than this.... so thanks to everyone who helped me, was there for me, gave advice... y'all helped me make the best decision of my life.....peace out

ps... sorry my spelling sucks

Scared out of my life

whats up y'all? this week was good...

got cristian baptized and so that was great...... but this week there was a ton of drama in the barrio, with a rumor and the missionaries were in the center of it... so pretty much a lot of this week was damage control cause most of the members love us, and help us a ton.. so yeah...

but cristian bautizmo was kind of funny cause we got there a little late and so did he, but it all came through in the end....

but the funny thing came from yesterday, i got scared out of my life... we were doing divisions in toay, which is just outside of santa rosa, but i was working with the new kid his name is elder gaughan, we were working and talking to this lady and he just dropped, he fainted, and it was terrible, cause i did not know what to do, the lady kept talking, gaughan was on the floor shaking, i was trying to help him but i was yelling at the lady to shut up in english, it was funny. then, after like what seemed a long time, he woke up he was really only down for 5 seconds or out anyways, he was down on the ground for a long time.. but what made the whole thing scarier was that i was in a random city, the only way i knew how to get to the church was walking and he couldn't walk, but i was lucky cause i remembered to ask for the phone from my comp before we left so, i could call the sisters that work in the area but yeah it was fun...not.... all in all everything was great...in the end... but yeah really though. that was the only thing that was interesting from the week.... but its funny how it worked out.....

then our baptism for this sunday, we hope we can teach him everything he needs but we will see, he still has the fecha so hopefully we can get him in the water.... but yeah.....

i really can't think of anything else to say or to write, I'm blank but i want to thank every one for everything without u all i wouldn't be here... i love y'all....peace

Thanksgiving in Argentina

happy thanksgiving everyone. this week has been really good for us...

this week we set up 2 fechas, 1 with a kid called christian, he's 12 years old, and is capo. when we were teaching him, he said his prayer and prayed that he would go on his mission in the united states...... it was awesome. he's great and at 12 understands a lot of the important stuff. also when we were teaching him one time he started talking about getting married in the temple, with a good mormon girl after his mission... the kid is a stud, and in the barrio there are a bunch of young kids so they will keep strong... so that's a blessing.. his getting baptized this Sunday... i hope.... i have faith..

then our other investigator who's doing great is called Walter, he is 24 and is the tio of a new convert, he's great, we were teaching him and he told us the answer he received, he knows it's true, it was awesome. he is working on stopping to smoke but he can do it easy.... hes a stud too.. his fecha is for 6 of December... so we will get him to that point.

as far as that, this week there was a big storm that made it a little hard to work but we did it. then on Saturday we played soccer with the branch that was fun.... Sunday was a hard one for us cause we only had 73 people in church which is really low for the barrio so we had to visit a lot of members to see how they're doing and why they didn't go.... but that was pretty much the week so far...

oh, we are living with 2 new elders now so four elders in our house so that's nice, we got good company....

me and bundy are doing great, he's going home but he has a saying... it's ok to be trunky if ur working... I'm down, we're working and baptizing....

oh and i have finally decided to put a goal for baptisms for my mission: 33, 3 every transfer till i die. so i will work for that, the more the better....

and as far as thanksgiving here, non existent. But it's all good... but since we are here I'm going to say the things I'm thankful for....

1. me, family, and friends, that's always there for me and loves me and helps, i seriously wouldn't be anywhere without them.

2. my country... it's funny how much u actually miss ur country when ur not there... but dang i love USA.... USA:USA:USA:USA

3. all the hard and bad times i have had in my life and my mission.. they sucked but when i think about it, i learned a ton from it all..

4. all the good times in my life. the bad times make the good times so much better...

5. the suns.... what more can i say, my team is my team and will always be.... i fight with a bunch of ginobli fans here... so keep it up suns.....

6. the gospel (just so y'all know, these are not in order of importance, they're just the things that come into my head). the gospel is everything in my life, i have seen it change lives in ways that only the gospel can. and in my life, it's what i am, i need to work hard, try to live it a little better, but without it i'd be lost, and have nothing.

7. momma and papa, y'all have helped me more than i could ever tell you, i love y'all so much.... and thanks for everything... i will never be able to pay u back for the things u taught me and helped me with...

8. fine, i guess i will have to put my bros and sisters again also... but i won't explain why...if u don't know why....you better ask somebody...jp... nah, i love y'all to.

9. i don't really have 10 things but I'm grateful that the list is almost over. (i really do have a lot more than 10 things, i just can't think of them)

10. I'm grateful for all the blessing i have received, the people i have met and know in the church and for their help in everything.

11. one more for luck. I'm grateful for the book of Mormon, just finished it again, and once again got the assurance that it is, without a doubt, true... i love it cause all u need to do to figure out it is true is read it and ask.... and u get the answer....

well, that's a lot, not everything but a lot, hope y'all are happy with the list. thanks for the love and the support y'all have giving me... peace out..
and happy thanks giving

ps. now that I'm thinking a little better, i skipped a lot of stuff like the mission, water, food, etc.... but yeah, it's all good so bye