Hey everyone!
Things are still going pretty swell on the mish. I don´t have anything to complain about! Things are just fine.
I love to talk to everyone here. I don´t understand jack squat but I fake it and then just keep on talking about what I want to say. It´s really funny. My companion and I are really working hard. We´re getting things done and doing a lot of good stuff in our area.
The humidity here is enough to kill someone. Everywhere I go I ask for some water and juice. The people are really nice and always give us something to drink.
We´ve got 2 baptismal dates right now and we´re working for more. The people here are interesting. Sometimes they don´t seem to understand that they need to change. Everyone claims to be true to their Catholic roots but don´t go to church or anything like that. It´s sad to watch people shut down our message. I guess some people just aren´t ready yet.
I have a really funny story for ya´ll...So Elder Sosa and I contacted this lady who said really loudly that she didn´t want to listen to our message (Don´t laugh yet that´s not the funny part). However, there was a guy, a drunk guy, across the street who yelled at us that he wanted to talk to us. We quickly whipped out a Word of Wisdom pamphlet and started talking to him. He was more drunk then I´ll get out! He was slurring his words and everything. He told us he didn´t want a pamphlet and that we should talk to him with our mouths and not with some paper. Then he asked me what my name was. I said, "Elder Page" and he didn´t believe me. I showed him my plaque but then he said, "That´s not a name. What´s your name?" I brushed it off and asked him what his name was. He told me it was, BON JOVI!!! WOW!! I said, "I know Bon Jovi and you´re not Bon Jovi!" Then he continued to insist he was Bon Jovi and I just said he wasn´t. It was so funny!!! Holy crap!
Well, I don´t really have anything else for you all. Everything´s great! I LOVE the mission!! Just remember to keep a strong testimony and don´t let anyone change what you KNOW is TRUE!!
Later,
Elder Page
November 25, 2008
November 18, 2008
November 18
Hello everyone!!!
The time is really flying by!! I´m a little worried because I´m already accostumed to mission life and it´s only been 7 weeks in Argentina. The language is better. Everyone tells me I speak really well but I still don´t understand anything. It´s like I hear the words and I know what they mean but I can´t process it in my brain fast enough to answer. It´s a little frustrating but I don´t care anymore. I just try to say what I feel needs to be said.
Right now the mission is good. Elder Sosa and I are teaching a lot of people and finding new investigators everyday! Our main problem is getting people to church. It´s so disappointing to watch someone with a baptismal date not go to church because then we have to change the date and bring the hammer down on them. That´s our biggest problem. Right now we have 1 baptismal date (2 dates fell because of lack of attendance), and 1 baptism lined up for the next transfer. We´re pretty stoked! We were promised that if we did all of our contacts everyday we would double our baptisms. So far we´ve kept our end of the bargain and we are going to keep it up. I can´t wait to see the blessings come!!!
Nothing really crazy happened this week...bummer. I feel just a little bad that I don´t have anything really absurd to tell you. There was this one guy who, when I shook his hand, he kissed it...a little weird but nothing too dramatizing. I´m used to all the crazy stuff now and so it´s not as crazy.
I do have something awesome, in the last transfer our mission had 135 baptisms!!! That set a new record of baptisms in that transfer!!!
Anyway, stay strong and keep the faith!!!
Later,
Elder Page
The time is really flying by!! I´m a little worried because I´m already accostumed to mission life and it´s only been 7 weeks in Argentina. The language is better. Everyone tells me I speak really well but I still don´t understand anything. It´s like I hear the words and I know what they mean but I can´t process it in my brain fast enough to answer. It´s a little frustrating but I don´t care anymore. I just try to say what I feel needs to be said.
Right now the mission is good. Elder Sosa and I are teaching a lot of people and finding new investigators everyday! Our main problem is getting people to church. It´s so disappointing to watch someone with a baptismal date not go to church because then we have to change the date and bring the hammer down on them. That´s our biggest problem. Right now we have 1 baptismal date (2 dates fell because of lack of attendance), and 1 baptism lined up for the next transfer. We´re pretty stoked! We were promised that if we did all of our contacts everyday we would double our baptisms. So far we´ve kept our end of the bargain and we are going to keep it up. I can´t wait to see the blessings come!!!
Nothing really crazy happened this week...bummer. I feel just a little bad that I don´t have anything really absurd to tell you. There was this one guy who, when I shook his hand, he kissed it...a little weird but nothing too dramatizing. I´m used to all the crazy stuff now and so it´s not as crazy.
I do have something awesome, in the last transfer our mission had 135 baptisms!!! That set a new record of baptisms in that transfer!!!
Anyway, stay strong and keep the faith!!!
Later,
Elder Page
November 12, 2008
Nov. 11, 2008
Hey everyone!!!
Things are moving right along here! I just completed my first ever transfer!! How about that?! Let´s see, Nothing changed...I´m still in my area, La Perlita, and I´m still with Elder Sosa. I really feel bad for him because he´s put in 4 1/2 months here. We´re really trying to stay motivated together and make good things happen this upcoming transfer. We did come out of the last one with 1 baptism which was good but we want more!!!
The other day, I did my first anointing in Spanish. Elder Sosa told me everything to say but it was still good. It´s an interesting story. We did a contact with this guy and we were in the middle of teaching him when his wife came out and asked if we could give her sister (I think) a blessing. So we did and we used it as a good teaching lesson about the power of the priesthood. I hope something more comes out of that one.
This past week all I´ve heard is Barack this and Barack that. It´s kind of annoying but everyone here is really thrilled that Barack is president (because they all hate Bush) and hopefully that will help my rep out on the streets. One of the members told me, if I understood correctly, that Barack took a stand on marriage saying that it is only lawful between a man and a woman. If it´s true then great! I don´t know anything else about Obama but it sounds like he´s promised some big things...I hope it all works out.
Other than that everything is same old, same old. The language is still a trial. I understand a lot sometimes but other times it all goes over my head. Everyone says that I speak very well (but I think they´re all lying) and Elder Sosa and I have switched up the sections that we teach. It´s really hard for me because these people don´t know anything about the church or the bible or a lot of anything and so explaining things simply has been tough. Also, they seem to be content with their life and don´t really want to change. I thought once we told all the Catholics here that they don´t baptize the right way they would do something about it but no. Oh well, it´s just frustrating sometimes how stubborn people can be when you know that you´ve got something wonder to tell them.
Things are good and nothing has really changed. I still get fed a lot and Argentina is as hot as ever!!
Well, that´s all for now. Good luck to you all!
Later,
Elder Page
Things are moving right along here! I just completed my first ever transfer!! How about that?! Let´s see, Nothing changed...I´m still in my area, La Perlita, and I´m still with Elder Sosa. I really feel bad for him because he´s put in 4 1/2 months here. We´re really trying to stay motivated together and make good things happen this upcoming transfer. We did come out of the last one with 1 baptism which was good but we want more!!!
The other day, I did my first anointing in Spanish. Elder Sosa told me everything to say but it was still good. It´s an interesting story. We did a contact with this guy and we were in the middle of teaching him when his wife came out and asked if we could give her sister (I think) a blessing. So we did and we used it as a good teaching lesson about the power of the priesthood. I hope something more comes out of that one.
This past week all I´ve heard is Barack this and Barack that. It´s kind of annoying but everyone here is really thrilled that Barack is president (because they all hate Bush) and hopefully that will help my rep out on the streets. One of the members told me, if I understood correctly, that Barack took a stand on marriage saying that it is only lawful between a man and a woman. If it´s true then great! I don´t know anything else about Obama but it sounds like he´s promised some big things...I hope it all works out.
Other than that everything is same old, same old. The language is still a trial. I understand a lot sometimes but other times it all goes over my head. Everyone says that I speak very well (but I think they´re all lying) and Elder Sosa and I have switched up the sections that we teach. It´s really hard for me because these people don´t know anything about the church or the bible or a lot of anything and so explaining things simply has been tough. Also, they seem to be content with their life and don´t really want to change. I thought once we told all the Catholics here that they don´t baptize the right way they would do something about it but no. Oh well, it´s just frustrating sometimes how stubborn people can be when you know that you´ve got something wonder to tell them.
Things are good and nothing has really changed. I still get fed a lot and Argentina is as hot as ever!!
Well, that´s all for now. Good luck to you all!
Later,
Elder Page
November 4, 2008
Nov. 4th
Well everyone how´s the weather in America? It´s very hot here...the humidity just about kills me. However, it´s great for contacting because I can ask for a glass of water and then start talking to the people!! I´m understanding a lot more these days! It´s not all there but I can catch most of what´s being said and I´m really contributing to the lessons. I taught one all by myself the other day!! Just thought I´d give myself a pat on the back.
The mission´s treating me just fine. The missionary support is good in my area. We get fed every day for lunch and every now and then we get a dinner. Most of the people are willing to listen to us but once in a while someone says: "Te agradedezco" whichs means thank you (but "no thanks" is implied). I like to say "De nada" (your welcome) and keep on talking. It kind of funny until the person just walks away. So I´m coming up on 1, yep count it, 1 transfer!! Hoop hoop! I´ve got quite a few more, lucky me :) and I´m excited to see what the Lord has in store!!!
Oh I have a good story for this week. So my companion and I contacted this guy who told us that he knew a lot about the Mormons. He told us that his boss used to be a branch president but now has distanced himself from the church. That´s not the crazy part though. So, while talking about how Jesus healed people through his priesthood he piped up and told us that he´d seen his boss do that...only with slightly different circumstances. He said that his boss put his hands on a DEAD cat in the street and told it to get up and walk. Lo and behold the cat got up and walked away...yeah. We didn´t tell the guy that his boss probably shouldn´t have done that we just said, "Yeah, our church really does have that same power that Jesus has." Anyway, the lesson turned out really good despite the "healing of the cat."
Well, I wish you all luck with whatever ya´ll are doing.
Later,
Elder Page
The mission´s treating me just fine. The missionary support is good in my area. We get fed every day for lunch and every now and then we get a dinner. Most of the people are willing to listen to us but once in a while someone says: "Te agradedezco" whichs means thank you (but "no thanks" is implied). I like to say "De nada" (your welcome) and keep on talking. It kind of funny until the person just walks away. So I´m coming up on 1, yep count it, 1 transfer!! Hoop hoop! I´ve got quite a few more, lucky me :) and I´m excited to see what the Lord has in store!!!
Oh I have a good story for this week. So my companion and I contacted this guy who told us that he knew a lot about the Mormons. He told us that his boss used to be a branch president but now has distanced himself from the church. That´s not the crazy part though. So, while talking about how Jesus healed people through his priesthood he piped up and told us that he´d seen his boss do that...only with slightly different circumstances. He said that his boss put his hands on a DEAD cat in the street and told it to get up and walk. Lo and behold the cat got up and walked away...yeah. We didn´t tell the guy that his boss probably shouldn´t have done that we just said, "Yeah, our church really does have that same power that Jesus has." Anyway, the lesson turned out really good despite the "healing of the cat."
Well, I wish you all luck with whatever ya´ll are doing.
Later,
Elder Page
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