March 31, 2009
March 31, 2009
Hey everyone!!What´s up?? I hope everything´s well and that you are all enjoying spring break. (It´s about that time of year right?) Things are just moving right along. The days just fly by here. It´s really crazy. It´s hard to believe how fast the time goes. Yesterday I celebrated 8 months in the mission!! Hoop hoop! Ok it´s not that much time but still...This week nothing much happened. The work is really nice in my new area. It was almost like I was prepared in my last area with really hard work so I would know how to do things better here. Anyway, last week we took out a baptismal date with a man named Domingo. He´s gone to church 3 times already and he´s ready to get baptized. If everything goes well he´ll be in the water the 11 of April. We were going to do it this week but it just so happens we have General Conference!!! I´m pretty excited for it because I´ll be able to watch it in English this time! Today for P-Day I learned how to cook empanadas from scratch!! One of the members helped us cook! It was fun. I also bought 3 ties today. They all look really nice and they were dirt cheap!! That´s one thing I really like about Argentina. Dollars automatically triple in value here. It´s pretty sweet! But anyway, things are going great and the work moves forward!!!Well, I hope you all have a great week.Later,Elder Page
March 24, 2009
March 24, 2009
Hello everyone!
Things are still just going as usual. There´s always too much work and never enough time. The mission is still awesome though! I´m finally understand almost everything that people tell me. One day my ears just opened up and now I can carry on a conversation with just about anyone I want. I still speak ok but there is always room for improvement. Some people say they don´t understand me but that´s because they don´t want to listen to us.
My new area is better. The members are stronger in the church and there isn´t so much arguing or apostasy here. Also, the Relief Society always has someone feeding us and the members offer us food when we are there. I´m not going to go hungry here that´s for sure. Life is going pretty good. We have a lot of good things going for us. So far we are working hard but there´s room for improvement. I´m ready to see the changes.
I love the mission. I never thought it would be this cool, or this hard. When you have people running through your mind all day it gets pretty stressful. Nobody really knows what a missionary goes through unless they´ve done it themselves. It´s hard but so rewarding.
Well I hope you get everything done that´s important. I´ve learned how to prioritize on the mission. I never realized how important it is to prioritize.
Well, I hope you all have a great week!!
Later,
Elder Page
Things are still just going as usual. There´s always too much work and never enough time. The mission is still awesome though! I´m finally understand almost everything that people tell me. One day my ears just opened up and now I can carry on a conversation with just about anyone I want. I still speak ok but there is always room for improvement. Some people say they don´t understand me but that´s because they don´t want to listen to us.
My new area is better. The members are stronger in the church and there isn´t so much arguing or apostasy here. Also, the Relief Society always has someone feeding us and the members offer us food when we are there. I´m not going to go hungry here that´s for sure. Life is going pretty good. We have a lot of good things going for us. So far we are working hard but there´s room for improvement. I´m ready to see the changes.
I love the mission. I never thought it would be this cool, or this hard. When you have people running through your mind all day it gets pretty stressful. Nobody really knows what a missionary goes through unless they´ve done it themselves. It´s hard but so rewarding.
Well I hope you get everything done that´s important. I´ve learned how to prioritize on the mission. I never realized how important it is to prioritize.
Well, I hope you all have a great week!!
Later,
Elder Page
March 17, 2009
March 17, 2009
Hello Everyone!!!
So time is flying just as normal and we had our transfer meeting on Monday! Finally I got a change!! I moved to a different area called Morón 2 (not Moron because there´s an accent). It´s nice not to have to lead the area. I had a good 6 months in La Perlita but it was time for a change. Elder Lee and I ended up with 1 baptism which we did last Saturday the 14th. It was pretty good.
Now I´m with Elder Alvarez, who´s a fake Latino. He´s from Layton, Utah. His parents are latin so he understands and speaks Spanish really well. It´s a nice help when I don´t understand everything. But the language is coming right along. I´m learning more everyday and I´m doing better. It´s getting easier with more study.
So how´s everyone doing with the time change? I don´t know if you all knew but since our seasons are opposite here I got to sleep-in an hour last Sunday. It was really nice. That hour of sleep you guys are losing is what I end up getting! So it´s all balanced out.
Well things are really great! The work is moving forward here. Last transfer our mission set a new record of baptisms with 179 new converts! It was pretty sweet! I´m loving every second of being here and eveything is just fine. I hope you all have a great week!
Later,
Elder Page
So time is flying just as normal and we had our transfer meeting on Monday! Finally I got a change!! I moved to a different area called Morón 2 (not Moron because there´s an accent). It´s nice not to have to lead the area. I had a good 6 months in La Perlita but it was time for a change. Elder Lee and I ended up with 1 baptism which we did last Saturday the 14th. It was pretty good.
Now I´m with Elder Alvarez, who´s a fake Latino. He´s from Layton, Utah. His parents are latin so he understands and speaks Spanish really well. It´s a nice help when I don´t understand everything. But the language is coming right along. I´m learning more everyday and I´m doing better. It´s getting easier with more study.
So how´s everyone doing with the time change? I don´t know if you all knew but since our seasons are opposite here I got to sleep-in an hour last Sunday. It was really nice. That hour of sleep you guys are losing is what I end up getting! So it´s all balanced out.
Well things are really great! The work is moving forward here. Last transfer our mission set a new record of baptisms with 179 new converts! It was pretty sweet! I´m loving every second of being here and eveything is just fine. I hope you all have a great week!
Later,
Elder Page
March 11, 2009
March 10, 2009
Hey Everyone!
Just so you know the time is going fast. The mission is still rocking awesome as ever!!! Elder Lee and I are still working really hard and I´m excited to see what happens in the next transfer. I should finally get a change this transfer. After a little while I get tired of walking the same streets over and over. Luckily it´s been really interesting this time around. We´ve had our ups and our downs, but things are still good. I want to leave this place better than it was. So far we´ve done it. Next transfer the elders here should see 3 more people baptized!! I love just knowing that I helped change a little part of the world. It´s really cool. Also, today for our P-Day we went bowling!! That´s a real treat here. Not everyone gets to go bowling. It made me miss home and just being able to do what I want when I want. Right now I´m just trying to work really hard and be obedient. I don´t want to disappoint myself because I´ve put high expectations for my mission. The only way I´ll do it is to stay focused and work my butt off. But hey, I´ve only got 2 years while I´m still young and fresh to work my body. I want to come home dead tired. The mission is so important. Sometimes I wish I could go back to Day 1 and change all of the things that I didn´t do. There´s always a little bit more that I could do and I don´t realize it in the moment. That´s one of the things I want to change.
Thanks to all who sent me letters! It was a nice power booster. I feel kind of bad for not writing back but I don´t have time nor the money to do it. It costs a good 5 pesos to send a letter to the states. Maybe one day there will be a letter in the mail to you guys. But if not, forgive me now and don´t be afraid to write. I´m still updating the blogs which kind of counts, right? Well, thank you all and keeping fighting the good fight!
Later,
Just so you know the time is going fast. The mission is still rocking awesome as ever!!! Elder Lee and I are still working really hard and I´m excited to see what happens in the next transfer. I should finally get a change this transfer. After a little while I get tired of walking the same streets over and over. Luckily it´s been really interesting this time around. We´ve had our ups and our downs, but things are still good. I want to leave this place better than it was. So far we´ve done it. Next transfer the elders here should see 3 more people baptized!! I love just knowing that I helped change a little part of the world. It´s really cool. Also, today for our P-Day we went bowling!! That´s a real treat here. Not everyone gets to go bowling. It made me miss home and just being able to do what I want when I want. Right now I´m just trying to work really hard and be obedient. I don´t want to disappoint myself because I´ve put high expectations for my mission. The only way I´ll do it is to stay focused and work my butt off. But hey, I´ve only got 2 years while I´m still young and fresh to work my body. I want to come home dead tired. The mission is so important. Sometimes I wish I could go back to Day 1 and change all of the things that I didn´t do. There´s always a little bit more that I could do and I don´t realize it in the moment. That´s one of the things I want to change.
Thanks to all who sent me letters! It was a nice power booster. I feel kind of bad for not writing back but I don´t have time nor the money to do it. It costs a good 5 pesos to send a letter to the states. Maybe one day there will be a letter in the mail to you guys. But if not, forgive me now and don´t be afraid to write. I´m still updating the blogs which kind of counts, right? Well, thank you all and keeping fighting the good fight!
Later,
March 4, 2009
3-3-09
Hello everyone!!!
Things are just chugging along here in the mission! I never imagined what came with being a missionary. It´s harder than I thought. You won´t believe it but I´ve learned to be mean with people who don´t keep their commitments. I like to use the method of breaking the down and then bringing the back up. It seems to work out really well. Also, I have acquired the nickname "Maquina Page" or in English "Page the Machine." Don´t ask me why they call me that because I haven´t figured it out yet. Either way the work is moving along. Right now we have 5 baptismal dates even though some of them have a lot of work to do. Things are going awesome though and Elder Lee and I are working as hard as ever. Seeing some success really gets me going. My area has really been turned around just from a little hard work and a lot of help from the Lord. I´ve seen miracles already. We found this lady, Maria, who was stuck in her Catholic traditions with her kids trying to convince her to be Evangelist. We taught her one day and she accepted everything we taught. She has a lot of doubts about the church because her kids tell her what the Mormons believe. We end up doing damage control after every lesson. It doesn´t matter because she´s changing. This is probably the first person here I´ve seen start to change their life and experience the TRUE conversion. It´s so awesome!!! But yeah we´ve really got a lot of good things going for us.
When I had interviews with the President he hinted to me that I would probably be leaving the area so we´ll find that out in a couple of weeks.
Well I don´t have any really crazy stories this week. After a while all the things you think are crazy just turn out to be normal here. The other day we contacted a drunk who had a stab wound in his chest. It was...well...Argentine. Anyway, that´s about everything here. It´s still hot but not as hot as it used to be. It´s starting to move little by little into the fall (which they don´t have here) and eventually into winter.
Good luck with everything and have a great week!
Elder Page
Things are just chugging along here in the mission! I never imagined what came with being a missionary. It´s harder than I thought. You won´t believe it but I´ve learned to be mean with people who don´t keep their commitments. I like to use the method of breaking the down and then bringing the back up. It seems to work out really well. Also, I have acquired the nickname "Maquina Page" or in English "Page the Machine." Don´t ask me why they call me that because I haven´t figured it out yet. Either way the work is moving along. Right now we have 5 baptismal dates even though some of them have a lot of work to do. Things are going awesome though and Elder Lee and I are working as hard as ever. Seeing some success really gets me going. My area has really been turned around just from a little hard work and a lot of help from the Lord. I´ve seen miracles already. We found this lady, Maria, who was stuck in her Catholic traditions with her kids trying to convince her to be Evangelist. We taught her one day and she accepted everything we taught. She has a lot of doubts about the church because her kids tell her what the Mormons believe. We end up doing damage control after every lesson. It doesn´t matter because she´s changing. This is probably the first person here I´ve seen start to change their life and experience the TRUE conversion. It´s so awesome!!! But yeah we´ve really got a lot of good things going for us.
When I had interviews with the President he hinted to me that I would probably be leaving the area so we´ll find that out in a couple of weeks.
Well I don´t have any really crazy stories this week. After a while all the things you think are crazy just turn out to be normal here. The other day we contacted a drunk who had a stab wound in his chest. It was...well...Argentine. Anyway, that´s about everything here. It´s still hot but not as hot as it used to be. It´s starting to move little by little into the fall (which they don´t have here) and eventually into winter.
Good luck with everything and have a great week!
Elder Page
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