Hey Everyone!!!
Well, I just turned 20 but I don´t feel any different...what can you expect? I´ve had a pretty good day so far. This morning I got up, cleaned the apartment a little, and played some ping pong with my companion. Then, I went to a member´s house where we had my birthday party!!! We ate a lot of cake and had a good time. I really miss being home for stuff like this but hey, what can ya do? I´m having enough fun here anyway. Also, Pres. and Sis. Benton gave me a call to wish me a happy birthday in the morning. So everything is going just fine.
The mission life is fantastic as always. We finally got a baptismal date set for the 27 of June. His name is Cristian and he is 7 right now. We´ve been teaching his family and so he will be the first to be baptized. I´m going to have to work really hard to get the parents baptized because they aren´t married yet. That will be a struggle and we´ll see what happens.
I´m doing really well in general. I haven´t been sick lately and I got a second wind to start working really hard again so I´m excited and ready to see what this week has in store for me. Just so you know I´ve gained about 10 pounds so far. I´m not exactly fat it´s just that my muscles are going away and my belly is a little chubby. That just means more situps and jump rope!!
As for good stories, I was in divisions with my district leader doing contacts and a guy stopped us in the road. We went over and started talking to him. Well, after about 5 minutes this man´s friend comes over with a big glass jar full of...guess what...weed. It was huge!! Even funnier was that he then said, "Hey, it´s nature." Wow!! I´m pretty sure I´ve seen just about everything here. Argentina is interesting to say the least. Well, hope you all have a really good week!!
Later,
Elder Page
May 26, 2009
May 19, 2009
May 19, 2009
Hey Everyone!!
Wow things are just crazy aren´t they? I´m going to be 20 in a week! I hope that doesn´t mean I have to grow up because it´s not going to happen. When I hear 20 all I think of is responsibility...YUCK!
So the mission always has it´s ups and downs so I can´t expect every day to be perfect or every area to be prime for baptizing. However, there is still a lot of changing that can happen in my area and I intend on making those changes. Luckily I got to go to the temple today. I had to wake up at 5 a.m. to get ready and take a bus for about 45 minutes but it was worth it. I always feel much better after going to the temple. It was a nice spiritual booster.
The week was a little difficult. Everything I´m trying here just isn´t working. We pass by our investigators every Sunday and they don´t come to church because they just don´t realize how important it is. It´s so sad. Sometimes all you can do is inform the people so they can make their own decisions but, for the most part, they don´t choose the right one. But the mission is always good. I love serving the Lord and helping people realize their full potential in life. Things are fine and I´m still just having blast!!!
Later,
Elder Page
Wow things are just crazy aren´t they? I´m going to be 20 in a week! I hope that doesn´t mean I have to grow up because it´s not going to happen. When I hear 20 all I think of is responsibility...YUCK!
So the mission always has it´s ups and downs so I can´t expect every day to be perfect or every area to be prime for baptizing. However, there is still a lot of changing that can happen in my area and I intend on making those changes. Luckily I got to go to the temple today. I had to wake up at 5 a.m. to get ready and take a bus for about 45 minutes but it was worth it. I always feel much better after going to the temple. It was a nice spiritual booster.
The week was a little difficult. Everything I´m trying here just isn´t working. We pass by our investigators every Sunday and they don´t come to church because they just don´t realize how important it is. It´s so sad. Sometimes all you can do is inform the people so they can make their own decisions but, for the most part, they don´t choose the right one. But the mission is always good. I love serving the Lord and helping people realize their full potential in life. Things are fine and I´m still just having blast!!!
Later,
Elder Page
May 12, 2009
May 12, 2009
Hello everyone!!
This week was really good for me because I got to call my mom!! To be honest I never thought I would miss my family this much. I think part of it has to be with being in Argentina. I just miss America in general. However, this mission is going just fine. Last week really sucked because after I went to the pizza buffet on Tuesday, I got really sick...go figure. So, Tuesday night and all of Wednesday I was out of commision thanks to stomach problems. On Thursday I had my interview with Pres. Benton. He is an awesome man. He told me that I have already changed the area I´m in and that my next obstacle is to get our investigators to church on Sunday. That´s turning out to be pretty tough. A lot of people are stubborn and flat-out lazy, not to mention not everyone has the convenience of cars here. That´s probably the biggest reason. They don´t want to spend money to take the bus. But that will change with some time.
Well, while talking to my family my lovely sister told me that my car blew up. That really sucks. I don´t want to worry about stupid stuff like that but nowI won´t have anything to get me around when I get back. Just great huh? It´s just another thing to worry about that´s all. The work is starting to get harder here now that winter is coming around. It gets dark early and people are afraid of the cold here,which really isn´t that cold. So we´ll see what happens as far as the work goes. I´m still doing my part and working hard so I hope all goes well.
Well, that´s all for this week. Have a great one!!
Later,
Elder Page
This week was really good for me because I got to call my mom!! To be honest I never thought I would miss my family this much. I think part of it has to be with being in Argentina. I just miss America in general. However, this mission is going just fine. Last week really sucked because after I went to the pizza buffet on Tuesday, I got really sick...go figure. So, Tuesday night and all of Wednesday I was out of commision thanks to stomach problems. On Thursday I had my interview with Pres. Benton. He is an awesome man. He told me that I have already changed the area I´m in and that my next obstacle is to get our investigators to church on Sunday. That´s turning out to be pretty tough. A lot of people are stubborn and flat-out lazy, not to mention not everyone has the convenience of cars here. That´s probably the biggest reason. They don´t want to spend money to take the bus. But that will change with some time.
Well, while talking to my family my lovely sister told me that my car blew up. That really sucks. I don´t want to worry about stupid stuff like that but nowI won´t have anything to get me around when I get back. Just great huh? It´s just another thing to worry about that´s all. The work is starting to get harder here now that winter is coming around. It gets dark early and people are afraid of the cold here,which really isn´t that cold. So we´ll see what happens as far as the work goes. I´m still doing my part and working hard so I hope all goes well.
Well, that´s all for this week. Have a great one!!
Later,
Elder Page
May 5, 2009
May 5, 2009
Hello everybody!!!
I hope everything is just fine with you all. Things haven´t changed at all in my area. I´m still working hard but the people aren´t as receptive as I would like. This week kind of sucked to be honest. It was tough because in our area there was a big air show Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and so everyone was there. I spend a lot of time walking around in the streets trying to find people. Even worse, since the air show was on Sunday, all of our investigators and HALF of the members ditched church to go to the last day. Those kinds of things just seem to happen in Argentina. The members aren´t as faithful as they should be but it has really got to be hard to be a member here. There is so much worldly crap surrounding them that it´s not even funny. Satan has a really strong hold here but we are breaking it little by little. Out of all these people here there has got to be at least 1 person who is trying to live a righteous life and is just waiting that I taught to him. As long as we stay strong in the faith the Lord will bless us more than we can ever imagine.
Well, that´s it for this week. Still no really awesome stories but I´m trying to fix that. A couple of punk kids threw rocks at us the other day but that´s it. Nothing too bad.
Later,
Elder Page
I hope everything is just fine with you all. Things haven´t changed at all in my area. I´m still working hard but the people aren´t as receptive as I would like. This week kind of sucked to be honest. It was tough because in our area there was a big air show Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and so everyone was there. I spend a lot of time walking around in the streets trying to find people. Even worse, since the air show was on Sunday, all of our investigators and HALF of the members ditched church to go to the last day. Those kinds of things just seem to happen in Argentina. The members aren´t as faithful as they should be but it has really got to be hard to be a member here. There is so much worldly crap surrounding them that it´s not even funny. Satan has a really strong hold here but we are breaking it little by little. Out of all these people here there has got to be at least 1 person who is trying to live a righteous life and is just waiting that I taught to him. As long as we stay strong in the faith the Lord will bless us more than we can ever imagine.
Well, that´s it for this week. Still no really awesome stories but I´m trying to fix that. A couple of punk kids threw rocks at us the other day but that´s it. Nothing too bad.
Later,
Elder Page
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