December 7, 2009

dear familythis week was filled with tons of success. me and my companion have so many investigators we have to run from appointmant to appointmant. so its pretty fun, but way hard. yesterday we had to wake up at 5 30 in the morning to go to a meeting with president olsen and the stake, to talk about the zones progress. so we were way tired on sunday. we will have a baptism this saturday. its of a less active family. they were less active. so they were reactivated and now there son that is 12 and 8 are getting baptized. then we have some way cool investigators that will get baptized in 2 weeks. they went to church yesterday and loved it. but at the end one member told them to think about what they were doing and to take there time to get baptized. its a lifelong desicion. so the member was telling them to not get baptized in 2 weeks. so we went to the lesson that night prepared with what to say, and at first they wanted to take theire time, but we had a way spiritual lesson and they all said they will be getting baptized the 19th haha. and after we had to talk to that member and the bishop too. because the member said it before to another investigator and the investigator got scared and never came back. so luckily we were able to save this one. we have seen so many miracles in this area. we were looking for a member and knocked the members house, and it turns out the member doesnt live there anymore but the person who does almost got baptized 17 years ago but the day before the baptism her dad wouldnt let her. so now she wants to get baptized the 26th. and there isnt any problems with her dad because now he is in the spirit world. then also some members helped us out and brought an investigator thats incredible. so we will see when he wants to get baptized. so we are basically running everywhere. but we are loving it. i cant believe the time is going by so fast. in a week i will have 22 months. honestly, i am not ready to go home. it doesnt feel like 2 years. i feel like i need to be out here for the rest of my life. i know it will be a hard day when i take off my plack. i hope you have a good anniversery and 29 years is amazing!! almost 30! the people here are lucky to be married for 5. some of them just dont get married and live together. i met someone who had been living together for thirty years and we asked them why they arent married and they said because they dont need a paper to say that they love each other. haha. i got the 12 days of christmas so i will open them one at a time dont worry. and the kite things that you were talking about mom are called globos. you light them and they float in the air. its pretty cool to see at night, all these lights floating in the air. and of course i will buy everyone a souvineer. but give me ideas of what type of things that you would like. dad i already know what i am going to give you, and i think you will like it. its way way cool. i am buying it for myself also. but i love everyone so much and have a good week.meganyou have to write me megan. i know you husband is home so you dont have all the time in the world but you need to write me!!! haha i love you so much. to an argentine what i just said to you would be dropping the cane haha. love you chau!!Nikkithat was a nasty picture of hailee. she cant go in the toilette thats way sick! haha, but it was a way funny picture. my comp laughed too. and i am sorry to say but i think that kelsey habla mejor español que vos. haha vos means you, they dont use tu here. i love the spanish here. but when i get home i am going to have to speak like a mexican or they wont understand my spanish. i am way excited to talk on christmas too. and dont make me to trunky when i call. i still will have a good month and a half to serve haha.chaukelseywhat!!!!!!!! you watched elf!!!!!! i forgot about that movie haha, that movie is a classic. that will have to be the first movie i see when i get back haha. good job on makin it to the executive embassador thing. that will be good for me when i go to suu. cuz then i can get all the ins haha. you will have to help me out. and if you think you have changed over the last 2 years you will be surprised when you see me haha. i weighed myself and i weigh 15 more pounds and i have lost hair haha. so when i get home i will have to go to the gym a bunch. and i look older haha. but i love ya and have a good day chau!!!

Novmber 30, 2009

hello famthanksgiving was way sweet. haha, maybe to you it sounds boring but i loved it. to start out every new transfer the zone leaders go to the presidents house to learn what we need to teach our zone to have success for that transfer. so we left our pension at 8 o clock and got to the mission home at about 8 30. at 9 o clock we had breakfast, we ate a bunch of facturas and a lot of juice. then at 9 15 we started the capacitation. where president and his wife and the assistants give talks. then at 1 o clock we went and had lunch. we had mashed potatoes with chicken haha. there arent very many turkeys here. we at for a half an hour then went back to listen to the talks. they finally ended at 4 o clock. then we went back to our area and got to work. and that was basically thanksgiving. a 7 hour meeting haha. but i honestly loved it. we found a way cool lady in my new area thats from peru. and 17 years ago she was recieving the lessons and was about to get baptized. but the day she was going to get baptized her dad showed up and wouldnt let her. but now she is in argentina and her dad is in the spirit world. she went to church and she loved it. i am serving in a ward now and about 80 people went to church. it was amazing to see that. my last area it was and everage to see between 30 to 40. my first sunday in my last area there were 17 that assisted haha. so i am way excited to be here. i am pretty sure this will be my last area in the mission but we will have to say what the big guy upstairs says. it seems like we usually get lunch here in this area. there are enough members haha. so we will see what its like. i think my handwriting is good in those letters because i have written in my journal so much in the mission. i will give you the details of how to call when they send us the information. haha, no we dont decorate the apartment for christmas. christmas here is nothing like it is in the states. they only talk about christmas like the day before haha. the new pench is way nicer then my last one. its smaller, but nicer. it was pretty hard to leave my last area but i am over it. theres great people everywhere. but i love everyone so much. thanks for all the e mails and have a good day

November 23, 2009

Dear familywe got transfers on saturday so now i am in my new area. i am back in cordoba!!! so i am way excited. i kind of wanted to go back to my first area and be a district leader. but i guess the lords got other plans haha. i am way excited though. my companion is elder zuñiga, he is from chile. i actually lived with him 4 and a half months ago. its pretty funny because i was his zone leader, and now hes my companion and we will be zone leaders together. i am way excited to be in cordoba, there is just a special spirit about it, and i know its because the temple is coming here. we have a burger king in our area!! so i am way excited about that. so its a double bonus. the temple, and burger king. haha just kidding. it was pretty hard saying good bye to members and investigators that were in my last area. it was my home for 6 months, and now i am kind of home sick from that area. but oh well. thats the only thing i dont like about the mission. is saying goodbye. i was joking with my members and told them that i was never going to make friends in my next area cuz then i will have to say goodbye if i make friends haha. its the hardest part about the mission. but anyway, everything besides that is amazing. and i promise that i will endure to the end and we are going to have a lot of success in this area, i am pretty sure it will be my last area. my birthday went really well. some members cooked me the cake that you send me mom, and it was delicious!! we found a lot of success on my birthday so that was pretty fun. but i was a little sad on my birthday because it just means that i am 3 months away from leaving the mission. i dont think they have started doing the tithing settlement. they usually do it like in the middle of december here. i think its pretty easy to get it done here. i should be getting home february 17th. so you can say that to bishop rasmussen. DONT MAKE ME REPEAT THE DATE haha. it scares me. and i dont blame you for not having to much interest in the soccer game. its fun to play, but i cant stand watching it haha. and thats all the people do here. is play soccer and wach soccer. and thanks for the advice Dad. its funny cuz i gave one of the elders in my zone advice that was similar to that one. i told him to be obedient because we love the lord. then i told him that i have never ever regreted it for being obedient in my mission. and its the truth. i have never regretted it because its what we are supposed to do and the Lord rewards us for it. i cant believe spencer is already home! thats so crazy. oh and this thanksgiving we have councel as zone leaders with the president and the hermana. so hopefully we get a turkey or something haha. but i will have to tell you next week. we will see. thanks for all that you are doing for me, and i know you are praying for me in every one of your prayers. i love everyone so much and have a great day.Megani love the pictures of oriana. i cant believe how big she has gotten so fast. and her 2 front teeth are way funny. the ties are hilarious but i am not even allowed to where 2 of them haha. and the one thats black with flowers on it is questionable. haha. but i love them, and i will wear them when i get home. way to go on the 900 dollar bonus thats way cool. but i love ya a ton megan, and have a good day! thanks for the e mail.Nikkihelllllooooo. i think that was the second time that you put i need more allowance in you subject line. haha. i am glad that lance won the competition. i am not going to lie, i have a gained a little weight on my mission haha. but monday me and my comp won a competition too. it was to see what missionary could find the most new investigators in 2 hours. and we won. we found 2 familes, so we found 6 new investigators. to cound a new investigator you have to enter in their house, teach them, and leave them with a commitment and have a return appointment for the next day. so it was pretty funny. i love you very muchly chau!!Kelseyfirst of all. of course you take a second class of spanish or you are going to olvidar everything that you learned in your first class. and what are you talking about you dont have any fun classes. spanish is way divertido!!!! you better take it!! and second of all, you better not be trying to hook me up with Kenzie your roommate. i would just feel weird. you talk about her so much i feel like she is in the family haha just kidding. but i love you have a good day. chau!!

November 16, 209

dear familythis next week we have transfers so i am pretty sure i will be leaving. i have been in this area for 6 months now and so its pretty for sure that i am leaving. but i got the packages for my birthday and it has been killing me to not open them. but last week wasnt very fun. we were having a great week. until we lost a whole day traveling to do a baptismal interview and then we lost another day because my companion was sick the whole day. i had nothing to do all day. so i wrote letters, cleaned the pensh, studied for like 4 hours, wrote in my journal, did all of my laundry, sat around, and nothing else. it was probably the worst day of my mission. i felt like i did nothing all day and because of that we were only able to get one person to church. i cant believe that i am almost 21. thats like old person age... well in the mission thats an old person age. that means i dont have too much time left. that made me sad to hear about bingham losing, i remember exactly how skyler felt. its the worst feeling. all of our time playing little league we are just thinking about that one game our senior year. and when we get dissapointed its one of the worst days. haha, but now it just means so little but at the time it meant everything to me. so put your arm around his shoulder for me. And dad of course we will have to go to some alta basketball games together. i would love to. oh and the bulletin thing with all the missionaries addresses, i dont know if too many people take advantage of it. cuz i have never recieved a letter from anyone in the ward haha. i think from frank graph i recieved an email but thats it haha. and yes i know elder lineback. and i had no idea he went to indian hills haha thats funny. the city that i live in is called cruz del eje. you can send anything to the president and the hermana olsen and they will love it. pictures of christ i dont know. but i am sorry the email wasnt like, i want to try and respond to everyone. just know that i am doing great and i am loving the mission more then ever. i cant believe all the good it has done for me. i am so so so so so so thankful i came. if i wouldnt have come, i dont know where i would be. i would still be active, but i wouldnt have my priorities straight. i love everyone so much and have a good day chau!megani had no idea that orians is teething was actual a word in english. haha, i forget words sometimes. today i couldnt think of the word tamales. the one mexican food think. cuz they call it different here. and sometimes i cant prounounce words right haha. but oh well, spanish is screwing me up. and i know that twilight is a book, and kelsey told me that she saw the first movie. its about a vampire. they call it crepusculo here in argentina. its not too popular though. but thanks for everything you do. i got the ties that you sent me from hawaii and they were way cool. i dont know if i can wear a couple of them cuz they are too goofy but i wore the flower one the other day. but i love you and have a good day chauNikki and LanceLance, you made me way trunky!!! dont ever tell me that ever again haha. i liked your story about your comp buying you the linkin park cd. its a good thing i am not in the states. those kind of cds are basically impossible to get here so i am lucky haha. congrats on the band, and dont go killers style!! they are a good band, but they are good enough to have their style. tell them they are lame if they go that way haha. angels and airwaves is pretty good. and i dont know if i can be your man for the screamer haha, i havent listened to that music for a while. but i did here it like a month ago in the street and i couldnt believe that i used to like the music where it just constantly screams all the time. but oh well. i was stupid. for your band name i would definatley go with the destroyers, but if you dont like that i would go with circumstance. but i love you and nikki and tell hailee happy birthday for me. and she better enjoy this last birthday because i will not let her still my thunder. i will ruin her birthday to make mine look good. haha just kidding. chaukelseythe pictures were pretty cool. kenzie looks the exact same as you. i think you were somehow twins split at birth like in parent trap or something. you might want to go research that out a bit. i hope you are doing well at school and have a good week. keep having a good time at suu. and it seems like you are fitting in just fine. i remember your senior year at alta you had a ton of problems and trials. but now it seems like you are just doing great and i dont have to give you any advice. so keep it up and keep workind hard and do your best to stay happy. love you have a good day chau.

November 9, 2009

dear famsterso this week wasnt to cool. we had to drop susanna as an investigator. she loves having us over to her house because she feels better whenever we go by. but she just wont complete her committments. she likes listening, but she is just bad at the doing part. so it made us pretty mad. she wants to get baptized she just wants people to do everything for her. so we had to drop her. thats good to here that alta football is in the semi finals. and yeah i think it will be a good idea giving my clothes away to members. but i dont think they will accept a lot of stuff haha. a lot of my white shirts are now yellow shirts so its pretty gross. and i will agree about this being one of the hardest parts of your mission, only cuz when you have a hard frustrating day you think, oh its ok i will just be home in a bit. but i quickly get rid of those feelings because i still got a lot of time to help the argentines. i love my area so that helps me a ton. transfers are coming up, in 2 weeks. on friday we had interviews with president and we were talking a lot about a missionary who ends his mission in 2 weeks. how he has lost all desires to work. president told me there is nothing more pathetic then a missionary that loses his desires to work. because it means that they came on the mission in vane and not for the right reasons. so president decided to drop that missionary from district leader down to junior comp. and his companion that only has 4 months in the mission is now the district leader haha. so its pretty funny. but his companion loves doing the mission work. so its all good. that is way cool that L. tom perry is doing to the ward tomorrow that would be so fun. and yes we get the ensign, but here its called the liahona haha. but i love everyone and thanks for all the e mails. chau!!Nikkino i cant believe i will be 21 and i cant believe hailee will be 1. holy cow. i dont even know her and she will have one. haha, thats way funny. oh well. its not like she can talk, so i am not missing much haha. just kidding. tell Lance that he is a nerd for playing in a band again. one of the missionaries that i live with is in a band and they got invited to play with paramore he plays the guitar way good, he has some way good songs, tell lance to look up seasons extreme on i tunes. but anyway got to go. and i think kelsey is better then you at spanish haha just kiddingKelseynext time a boy tries to hold your hand you give him the advice that Dad has always given us and smack him in the adams apple. p.s. when you explain your stories i have no idea who these people are. the only one i know is kenzie and thats cuz you talk about her so much. i have never even met her haha. but i like the stories so its all good. you sound like you are pretty busy at suu. i love that place. but i think i changed my mind and i am going to have to go to college at home. i just miss home so much. so i think that uvu would be a little better for me. cuzi dont have to travel so much....... haha just kidding i would never betray good ol suu, i love that place too much. of course i am going back, but i think you love it more then me now haha. but i love ya and have a good day chau.