June 2, 2009

We are going to baptize another youth this week. His name is Jose Luis and he is 17. He was just a contact in the street and now hes getting baptized. Also we found a part member family last week. 3 of them are not baptized and want to get baptized. Mom I too am so grateful for having been born into this gospel. I have recieved so many blessing for following the commandments too but I still have so so far to go. I love the Lord and the time that we have to make ourselves more like him. How is sammy girl doing? Is she excited to start school up in August? Hhaha. I cant believe that she is already starting school. Whenever I start teaching a family and they have a little daughter I always tell them about sammy and show them our family pic by the river. They always say, ahh what a little doll she is with her blonde hair. They are just crazy about blonde hair here because nobody has it. I guess its like the girls over in the U.S. and wanting to be tan. Its just the opposite here. Hey Ive got a dumb question. Does bunny still have her tacoma? Because if she does I want to buy it. Last week one of our district leaders Grandpa died. He was pretty shaken up about it so we took him to eat breakfast after the district meeting monday. We told funny stories and he is a lot better now. His name is Elder Frost and he is from Flagstaff. We know the plan of salvation though. It gives us all hope.

May 26, 2009

Sounds like your doing really good and so am I. The area is going great and we have a ton of investigators. We had 3 in church which is alright but they were 3 really good ones. We always go and look for people to bring them to church. We had a baptism saturday and have 2 planned for the 6th. Surprisingly neither are the boys who are still smoking. We always find new good people. Both for the 6th are youth. One is 16yr boy, and the other is a 17yr girl. By the way thank for writing so much and for having alex write me too, it makes everything so much better. Oh man walnut creek. You have no idea how much my comp and I talk about mt biking. I cant wait but Im glad that Im here too. Obviously. So my comp wants to see a picture of my bike. But I dont want it to have big bertha on it if you know what I mean, the seat. Hhahaha. Your memorial day weekend sounded perfect. Tennis, mt biking, burgers...all the necesary, except you didnt take out the boat. Next weekend? That cool that Ben is doing good at autozone too. Cleaning up is FUN to do, hahahah. Sammy is getting so smart. I want to walk her to school a couple times when I get back. So about the Priesthood question. Well today it would be called the Melquisedek Priesthood, but in ancient times it was called the Priesthood of Christ I think. In D*C it explains that they changed the name of it so we would not use Christs name so much. Is that the answer? Mas o Menos? Hhaha. Love you mom so much. By the way my comp when he saw the pics from lake gtown said, thats your mom? She looks ripped! Hahaha thats my mom.

May 19, 2009

We are still working hard with some of those boys to quite smoking. Yes we can give them blessings to stop. Thats a good idea because we havent yet for these two. We have some really great investigators right now too. We called this older man last night to see if he had prayed about his baptismal date the 6th. He said he did and feels great about it! I was so happy because he is so cool and is kinda like an older cowboy. His name is Andres and he is a carpenter. Pretty cool. My comp and I are doing great and are happy. We get down about investigators and when they dont complete but we get over it. Oh man what I would do for a sleep number bed right now. I sleep well anyways though wherever I am because Im always dead at night. Not having nice stuff has really changed my outlook too on a lot of things. I could live without a ton of stuff after and be happy. Plus I recognize all the luxuries I used to have that I wasnt greatful for. Funny how little you appreciate somthing till its gone.

May 5, 2009

Thats funny that you looked up Oeste. And yes I do know Elder Ranquist. He is really skinny and has glasses. They recently just baptized a ton of people. So the zone is going really good and all. We have 4 companionships of Elders and 3 companionships of Sisters. Its pretty cool. We also had a meeting with the zone leaders and president in his home. He took us all to eat at this sweet restaurant too...it was so good. The new area is really good. This 10yr is going to get baptized this saturday. We had 2 new investigators in church too and they really like it. So Sunday is Mothers Day! We are going to call home at 7:30-8:30pm here so Dad will have to convert the hours. But it will be in the afternoon. Im so excited to call you. Well the crazy pig flu is still not in Argentina. As usual Im sure that there is more noise about it than there should be. Im sure the new Elder lost a bet or somthing or he just doesnt have a lot of ties, how embarassing. I heard from Dad about Dennies shoulder. Oh my. How embarassing. Poor guy though, I really like Denny Lowe. Thats funny what Trish said. Im glad that Ben likes his work. Thats so funny about Sammy girl too. Listening to rap...hahaha. She is not black. Hhahaha. So Alex is going to have his first surgery. Im sure more will come. HAhahaha. Hope it turns out alright. Is cutknee going to do it? Mom I hope you have a (GREAT) your favorite word, day. Im happy here and doing good. The Lord is helping us so much. Many people are responding to the invitations to come to church.

April 28, 2009

Guess what? Im not in villa madero any more. I had completed 6 months in the area and it was my time to go. We did baptize Sis. Quiñonez the last saturday and it was a great baptism...the water was a little cold. Her husband was there and came to see her confirmed too and they were holding hands the whole time. He is still struggling with smoking and will be able to overcome it. He asked me before I left he I could baptize him when he gets baptized. What a good man. Well I have been called to be a zone leader in Oeste with Elder Grange. We are already really good friends in the mission. He has one transfer less than me and we are really excited to start this transfer. I know that the Lord will help me as I strive to keep myself worthy of his help. This is his work and I know that. Im glad to hear that grandmas party went so well. I wish I could have seen it. Grandma is such a great women, and funny too. You are too mom. Thats to bad about ben and mama fu´s. I always laugh when I see that name mama fu´s. Everybody sounds like they are doing good. Cant wait for mothers day either.

April 21, 2009

Sounds like all the plans are coming together for grandmas bday. Thats going to be so fun. I just got a package from them. In it was a roundvalley hat and shirt. They are so nice. Dad tells me that spring is in full there in Austin. Im sure its nice. I dont really remember what a flower looks like or what good smells like so you´ll have to remind me. I walk past dirty diapers eaten by dogs, burning trash piles, and open sewage all day so I dont really know what nice is. Its all good though. Im still kickin. But Im a little bit sick right now. Well guess what happend during the baptism of David...aka coki. He showed up with his dad and his dad said he will not be getting baptized. What the crap! Everything, everything was ready. Lots of members came and all. His dad felt pressure from his brothers and called it off. This is after signing during the week the baptismal papers. Little cracker. We were so mad and sad. But a few days later and its mostly gone. Plus the Dad of the quiñonez family cant stop smoking. Oh Man! It cant be that hard. Just do it. We gave him a blessing and all. We check everyday how many he has smoked but nope. His wife, alejandra did stop though. She wants to get baptized and wants me to do it. So that made us happy again. We played soccer today too and the latins shut us out. Not really. Ok so tell sammy girl that I love her and hope she is doing well too. I love you mom and am always praying for you. Hope the party goes well.

April 14, 2009

The parents of Brenda got interested during the lessons and then the mom went to the baptism. She told us that she wanted to get baptized after seeing the baptism of her daughter. Then the dad watched a church video with the family and said well I guess I better get baptized too. We are so excited for them. The only thing is that we have to get them to stop smoking. They are already almost stopped. We also are going to baptize another young man named David. We finally got permission from his catholic hard headed dad. Thats cool that Todd was called as the President of the quorum. He is such a good man. Im glad that Ben finally got hired at Autozone too. It will be good for him and for his interest in cars. The navy seal story. HO HO HO. That is so raw. When I read that from you my blood started to shoot through my whole body...gggrrrrrrr. HO HO HO. Ok yea Im a little weak weak right now as a missionary but its still there. That pretty funny that Mike Ringwood was one of your old boyfriends. And yes Im glad to be called a HATCH. Plus I didnt want to grow up in Utah. Im sure he did. Thanks for all the advice and Ill be sure to stick to it. We are really working hard and are happy because the spirit is with us.