¡hola familia!
> to start out, i love cinco saltos! it is great and i love being here!
> it is very green with tons of trees, lots of fruit, and lots of work
> for us. it gets pretty hot, but we are under the shade of the trees
> as we walk most of the time. it´s awesome. i´m not sure what my
> address is but i live on antartida argentina and the church is on
> avenida argentina close to the road called roca. it´s the centro of
> the city.
> cinco saltos is a lot bigger than rawson and we cover it all. we want
> to get bikes so we can visit the chacras (those are like big fruit
> farms where people live) during the week. we are really excited and
> we got a lot done this week. we found a family of 15 that has a lot
> of interest and we are also working with a few kids that were never
> baptized. there are a few others that are part member families and
> they know the church is true but they say that they lack preparation,
> no más. we are going to help with that :). my ward mission leader is
> awesome too. he is also a counsilor (sp?) in the obispado and he
> wants to help us a lot. he is a recent convert. our bishop is also
> really cool. he is 29 and a returned missionary. he likes to work
> with us too. the only problem is that 18 people were in church this
> sunday, 4 are priesthood holders. there are 300 members in cinco
> saltos and we have a large, beautiful chapel but we are lacking in
> attendance. on sunday, elder zarceño and i both gave talks about
> searching for the lost sheep and magnifying our callings in the
> church. it went very well. i played the piano and they told me that
> it has been more than a year that they had anyone in the ward that
> knows how to play. i´m going to teach lessons.
> you know who else was here in cinco saltos? elder page, my comp from
> the mtc, trained here. and before him, taylor merrill. in our area
> book is a picture of him and his district. that was pretty crazy to
> find.
> my district is really awesome and we are all really excited to work
> hard. the other missionaries are in centenario, about 15 minutes away
> on a bus. there are six in total including me and my comp. we had a
> district meeting on friday in centenario and my zone leaders came too,
> elder escobar and zebley. zebley was companions with suarez in zapala
> before me, and escobar trained me. it was really cool to see him
> again and when he calls me, i answer- hola, papi. it is cool to see
> how much he has grown as a leader over the last year and i´m trying to
> follow his example. i´m learning a lot.
> i´m trying really hard to follow up with my district on all of their
> baptismal dates to see how their investigators are doing and to see
> how i can help if they have any doubts or concerns. i call every
> night to verificar and make sure everything is going well. in my
> district, our goal for baptisms in march is 10, and i know we can make
> it. we have 12 fechas all together and we are really excited. elder
> zarceño and i set 5 fechas this week and we are really excited right
> now.
> my companion and i get along really well together and our lessons we
> teach are awesome. we have a lot of ´´poder´´ when we teach together
> and we are rocking it!!! my comp has almost 13 months on the mission.
> we both have a lot of experience on the mission and we are like alma
> and amulek together. today, i have 16 months!!! i´m going to
> celebrate. our plan was to go to neuquen as a district to play futbol
> and eat lunch with a family there but today is a holiday and i don´t
> know if the bus will come... i don´t think we can go this week.
> president peterson told us this week that our new mission president
> will be president lovell from south jordan, utah. i think he is going
> to start here in june or july... i´m not sure but it is coming close.
> it will be interesting to see the changes our new mission president is
> going to make in a few months, but we are going to enjoy pte peterson
> and his leadership while we have him. he is an awesome guy.
> dad- i did really like the summary you made of my mission. it was
> cool to see everything compiled and written like that to see
> everywhere i´ve been and the companions i have had. how did it go with
> the young men on sunday? did it inspire them to write me a lot more?
> my valentine´s package still hasn´t arrived but i´m sure next week it
> will come.
> my scriptures for the week are 2 nefi 11:6-7, and D&C 51:16-19.
> like it says in dyc 51, i want to serve here in cinco saltos as if i´m
> going to live here forever. i shared those scriptures with my
> district on friday so they could have that image (i can´t think of the
> word... outlook, view?) in their own areas too.
> i love you guys and i´m looking forward to hearing from you next week!
> con mucho amor y ánimo,
> elder summers
Monday, February 27, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
246 Days to go... TRANSFERS
¡hola familia!
> ¡elder summers ha sido llamado para servir en ´´cinco saltos´´ como
> lider de distrito! i´m so pumped! i didn´t write earlier this
> morning because i have been saying good bye to the members all day and
> we just finished playing futbol with the jovenes. it was pretty fun
> today. my bus leaves from trelew tonight at 10:30 and i should be
> arriving in cinco saltos tomorrow around 1 in the afternoon. it will
> be a LOOOONG bus ride, but i´m excited to start new. my new companion
> is another guatemalteco and his name is elder zarceño. i think that´s
> how it´s spelled... my comp elder escobar talked to him before in
> comodoro and he said that he is shorter and pretty tranquilo. i´m
> excited for the change, y encima, i think my new zone leader is going
> to be my trainer from comodoro!!! as a district leader, we will be
> able to do divisions for a day! this is his last transfer in his
> mission and he is going to finish in april so it would be really cool
> to see him again. i don´t know if he is still there because he
> started in september in that zone, neuquen 2 but it would be awesome.
> i finished well here with my comp, elder escobar, and we are
> definitely going to keep in touch. he is really cool and we became
> pretty good friends over the last 3 months. we had some rough patches
> but everything turned out in the end.
> parents- happy anniversary!!! i´m sorry for keeping you waiting all
> day for my letter... but maybe you already left. hey- thanks for
> sending that ´´deep doctrine´´ on the resurreccion, it is going to
> help escobar a lot this week. we had a cita with them on wednesday
> and i hope everything goes well. i hear that the new elder that is
> coming to take my place is from el salvador and that he is very lazy.
> escobar will be the comp menor, so he is going to have to drop the
> cane on him and work because we have some really promising things here
> in rawson and i´m going to miss it a lot. i ´´prophetized´´ to
> escobar and told him that he is going to leave rawson as comp mayor
> for the rest of his mission because he is going to grow a lot in the
> next few months.
> we had a zone conference this week with elder foster, a seventy. it
> was a really good conference and we talked a lot about how the members
> shouldn´t be helping us with the work, but we should be helping THEM.
> the members here don´t understand that concept and look down on us if
> we don´t have anyone in church. i´ve been working hard to change that
> reputation of the missionaries here and things have improved a lot.
> now, i don´t want all of that to caer when i leave... fetch.
> pero bueno. i really loved reading d&c 124:20. it talks about george
> miller and how the lord knows his heart and loves him for it. it
> makes me wonder about where i stand with Him. there´s always room for
> improvement. elder escobar and i had a really good week to finish off
> even though some of our fechas bautismales fallaron... it was good.
> on sunday, i was given some time to talk to the ward in sacrament
> meeting and despedirme. i really am going to miss them... they are
> like family to me and we had some really good times together. i would
> love to come back someday to rawson but i can´t promise that i will be
> able to. it´s pretty far.
> but i have almost everything packed and ready to go. right now, it is
> 7 o´clock. i´m a little nervous to start new but i´m also really
> excited to get going. we are going to head back to the apartment, i
> am going to shower real quick, finish packing, and then the hermano
> chemin is coming to pick me up and bring me to trelew at 9. elder
> castillo is also leaving on the same bus. he is going to roca so he
> will be in the same district as elder colombres, my last companion.
> if you have trouble finding cinco saltos on the map, look next to the
> capital neuquen in the rio negro province. i heard that it is going
> to be really hot the next few months but they are very famous for
> growing apples and pears. lots of apples and pears. cipolleti is
> very famous for their apples and cinco saltos is pretty close. now i
> have to go, but i will update you next week on how things go. i love
> you guys!
> con mucho amor y ánimo
> elder summers
>
> ¡elder summers ha sido llamado para servir en ´´cinco saltos´´ como
> lider de distrito! i´m so pumped! i didn´t write earlier this
> morning because i have been saying good bye to the members all day and
> we just finished playing futbol with the jovenes. it was pretty fun
> today. my bus leaves from trelew tonight at 10:30 and i should be
> arriving in cinco saltos tomorrow around 1 in the afternoon. it will
> be a LOOOONG bus ride, but i´m excited to start new. my new companion
> is another guatemalteco and his name is elder zarceño. i think that´s
> how it´s spelled... my comp elder escobar talked to him before in
> comodoro and he said that he is shorter and pretty tranquilo. i´m
> excited for the change, y encima, i think my new zone leader is going
> to be my trainer from comodoro!!! as a district leader, we will be
> able to do divisions for a day! this is his last transfer in his
> mission and he is going to finish in april so it would be really cool
> to see him again. i don´t know if he is still there because he
> started in september in that zone, neuquen 2 but it would be awesome.
> i finished well here with my comp, elder escobar, and we are
> definitely going to keep in touch. he is really cool and we became
> pretty good friends over the last 3 months. we had some rough patches
> but everything turned out in the end.
> parents- happy anniversary!!! i´m sorry for keeping you waiting all
> day for my letter... but maybe you already left. hey- thanks for
> sending that ´´deep doctrine´´ on the resurreccion, it is going to
> help escobar a lot this week. we had a cita with them on wednesday
> and i hope everything goes well. i hear that the new elder that is
> coming to take my place is from el salvador and that he is very lazy.
> escobar will be the comp menor, so he is going to have to drop the
> cane on him and work because we have some really promising things here
> in rawson and i´m going to miss it a lot. i ´´prophetized´´ to
> escobar and told him that he is going to leave rawson as comp mayor
> for the rest of his mission because he is going to grow a lot in the
> next few months.
> we had a zone conference this week with elder foster, a seventy. it
> was a really good conference and we talked a lot about how the members
> shouldn´t be helping us with the work, but we should be helping THEM.
> the members here don´t understand that concept and look down on us if
> we don´t have anyone in church. i´ve been working hard to change that
> reputation of the missionaries here and things have improved a lot.
> now, i don´t want all of that to caer when i leave... fetch.
> pero bueno. i really loved reading d&c 124:20. it talks about george
> miller and how the lord knows his heart and loves him for it. it
> makes me wonder about where i stand with Him. there´s always room for
> improvement. elder escobar and i had a really good week to finish off
> even though some of our fechas bautismales fallaron... it was good.
> on sunday, i was given some time to talk to the ward in sacrament
> meeting and despedirme. i really am going to miss them... they are
> like family to me and we had some really good times together. i would
> love to come back someday to rawson but i can´t promise that i will be
> able to. it´s pretty far.
> but i have almost everything packed and ready to go. right now, it is
> 7 o´clock. i´m a little nervous to start new but i´m also really
> excited to get going. we are going to head back to the apartment, i
> am going to shower real quick, finish packing, and then the hermano
> chemin is coming to pick me up and bring me to trelew at 9. elder
> castillo is also leaving on the same bus. he is going to roca so he
> will be in the same district as elder colombres, my last companion.
> if you have trouble finding cinco saltos on the map, look next to the
> capital neuquen in the rio negro province. i heard that it is going
> to be really hot the next few months but they are very famous for
> growing apples and pears. lots of apples and pears. cipolleti is
> very famous for their apples and cinco saltos is pretty close. now i
> have to go, but i will update you next week on how things go. i love
> you guys!
> con mucho amor y ánimo
> elder summers
>
Monday, February 13, 2012
253 Days To Go...
¡hola familia!
> hows it goin? i had another good week. we taught a lot so we didn´t
> have to stay outisde in the heat all day. the sun is getting really
> strong and the air is really dry and warm too. i think some good rain
> this week will be welcome. saturday night, the youth came home from
> efy in bariloche and they had an awesome time. they bore their
> testimonies in church yesterday and it was an awesome meeting to be
> able to hear their testimonies and see how just one week can help them
> so much. it was impressive. leandro told us that while he was there,
> he felt strongly that he needs to serve a mission too. he asked me a
> whole bunch of questions about getting his papers together and how to
> get his patriarchal blessing, and he is putting a whole bunch of hymns
> on his mp4 player. he is doing really awesome. he showed us some
> pictures on facebook of efy and i saw a bunch of youth that went that
> i knew in máximo abásalo and in zapala!. leandro talked with them and
> when they said where they were from, he asked them if they knew me and
> they said that they did remember me and told stories of cool stuff i
> did when i was there. that was surprising to me because it has been a
> long time since i have been there but it was awesome to hear.
> rodrigo received the priesthood yesterday and was able to bless the
> sacrament with his brother. bishop detlefsen gave him a white shirt
> and one of his ties so he would be able to do it. rodrigo had the
> biggest smile on his face and we were really proud of him. watching
> the two of them bless the sacrament together was a dream of mine since
> october and it was incredible to actually be able to see it yesterday.
> they both have come a long way to be where they are now and i know
> that they are going to continue progressing. rodrigo also told us
> that he will be attending efy next year and eventually serve a
> mission..
> aixa left yesterday to head back to buenos aires for school. she was
> really sad to leave but we promised to keep in touch with her while
> she is away and we will be friends on facebook :). i was just
> thinking, and it has been one year since i started in zapala, my
> second area!! fa! time has been going by so fast. we are going to
> find out this saturday if i am going to leave rawson or not. i really
> want to make this last week really count.
> silvia is progressing a lot too! she came to church yesterday and we
> talked about the holy spirit and how we get it. the lesson made a huge
> impact on her and she was really worried that the church would tell
> her that she can´t assist more because she isn´t married with oscar.
> i told her that she is always welcome to church and she was really
> happy. she really wants to marry him now so she can finally be
> baptized and receive the espiritu santo.
> we found two new guys to teach this week, marcos and jorge. they go
> to the adventist church and they are here in rawson selling books
> about physical health, and they are giving away books from their
> church for the spiritual health too (but only if the people want it).
> that´s what they told us. marcos is a really cool guy that plays the
> blues and jazz on his guitar, and he was playing when we found him.
> they never heard of the book of mormon before and they both are really
> interested in it. we are meeting them tomorrow to see if they have
> read anything. marcos said that his only doubt was about how pedro,
> santiago, and juan gave jose the priesthood because of the tema of the
> resurrección... i didn´t know how to respond to that one. i told him
> that i will research it a little more before responding but i guess it
> all comes down to the book of mormon and if it was translated by the
> power of God or not. i haven´t found much about it to know if they
> were resurrected beings or not but i´m still researching. any
> additional help would be appreciated on the subject :).
> hey che- i heard whitney houston passed away. truth? oh, and by the
> way, my rooney shirt did help me a lot on saturday. i´m rocking the
> cancha. i forgot to take a picture but this saturday i will for sure
> (cuz it could be my last time playing in rawson). i have been
> thinking that i should play at byu. i don´t know how that would be
> but i´m sure it would be fun.
> my scripture for the week comes from mateo 25:34-40. i finished the
> new testament this week! it has a lot of really good things that i
> loved reading this transfer, and one of those things that i found
> comes from these scriptures. it talks about how all the things we do
> to, or for, others, we are doing it to the savior. it made me think
> about my relationships with the people around me and how i can treat
> others better. especially with elder escobar, my companion. i have
> to spend all day with him everyday and i don´t want him to feel
> unappreciated or maltreated (?). poor guy has to deal with me no
> matter what. pero bueno, está bien.
> i love reading the scriptures. the hard part is the application but
> it´s something everyone needs to work on. i love being a missionary,
> and helping others find the joy that we already have. before the
> mission, i never understood how hard it would be. i thought that my
> companions would have the same desires as me to want to work hard but
> you might not be so lucky. you got to be the sheriff! the motor to
> keep the companionship functioning and to be an example. it gets hard
> when you are fighting that and the majority of the people reject you,
> but the few that you do find to teach are worth all of the efforts.
> it has been very rewarding for me to see how people change and how
> much happier someone can be, just by learning about the savior´s
> atonement and how to apply it in their own lives. i know that all of
> these things are true because i know that the book of mormon is true.
> i read it, and i received my answer. i am grateful for the
> opportunity that i have to be here, a missionary in argentina.
> i love you guys and thank you for all of the support that you give me.
> every week, getting your letters, pictures, and packages, gives me a
> huge boost in ánimo and i love to hear about what you are all up to!
> until next week, chau!
> con mucho amor,
> elder summers
> hows it goin? i had another good week. we taught a lot so we didn´t
> have to stay outisde in the heat all day. the sun is getting really
> strong and the air is really dry and warm too. i think some good rain
> this week will be welcome. saturday night, the youth came home from
> efy in bariloche and they had an awesome time. they bore their
> testimonies in church yesterday and it was an awesome meeting to be
> able to hear their testimonies and see how just one week can help them
> so much. it was impressive. leandro told us that while he was there,
> he felt strongly that he needs to serve a mission too. he asked me a
> whole bunch of questions about getting his papers together and how to
> get his patriarchal blessing, and he is putting a whole bunch of hymns
> on his mp4 player. he is doing really awesome. he showed us some
> pictures on facebook of efy and i saw a bunch of youth that went that
> i knew in máximo abásalo and in zapala!. leandro talked with them and
> when they said where they were from, he asked them if they knew me and
> they said that they did remember me and told stories of cool stuff i
> did when i was there. that was surprising to me because it has been a
> long time since i have been there but it was awesome to hear.
> rodrigo received the priesthood yesterday and was able to bless the
> sacrament with his brother. bishop detlefsen gave him a white shirt
> and one of his ties so he would be able to do it. rodrigo had the
> biggest smile on his face and we were really proud of him. watching
> the two of them bless the sacrament together was a dream of mine since
> october and it was incredible to actually be able to see it yesterday.
> they both have come a long way to be where they are now and i know
> that they are going to continue progressing. rodrigo also told us
> that he will be attending efy next year and eventually serve a
> mission..
> aixa left yesterday to head back to buenos aires for school. she was
> really sad to leave but we promised to keep in touch with her while
> she is away and we will be friends on facebook :). i was just
> thinking, and it has been one year since i started in zapala, my
> second area!! fa! time has been going by so fast. we are going to
> find out this saturday if i am going to leave rawson or not. i really
> want to make this last week really count.
> silvia is progressing a lot too! she came to church yesterday and we
> talked about the holy spirit and how we get it. the lesson made a huge
> impact on her and she was really worried that the church would tell
> her that she can´t assist more because she isn´t married with oscar.
> i told her that she is always welcome to church and she was really
> happy. she really wants to marry him now so she can finally be
> baptized and receive the espiritu santo.
> we found two new guys to teach this week, marcos and jorge. they go
> to the adventist church and they are here in rawson selling books
> about physical health, and they are giving away books from their
> church for the spiritual health too (but only if the people want it).
> that´s what they told us. marcos is a really cool guy that plays the
> blues and jazz on his guitar, and he was playing when we found him.
> they never heard of the book of mormon before and they both are really
> interested in it. we are meeting them tomorrow to see if they have
> read anything. marcos said that his only doubt was about how pedro,
> santiago, and juan gave jose the priesthood because of the tema of the
> resurrección... i didn´t know how to respond to that one. i told him
> that i will research it a little more before responding but i guess it
> all comes down to the book of mormon and if it was translated by the
> power of God or not. i haven´t found much about it to know if they
> were resurrected beings or not but i´m still researching. any
> additional help would be appreciated on the subject :).
> hey che- i heard whitney houston passed away. truth? oh, and by the
> way, my rooney shirt did help me a lot on saturday. i´m rocking the
> cancha. i forgot to take a picture but this saturday i will for sure
> (cuz it could be my last time playing in rawson). i have been
> thinking that i should play at byu. i don´t know how that would be
> but i´m sure it would be fun.
> my scripture for the week comes from mateo 25:34-40. i finished the
> new testament this week! it has a lot of really good things that i
> loved reading this transfer, and one of those things that i found
> comes from these scriptures. it talks about how all the things we do
> to, or for, others, we are doing it to the savior. it made me think
> about my relationships with the people around me and how i can treat
> others better. especially with elder escobar, my companion. i have
> to spend all day with him everyday and i don´t want him to feel
> unappreciated or maltreated (?). poor guy has to deal with me no
> matter what. pero bueno, está bien.
> i love reading the scriptures. the hard part is the application but
> it´s something everyone needs to work on. i love being a missionary,
> and helping others find the joy that we already have. before the
> mission, i never understood how hard it would be. i thought that my
> companions would have the same desires as me to want to work hard but
> you might not be so lucky. you got to be the sheriff! the motor to
> keep the companionship functioning and to be an example. it gets hard
> when you are fighting that and the majority of the people reject you,
> but the few that you do find to teach are worth all of the efforts.
> it has been very rewarding for me to see how people change and how
> much happier someone can be, just by learning about the savior´s
> atonement and how to apply it in their own lives. i know that all of
> these things are true because i know that the book of mormon is true.
> i read it, and i received my answer. i am grateful for the
> opportunity that i have to be here, a missionary in argentina.
> i love you guys and thank you for all of the support that you give me.
> every week, getting your letters, pictures, and packages, gives me a
> huge boost in ánimo and i love to hear about what you are all up to!
> until next week, chau!
> con mucho amor,
> elder summers
262 Days to go
> ¡hola familia!
> on saturday, the last member in the cuello home, rodrigo, was
> baptized! we were all pretty excited for him. he has a strong
> testimony of the church and we are proud of the way he is progressing.
> sunday was his confirmation and he will be ordained a priest next
> sunday. all good here in rawson. the only problem... is that i
> forgot my cord to share my pictures of the baptism. sorry. next week!
> yesterday, this inactive member came to church to give me his wayne
> rooney shirt and he ended up staying the whole time. good stuff. i´m
> going to play futbol today to celebrate our bautismo on saturday, and
> i´m hoping the shirt will give me more ´´poder´´!
> this week, we weren´t able to meet our goals of finding 15 new
> investigators but we did a good job. it´s kind of difficult right now
> because almost all of our investigators either are heavy smokers,
> aren´t married, or both. we are making plans for them to get married
> and to help them quit smoking but we are going to invite some members
> to come with us to the lessons this week. someone that already quit,
> or some couple that is happily married. we will see how that goes.
> yesterday, a lot of our investigators slept in and promised they would
> come later but didn´t show up. only a few people came. it was a good
> fast and testimony meeting and i wish that more people would have
> came... pero bueno.
> a pancho is a hotdog. hamburgers here are a LOT bigger (i think i
> sent a picture of a hamburger when i was in zapala) and the meat is
> usually milanesa and has hard boiled eggs in it with mayo. it´s
> delicious but it isn´t the same. i wish we would get some snow too!
> i´m jealous... and i don´t mind if my phone number gets changed.
> the youth in the ward left to go to efy last night. the first efy in
> the patagonia and it is going to be in bariloche. there are about 9
> youth going from rawson (including leandro) and they are all pretty
> excited for it. rodrigo didn´t go but next year he will for sure.
> the ward had some activities to raise money this week. they sold a
> bunch of empanadas and treats, they had a karaoke competition, and a
> dance and they were able to make a bunch.
> this week, i really liked these scriptures in 1 nephi 15:24-25
> 24 And I said unto them that it was the word of God; and whoso would
> hearken unto the word of God, and would hold fast unto it, they would
> never perish; neither could the temptations and the fiery darts of the
> adversary overpower them unto blindness, to lead them away to
> destruction.
> 25 Wherefore, I, Nephi, did exhort them to give heed unto the word of
> the Lord; yea, I did exhort them with all the energies of my soul, and
> with all the faculty which I possessed, that they would give heed to
> the word of God and remember to keep his commandments always in all
> things.
> i love the example of nefi, how he was able to share the word of God
> with ´´all the energies´´ of his soul. i would like to see the ánimo
> that he had while he did it. i know that we too can share the gospel
> like he did because it can help us through any challenge that we have.
> i loved reading verse 24 in spanish because en lugar de decir hold
> fast, it says cling to. i really like that image of clinging to the
> word of God, really studying, understanding, and applying the
> scriptures in our lives.
> i don´t have a lot of time because we are going to trelew to play
> futbol pretty soon, but i really love you guys and i´m looking forward
> to hearing from you next week. enjoy the snow!
> con mucho amor y ánimo,
> elder summers
> on saturday, the last member in the cuello home, rodrigo, was
> baptized! we were all pretty excited for him. he has a strong
> testimony of the church and we are proud of the way he is progressing.
> sunday was his confirmation and he will be ordained a priest next
> sunday. all good here in rawson. the only problem... is that i
> forgot my cord to share my pictures of the baptism. sorry. next week!
> yesterday, this inactive member came to church to give me his wayne
> rooney shirt and he ended up staying the whole time. good stuff. i´m
> going to play futbol today to celebrate our bautismo on saturday, and
> i´m hoping the shirt will give me more ´´poder´´!
> this week, we weren´t able to meet our goals of finding 15 new
> investigators but we did a good job. it´s kind of difficult right now
> because almost all of our investigators either are heavy smokers,
> aren´t married, or both. we are making plans for them to get married
> and to help them quit smoking but we are going to invite some members
> to come with us to the lessons this week. someone that already quit,
> or some couple that is happily married. we will see how that goes.
> yesterday, a lot of our investigators slept in and promised they would
> come later but didn´t show up. only a few people came. it was a good
> fast and testimony meeting and i wish that more people would have
> came... pero bueno.
> a pancho is a hotdog. hamburgers here are a LOT bigger (i think i
> sent a picture of a hamburger when i was in zapala) and the meat is
> usually milanesa and has hard boiled eggs in it with mayo. it´s
> delicious but it isn´t the same. i wish we would get some snow too!
> i´m jealous... and i don´t mind if my phone number gets changed.
> the youth in the ward left to go to efy last night. the first efy in
> the patagonia and it is going to be in bariloche. there are about 9
> youth going from rawson (including leandro) and they are all pretty
> excited for it. rodrigo didn´t go but next year he will for sure.
> the ward had some activities to raise money this week. they sold a
> bunch of empanadas and treats, they had a karaoke competition, and a
> dance and they were able to make a bunch.
> this week, i really liked these scriptures in 1 nephi 15:24-25
> 24 And I said unto them that it was the word of God; and whoso would
> hearken unto the word of God, and would hold fast unto it, they would
> never perish; neither could the temptations and the fiery darts of the
> adversary overpower them unto blindness, to lead them away to
> destruction.
> 25 Wherefore, I, Nephi, did exhort them to give heed unto the word of
> the Lord; yea, I did exhort them with all the energies of my soul, and
> with all the faculty which I possessed, that they would give heed to
> the word of God and remember to keep his commandments always in all
> things.
> i love the example of nefi, how he was able to share the word of God
> with ´´all the energies´´ of his soul. i would like to see the ánimo
> that he had while he did it. i know that we too can share the gospel
> like he did because it can help us through any challenge that we have.
> i loved reading verse 24 in spanish because en lugar de decir hold
> fast, it says cling to. i really like that image of clinging to the
> word of God, really studying, understanding, and applying the
> scriptures in our lives.
> i don´t have a lot of time because we are going to trelew to play
> futbol pretty soon, but i really love you guys and i´m looking forward
> to hearing from you next week. enjoy the snow!
> con mucho amor y ánimo,
> elder summers
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