> ¡hola familia!
> it was awesome talking to you yesterday! it charged my batteries to
> finish the year really well. just one more week until 2012! i´m not
> going to skype today because i don´t have any money to finish the
> month and i have to wait a long time for the computers with cameras...
> but that´s ok. for mother´s day i think that i will definitely use it
> though because elder roper and elder castillo were using it on their
> ipods in the church while i was talking on the phone and i was a
> little jealous even though my comp wasn´t able to call his family
> yesterday because the phone went crazy and wouldn´t make any phone
> calls after i hung up. we spent the morning playing futbol in trelew
> and elder escobar was able to call while we played, and then we went
> to eat some hot dogs before we got to the ciber to write. it´s a good
> pday so far and my companion really enjoyed talking to his family too.
> i was going to send some pictures and videos of our christmas fiesta
> but i forgot my camera this morning. next week i guess. do you guys
> have some big plans for new years? i think that we are going to end up
> doing the same thing this weekend so it should go well.
> the pictures you sent me of the whole familia together was awesome! i
> can´t wait to get my own summers´ shirt!
> i don´t have much to say this week because i feel like i said it all
> yesterday... but it was great talking with all of you. i love you all
> and i hope the travel back home goes safely. next monday will be a
> new beginning in a new year and i´m excited to hear about how this
> week goes.
> ¡chau!
> con mucho amor y ánimo,
> elder summers
>
Thursday, December 29, 2011
313 to go...
ola familia!
> can you believe it? the year is coming to an end... and christmas is 6
> DAYS away! i磎 so excited to talk to you guys! pte peterson set a rule
> that we can磘 skype on sunday, but maybe on monday... i think that i
> will just call on sunday and i need to coordinate with the other
> missionaries because there are four of us and only one phone in the
> church. i don磘 know if we can go anywhere else but we will see. i磎
> thinking that i will be calling some time around 4-7 (in my time
> zone). i磎 going to buy a calling card right now and you guys can
> call me at the number i call from? it should go well. we are going to
> be eating very well that weekend because we were invited to eat some
> 创asadasos创 with some families. that is like a huge meat barbeque
> and i磎 pretty pumped.
> leandro is doing awesome. he磗 good friends with some of the youth in
> the ward and his mom is pretty excited because he is spending time
> with other members. he blessed the sacrament again on sunday and he磗
> pretty involved. we just talked to his mom today in the street and
> she said that her family just attacked her (verbally) last night for
> being a member of the church and said a bunch of ugly things about the
> church but they don磘 understand anything about it... but his mom is
> really strong in the church too but it made her feel pretty bad. we
> are going to visit them tomorrow.
> we talked with silvia about her marriage status and she is going to
> start the divorce process so she can marry the guy she is living with.
> we are trying to get some of the hermanas in our ward to start
> visiting her when we aren磘 there so we are inviting them to come with
> us to the lessons. silvia really enjoys coming to church and she is
> feeling good about things. the members are calling her a 创mormon
> seco创 because she is only lacking her baptism to be a member.
> pte peterson did come this week to interview all of us and it was
> really awesome. i was able to talk to him about all of my concerns
> with the area and our investigators and he gave me some good
> direction. we talked a lot about prayer and i ended up studying more
> about it this week and i learned a lot of interesting things that
> changed the way that i think about it.
> one thing that i read in the bible dictionary is that we end our
> prayers 创in the name of Jesus Christ创 because we are praying for the
> things that He would pray for, and we should pray for things that
> agree with the will of God. i never thought about prayer in that way,
> that i磎 praying for things that Jesus would be praying for. i know
> that our prayers are answered when we ask for things that God wants
> for us.
> a few days ago, we went to clap some doors in the morning, but it was
> really hot and everybody either went to the beach or was eating lunch
> so we couldn磘 get into any doors. we didn磘 have lunch until 2 so we
> didn磘 have much to do at that time and it was kind of tough. i was
> getting really thirsty and for some reason, i started thinking that a
> nice glass of orange juice would be perfect at the moment. one guy
> answered the door, 创freddy创, and said he didn磘 have time to talk to
> us but he gave us 2 oranges. i was asking my companion how could it
> be possible that we got some oranges when i was thinking of orange
> juice, but we can磘 be directed to some good people to teach. we went
> to a corner under the shade to start eating our oranges. we ate half
> of our oranges when a gypsy couple with their young son showed up and
> started asking us questions about the church. they were out selling
> table cloths and other stuff and they weren磘 having any success
> either so we just started talking and we ended up teaching them right
> there on the corner. i thought that was really cool how all of that
> was planned out to meet those guys right there at that moment. the
> bad thing is that they aren磘 from rawson and they are moving to a
> different city on tuesday but we at least had the opportunity to talk
> to them and plant that seed for later. we were praying for people to
> teach and they presented themselves in a different way that we were
> expecting but we were able to teach. i think that i need to be a
> little more specific with my prayers but they need to be what God
> wants for us too.
> Alma 35:5 Yea, O God, and thou wast merciful unto me when I did cry
> unto thee in my field; when I did cry unto thee in my prayer, and thou
> didst hear me.
> i felt like i was answered in that moment and i am very grateful for
> this experience.
> it磗 getting a lot warmer now and when it is a really hot day, the
> town shuts off the electricity and water. our freezer is full of ice,
> so full that we couldn磘 put our hands in to take stuff out, and when
> the electricity was turned off all of that ice melted and flooded the
> apartment. that was a fun surprise when we got up in the morning but
> now everything is good and our freezer is clear of ice. it was a
> blessing in disguise.
> on friday, the ward had an activity to celebrate the end of the year
> and it was on my comps birthday so he was able to have a semi-party to
> celebrate too. it went very well and there was a talent show and a
> dance afterward. we didn磘 stay for the dance, but we ate some good
> food and some of our investigators showed up too. nacho came with his
> friend and the familia dorrey came. it was a success. on sunday, the
> four of us missionaries sang a part of 创we磍l bring the world his
> truth创, for the primary presentation. it went very well. things are
> going a lot better here in rawson and we are starting to progress a
> lot more.
> i know that this is God磗 work and i know that i am supposed to be
> here in rawson with elder escobar. i am grateful for the opportunity
> that was given to me to be here and help with all that i can. it磗 a
> great feeling to know that my Heavenly Father can trust me to follow
> through with His plans and help those in need, and i磎 having an
> awesome time serving right now. even though christmas is coming up in
> less than a week, i磎 glad that i磎 here. i love you guys a lot and i
> really am looking forward to hearing your voices on sunday! i attached
> a short clip of my christmas song because i know my momma likes it ;D
> FELICES FIESTAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS! I LOVE YOU! HASTA DOMINGO! CHAU!
> elder summers
> can you believe it? the year is coming to an end... and christmas is 6
> DAYS away! i磎 so excited to talk to you guys! pte peterson set a rule
> that we can磘 skype on sunday, but maybe on monday... i think that i
> will just call on sunday and i need to coordinate with the other
> missionaries because there are four of us and only one phone in the
> church. i don磘 know if we can go anywhere else but we will see. i磎
> thinking that i will be calling some time around 4-7 (in my time
> zone). i磎 going to buy a calling card right now and you guys can
> call me at the number i call from? it should go well. we are going to
> be eating very well that weekend because we were invited to eat some
> 创asadasos创 with some families. that is like a huge meat barbeque
> and i磎 pretty pumped.
> leandro is doing awesome. he磗 good friends with some of the youth in
> the ward and his mom is pretty excited because he is spending time
> with other members. he blessed the sacrament again on sunday and he磗
> pretty involved. we just talked to his mom today in the street and
> she said that her family just attacked her (verbally) last night for
> being a member of the church and said a bunch of ugly things about the
> church but they don磘 understand anything about it... but his mom is
> really strong in the church too but it made her feel pretty bad. we
> are going to visit them tomorrow.
> we talked with silvia about her marriage status and she is going to
> start the divorce process so she can marry the guy she is living with.
> we are trying to get some of the hermanas in our ward to start
> visiting her when we aren磘 there so we are inviting them to come with
> us to the lessons. silvia really enjoys coming to church and she is
> feeling good about things. the members are calling her a 创mormon
> seco创 because she is only lacking her baptism to be a member.
> pte peterson did come this week to interview all of us and it was
> really awesome. i was able to talk to him about all of my concerns
> with the area and our investigators and he gave me some good
> direction. we talked a lot about prayer and i ended up studying more
> about it this week and i learned a lot of interesting things that
> changed the way that i think about it.
> one thing that i read in the bible dictionary is that we end our
> prayers 创in the name of Jesus Christ创 because we are praying for the
> things that He would pray for, and we should pray for things that
> agree with the will of God. i never thought about prayer in that way,
> that i磎 praying for things that Jesus would be praying for. i know
> that our prayers are answered when we ask for things that God wants
> for us.
> a few days ago, we went to clap some doors in the morning, but it was
> really hot and everybody either went to the beach or was eating lunch
> so we couldn磘 get into any doors. we didn磘 have lunch until 2 so we
> didn磘 have much to do at that time and it was kind of tough. i was
> getting really thirsty and for some reason, i started thinking that a
> nice glass of orange juice would be perfect at the moment. one guy
> answered the door, 创freddy创, and said he didn磘 have time to talk to
> us but he gave us 2 oranges. i was asking my companion how could it
> be possible that we got some oranges when i was thinking of orange
> juice, but we can磘 be directed to some good people to teach. we went
> to a corner under the shade to start eating our oranges. we ate half
> of our oranges when a gypsy couple with their young son showed up and
> started asking us questions about the church. they were out selling
> table cloths and other stuff and they weren磘 having any success
> either so we just started talking and we ended up teaching them right
> there on the corner. i thought that was really cool how all of that
> was planned out to meet those guys right there at that moment. the
> bad thing is that they aren磘 from rawson and they are moving to a
> different city on tuesday but we at least had the opportunity to talk
> to them and plant that seed for later. we were praying for people to
> teach and they presented themselves in a different way that we were
> expecting but we were able to teach. i think that i need to be a
> little more specific with my prayers but they need to be what God
> wants for us too.
> Alma 35:5 Yea, O God, and thou wast merciful unto me when I did cry
> unto thee in my field; when I did cry unto thee in my prayer, and thou
> didst hear me.
> i felt like i was answered in that moment and i am very grateful for
> this experience.
> it磗 getting a lot warmer now and when it is a really hot day, the
> town shuts off the electricity and water. our freezer is full of ice,
> so full that we couldn磘 put our hands in to take stuff out, and when
> the electricity was turned off all of that ice melted and flooded the
> apartment. that was a fun surprise when we got up in the morning but
> now everything is good and our freezer is clear of ice. it was a
> blessing in disguise.
> on friday, the ward had an activity to celebrate the end of the year
> and it was on my comps birthday so he was able to have a semi-party to
> celebrate too. it went very well and there was a talent show and a
> dance afterward. we didn磘 stay for the dance, but we ate some good
> food and some of our investigators showed up too. nacho came with his
> friend and the familia dorrey came. it was a success. on sunday, the
> four of us missionaries sang a part of 创we磍l bring the world his
> truth创, for the primary presentation. it went very well. things are
> going a lot better here in rawson and we are starting to progress a
> lot more.
> i know that this is God磗 work and i know that i am supposed to be
> here in rawson with elder escobar. i am grateful for the opportunity
> that was given to me to be here and help with all that i can. it磗 a
> great feeling to know that my Heavenly Father can trust me to follow
> through with His plans and help those in need, and i磎 having an
> awesome time serving right now. even though christmas is coming up in
> less than a week, i磎 glad that i磎 here. i love you guys a lot and i
> really am looking forward to hearing your voices on sunday! i attached
> a short clip of my christmas song because i know my momma likes it ;D
> FELICES FIESTAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS! I LOVE YOU! HASTA DOMINGO! CHAU!
> elder summers
Monday, December 12, 2011
320 to go...
¡hola familia!
> i received my christmas package last week! it made me so happy! i
> didn´t open the wrapped things because momma told me not to, but i´m
> excited! all the candy is amazing too! i haven´t opened anything yet,
> but i have eaten some candy canes, the peach rings, and some of those
> root beer candies. thank you for sending it! the calendar was just
> what i wanted too, and the jar of peanut butter! i don´t know why i
> like peanut butter so much right now...
> getting the conference in english was also really cool too! i have
> read the majority of the discursos and i really liked them. i really
> enjoyed the discurso by pte eyring in the priesthood session ´´i need
> your help´´, because my service as a missionary right now is helping
> me to become a better priesthood holder and future leader. i just
> need to stay diligent like pte eyring was and be ready to do more even
> when i´m tired.
> it´s interesting that trelew was on your world map because it´s not
> that big of a city. neuquen is a lot bigger, and trelew is about 15
> kilometers away from the ocean. rawson has a fishing port and it is
> the capital of chubut but it is really small.
> this week, leandro received the priesthood and was ordained a priest.
> on sunday, he showed up to church in a suit and he was able to bless
> the sacrament on sunday too. it was really cool to see him because he
> is progressing a lot. i don´t think his brother, rodrigo, has too
> much interest in the church right now. i think he is feeling a lot of
> pressure to be baptized and we don´t want him to feel like he´s
> obligated to do anything. we are trying to teach him though but we
> will see how that goes.
> silvia loves attending church. a lot of garbage has been happening to
> her lately and she can feel a difference in her house everytime we
> come to visit and there is peace in the house after we leave. some
> kids stole her chickens, one of her little dogs, and started a fire
> behind her house that damaged a bunch of trees. she has been pretty
> stressed because she loved that little dog... but she is now more
> willing to listen to us because she has seen a difference in her life
> when she is reading the book of mormon and praying. she admitted to
> us that she didn´t want a blessing of comfort last week because she
> was technically a member to another church for the last year, but she
> called that church and told them she didn´t want to be a member
> anymore so she could become more involved in our church. apparently
> she was baptized 3 times already so she wants to be really sure about
> the church before she is baptized the fourth time. i don´t blame her.
> but she tells us a lot that she is still ´´searching for her place´´
> and now she thinks that she has found it. the members are really good
> to her when she comes to church so she is feeling a lot better.
> it has been kind of hard to find nacho again this week and he didn´t
> come to church yesterday. we don´t know what is going on with him
> right now but we set a cita to visit him this week. we did find an
> awesome family to start teaching and we have a cita with them tonight.
> we are excited to teach them tonight and we are hoping everything
> goes well.
> i´m still not sure if i will be able to use skype but i spoke with the
> owner of the ciber and they are still deciding if it is going to be
> open. maybe i can skype on the 24th... or i can just call on the
> 25th. i will know for sure next monday, i think...
> but everything is going well here. elder escobar is pretty cool and we
> get along fine. he is a ´´lowtalker´´ so he sometimes gets impatient
> with me if i don´t understand but i understand ok when he talks
> louder. his birthday is on friday so i have to come up with something
> for us to celebrate!
> it´s getting a little hotter here so it´s getting harder to find
> people to teach. everyone wants to go to the beach during the day and
> at night, they are too tired to want to talk to us. it´s a little
> difficult right now but we are being diligent. we painted a ceiling
> this week and cleared a patio of weeds, lots of service. now we are
> going to see if that service will turn to new investigators. i read
> about ammon and his brothers this morning and i really liked how they
> just dedicated themselves to serving. we are offering a lot more help
> and some are takers while the majority still just say no.
> in preach my gospel, there is a challenge to break a habit to see how
> hard it is for investigators to break addictions. i decided this week
> that i am going to break my habit of cracking my knuckles and now i
> have gone 5 days without doing it. i failed a lot. i didn´t realize
> how often i was doing it... my fingers were getting really stiff
> without cracking them but now they are feeling normal again. it made
> me reflect on how much more difficult it would be to stop smoking or
> drinking but they will feel a lot more free. what i noticed with this
> challenge was that it was really hard for me to stop in the beginning
> but now i don´t feel the need to do it anymore. it gave me another
> perspective for people dealing with addictions that are a lot bigger.
> tomorrow, pte peterson is coming to rawson because he is interviewing
> all of the missionaries in the whole mission. we are looking forward
> to seeing him again tomorrow. now we are getting ready to go to
> trelew for the afternoon and playing basketball with the other
> missionaries there. thanks for writing this week! i always love
> hearing from you and seeing all the pictures (and videos) that you
> send!
> i love you guys!
> ¡con mucho amor y ánimo!
> elder summers
> i received my christmas package last week! it made me so happy! i
> didn´t open the wrapped things because momma told me not to, but i´m
> excited! all the candy is amazing too! i haven´t opened anything yet,
> but i have eaten some candy canes, the peach rings, and some of those
> root beer candies. thank you for sending it! the calendar was just
> what i wanted too, and the jar of peanut butter! i don´t know why i
> like peanut butter so much right now...
> getting the conference in english was also really cool too! i have
> read the majority of the discursos and i really liked them. i really
> enjoyed the discurso by pte eyring in the priesthood session ´´i need
> your help´´, because my service as a missionary right now is helping
> me to become a better priesthood holder and future leader. i just
> need to stay diligent like pte eyring was and be ready to do more even
> when i´m tired.
> it´s interesting that trelew was on your world map because it´s not
> that big of a city. neuquen is a lot bigger, and trelew is about 15
> kilometers away from the ocean. rawson has a fishing port and it is
> the capital of chubut but it is really small.
> this week, leandro received the priesthood and was ordained a priest.
> on sunday, he showed up to church in a suit and he was able to bless
> the sacrament on sunday too. it was really cool to see him because he
> is progressing a lot. i don´t think his brother, rodrigo, has too
> much interest in the church right now. i think he is feeling a lot of
> pressure to be baptized and we don´t want him to feel like he´s
> obligated to do anything. we are trying to teach him though but we
> will see how that goes.
> silvia loves attending church. a lot of garbage has been happening to
> her lately and she can feel a difference in her house everytime we
> come to visit and there is peace in the house after we leave. some
> kids stole her chickens, one of her little dogs, and started a fire
> behind her house that damaged a bunch of trees. she has been pretty
> stressed because she loved that little dog... but she is now more
> willing to listen to us because she has seen a difference in her life
> when she is reading the book of mormon and praying. she admitted to
> us that she didn´t want a blessing of comfort last week because she
> was technically a member to another church for the last year, but she
> called that church and told them she didn´t want to be a member
> anymore so she could become more involved in our church. apparently
> she was baptized 3 times already so she wants to be really sure about
> the church before she is baptized the fourth time. i don´t blame her.
> but she tells us a lot that she is still ´´searching for her place´´
> and now she thinks that she has found it. the members are really good
> to her when she comes to church so she is feeling a lot better.
> it has been kind of hard to find nacho again this week and he didn´t
> come to church yesterday. we don´t know what is going on with him
> right now but we set a cita to visit him this week. we did find an
> awesome family to start teaching and we have a cita with them tonight.
> we are excited to teach them tonight and we are hoping everything
> goes well.
> i´m still not sure if i will be able to use skype but i spoke with the
> owner of the ciber and they are still deciding if it is going to be
> open. maybe i can skype on the 24th... or i can just call on the
> 25th. i will know for sure next monday, i think...
> but everything is going well here. elder escobar is pretty cool and we
> get along fine. he is a ´´lowtalker´´ so he sometimes gets impatient
> with me if i don´t understand but i understand ok when he talks
> louder. his birthday is on friday so i have to come up with something
> for us to celebrate!
> it´s getting a little hotter here so it´s getting harder to find
> people to teach. everyone wants to go to the beach during the day and
> at night, they are too tired to want to talk to us. it´s a little
> difficult right now but we are being diligent. we painted a ceiling
> this week and cleared a patio of weeds, lots of service. now we are
> going to see if that service will turn to new investigators. i read
> about ammon and his brothers this morning and i really liked how they
> just dedicated themselves to serving. we are offering a lot more help
> and some are takers while the majority still just say no.
> in preach my gospel, there is a challenge to break a habit to see how
> hard it is for investigators to break addictions. i decided this week
> that i am going to break my habit of cracking my knuckles and now i
> have gone 5 days without doing it. i failed a lot. i didn´t realize
> how often i was doing it... my fingers were getting really stiff
> without cracking them but now they are feeling normal again. it made
> me reflect on how much more difficult it would be to stop smoking or
> drinking but they will feel a lot more free. what i noticed with this
> challenge was that it was really hard for me to stop in the beginning
> but now i don´t feel the need to do it anymore. it gave me another
> perspective for people dealing with addictions that are a lot bigger.
> tomorrow, pte peterson is coming to rawson because he is interviewing
> all of the missionaries in the whole mission. we are looking forward
> to seeing him again tomorrow. now we are getting ready to go to
> trelew for the afternoon and playing basketball with the other
> missionaries there. thanks for writing this week! i always love
> hearing from you and seeing all the pictures (and videos) that you
> send!
> i love you guys!
> ¡con mucho amor y ánimo!
> elder summers
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
327 to go...
¡hola familia!
> we made it to december! things are going awesome here in rawson, and
> the weather is starting to get a lot warmer. the stores are starting
> to sell more decorations for christmas and i´m excited to celebrate in
> rawson this year.
> my new comp is elder escobar and he is a lot more tranquilo than my
> last comp. i can´t think of a better word... he´s pretty quiet but he
> still works and we get along fine. he is from guatemala and he turns
> 24 on the 16th. he was one of those guys that listened to heavy metal
> in english and played a lot of violent video games so he has one of
> those personalities... but we are doing great. the transition was a
> pretty big one because my last comp was a lot louder and now my new
> comp almost whispers the things he says.
> this week went great and the people are really progressing. after
> leandro´s baptism last week, he started spending a lot more time with
> the youth in the ward and his little brother rodrigo is getting a lot
> more involved too. right now the youth are playing in a stake futbol
> tournament, and leandro and rodrigo both came to play. we went to
> watch and our ward won 7-3. i thought that church basketball was
> intense... but it has nothing on futbol in argentina. leandro is
> getting ready for the aaronic priesthood and the bishop announced it
> in sacrament meeting yesterday. we have been visiting him and his
> brother to help him prepare and the goal is to have leandro baptize
> his brother. that would be awesome. his older sister has been
> studying in buenos aires and she is coming home for the navidad.
> elder colombres taught her a little bit before she left and now the
> family is saying she has more interest, so maybe it WILL be a white
> christmas after all!
> silvia is doing great too, the only thing she lacks is getting married
> to the guy she is living with but he needs to get divorced first. she
> probably won´t be able to be baptized for a few months unless they get
> going with the process but the guy doesn´t seem to hurry. él es
> satanás.
> yesterday, we went to eat lunch with natalia britez and her family and
> it was the first time they have given the missionaries lunch in over a
> year. they have been less active for a while but elder colombres and
> i got them to come back to church and to stop listening to the
> jehovah´s witnesses (because they have been confusing them a ton). it
> is so great to see them progressing, and her son lucas is passing the
> sacrament every week. natalia gave us an awesome reference for a guy
> named nacho. he is 22 and is the younger brother of her ex-boyfriend.
> last year he used to drink a ton and do a lot of drugs, but he found
> a church in trelew that helped him get over all of that and he
> completely changed. now he is very frustrated with that church
> because he found a lot of things in the bible that are against it and
> he says that he doesn´t feel satisfied after attending. we ended up
> going to his house last night to get to know him and we found natalia
> there visiting him. we were able to teach him about the restoration
> and about the church. he told us that all we wants in life is to find
> the right way and natalia helped us a lot with the lesson. it was
> awesome! we have another cita with him tonight and we are really
> excited to teach him about repentance and baptism. he already has a
> fecha to be baptized on the 17th this month.
> this week, i really liked these scriptures:
> mosiah 27:36-37
> 36 And thus they were instruments in the hands of God in bringing
> many to the knowledge of the truth, yea, to the knowledge of their
> Redeemer.
> 37 And how blessed are they! For they did publish peace; they did
> publish good tidings of good; and they did declare unto the people
> that the Lord reigneth.
> mateo 19:29
> 29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters,
> or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s
> sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting
> life.
> i thought that they were really awesome scriptures and i know that
> there are a lot of blessings that come from our service as
> missionaries. i love seeing the fruits of our labors and i am praying
> every day to find the people that are ready! last night was a miracle
> finding nacho and i am very grateful for the help and support of the
> members. i think that we are finally gaining the trust of the members
> here in rawson and we are going to see a lot of great things in the
> next few months. i´m excited and ready to get going another week!
> today we started the week great and i was able to go and buy a new
> watch band (finally)! it broke a few weeks ago and i didn´t know where
> i could get a new one so my watch stayed in my pocket... we got our
> haircuts this morning too and the hermano morales did an awesome job.
> now we look more ´´missionary-like´´. today we are planning on going
> to the zoo here in rawson so i might take some pictures for next week!
> hey- thank you for getting that certificate sent. i think i am going
> to be able to get going on that this week but i haven´t heard anything
> so far. we haven´t checked to see if the bolsa arrived in the
> terminal yet so i don´t know if i got my package yet, but for sure
> next week i guess! ¡¡muchas gracias!! just 3 more weeks until
> christmas and i am so excited to talk to all of you! i´m thinking
> that i will be able to skype so that will be awesome! i love you all,
> and i´m looking forward to hearing from you again next week!
> con mucho amor y ánimo
> elder summers
> we made it to december! things are going awesome here in rawson, and
> the weather is starting to get a lot warmer. the stores are starting
> to sell more decorations for christmas and i´m excited to celebrate in
> rawson this year.
> my new comp is elder escobar and he is a lot more tranquilo than my
> last comp. i can´t think of a better word... he´s pretty quiet but he
> still works and we get along fine. he is from guatemala and he turns
> 24 on the 16th. he was one of those guys that listened to heavy metal
> in english and played a lot of violent video games so he has one of
> those personalities... but we are doing great. the transition was a
> pretty big one because my last comp was a lot louder and now my new
> comp almost whispers the things he says.
> this week went great and the people are really progressing. after
> leandro´s baptism last week, he started spending a lot more time with
> the youth in the ward and his little brother rodrigo is getting a lot
> more involved too. right now the youth are playing in a stake futbol
> tournament, and leandro and rodrigo both came to play. we went to
> watch and our ward won 7-3. i thought that church basketball was
> intense... but it has nothing on futbol in argentina. leandro is
> getting ready for the aaronic priesthood and the bishop announced it
> in sacrament meeting yesterday. we have been visiting him and his
> brother to help him prepare and the goal is to have leandro baptize
> his brother. that would be awesome. his older sister has been
> studying in buenos aires and she is coming home for the navidad.
> elder colombres taught her a little bit before she left and now the
> family is saying she has more interest, so maybe it WILL be a white
> christmas after all!
> silvia is doing great too, the only thing she lacks is getting married
> to the guy she is living with but he needs to get divorced first. she
> probably won´t be able to be baptized for a few months unless they get
> going with the process but the guy doesn´t seem to hurry. él es
> satanás.
> yesterday, we went to eat lunch with natalia britez and her family and
> it was the first time they have given the missionaries lunch in over a
> year. they have been less active for a while but elder colombres and
> i got them to come back to church and to stop listening to the
> jehovah´s witnesses (because they have been confusing them a ton). it
> is so great to see them progressing, and her son lucas is passing the
> sacrament every week. natalia gave us an awesome reference for a guy
> named nacho. he is 22 and is the younger brother of her ex-boyfriend.
> last year he used to drink a ton and do a lot of drugs, but he found
> a church in trelew that helped him get over all of that and he
> completely changed. now he is very frustrated with that church
> because he found a lot of things in the bible that are against it and
> he says that he doesn´t feel satisfied after attending. we ended up
> going to his house last night to get to know him and we found natalia
> there visiting him. we were able to teach him about the restoration
> and about the church. he told us that all we wants in life is to find
> the right way and natalia helped us a lot with the lesson. it was
> awesome! we have another cita with him tonight and we are really
> excited to teach him about repentance and baptism. he already has a
> fecha to be baptized on the 17th this month.
> this week, i really liked these scriptures:
> mosiah 27:36-37
> 36 And thus they were instruments in the hands of God in bringing
> many to the knowledge of the truth, yea, to the knowledge of their
> Redeemer.
> 37 And how blessed are they! For they did publish peace; they did
> publish good tidings of good; and they did declare unto the people
> that the Lord reigneth.
> mateo 19:29
> 29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters,
> or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s
> sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting
> life.
> i thought that they were really awesome scriptures and i know that
> there are a lot of blessings that come from our service as
> missionaries. i love seeing the fruits of our labors and i am praying
> every day to find the people that are ready! last night was a miracle
> finding nacho and i am very grateful for the help and support of the
> members. i think that we are finally gaining the trust of the members
> here in rawson and we are going to see a lot of great things in the
> next few months. i´m excited and ready to get going another week!
> today we started the week great and i was able to go and buy a new
> watch band (finally)! it broke a few weeks ago and i didn´t know where
> i could get a new one so my watch stayed in my pocket... we got our
> haircuts this morning too and the hermano morales did an awesome job.
> now we look more ´´missionary-like´´. today we are planning on going
> to the zoo here in rawson so i might take some pictures for next week!
> hey- thank you for getting that certificate sent. i think i am going
> to be able to get going on that this week but i haven´t heard anything
> so far. we haven´t checked to see if the bolsa arrived in the
> terminal yet so i don´t know if i got my package yet, but for sure
> next week i guess! ¡¡muchas gracias!! just 3 more weeks until
> christmas and i am so excited to talk to all of you! i´m thinking
> that i will be able to skype so that will be awesome! i love you all,
> and i´m looking forward to hearing from you again next week!
> con mucho amor y ánimo
> elder summers
Monday, November 28, 2011
334 to go...
to celebrate 13 months on the mission yesterday, we had a baptism!!!!!
> Leandro was baptized at 17:00 and it was awesome! my companion, elder
> colombres was the one to baptize him and then bishop detlefsen
> confirmed him afterwards. i stood in the circle and it was a really
> awesome day! i played the piano for the servicio bautismal, and then
> tons of people came and brought some goodies to share. it was really
> fun and i was so happy! there´s nothing better than being able to see
> the results of all your hard work. i didn´t get to see the baptisms
> of our investigators in comodoro and in zapala i only saw the baptism
> of brian... but to be able to attend the baptism is really special and
> i was glad to be a part of it.
> this week i sent 3 pictures. one of the 3 of us in front of the
> church before the baptism, after leandro was baptized by my comp, and
> the third is from our last district meeting together. my district
> leader is elder roper on the left, then his comp elder castillo, the
> chileno. they are both staying for the next transfer. my comp is
> leaving tonight and my new comp is coming in at the same time. i am
> really excited for the change because i know that i am going to be
> able to do a lot more, but i am still going to miss elder colombres.
>he is going to roca to be with another gringo missionary that is finishing his mission. all of elder
> colombres´ companions have been from the united states and all of my
> comps have been latino.
> my new companion is named elder escobar. when i heard his name i
> thought i was going to be with my trainer again and i got really
> excited but they said that he is a different escobar that started his
> mission a few months ago. he is from guatemala (or guatepeor...
> jajaja) and that is all i heard about him so i am looking forward to
> getting to know him better this week.
> thanksgiving was this week! i can´t believe it came by so fast! i
> didn´t remember that it was thanksgiving until the end of the day. i
> miss it... but next year i will definitely celebrate it. Shane- your
> birthday is coming up! i will be thinking of you on friday!
> i don´t remember a whole lot about the things that i did this week...
> but we met with leandro everyday to get him prepared and now i am
> going to pass by with my new comp to teach him the things for recent
> converts and to start teaching his brother, rodrigo! silvia needs to
> get married to her ´´marido´´ but he is still married to a woman in
> buenos aires so the divorce is very complicated. but we will see how
> everything works out. we haven´t found a lot of people this week but
> i can feel that we are going to find a lot of good people this week
> with elder escobar.
> last christmas i spent the holidays with elder escobar, and now i´m
> going to spend them this year with the other one! that´s kind of cool
> i guess. christmas is coming pretty fast, isn´t it? i´m so excited!
> and now i can start singing christmas hymns to people! that can be fun
> too. i hope elder escobar knows how to sing.
> my scripture for the week is 2 nefi 25:29 and jacob 4:10
> 29 And now behold, I say unto you that the right way is to believe in
> Christ, and deny him not; and Christ is the Holy One of Israel;
> wherefore ye must bow down before him, and aworship him with all your
> might, mind, and strength, and your whole soul; and if ye do this ye
> shall in nowise be cast out.
> 10 Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take
> counsel from his hand. For behold, ye yourselves know that he
> counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his
> works.
> there are a lot of things that i don´t understand but we can just put
> our trust in God and look for the things that He wants us to learn in
> our trials. looking back at the last few months that i have had, i
> may not have learned that much from my companion, but i did learn a
> lot about myself and i know that i am getting better as a missionary.
> i know that God loves us a lot and i am very grateful for the
> opportunity that i have to serve Him all day, every day, by helping
> others.
> i do love being here as a missionary, and i know that i don´t have
> that much time left so i have to take advantage of these next few
> months. now we have to get going because e´ colombres wants to say
> goodbye to all of rawson... we are going to be walking a lot, pero
> bueno, esta bien.
> i love you guys and i can´t wait for next week to hear from you!
> con mucho amor y ánimo
> elder summers
> Leandro was baptized at 17:00 and it was awesome! my companion, elder
> colombres was the one to baptize him and then bishop detlefsen
> confirmed him afterwards. i stood in the circle and it was a really
> awesome day! i played the piano for the servicio bautismal, and then
> tons of people came and brought some goodies to share. it was really
> fun and i was so happy! there´s nothing better than being able to see
> the results of all your hard work. i didn´t get to see the baptisms
> of our investigators in comodoro and in zapala i only saw the baptism
> of brian... but to be able to attend the baptism is really special and
> i was glad to be a part of it.
> this week i sent 3 pictures. one of the 3 of us in front of the
> church before the baptism, after leandro was baptized by my comp, and
> the third is from our last district meeting together. my district
> leader is elder roper on the left, then his comp elder castillo, the
> chileno. they are both staying for the next transfer. my comp is
> leaving tonight and my new comp is coming in at the same time. i am
> really excited for the change because i know that i am going to be
> able to do a lot more, but i am still going to miss elder colombres.
>he is going to roca to be with another gringo missionary that is finishing his mission. all of elder
> colombres´ companions have been from the united states and all of my
> comps have been latino.
> my new companion is named elder escobar. when i heard his name i
> thought i was going to be with my trainer again and i got really
> excited but they said that he is a different escobar that started his
> mission a few months ago. he is from guatemala (or guatepeor...
> jajaja) and that is all i heard about him so i am looking forward to
> getting to know him better this week.
> thanksgiving was this week! i can´t believe it came by so fast! i
> didn´t remember that it was thanksgiving until the end of the day. i
> miss it... but next year i will definitely celebrate it. Shane- your
> birthday is coming up! i will be thinking of you on friday!
> i don´t remember a whole lot about the things that i did this week...
> but we met with leandro everyday to get him prepared and now i am
> going to pass by with my new comp to teach him the things for recent
> converts and to start teaching his brother, rodrigo! silvia needs to
> get married to her ´´marido´´ but he is still married to a woman in
> buenos aires so the divorce is very complicated. but we will see how
> everything works out. we haven´t found a lot of people this week but
> i can feel that we are going to find a lot of good people this week
> with elder escobar.
> last christmas i spent the holidays with elder escobar, and now i´m
> going to spend them this year with the other one! that´s kind of cool
> i guess. christmas is coming pretty fast, isn´t it? i´m so excited!
> and now i can start singing christmas hymns to people! that can be fun
> too. i hope elder escobar knows how to sing.
> my scripture for the week is 2 nefi 25:29 and jacob 4:10
> 29 And now behold, I say unto you that the right way is to believe in
> Christ, and deny him not; and Christ is the Holy One of Israel;
> wherefore ye must bow down before him, and aworship him with all your
> might, mind, and strength, and your whole soul; and if ye do this ye
> shall in nowise be cast out.
> 10 Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take
> counsel from his hand. For behold, ye yourselves know that he
> counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his
> works.
> there are a lot of things that i don´t understand but we can just put
> our trust in God and look for the things that He wants us to learn in
> our trials. looking back at the last few months that i have had, i
> may not have learned that much from my companion, but i did learn a
> lot about myself and i know that i am getting better as a missionary.
> i know that God loves us a lot and i am very grateful for the
> opportunity that i have to serve Him all day, every day, by helping
> others.
> i do love being here as a missionary, and i know that i don´t have
> that much time left so i have to take advantage of these next few
> months. now we have to get going because e´ colombres wants to say
> goodbye to all of rawson... we are going to be walking a lot, pero
> bueno, esta bien.
> i love you guys and i can´t wait for next week to hear from you!
> con mucho amor y ánimo
> elder summers
Monday, November 21, 2011
341 to go...
¡hola familia!
i got the voice recording from mollie and i loved hearing from you
guys! mollie- i´m so jealous you get to be there for thanksgiving... i
can´t believe that it is coming up so fast! i haven´t even been
thinking about that. it just isn´t the same being away. hey! but i got
my christmas tree! it made me so happy! oh! and i got my camel too!
they are both on my desk and i will take a picture next week with my
little tree. and my visa stuff, i am officially an illegal immigrant in argentina.
but we are working on that. have you guys received general conference
yet? i haven´t seen anything about that so far but i really want to
get that in english.
it has been an interesting week. we went to the hospital for my
companion to get his blood tested for diabetes and we had to sit and
wait for a few hours because he wasn´t allowed to walk. we are going
to pass by the hospital tomorrow to get the results. when we went, a
woman stopped us and asked if we were ´´elmers´´ of the mormon church
and then told us she was baptized a really long time ago and now her
husband is dying with cancer. we offered to give him a blessing in
one of the rooms for consultos, then the woman wanted us to go to her
house at that moment. we didn´t all fit in the car so she told her
family to just go without her and that she would just walk with us to
the house so we ended up going. she really needed a lot of help
because she feels terrible for her husband and doesn´t want to lose
him. it was crazy how everything worked out that day. we talked a
lot about how we can find the peace we need, about Jesus Christ, and
the plan of salvation. i know that God puts in the right place at the
right moment and i love being a part of His plans.
Leandro is doing awesome right now too. he came to church yesterday
and he really is progressing. he came to see mauro get baptized on
saturday and it was a really neat experience. the bishop didn´t come
because he went to a river futbol game and promised he would be back
in time but didn´t make it. our ward mission leader called him on it
in church on sunday and it was kind of intense. something he probably
should not have done in front of everyone... but we are making plans
for leandro´s baptism this saturday and are hoping everything works
out. the thing is that this weekend is stake conference so we might
have to wait another week i don´t think he can be confirmed on sunday.
silvia is also doing very well. she is the woman from buenos aires
that we found from the member in trelew. omar had us come over a few
times to help them prepare their garden but they didn´t want to know
anything. now silvia is coming to church and is studying the book of
mormon. she says that she doesn´t want to feel pressured to be
baptized because she doesn´t want to make a bad decision. she was
already baptized twice (evangelica y catolica) and so i think it might
take a little longer with her too but i know she can receive an answer
when she prays.
i finished the book of mormon this week and prayed again to know if it
is true. i always feel the spirit testify to me that it is when i
pray and ask. it is such a blessing to have in my life and that is
why i enjoy sharing it with others. it just sucks when people don´t
want to make the time to read too. yesterday, a whole bunch of
missionaries in our zone had a ´´tormenta blanca´´ (white storm) in
Gaiman and we had divisions with the members that live there to visit
a ton of old investigators and less active members and we had a lot of
success. i found 3 new people in that activity for that area and it
was really fun working with them. a missionary showed me that in 2
nephi 12:2, it says utah vertically in the book of mormon. i don´t
know if you guys have ever seen that but the scripture is really cool
too because it talks about utah. BUT! my scripture for the week comes
from moroni 7.
31 And the office of their ministry is to call men unto repentance,
and to fulfil and to do the work of the covenants of the Father, which
he hath made unto the children of men, to prepare the way among the
children of men, by declaring the word of Christ unto the chosen
vessels of the Lord, that they may bear testimony of him.
32 And by so doing, the Lord God prepareth the way that the residue
of men may have faith in Christ, that the Holy Ghost may have place in
their hearts, according to the power thereof; and after this manner
bringeth to pass the Father, the covenants which he hath made unto the
children of men.
33 And Christ hath said: If ye will have faith in me ye shall have
power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me.
finishing the book of mormon, these scriptures were a few that really
impacted me as a missionary. of course there are a lot of awesome
things towards the end too that i loved studying but with these
scriptures, i know that there are a lot of ´´chosen vessels´´ here in
rawson and it is cool to think that we were chosen to find them right
now. and from verse 33, i know that anything is possible as long as
we always keep our faith. i really loved reading doctrina y convenios
38:7-8 if you want to look them up too.
sorry for writing so late today... today we played foosball and pool
(i rocked everyone and i stay undefeated), then we played futbol for a
really long time. pero bueno, now we are ready for another good week
ahead. my comp is thinking that it is his last in rawson, but we will
see on saturday! next monday could be an awesome change for me and
i´m kind of excited! but if i stay another 6 weeks with elder
colombres, i will be ok with it. i have learned a lot by being with
him so i´m sure whatever is in store for me is for the best.
well, thanks for thinking of me this week and remembering to write! i
love you guys!
con mucho ánimo y amor,
elder summers
i got the voice recording from mollie and i loved hearing from you
guys! mollie- i´m so jealous you get to be there for thanksgiving... i
can´t believe that it is coming up so fast! i haven´t even been
thinking about that. it just isn´t the same being away. hey! but i got
my christmas tree! it made me so happy! oh! and i got my camel too!
they are both on my desk and i will take a picture next week with my
little tree. and my visa stuff, i am officially an illegal immigrant in argentina.
but we are working on that. have you guys received general conference
yet? i haven´t seen anything about that so far but i really want to
get that in english.
it has been an interesting week. we went to the hospital for my
companion to get his blood tested for diabetes and we had to sit and
wait for a few hours because he wasn´t allowed to walk. we are going
to pass by the hospital tomorrow to get the results. when we went, a
woman stopped us and asked if we were ´´elmers´´ of the mormon church
and then told us she was baptized a really long time ago and now her
husband is dying with cancer. we offered to give him a blessing in
one of the rooms for consultos, then the woman wanted us to go to her
house at that moment. we didn´t all fit in the car so she told her
family to just go without her and that she would just walk with us to
the house so we ended up going. she really needed a lot of help
because she feels terrible for her husband and doesn´t want to lose
him. it was crazy how everything worked out that day. we talked a
lot about how we can find the peace we need, about Jesus Christ, and
the plan of salvation. i know that God puts in the right place at the
right moment and i love being a part of His plans.
Leandro is doing awesome right now too. he came to church yesterday
and he really is progressing. he came to see mauro get baptized on
saturday and it was a really neat experience. the bishop didn´t come
because he went to a river futbol game and promised he would be back
in time but didn´t make it. our ward mission leader called him on it
in church on sunday and it was kind of intense. something he probably
should not have done in front of everyone... but we are making plans
for leandro´s baptism this saturday and are hoping everything works
out. the thing is that this weekend is stake conference so we might
have to wait another week i don´t think he can be confirmed on sunday.
silvia is also doing very well. she is the woman from buenos aires
that we found from the member in trelew. omar had us come over a few
times to help them prepare their garden but they didn´t want to know
anything. now silvia is coming to church and is studying the book of
mormon. she says that she doesn´t want to feel pressured to be
baptized because she doesn´t want to make a bad decision. she was
already baptized twice (evangelica y catolica) and so i think it might
take a little longer with her too but i know she can receive an answer
when she prays.
i finished the book of mormon this week and prayed again to know if it
is true. i always feel the spirit testify to me that it is when i
pray and ask. it is such a blessing to have in my life and that is
why i enjoy sharing it with others. it just sucks when people don´t
want to make the time to read too. yesterday, a whole bunch of
missionaries in our zone had a ´´tormenta blanca´´ (white storm) in
Gaiman and we had divisions with the members that live there to visit
a ton of old investigators and less active members and we had a lot of
success. i found 3 new people in that activity for that area and it
was really fun working with them. a missionary showed me that in 2
nephi 12:2, it says utah vertically in the book of mormon. i don´t
know if you guys have ever seen that but the scripture is really cool
too because it talks about utah. BUT! my scripture for the week comes
from moroni 7.
31 And the office of their ministry is to call men unto repentance,
and to fulfil and to do the work of the covenants of the Father, which
he hath made unto the children of men, to prepare the way among the
children of men, by declaring the word of Christ unto the chosen
vessels of the Lord, that they may bear testimony of him.
32 And by so doing, the Lord God prepareth the way that the residue
of men may have faith in Christ, that the Holy Ghost may have place in
their hearts, according to the power thereof; and after this manner
bringeth to pass the Father, the covenants which he hath made unto the
children of men.
33 And Christ hath said: If ye will have faith in me ye shall have
power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me.
finishing the book of mormon, these scriptures were a few that really
impacted me as a missionary. of course there are a lot of awesome
things towards the end too that i loved studying but with these
scriptures, i know that there are a lot of ´´chosen vessels´´ here in
rawson and it is cool to think that we were chosen to find them right
now. and from verse 33, i know that anything is possible as long as
we always keep our faith. i really loved reading doctrina y convenios
38:7-8 if you want to look them up too.
sorry for writing so late today... today we played foosball and pool
(i rocked everyone and i stay undefeated), then we played futbol for a
really long time. pero bueno, now we are ready for another good week
ahead. my comp is thinking that it is his last in rawson, but we will
see on saturday! next monday could be an awesome change for me and
i´m kind of excited! but if i stay another 6 weeks with elder
colombres, i will be ok with it. i have learned a lot by being with
him so i´m sure whatever is in store for me is for the best.
well, thanks for thinking of me this week and remembering to write! i
love you guys!
con mucho ánimo y amor,
elder summers
Monday, November 14, 2011
348 to go...
¡buen día, familia!
got my pictures this time! things are going ok here in rawson and we are still pluggin along. we did not have baptisms on saturday because they just weren´t prepared. the investigator of the other missionaries here is awesome and wasn´t baptized because he had to leave to present a school project and won´t be back for a while but leandro and rodrigo just aren´t ready yet. the pictures i sent are of us at punta tombo. i sent one of a guanaco with the penguins too because i never imagined to see them together before...
our ward mission leader had some problems with his health this week. he just had problems with his blood pressure and i think he had a stroke last monday, but he is recovering really fast. he is doing ok now and is resting.
tuesday we had a ward activity but only 16 people including 2 investigators. it wasn´t as successful as the last activity but we ended up changing our plans and we watched ´´the testaments´´ instead and ate some banana cake. wednesday we had divisions and i was with elder castillo in the other area and i had a lot of fun. it was a nice break and i really enjoyed working with him. we got a lot done and it recharged my batteries. it has been kind of hard lately because we haven´t been seeing much progress but ´´the night is darkest just before the dawn´´. yep, i just quoted batman. the hermana catalan passed away friday night and we spent saturday with the members at the funeral and burial. she was one of the pioneers here in rawson and she stayed faithful in the church for the last 40 years. she was an awesome example and it hurt the ward bad. on sunday, we went to a ward council meeting with the bishop and he said that they are planning on splitting the ward soon. they have the numbers but are lacking a few more worthy tithe payers on both sides to be able to divide. there are about 550 members here in rawson but only 130 people are actively attending every week. we want to start working more with the less active members to be able to meet that goal and help the church grow faster. since the time i arrived in rawson, i have seen a lot of progress because it was a disaster. the members were very cold with us but now they have opened up a ton and are more willing to work with us. the bishop wants us to teach some of the less active members the charlas again so they can remember their testimonies of the church but i think that the ward needs to do better retaining them and visiting them. our ward mission leader, hermano chemin is incredible because he has a very strong testimony and he likes visiting the members and strengthening them in his free time. that is why it is hard for him to stay in bed for now... but rawson would be full of active members if they were all like him.
it´s really cool having more trust from the ward leaders and i hope other missionaries after me don´t do anything else to screw it all up. before the mission, i always thought the mission would be really different. maybe it is just the argentina neuquen mission but it is really hard and i know a lot of missionaries are struggling right now. there is a lot of pressure to baptize every week but the people don´t want to listen to us and it is surprising how closed they can be! but i´m going to stay diligent for my comp.
i am reading in 3 nephi right now and i loved reading 5:13
13 Behold, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I have been called of him to declare his word among his people, that they might have everlasting life.
that is my responsibility as a missionary, and i just need to do all that i can to give everyone the chance to listen. i know that if i do my part, i am having success, even if the people reject us. it is difficult but i have realized this week that i am developing some new talents that i probably wouldn´t have if i didn´t come to argentina. there are a lot of good things here too. a lot of awesome people that i look forward to see every week. im still not sure what we are going to do today for pday. i wanted to go to the beach because it has been getting pretty hot lately but we will see what my comp, elder colombres, wants to do.
i don´t know why but i had a wierd craving for those circus peanut candies this week. mollie is making me a calendar? that sounds awesome and i´m excited to get it! time really is going fast, isn´t it? this week i will celebrate one year in argentina and in two weeks i will have 13 months on the mission! so crazy! well, i love you guys! and i love hearing from you every week. your letters/ emails every week really lift me up again and i really appreciate you thinking of me! thank you for everything!
con much amor y ánimo,
elder summers
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