Dang 43 degrees huh? sounds really cold specially when riding bikes through the wind! ahah thats good that you got to spend time with the family. Be thankful for that cause a lot of the people in the world cant travel even one hour to visit family cause they dont have enough money!... Thats definitely a miracle that dad got to eat with you on a call day. Usualy we dont see him on those days for sure.
You can tell Aaron to wait and see cuase im still doin my exercise out here!!! haha tell rino no worries im going to be just fine. I cant wait to hang out with my lil bro rino again! tell rae i say Hey wats up Chavala!! telll jordan that he truly is a stud and i really respect him a lot cause he works so hard with his musical abilities and doesnt give up on that great talent he has.
Welll, the language is coming along a lot better today. I really feel that as i open my mouth and speak and not worry about messing up, i speak and understand a lot better. So yesterday and this morning i was in a place called san ramon with elder gomez. Its a pretty cool little town not a lot of people in it. We went up the highway a little ways and taught this older man and his daughter who are investigators- The older man was kinda stubborn and kept saying how can i know which church is true there are so many. Elder gomez said ok my companion is going to explain how. I used james 1:5 and explained that through prayer and the power of the spirit we can know all things. I feel that when we teach to have the spirit and really want to help the people, im able to talk and understand 10x better. When i taught yesterday the words and verbs were coming to me a lot more naturally than normal and i was able to understand really well. I really believe in the gift of tongues now that i have seen it in action. Its a true principle of the church that we are so lucky to be a part of. So We held a little meeting and had the kids watch the testaments and restauration and afterwards we bore our testimonies to them. There were about 20 25 people. It was great to share my testimony at the moment cause the movie really set the tone and spirit in the room and then i was able to start off of that. This morning we went to shower at the chapel. It was pretty cool. My first time showering from a hole in the wall. about 2 minutes into my shower the water pressure went way way down and i had to fill the water in my hands and splash it on me haha it was funny.
Well if there is any advice for Aaron and Jordan it is this. Go on Splits with the missionaries. At first it might be a little scary but it is the best way for you to prepare for this great work. A lot of the members here go on splits with us and those that are 16 17 and 18 have all gone on splits. They are really strong in the spirit of missionary work and have already learned how to teach the gospel. I really wish i had done it more. Seriously find time to go on splits!!!!
Well not much else here. Our changes are on wednesday. My companion talked with one of the assistants to the president and supposedly either i or him are getting changed. I kinda hope not becusae things are looking much better with him right now. We have a lot of references beacuse our members brought a bunch of people to church on sunday and both him and i are excited to go and teach more people. Im excited cause we are going to be working harder than wat we were before. But o well if i get changed or he does ok, Lords knows best.
WElllll, I love you all so much. Im so greatful we can live together forever. Im so glad for mom and dad; your faithfulness and apreciation for each other is amazing. Love you all love jonnnnny boy
Monday, December 28, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Ok first thing first. Thursday lets do a Skype session instead of a phone call! The president of our branch offered for me to use his computer and skype you guys so i think thatll be great. Same time and everything just on the internet and we can talk and see each other. Just make sure you have dads computer all set up and ready to go. If it doesnt work ill just go up to the call center place and call you guys. So thursday at 1 my time ill skype you if that is ok. Can you send me the username of your skype so i can look it up easier?
Well for emails we just go to a cyber cafe in town. There are tons of them in every city an you just go use a computer for an hour and pay wehn your done. Its pretty cool and really simple. Well i think that you can send me pictures through myldsmailnet and i can see them. I think we werent allow to view pictures and stuff wile at the mtc but now im pretty sure that you can send pictures to me as a link and i can upload them and see them. We arent allowed to go on other websites other than myldsmailnet so i cant go on the blog site you made or another site that you make.
Im feeling way way better thanks ! I actually get hungry and stuff again like a normal missionary lol. I still am a little bit weak and tired at the end of the day but im doing really well. Last week we wnet to managua and we were there for 4 days. I spent 3 days in the Hospital recovering. I had an infection called Dengue. You get it from misquitos. Usually its only a couple of days but i had a bad case of it and it lasted longer than usual. No worries though im doing great now. My only struggle now is the Language. I feel like im not learning anything and im a little discouraged from it but im still working hard and serving the Lord.
Well on Friday everything will be the same. Well be out working, teaching lessons, contacting, doing the normal missionary stuff. On Wednesday we have a big christmas activity with our branch and President Fraatz is going to come too with his family. Im pretty excited it should be way fun for sure. Thursday We talk!! Cant wait till then. Love you all no worries here
Well for emails we just go to a cyber cafe in town. There are tons of them in every city an you just go use a computer for an hour and pay wehn your done. Its pretty cool and really simple. Well i think that you can send me pictures through myldsmailnet and i can see them. I think we werent allow to view pictures and stuff wile at the mtc but now im pretty sure that you can send pictures to me as a link and i can upload them and see them. We arent allowed to go on other websites other than myldsmailnet so i cant go on the blog site you made or another site that you make.
Im feeling way way better thanks ! I actually get hungry and stuff again like a normal missionary lol. I still am a little bit weak and tired at the end of the day but im doing really well. Last week we wnet to managua and we were there for 4 days. I spent 3 days in the Hospital recovering. I had an infection called Dengue. You get it from misquitos. Usually its only a couple of days but i had a bad case of it and it lasted longer than usual. No worries though im doing great now. My only struggle now is the Language. I feel like im not learning anything and im a little discouraged from it but im still working hard and serving the Lord.
Well on Friday everything will be the same. Well be out working, teaching lessons, contacting, doing the normal missionary stuff. On Wednesday we have a big christmas activity with our branch and President Fraatz is going to come too with his family. Im pretty excited it should be way fun for sure. Thursday We talk!! Cant wait till then. Love you all no worries here
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Sounds like things are looking up back home huh? Aaron is doing better which is great for him and you. Ryan is happy with his wieght Rachel is the spotlight of the show like always huh and Jordan is enjoying band this season. Tell everyone Good Job from me lol.
So I did recieve the excercise booklet from Grandma last week. I like it alot for sure. We dont do our own laundry, Hna Melba does it. She is our lunch appointment everyday and dinner 2x a week. SHe is the esposa of the Branch Pres. They are really sweet and take good care of me. Fooods. Well, I have eaten a lot of things here. We eat a ton of chicken here. All the time. Every once in a while we'll have carne but that's not super often. Every meal has rice, period. lol another part of the meal is banana. Either PLatano (fried banana) or banana chips they are both pretty good. Sometimes we get a side of Potatoes, Pipians(i dunno what those are) this other stuff that is purple and its a starch much like potatoes, green banana, Some times a soup. Sometimes we have this food that is a fried tortilla with a thick cheese inside (quajada) The people love quajada. I like it but my stomach can't handle a lot of cheese/dairy. The drinks are all really good except one that I'm adjusting to. Avena. It is water and oatmeal. Sometimes its really sweet and I can handle it other times its bland and I just take it like a man. The weird part is taht you drink the oatmeal too. Feels wierd sometimes lol. . .. umm I can't think of any more things but ya theyre all pretty good. There hasn't been anything that I haven't like so far besides the PLatano ( sometimes it doesnt taste good)
The language is coming but is a bit slower right now. I have a new compañero and he is also from Guatemala. He doesnt speak english as well as Elder Milian did. He speaks way way fast spanish and never realy slows down so it is hard sometimes. He has 22 months so he is almost done.
Well last thing. Ive been pretty sick for like a week now and I'm taking some antibiotics and acemetophin or what ever taht stuff is. Ive had a low fever. Don't worry though I'm fine and I'm resting a lot. Just pray for me if you would. Oh and don't call the mission home it's really not that bad. I've been talking to the Mission nurse and I should be fine soon.
Love you all mucho
So I did recieve the excercise booklet from Grandma last week. I like it alot for sure. We dont do our own laundry, Hna Melba does it. She is our lunch appointment everyday and dinner 2x a week. SHe is the esposa of the Branch Pres. They are really sweet and take good care of me. Fooods. Well, I have eaten a lot of things here. We eat a ton of chicken here. All the time. Every once in a while we'll have carne but that's not super often. Every meal has rice, period. lol another part of the meal is banana. Either PLatano (fried banana) or banana chips they are both pretty good. Sometimes we get a side of Potatoes, Pipians(i dunno what those are) this other stuff that is purple and its a starch much like potatoes, green banana, Some times a soup. Sometimes we have this food that is a fried tortilla with a thick cheese inside (quajada) The people love quajada. I like it but my stomach can't handle a lot of cheese/dairy. The drinks are all really good except one that I'm adjusting to. Avena. It is water and oatmeal. Sometimes its really sweet and I can handle it other times its bland and I just take it like a man. The weird part is taht you drink the oatmeal too. Feels wierd sometimes lol. . .. umm I can't think of any more things but ya theyre all pretty good. There hasn't been anything that I haven't like so far besides the PLatano ( sometimes it doesnt taste good)
The language is coming but is a bit slower right now. I have a new compañero and he is also from Guatemala. He doesnt speak english as well as Elder Milian did. He speaks way way fast spanish and never realy slows down so it is hard sometimes. He has 22 months so he is almost done.
Well last thing. Ive been pretty sick for like a week now and I'm taking some antibiotics and acemetophin or what ever taht stuff is. Ive had a low fever. Don't worry though I'm fine and I'm resting a lot. Just pray for me if you would. Oh and don't call the mission home it's really not that bad. I've been talking to the Mission nurse and I should be fine soon.
Love you all mucho
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Hey there! Well all is going well here. Things are pretty crazy right now though. Our zone has had a bunch of Emergency Changes. My compa left me this afternoon and im getting a new one tonight! im kinda excited but a bit nervous too because i have to run the show in Jinotega and show my senior compa around the town. The problem is i hardly know the place!! haha so weeel see how it goes.
Last night we got to see the devotional. We had a group of about 30 people watching it on a computer screen hahah lol. It was is spanish so it was way hard for me to know what was being said and the computter was lagging really bad half the time so that didnt help at all.
Well we had another baptism this weekend. It went well. I had to repeat the words 3x but oh well it was still goood. We were supposed to have two but the other girl left that mornin and went to some of her family in the mountains. We think she wasnt quite ready and her mom gave us permission but we think it was her and her mom that didnt really want to do the baptizm. But o welll
So Saturday we started our fast. I fasted to be able to understand spanish better. I really have already seen tremendous results because of it. On Sunday i was talking with one of the little kids and we had a full conversation and i had no troube understanding him and replying also. Im really greatfull for the Lord and his tender mercies to me. Hope it continues to go well!
That is crazy that mattt is already going home. I hope time does go that fast for me. I dont wanna look back and wish i had more time lol. YA the weather here is nice but i sweat like i never have in my life. You should see the collar on my shirt after only 1 day lol. Well hey if you send me another package next time you should send mints instead of gum becasue we arent supposed to chew gum in public but we can have mints!! lol Welll i hope all is going well with the family and school and band and such. Keep your head up with aaron. HEs a good kid just needs to figure things out in his own time.
WEll... IM thinking the best time for me to call would be the 26th at about 1 my time so 11 your time ?? that would be good so i can eat lunch and then go and call ya. Im not sure how the you calling me thing works so i will just call you i think. We will keep in touch with the email but lets plan on that day and time and me calling you for now.
Well. g2g love you all super duper mucho!!
Cuidense
Last night we got to see the devotional. We had a group of about 30 people watching it on a computer screen hahah lol. It was is spanish so it was way hard for me to know what was being said and the computter was lagging really bad half the time so that didnt help at all.
Well we had another baptism this weekend. It went well. I had to repeat the words 3x but oh well it was still goood. We were supposed to have two but the other girl left that mornin and went to some of her family in the mountains. We think she wasnt quite ready and her mom gave us permission but we think it was her and her mom that didnt really want to do the baptizm. But o welll
So Saturday we started our fast. I fasted to be able to understand spanish better. I really have already seen tremendous results because of it. On Sunday i was talking with one of the little kids and we had a full conversation and i had no troube understanding him and replying also. Im really greatfull for the Lord and his tender mercies to me. Hope it continues to go well!
That is crazy that mattt is already going home. I hope time does go that fast for me. I dont wanna look back and wish i had more time lol. YA the weather here is nice but i sweat like i never have in my life. You should see the collar on my shirt after only 1 day lol. Well hey if you send me another package next time you should send mints instead of gum becasue we arent supposed to chew gum in public but we can have mints!! lol Welll i hope all is going well with the family and school and band and such. Keep your head up with aaron. HEs a good kid just needs to figure things out in his own time.
WEll... IM thinking the best time for me to call would be the 26th at about 1 my time so 11 your time ?? that would be good so i can eat lunch and then go and call ya. Im not sure how the you calling me thing works so i will just call you i think. We will keep in touch with the email but lets plan on that day and time and me calling you for now.
Well. g2g love you all super duper mucho!!
Cuidense
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