November 23, 2015

What's going on?

Work, Work, Work.

That's prolly the most appropriate subject for this week cause we went ham!

I told dad it was kinda one of those half time gut checks that we always had to do and with a new comp with fire we are just going to town. This week we started looking for the escogidos and now we have 7 people on schedule for this next Sunday. For sure satan will be there but we will be working hard this week to make sure they can't back out ha. 

Pray for Luciana, Pia, Pilar, and Gabriel. Luciana was at shurch yesterday and her twins Pia and Pilar love us. She has another son Gabriel. They are all super nice and are progressing a fool right now. 

Also a guy that they thought was baptized but isn't named Hanibal.  He will be getting baptized and also Auristela is another and then two other people the Muños family. So yeah pray for them.

So crazy story. Sunday when we went to church I seen this truck and in the back it had like 8 huge dudes with guns and like swat gear. Anyways after church we were walking back to the pension and we seen a TON of people outside this corner and it had this drug bust car outside too and so we decided to walk by it. We saw a bunch of the people hanging there heads and other people crying and yeah idk what went down but yeah crazy election stuff. Maybe drugs and I'm positive someone passed away. But the craziest part about it.... Was that that was normal. Ha so yeah swat from Argentina don't have anything on the states but still sad to see stuff like that going down.

Hey love ya mom and hasta luego.

Elder Lindsay

Thank you to Rita for the fun pictures this week.

November 16, 2015

Transfers came and so I left. I am now in a different province. Catamarca in the area Ancasti. My new comp is Elder Campos.  Ha he is Elder Coombs' kid and I guess he asked for me to be his comp. So yeah now I'm in the hottest part of the mission. I will be black for sure after cause here in December and January it's the hottest time here.  I will be cooking. 

It was hard to leave the last area.  We did have a mean activity to say goodbye though. Ha even if I never felt any of the earthquakes, I will still always miss that area. BUT now here I feel like there is a lot more work to do with the members. It's a ward but it has less people than my last area.  We will see how it goes. Pension is nice.  It was dirty when I got here but I cleaned it.  It only lacks a washer...... First area without a washer but the cold water showers are nice por lo menos. 

I honestly forgot about Tthanksgiving.  Prolly won't do anything.  Maybe just in the pension but Christmas will be this transfer too so I guess that's the one thing I have to look forward to. It's weird to think I have 15 months in now.  Doesn't feel like it. Cruz del Eje passed by very fast.  I think that is why but hey I love the mission. Lots of stuff to do here. It's just me, Elder Campos and two sisters in our district now. Oh and Elder Campos is from Chile. 

Love you guys and talk to you next week.

Elder Lindsay 

Our Mission Leader and his family

Elder Sparks sleeping

My haircuts

 

(He sent no words with this picture.  I do believe his next package will have Neosporin in it for sure.)

November 9, 2015

Sup Mother!!!

Anyways this week was pretty crazy in terms of traveling. I went to Dean Funes Wednesday to work with Elder Lubas the Brazilian and then got back in the morning early Thursday for a Zone meeting and then I had to go with Elder Aldas, my kid, to Cosquin and then when I got back Friday in the morning I went with Elder Southwick from Kanab and then Saturday in the morning I worked with my comp Elder Willis.  After lunch we had a branch meeting but we had a appt. so I went with Elder Días from Uruguay to visit this guy named Alex from Columbia. In the end we had 7 people that promised to go to church with us the next day. Yohana and her sister Brenda. The old investigators, and Abigael, their friend. Also the Romero Family Silvia, Cacho, and the daughter Marisol. Also we taught a girl named Yanina that about a month ago her friend died and she was super sad so we taught her a little of the plan and then prophets and she was gunna go but NOBODY CAME!! It's super normal though for that to happen ha. This week there were elections for the mayor here in Cruz del Eje and they only vote on Sundays and they HAVE to vote. So Yanina slept in, Yohana was sick, and Abigael would only go if Yohana went and then the Familia Romero wasn't there..... It's frustrating but that's how the Sundays are here. Other than the ones that didn't come we had the triplets and their mom came.  The sister that didn't get baptized along with the mom have planned to get baptized after the activity we have planned at the lake.

   

Mission is going great! At least there are a lot of people interested. When I got here there were a lot of friends to the missionaries but I feel like now they have a lot of potential. I will prolly be leaving here next week for transfers but I'm not sure yet.  I hope I get to stay but I most likely won't... But at least I have lots of friends in Cruz del Eje. Mission is awesome. Passing by too fast but gotta make it worth it. 

Love you guys.  Hope everyone is all right and talk to you next week. If I stay it will be about the same time, if not I will be in transfers. 

Con amor 

Elder Lindsay 

It's been a little rainy

Intercambios with Elder Lubas

November 2, 2015

Hey. How are you??..

So last night we had a lesson with the triplets to help them set goals and stuff. We read 1 Nephi 8 with Lehi's dream. We're trying to help Katy, the triplet that didn't get baptized, feel a little more comfortable with the baptism.  She is just worried she will lose her friends and that she doesn't make friends as easy, so she is scared.  She prayed last night so we will see how it went here soon. 

Rita is the Grandma of the Triplets.  They told me to look you up and so I did.  She is super cool. She paints amazingly. You might get other facebook friend requests from that family so heads up.

This week we were crazy.  We had to do everything for the Halloween party here. It turned out super good and everyone loved it.  So score!  We were the ninja turtles and yeah... My eyes still have a little tint of green around them ha. 

We changed the order of the meetings this week and it was cool. Ight it sucked for the work but if people learn to commit here it would be awesome.  Not many people come for Sacrament meeting but it just feels better to have it first.

Well that's a breve of what happened here hope everyone is doing good. 

Love you talk to you next week.

Elder Lindsay 

Elder Ninja Turtles

Best Halloween Costume ever. lol

Elder Southwick

Elder Sparks

The new Elder Souza on intercambios

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President as Dracula (yes he is that tall)

A typical home in our area

October 26, 2015

How's the crew?

This week went by very fast. We found a bunch of cool new families to teach out in the middle of nowhere this week. None of them came to church cause everyone had to vote here in Argentina Sunday. It was pretty crazy. That's the first time I've seen people out and about during the siesta in a long time. I've had to have a talk ready the last two weeks but right when they start sacrament meeting they say don't worry about it.  Now I wont have to speak until I leave here. Sunday during church they made the announcement that sacrament will be first and then the classes like it is in the states. Since I've gotten here we always have the classes first and then the last thing we do is the sacrament but they are changing that here.

President Donoso, the District President, was here yesterday for church with his counselors and they pumped up the ward pretty good. We looked up the priesthood that was there and then the number of people that have the priesthood that don't come to church and how we can go and do visits with the members. It's a super good idea.  Now everyone just needs to get on their horse and do it. We have divisions every Tuesday but only like 2 people show up so I hope it changes a little. 

We are planning 2 activities right now. We will be doing a Halloween activity on the 31st and sing karaoke and then the 14th we will go to the lake and eat some asado or chori pan. We also play soccer once a week every other Wednesday and Thursday. Ha I kicked this dudes foot like a month ago and every time we play my foot kills but it's fun as heck when the greengo gets the goal.

Gillermo was in Cordoba this week so he couldn't make it to church and also pray for the Oliva family. They are a family that got offended by some members but still want to go to church. That's the usual story here, people getting offended. But they have a little girl that wants to get baptized named Abigael. 

The guy that had the heart attack is named Rocky and his girl friend (cause they aren't married) is named Patricia. They are the parents of those little kids in the picture.

Hope everyone is doing good. It's getting super hot here but it's always hot. This week we will be going to Cordoba for a zone conference and I think the Seventy Leaders will be here so it should be cool.

Love you guys and talk to you later.

Elder Lindsay 

My District

Canned meat like Spam only Argentine style. 

Patricia and Rocky's kids.

October 19, 2015

Hola mama

It's hot here...

So I'm sure I'll be good with Ingles. We talk castayankee so I should be good, but um mom Christmas is like in a long time so yeah don't worry about it.

Sounds like Devin is happy as ever. Ha I remember one time I went to the doctor too and they straight up told me I wasn't growing anymore so I hope the dork is like 7 foot tall when I get back. Wish him good luck at state. No pouting either when he doesn't beat my time ha.

This week was pretty good.  Two of the triplets got baptized and confirmed.  Maybe this week we have a couple more coming up. We went to La Falda for the zone meeting and I had to capacitate on being diligent. That's one thing about district leaders in this mission, we have to teach a lot. But it went pretty good. I definitely have a more focused feeling. Por lo menos!  

This week we also saved this couple's marriage and humbled them a little. They were pretty mad at each other but it's cool how the Gospel applies to everything. Satan really does try to tear everything apart and I always liked  your advice mother. Ha if the grass looks greener on the other side, it's time to water your own. I don't remember when you said that but hey it's true and sometimes you just have to have a comp inventory and get back out there. But yeah the family proclamation is useful too and I would advise everyone get a copy. Helped their marriage.

Also this week we found a kid named Gillermo that is in the hospital.  Super cool and loves to talk to us but more than that he wants to follow God and Jesus´s example and be baptized on the 7th of Nov. So pray for Gillermo Castiñarles haha good luck with the last name.

So you asked about the zoo and yeah I was possessed at the age of 3 so I don't really remember anything other than giraffes, ha but the truth is I thought that was a dream haha so nope not really.

Hope everything is going good at home and keep up the scripture stuff. Tell Devin it pays off and is possible even if you are doing sports. 

Love you all and talk to you next week. 

Elder Lindsay 

October 12, 2015

Dear Mother

This week was pretty interesting.  We all got sick in the pension and yeah just was a cold week. I don't really remember getting sick from weather change in the states but here if it's cold one day you have to wear a scarf or something so that you don't breath in the cold air cause you'll get sick for sure. But everything is getting better. 

About the whole ponderize thing, this last week I used a 2 Nephi 32:3. Listen to those angels and you'll know what to do and now me and Shonia are doing 2 Nephi 31:19-20 that I'm pretty sure talked about persevering to the end. Super cool.  Makes you focus on it during the week and you get lots out of it. Tell Dev good job with running I never did run in Manila but that's ight ha. 

Yohana and Brenda came to church again this week. Yohana was embarrassed from last week so we are still talking to her about her baptism and helping her not be scared of water. They are good kids and it would help them a lot to stay out of trouble so before the month is over we will see if they can be baptized. 

There is also a few cool families that we have been talking to. The Romero Family and Rocky and Patricia with their 7 kids. They are both really cool families that need to get married but are willing to follow Jesus.

That's about it for what went down this week.  Hope everything is good at home.  

Love you guys and talk to you next week.

Elder Lindsay 

PS Elder Sparks says Hi