9/01/10

en este momento tan grande de mi vida les felicito que ahora tengo un año en la misión!! me basta decir que ya soy un maestro en el idioma castellano y que nunca he tenido tantas mujeres. puede decir suerte pero a mi digo "los frutos de servir una misión"!! lol.

 well you probably didn't get that. but its all silliness anyways. this last week has been normal. today was a very normal p day. just some more soccer. for some reason i got really bored with it though. and i stopped trying. then the zl decided to tell us how things should be blah blah blah. whatever. but we did go into town and look at some cool shops. they are typical Jason shops. like mini REIs. but i loved it. i like that type of stuff. if only i could use it here.

 well tomorrow i will be hitting one year in the mission. its all going down the slide from here. weeeeee!!!! i don't feel like I've really been here that long but at the same time i do. it feels like I've always been doing this. so last night we started "hat night". that's where we make delicious food and we wear a hat. so we were walking downtown looking for hats and doing other "office" stuff. my comp bought a bright green neon hat. and i bought a red hat with gold prints of money and coins and dice with a money sign on front. it was looking pretty gangster. but most important is the food that we cooked. we made some bratwursts and grilled some red peppers and onions and put it on top. it was super delicious! then we ate an oreo alfajor whole. me made a fun video to go with it. the whole idea of hat night is to get closer to your comp and have fun. so we decided it was OK to do it. me and him get along really well. some things annoy me but for the most part we get along really well and we both understand each other fairly well.

earlier yesterday we had a lesson with an investigator. like most people they just simply have no desires to know anything about god or religion. its kinda sad, they have no real reason not to care. but the lesson was really good. we brought a member and he really helped her to understand. bringing members can really make a big difference in a lesson. so don't be afraid to help out the missionaries.

 on Monday we went to pass by here with a member but she was leaving right as we got there, i swear every time we bring this member all of our lessons fall through. i feel bad for him. it kinda hurts our rep with him as well. but at least he is always willing to come with us. so after the splits we made him and his wife a cake. i think it made him really happy.

on Sunday we had a few people at the church. I'm starting to finally see more and more show up. so maybe we are doing something right. i just wish there were more. we also had a good chat with our bishop. he is really good guy and has high expectations for the members. a lot of times as members we get caught up with the flow and don't realize how it really should be, he is just trying to fix this and make it work like it should but at the same time a lot of members got offended. at the end of the lunch he thanked us and said that he has never felt so much support from any other elders before. its been cool gaining his trust. at first he was a little down that he was getting office elders. because we have less time and all. but i think he is more than content to get elders that actually are trying. not boasting because it doesn't feel like I'm really doing anything different or special that any other elders weren't doing but it really feels good to be appreciated by the members.

 in my first area i didn't feel as though the members really cared that they were there. they were just fine and dandy the way they were. really sad that there were like that. so enough rambling. just do what you can to help out the elders. just don't buy them food. the Utah elders are too spoiled. and rides either. they are probably walking to do contacts for the first time that month. lol. those lucky dogs. they don't know how lucky they are.

then later that Sunday we had our weekly planning session and then we left to go to a baptism. so first we passed by romina, our investigator, and we brought her. it was a big activity, there were a lot of members. and the mission Pres showed up too. but we had to leave early because an inactive family invited us over for dinner. we showed up late but they had just finished up making the food. it was a very awkward dinner. they had some family and friends over and it seemed as if they were all inactive members and they started to drink some wine, and then their friend show up drunk. he was really quiet but you could tell he was hammered. in all super awkward. but we ate ñoquis. they are really good, they are little balls made of mashed potatoes and flour and then with some sort of sauce or meat. they have a tradition down here of eating them every 29. so I'm figuring ill eat some for my b day. that will be fun., well that's all i can think of right now, i hope you guys have a wonderful week and keep it safe. love you guys!