July 17, 2010

hey, so things have been crazy this last week, it was transfer week and its the busiest time for me. So naturally there is a little bit more to tell you guys this week. So first off, is that i got a new comp, just a fellow office elder so its nothing special, i would see him every day normally. his name is elder Wallace and he is from Washington. i have already known him well for the past transfer here in the office and he seems good, well see how it goes.

last week i had to get a ton of stuff ready for the new and the leaving elders. the ones that left i had to make them a binder with all their stuff in it and certificates. it actually takes a while because pres has to sign everything. then i got news that we had to pay for all the luggage. normally some guy comes to pick it up and take it to Buenos Aries. i wont bore you with all the little details but just know that there were about a thousand of them. pretty crazy. then the newbies get in and it turns out that the 2 Americans didn't show up. apparently they didn't receive their visas but they forgot to tell us about it. to be on top of things i bought all the bus tickets ahead of time. so i had to take some back. oh and the night they came in i was busy getting stuff done. we had to drop off a bunk bed at some elders house, they live just right outside Bahia Blanca but they didn't give me really specific directions so i got lost. eventually we found this place. man i was so pissed at them. but at least i got to know where two more of our chapels are here, lol.

but on the bright side... i learned how to juggle. that was pretty cool. I'm addicted to it now. yesterday we had lunch at presidents house with the new kids. then we shipped them off. its always fun getting the new kids. i hate sending the old ones home because i hate thinking about home. but then the new kids come and it just makes it all better. hahaha its really funny to see their faces. they are just a little confused and intimidated by everything. so just barely i got back fro a lunch with this old woman in our ward. she made us some mashed taters and some awesome meat. It had onions and green and red peppers. super delicious....

today we just had p day. we didn't really do a whole lot, kinda sucked, but it was alright, it was nice to just relax from the hurry. we went and picked up our lunch. it was a ton of food so i was happy. then we watched a little bit of the new preach my gospel DVD. its really good. it has alot of help for missionaries and everyone in general. well my mind is just completely blank right now, love you though. have a fun week.

Hey there family, nothing really new here so this one will probably be short. so today we went and ate at a buffet called bambu, its pretty good and i ate tons of food. then we went back to the chapel and and we are playing soccer right now. its been an OK p day, nothing really exciting but what else is new, ha ha. so the highlight of my week would have been last Saturday. my converts came to Bahia and they stopped to come see me. it was really awesome. its been over a month. then Sunday we had a church leadership meeting with the stake and so all the elders came. so it was like a giant hang out with the elders and then we had refreshment. then my last comp gave me some letters from one of my converts and she was thanking me for all the help and time i took to teach her. it was a really uplifting letter. for me it was like seeing the fruits of my labors. and more he told me that she bore her testimony in sacrament meeting. it was her last Sunday here in Argentina. right now she is on her way back to Paraguay. then last Sunday was the first time that i gave mine without any problems. it went really well. so how was the fourth? did you guys do anything fun? well that's all i have to say this week. oh hey, not to be trunky or anything but mom and dad were you guys thinking of picking me up at the end of my mission? just wondering. well have a fun week.

June 30, 2010

hey fam, today has been good. this week has gone by really fast. so everything was going good, and then on friday night we get call that we have to change areas with the sisters in our zone. they were robbed on the street a little while back and they decided that it is too dangerous for sisters here. the only good thing about it is that they have a ginormous house. originally there were four sisters in it but this last transfer they only had two. and right now there are just two of us in this big house, its crazy fun! that and we have lunches with members almost every day. the last area was only twice a week. so that's a real help. the only problem is that we are covering two areas, i think the pres will put some more elders with us though. we´ll see. so today we all got together and played a little bit of soccer and then bought some giant sandwich's. then played an intense game of hearts. so still not a whole lot of luck with contacts. it gets dark really fast and after 730 hardly anybody comes out and talks to you. oh and i got the package you sent, it was pretty fun, i already ate the kitkats. nothing was missing luckily. so last Sunday was the Argentina game against Mexico. it was so awesome to watch. the grandparents invited us over to eat and watch the game. i say grandparents because they pretty much are. ha ha they treat us just like grandkids. lol its really fun. so we had lunch with them and then they told us we could take a nap in the guest room until the game started. that game was so crazy! after they won everyone left for downtown with their flags and stuff. so i got to drive around alot this last week. we took the mission car for all this transfer crap. and then for the rest of the next day as well. it was really fun just to drive around the city, i got to know it alot better and it helped me feel normal again. so this new house still smell like girls, i figure ill have to stink it up man style. what do you guys think? maybe burn some food, light my farts on fire, pee around the toilet, i think it should do it just fine. ha ha the sisters left a bunch of old clothes here as well. they have been in this house for a while. so i thought it would be funny to dress up like the sisters and walk in on my comp. ha ha it was pretty funny. i didn't get any pics though. too bad for you guys. when we first got to the house we found a singing Santa clause toy. it was really annoying so we stomped on him then burned him on the stove. weeeeellllll cant think of much else to say now. ill try to think of more randomness to say in my next one. well love you all, hope you have a good week.

June 23,2010

hey mother! whats is happening? not a whole lot here, just the normal. that's cool you enjoyed my last email in Spanish, i was like well hows about i throw them off a little. lol. i think its pretty funny that the google translator cant translate it. i was talking like a regular beaner. ha ha sounds like b bop and Jorge are having fun trying to make a little extra cash. i remember those days. they were always fun and hard. but you know how i love money. so a for the package. i think it will come this week, the materials elder will pick up the stuff tomorrow from the post office and I'm pretty sure it will be there. well I'm jealous that you guys are having alot of warm weather. i think its "officially" winter here. not entirely sure because i have no idea how bad it gets here. but the nights are really cold. so dad is going through with this knee replacement surgery. i be sure to keep him in my prayers. well so this week not a whole lot has happened. Brandon sent me an email about how Sadie was murdered, so is that all true? tell me more. it sounds interesting. well this week hasn't been a great hit. we only have two investigators and we cant pass by them that often. only like once a week. twice if we are lucky. but they seem as though they will progress. we just had an awesome lesson with them, we invited this woman and her daughter from the ward over to their house and we watched the restoration. it went really well, we seemed to ave motivated the dad a little more. he said that he will read the book. other than that we have no one. we have to do contacts every night for like two hours. then its just too late. no one really comes to the door because its already dark. lots of fun! today we met up with the zone and played some soccer and some other games. then we went to walmart and i bought some more peanut butter. I've been going crazy on it. lots of sandwich's and stuff. so yesterday Argentina played against Greece and they won 2 to 0. it was a fun game ot watch. then after that we took the mission van and the Argentina flag we have here and we went downtown and honked the horn. everyone went downtown to go have crazy time. it was really fun. i didn't have my camera with me so i couldn't record it. ill be sure to bring it the next time. its been really fun to watch their games. they have a really good chance of winning. well that should be it. love you mom. have a fun week.




PS. send me some funny pics of you guys and your adventures. its fun to see what you guys are up to as well.

June 16,2010

cómo andan mis queridos hermanos, hoy les escribo para decirles que yo estoy bien y que justo tuve un asado riquisimo. eramos seis elderes y comimos seis kilos de carne. como siempre yo cociné mi pedazo mejor que los demas y la disfruté mucho. tambien usé por la primera wez mi cuchillo nuevo. está hecho de la colita de un armadillo. es muy bonita. mas que eso fuimos al centro, mi comañero queria comprar algunas cosas. y tambien miramos un poquito del partido de españa y suiza. fue un p day muy perezoso. pero no hay mucho hacer aca. especialmente cuande la gente no quiere escucharle. es tan dificil. hemos tocado tants puertas en la semana pasada. y hasta ahora no hemos tenido ningun tipo de suerte. Pero está bien, Así que, cómo esta la familia? disfrutaron sus vaciones a nueva york? estoy muy celoso ahora porque no tengo tiempo de descanso. creo que cuando me vuelvo voy a hacer nada por los primeros meses. seria buena no, hasta que esté enfermo y quiero trabajar de nuevo. jejeje me parece de lujo. bueno. sigo hablando de mi semana. ayer encontré un celular en la silla de un taxi y lo saqué y llamé a la madre. nos reunimos en centro y volví el celular. pero me pareció que la chica no estaba muy agradecida. así que..... creo que es la ultima vez que intento hacer lo justo. tambien la semana pasada fue muy dificil para mi. yo estaba muy trunky y no queria trabajar para nada. ¿sugerencias? el otro dia fuimos al registro civil y tambien a migraciones para hacer que algunos elderes sean legales en el pazi y renovar sus visas. fue una experiencia buena. me gusta saber que está pasando atras de la cortina. cómo funciona toda. este domingo pasado dí un discurso. estuvo mas o menos. no tenia ánimo. ne queiro este barrio. la gente es dura y hay pocos miembros. me gustó muchisimo mi area anterior. oh y anoche nos fuimos a un puesto en centro que vende hamburguesas. son tan buenos!! para mi creo que será "tommies" fue para papá. son gigantes y el dueño tiene una salsa picantisimo! yo puse toda en la mia. y quedo re bien! bueno, es todo que viene a la mente, pero el otro dia leí en el libro de reyes en la biblia de un profeta que se le burlaban un grupo de jovenes y el profeta los maldijo y despues vinieron un grupo de osos y comieron a los chicos! olvidé de esta cuenta y me reí mucho. no sé donde está la referncia pero cuando lo encuentro les aviso. bueno eso es todo por ahor. espero que les guste mi email en español y que tengan una buena semana! chau!! les quiero mucho.

I working on translating this into English but enjoy it if you can understand Spanish.

June 9,2010

hey there pops, sorry i haven't been so responsive to your emails. its been pretty busy this last couple of weeks. so to tell you about my week and answer off a few of your questions.... so today we had zone conference. pretty crazy long but we did have pizza for lunch so no too bad. yesterday we did 35 contacts in the whole of about 3 hours. it wasn't that bad, really cold though. its been getting freezing. so yesterday we also had p day. me and my comp decided to go to walmart. it was my first time since i have been here. it was really weird, it was a legit walmart. but the international selection was limited to a table. but i did get some peanut butter and some re fried beans, some skittles, and some salsa Verde. so i was fairly happy. then we went and played Frisbee with the elders. oh and the other day i bought knife, and the handle is made from an armadillo tail. pretty crazy huh ? well that's all the fun, and now for you questions.. i believe in that pic it was an m 16 with grenade launcher, nothing too special. almost everything that they have for their arsenal is bought from someone else. so alot of the weapons come from old arsenals from the states. pretty cool though to see all the stuff. that's cool to see that Sam is finally excited to do something. ha ha he was worse than me when it came to decisions. he is in for a big shock when he gets to the mtc. i still have troubles with all the stuff they wan me to do. but i am getting alot better at it. i have certainly come alot closer to my savior and its been a neat experience. i feel like what it means in the scriptures to be born again. i never really applied the things i knew and i never enjoyed the blessings from them. I'm no where near perfect still, shocking right? hahaha jk but i have been able to make studying the gospel more interesting. i just wish i had this motivation a long time ago. then i would have been able to help out my investigators with more knowledge of the scriptures. but it has taught me to rely more on the lord that he will take it to their hearts until they can feel and understand. so i guess it has its pros and cons. while I'm thinking about it alot of people just like to shoot out random un useful information and not enough testifying. the only thing that really converts people is your own testimony. but then again it all makes sense when you think about it in the grand picture. its really weird how perfect it is. well enough rambling. so it sounds like you guys had a fun graduation for Michelle. i hear ashlyn really made it known that hicks was pretty dry. ha ha i remember really well when one of the kids did that geyser, i was thinking about that the other day. it made me miss all the fun as a family. sometimes i fell like i will never have that again, its pretty depressing. well I'm really jealous that you guys got to go to those hot springs that i like. one of these days you should take the boys and hike to the ones in spanish fork canyon. those are my favorites. so stake clerk huh?? sounds like were in the same boat, hahaha. there is alot of stuff i never would have known about the secretary. but it really helps me o know what goes on behind the scenes of things so i can be more prepared in the future, like my job at discover. that helped me get a grasp on the real world. and how to manipulate it a little. ha ha well i hope all is well and that your knee is feeling better, your always in my prayers. just keep safe and take it easy. there is always something better on the way. i love you dad, keep safe elder seegrist

6.5.2010

hello there my family, so this last week has been a really big week for me, so to start off last Saturday we had the baptisms for our investigator family. it was a really special experience for me and it was also the first time that i actually baptized someone while in the mission. the best part is that the dad is the spiritual one, he is a big guy and you know what they say is that they are all just softies on the inside. he was in tears after the baptism and the confirmation and when i left the area. it was kinda sad leaving but I'm really close to Punta Alta, right now I'm Bahia Blanca. we just had transfers and i found out i am the new office secretary. i was a little weirded out but now that I'm here I'm enjoying it. there are a whole bunch of perks to it. like i never have to pay for a taxi and i get to drive the only mission car, not always but i have already driven several times. now i just need to get better at stick shift, ha ha. so yeah really exciting. and i didn't write you guys on wed because of the arriving elders, we had to do some stuff to get everything ready for them. so we had our p day today. it was kinda lame but it is a break and i appreciate it the same. another nice thing is that my area is really small and there isn't a lot of walking. ha ha the other night after the office and we were doing our work we had a list of people to pass by. well we finished early so we were doing some door knocking. my favorite. well we passed by this house and i almost wanted to but it looked really sketchy. so i was like i would but that yard just gives me the heebie jeebies. well my comp decided to go an clap so they would come out. but right as he did it this dog came out of the shadows really quick and bit him on the leg. ha ha it was kinda funny looking back but i wanted to kill the dog. i hate all the dogs here, they are so ugly and obnoxious. oh i forgot to tell you about my new comp. his name is elder alfandre. he is from Washington d.c. this would make him my first English comp. its kinda weird being able to talk in English whenever i want now. well i cant think of a whole lot to say now. but i love you guys and i hope everything goes well this week.




Elder Seegrist
Secretario
Misión Argentina Bahía Blanca