August 30, 2010

hey guys,
so i wanted to be sure and ask you to tell mckenzie that i got her dearelder today. i was way stoked to be able to her from her and everything. im super excited to hear when she gets her mission call too! thats gonna be awesome...
well the week was all good. we´re trying to just really focus on teaching mercedez the last couple things that she needs so she can get baptized this saturday. but we´ve already done a pre-interview and she didnt have any problems at all. so it sounds like everything is gonna go well and that shes gonna get baptized. the kids cant get baptized this saturday with her cause they havent been able to go to church. but we´re working on that and hopefully theyll both get baptized in the next week or 2...other than that, things have been pretty normal. im trying to think of something that happened this week. ive been having a really good time doing zone meets and stuff. its cool cause every tuesday we have either a zone meeting or a district meeting, so we always go to the church in adrogué with all the missionaries in the zone. i think that one thing ive really started to learn, since being here in the mission is that i really like teaching and talking to people. i always think that its way fun to just be crazy and goofy (just so you all know, ive only gotten worse since ive been on the mission hahah) when we have meetings with the zone. i dont know, its just something that im really having fun with right now.
i really cant think of anything new thats been going on this week...oh but before i forget, i was wondering about something. so my shoes are startin to get a little worn now. they´re kinda startin to break. but i was wondering if it would be better to take pictures or the shoes, send them to you guys, and have you guys get new ones from the place where we bought them, or if i should just pay to get them fixed. like right now, they arent thaaattt bad ya know? but in a couple months, im guessing that they´re gonna be kinda done. so i should probably do one of those things before its too late and they´re just trashed. what do you guys think would be the best?
mom, i thought it was cool cause youre actually reading in the exact same place as i am in the book of mormon. for language study everyday, i read the book of mormon out loud. it was something that i thought would be cool and started back when i was in platanos. so i was excited to hear that you were reading that this week too. oh yeah and your question about the misunderstandings about mormons here in argentina...alot of the people that i talk to atleast recognize the name when we say that we´re mormons. but alot of people have no idea what we believe in or why they even call us mormons. alot of the time, people get confused with what we believe and what jehova´s witness´ believe. its kinda funny cause what we believe isnt even close to the things they believe. but yeah, thats mostly what i hear here in buenos aires. dad, i hear that the padres are slumpin a little bit this week...¨noooooo!¨ we better get things goin again and not turn into the same old padres that we know. we need some padre magic here! are you still doin your situps for every run that we score?. sean, dude no he visto ningun pajaro azul todavia y esto es la verdad hahah. but dude im startin to get that charger fever even though im like a bajillion miles away from there right now. even if we´re losing all our preseason games, that doesnt really mean anything to me. come game time, we´re gonna start dominating. emily, thats for being able to write me this week. its sweet to hear from ya. its true, its gonna be awesome to be able to actually talk to you and meet you for reals in a little while. paige, im way surprised that you arent going to vista anymore! like its way cool and i hope that you really like this new school, but it just surprised me to hear that you werent gonna be going to the good ol´ vhs . but hey, have an awesome time with the academy! im way excited for ya. bridg, keep havin alot of fun at school and hangin with brenna.
ok well sorry i dont have alot of new stuff going on right now. i need to get goin, but i wanna thank you all for the emails and for always praying for me. i really can feel your prayers cause i can see that ive been blessed alot lately, especially since ive been here in el triangulo. i hope you all have a great week. until the next one...
love always,
ryan