i only have 1 hour for right now because today is a holiday here and NOTHING is open and the place i am in right now closes in 1 hr so just so you know
We have just been advised today though that we are no longer able to recieve packages in this mission. its news from the presidencia del area. Its gooder to not do it cause nothing arrives. Thanks mom i love you the muchest and know that youre the bestest=D!
Monday, November 24, 2014
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
15 Months! Transfer Week
The mission did transfers but i am staying in my area with my companion again for 6 more weeks. it is starting to become really hot here, so hot that sleeping is starting to get uncomfortable. Everyone says that its going to be super hot this year here cause it was a warm winter. I am getting pretty tan but just from my elbow down to my hand, the rest is whiter than sour cream, its kinda funny on pday when i am in a normal shirt and you see the difference in it.
Elder Christofferson came to Argentina to talk to us. hes soo awesome! He spoke all about the Atonement of Jesus Christ, the spirit was pretty strong. I tryed to make it to the front row cause i wanted his spit to hit me when he talked but all the sister missionaries took the seats in front, sister missionaries always ruining everything haha jk. I like something he said that was that we speak so confidently to the people about the atoneing power of Christ but we disinclude ourselves from this same power we promise other people they can feel. I learned that the Atoneing power of Christ is for all living creatures ecspecailly us. He suffered for all. The only thing that holds alot of people back from recieveing this power most times is the lack of faith that the atonement can really heal ALL things, and give us peace and comfort.
I pulled out an ingrown toenail this week, it hurt sooo bad but now were back in business, i know it sounds funny haha but as i was screaming like alittle school girl my companion pointed out the Atonement and that Christ suffered all that and more, and in the moment while the pain was burning i felt a greater appreciation for the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Cool ways to build a testimony huh! while ripping a nail out!
This week we had like 25 lessons with member but our people that had baptism dates did make it to church, its been 6 weeks since i have been here that there is a family weve dropped that still wants to go to church, every single sunday morning something happens with the family, like this last sunday their aunt died, the one before the police was called becasue the cousin who lives there was making threats to the mom, and everyweek something happens but i know that the lord is preparing them to be great members of the church. We had to drop them cause the arent married yet. We tried to help them 2 times with the date for marraige but the guy hit his head leaving the house and couldnt make it to the civil registry in time so it fell through. many trials but many blessings too, this week will be finding new investigadores! Have a great week everyone!
Elder Wikstrom
Then he sent this quick goodbye
Elder Christofferson came to Argentina to talk to us. hes soo awesome! He spoke all about the Atonement of Jesus Christ, the spirit was pretty strong. I tryed to make it to the front row cause i wanted his spit to hit me when he talked but all the sister missionaries took the seats in front, sister missionaries always ruining everything haha jk. I like something he said that was that we speak so confidently to the people about the atoneing power of Christ but we disinclude ourselves from this same power we promise other people they can feel. I learned that the Atoneing power of Christ is for all living creatures ecspecailly us. He suffered for all. The only thing that holds alot of people back from recieveing this power most times is the lack of faith that the atonement can really heal ALL things, and give us peace and comfort.
I pulled out an ingrown toenail this week, it hurt sooo bad but now were back in business, i know it sounds funny haha but as i was screaming like alittle school girl my companion pointed out the Atonement and that Christ suffered all that and more, and in the moment while the pain was burning i felt a greater appreciation for the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Cool ways to build a testimony huh! while ripping a nail out!
This week we had like 25 lessons with member but our people that had baptism dates did make it to church, its been 6 weeks since i have been here that there is a family weve dropped that still wants to go to church, every single sunday morning something happens with the family, like this last sunday their aunt died, the one before the police was called becasue the cousin who lives there was making threats to the mom, and everyweek something happens but i know that the lord is preparing them to be great members of the church. We had to drop them cause the arent married yet. We tried to help them 2 times with the date for marraige but the guy hit his head leaving the house and couldnt make it to the civil registry in time so it fell through. many trials but many blessings too, this week will be finding new investigadores! Have a great week everyone!
Elder Wikstrom
Then he sent this quick goodbye
Well i am headed out to do other things now but i hope youall have a good week and dont forget that i love you all!
Something i like also that Elder Christofferson said was that even though we dont remember the premortal that if we saw the face of God then wed recognize him right off, cause we lived with him for who knows how much time! And that our father in heaven knows our face too, and the lord knows us also! and they both love us and care about us more than we can imagine! I just like to share that i and so you can all feel alittle more loved from the lord when things are tough!
Love you, have a good week!=D
Elder Wikstrom
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| this is how we do it in tina |
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Despedidas
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| Elder Wikstrom and Familia Peralta |
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| Elder Wikstrom, ?, Matias Maru, Elder Jones, and Elder Miles |
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| Elder Wikstrom, Elder Jones, and Elder Miles |
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| Elder Wikstrom, Elder Miles, and Lalo Krenz |
Monday, November 10, 2014
adventourous
I lost my spelling abilities i know. the title is sounded out. This week we went to donate blood in the church for a guy who got baptized my first week here. there were more non memebers in the church than uncut toenails on my companions feet. and you think i am kidding. haha. i bet people were amazed on the outside as they saw alot of people go into the church not knowing that they were donating blood and seeing them all walk out whiter than the holy ghost. maybe well be having alot of baptisms now cause of that haha. I intended to donate but they wouldnt let me cause im imported, (nothing in argentina is imported) haha jk its cause i saw the needle and already felt sick, i just cant win that mind game of needles and blood together, i turned whiter than the holy ghost myself. transparent. have you ever wondered why blood is blue on the inside and red on the outside, maybe i will be a doctor to find out.
This week i have learned some guarani. Its a dialect only spoken in paraguay, we have found an investigator who only speaks guarani almost. i told him ya ja tu paiope, which is lets go to church, i will continue learning. never thought i would use a second language to learn a 3rd language haha.
This saturday we will be able to have a meeting with one of the 12 apostles and other general authorities. I bet itll be sweet! still dont know who will come down, ecspecially in this heat, jk fyi i bought more soap. a missionary must maintain himself cleaner than a whistle. if that even makes sense.
We have found alot of new investigaors and they are all awesome. They are all good people and following through with their commitments. we were going to baptize a famiy of 4 but the parents needed to get married, we had a date and everything for them but the guy hit his head on a piece of wood and couldnt make it. (face smack) nah the lord has another time prepared for them, atleast they are going to church and reading the book of mormon and praying, their testimonies shows that they have been recieving real conversion. I liked a scriptue that i read today in the morning that was in jacob 4 verse 11. i read it and the thought came to mind that the lord wants us to get to know him before he comes again. and then i said how can we get to know the lord, 3 very important ways are going to church and reading the scriptures and praying. Jacob 4 is an awesome chapter of the book of mormon.
weeeellll i think i am going to head out now so have a good week and save a DEW for me!
This week i have learned some guarani. Its a dialect only spoken in paraguay, we have found an investigator who only speaks guarani almost. i told him ya ja tu paiope, which is lets go to church, i will continue learning. never thought i would use a second language to learn a 3rd language haha.
This saturday we will be able to have a meeting with one of the 12 apostles and other general authorities. I bet itll be sweet! still dont know who will come down, ecspecially in this heat, jk fyi i bought more soap. a missionary must maintain himself cleaner than a whistle. if that even makes sense.
We have found alot of new investigaors and they are all awesome. They are all good people and following through with their commitments. we were going to baptize a famiy of 4 but the parents needed to get married, we had a date and everything for them but the guy hit his head on a piece of wood and couldnt make it. (face smack) nah the lord has another time prepared for them, atleast they are going to church and reading the book of mormon and praying, their testimonies shows that they have been recieving real conversion. I liked a scriptue that i read today in the morning that was in jacob 4 verse 11. i read it and the thought came to mind that the lord wants us to get to know him before he comes again. and then i said how can we get to know the lord, 3 very important ways are going to church and reading the scriptures and praying. Jacob 4 is an awesome chapter of the book of mormon.
weeeellll i think i am going to head out now so have a good week and save a DEW for me!
Monday, November 3, 2014
This week i felt pretty rich, so I bought soap, and it was a soap that smelled really good. I opened it. turned on the water to fill up the bucket to shower, just as i was about to use the soap i watched it do the slippery move and it jumped out of my hand and then did the indy 500 in the toilet and went away. This month i will keep on showering with shampoo for soap...It was pretty funny really.
It has been raining alot this week, it went from hot to cold this week fast. the rain here is crazy, one moment youll be dry and the next youll feel like someone is dumping a bucket of water on you, seriously! I put plastic sacks on my feet under my shoes to keep them babies dry so i dont get some wierd foot problem from argentina. i dont think it´d be very pretty to have an argentine foot fungus, but if i did, i wouldnt have to buy cheese for my pasta anymore haha jk.
The other day we walked into the door of where we live and i always tell my companion to watch out cause something is in the pension (jokingly) and so i walked in first and saw the neighboors dog walking around in the back room. so i handeled the situation like a man and screamed like a little girl and the dog ran away, well see if that dog comes back eh. it was pretty funny. Were a funny compaionship, i screamed when i saw a dog and my companion is afraid of cats, if you dont believe me just get a cat close to him hahaha.
A cool thing i learned this week. I learned my best attribute is humility if you dont believe me just ask me. haha jk
We found a new part of the area to work in and its awesome, its alittle poorer where were at now but the poor in material are usually rich in faith and heart. We teach alot of people, everyday getting to know many knew people, everyone we find though is hard for us to help them progress to baptism because nobody in argentina is married and if they are teenagers their parents wont give them permission, and dogs only count for half haha jk about the dogs they count for whole. hahaha (Its just a joke were not baptizing dogs haha just trying to be funny nothing else) no but seriously now we were teaching a family of 5. 4 of them were of baptism age, we have already taught them all the lessons, they had taken out a date to get married and so they could get baptized. the only thing is that the last 4 weeks they havent been to church cause something suddenly comes up on every sunday so were going to have to drop them for now and leave them for other elders i think. If we drop them then well be able to find more people for sure. the other people we are teaching are accepting the lessons but not following through with thier commitments like read pray and Go To Church! haha its a challenge here, they always use the wheather as an excuse, but we are learning alot better how to help them do these things. Its different with everyone but as we focus on the Book of Mormon and if they can get a testimony of the Book of Mormon then their set in stone converts!
The food that we eat here is pretty good. Here they eat alot of pasta with chicken. Chicken is common here in all food almost. Some of my favorite things to eat are milanesa napolitana, arroz chaufa, papa y asado. pastel de papas, its all good when the members cook, the bad things to eat for me are the things that you can by in the street, like huge hot dogs and tortas fritas or pan casero or tortillas, they put me on the floor and make me call for mommy because the enviorment they are cooked in isnt good at all. anyways this week we did a family home evening too. Familily home evenings are the best, everyone gets involved and laughs, even those who dont want anything from us. I will send some pictures, I will go now to face my next challenge disobey the handbook and go swimming, the streets are flooded here so well be practically swimming. haha. have a great week and be thankful for what you have and that your month supply of soap didnt do the indy 500 down the john. =D
Love ya all
Elder WIkstrom
It has been raining alot this week, it went from hot to cold this week fast. the rain here is crazy, one moment youll be dry and the next youll feel like someone is dumping a bucket of water on you, seriously! I put plastic sacks on my feet under my shoes to keep them babies dry so i dont get some wierd foot problem from argentina. i dont think it´d be very pretty to have an argentine foot fungus, but if i did, i wouldnt have to buy cheese for my pasta anymore haha jk.
The other day we walked into the door of where we live and i always tell my companion to watch out cause something is in the pension (jokingly) and so i walked in first and saw the neighboors dog walking around in the back room. so i handeled the situation like a man and screamed like a little girl and the dog ran away, well see if that dog comes back eh. it was pretty funny. Were a funny compaionship, i screamed when i saw a dog and my companion is afraid of cats, if you dont believe me just get a cat close to him hahaha.
A cool thing i learned this week. I learned my best attribute is humility if you dont believe me just ask me. haha jk
We found a new part of the area to work in and its awesome, its alittle poorer where were at now but the poor in material are usually rich in faith and heart. We teach alot of people, everyday getting to know many knew people, everyone we find though is hard for us to help them progress to baptism because nobody in argentina is married and if they are teenagers their parents wont give them permission, and dogs only count for half haha jk about the dogs they count for whole. hahaha (Its just a joke were not baptizing dogs haha just trying to be funny nothing else) no but seriously now we were teaching a family of 5. 4 of them were of baptism age, we have already taught them all the lessons, they had taken out a date to get married and so they could get baptized. the only thing is that the last 4 weeks they havent been to church cause something suddenly comes up on every sunday so were going to have to drop them for now and leave them for other elders i think. If we drop them then well be able to find more people for sure. the other people we are teaching are accepting the lessons but not following through with thier commitments like read pray and Go To Church! haha its a challenge here, they always use the wheather as an excuse, but we are learning alot better how to help them do these things. Its different with everyone but as we focus on the Book of Mormon and if they can get a testimony of the Book of Mormon then their set in stone converts!
The food that we eat here is pretty good. Here they eat alot of pasta with chicken. Chicken is common here in all food almost. Some of my favorite things to eat are milanesa napolitana, arroz chaufa, papa y asado. pastel de papas, its all good when the members cook, the bad things to eat for me are the things that you can by in the street, like huge hot dogs and tortas fritas or pan casero or tortillas, they put me on the floor and make me call for mommy because the enviorment they are cooked in isnt good at all. anyways this week we did a family home evening too. Familily home evenings are the best, everyone gets involved and laughs, even those who dont want anything from us. I will send some pictures, I will go now to face my next challenge disobey the handbook and go swimming, the streets are flooded here so well be practically swimming. haha. have a great week and be thankful for what you have and that your month supply of soap didnt do the indy 500 down the john. =D
Love ya all
Elder WIkstrom
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