Week 27

Como estan? Not much going on here. We had our best day yesterday in this area! We had three lessons, and we got three new people to teach.

My Spanish is where I can talk with anyone, anytime, anywhere. Elder Elwood said I yelled in my sleep ´´todo día,´´ then went back to snoring. So I must have the language down if I can do it in my sleep, haha. This transfer I’ve been a really crazy sleeper. I’ve got lots of stories, and my comp has videos. haha.

Other than that, I don’t have much to say. Nothing really is happening in this area right now. There are a lot of problem people, and we contact a lot,,,,,, We also went and gave a lesson to this drunk dude. He asked us if we cared if he smoked weed during the lesson,,,,,Umm yesss, please don’t. Luckily he didn’t, so we didn’t end up getting high. So that was a good thing. haha.

I hope you are all safe at home.

Love [you] all -Elder Newman

The Hermanas had a baptism in Villa Regina.

That sign says ´´welcome to the area watch out for your wallets. It was a scary time to take a pic, but it was worth it haha.

He is a super cool missionary from Mexico. A lot of people do that. You think they are behind you smiling, but they make it look like they are trying to kiss you.

Week 26

Well this week was a little better than the weeks past. We have just about contacted every door that we can in our area. We got a text from a recent convert that said he didn’t want us to come back and visit him. That’s kind of sad. When we told the bishopric about that, he said, “Maybe we should have someone visit him.” That’s a great idea. Next time you should send someone to visit them before they make the decision that they want nothing to do with us. It would be a whole lot easier to keep them in church.

That’s cool Macy is playing tennis. I got a package from Grandma Jean that had Easter Reese’s and peanut butter and peanuts....the Reese’s she sent were the best because when they melt or spend so much time how they are when they ship, the wrappers are the worst. But these ones were normal when they got here, they were great!

Well that’s really all this week. We have done a lot of contacting because we have no one to teach. It helps me practice my Spanish a lot more when I’m talking to people that I don’t know. But a lot of them are drunk and can’t understand my accent and they themselves don’t speak very good. But that’s about it.

Love you all -Elder Nuevohombre

This is a picture from when Riley was in the Allen area. Their home flags are on their faces.

Week 25

Well not much happened this week. Me and Elder Elwood are having a ton of fun. It’s nice having someone I can quote movies with. We are also rapping in English and trying to translate into Spanish.

The members here don’t help too much, but we are working on that a lot. I’m still learning the area. Our pension was a mess. There were sooooo many spiders. The first day I killed like 20. And there are still spiders, but every time I see one I kill it. There are a few that look poisonous, but I’m not a spider expert. Rusty would have hated it here, but me and Elder Elwood have cleaned up the pension pretty good.

Elder Elwood is great. He is from Boise, Idaho, and he doesn’t like potatoes. It’s kind of funny. This week I’ve talked a lot about motorbikes and trucks lately, it’s kind of fun.

We also worked out with this recent convert. This was about a week ago, and my arms are still sore, but at least I can straighten them right now, haha.

Sounds like you guys are having a ton of fun. This area has like no one that’s super amazing and super ready to be baptized. Well one is, but he is deathly sick, soooo ya, can’t do much there. We are in the process right now of getting people to teach.

Love you all,
Elder Nuevohombre

Week 24

Well this week was good. I can’t remember much of what happened. I’m running on like 4 hours of sleep. I got transferred to Godoy. Elder Martinez is staying in Zapala and is going to baptize a ton this transfer. Next week we are going to have 3 baptisms, but now I’m here.

This town is probably as country as I’ll get. It’s so small we don’t even live in our area. We live in Villa Regina, it’s mas o menos cerca a Allen. [it’s more or less near Allen.] We are going to take a bus every morning to go to our area. But I’m excited to be here.

My new comp. name is Elder Elwood. He is from Boise, Idaho. I’m a little worried to have a gringo comp, but we are going to have a ton of fun. He wants me to teach him how to cook because he has like 4 months left on his mission, and he still doesn’t know how.

This pension is great, but there are still a ton of things broken. And the circuit board on the washing machine is like destroyed, but I’m going to try a few things to see if we can get it working.

That’s really all I have for this week..... Hope you guys have fun.

Love you all –Nuevohombre

This is an elder from Brazil called 2 saints (dos Santos), he is great. He loves muddy buddies. I was with him for intercambios [exchanges].

 
The family of Emi, the little girl that reminds me a lot of Kaylee's little sister.

A member that is super great.

The pictures with the taxi is Ezequiel. He came and visited us like at 11:30 at night when I was packing to come here.

Me and my new companion, Elder Elwood, from Boise.

Week 23

Well this week was kind of slow, a lot of meetings. But those 3 investigadores I talked about in the last letter, I’m pretty sure all of them are going to be baptized.

I have high hopes for Maria because she wants it with her whole family. She really loves the temples and things sobre the familia. In the last prayer she asked if all would go well so that she could take her family to the temple. It was great. I bet she will be married and baptized this next transfer, I hope I’m still here. This is the last week of this transfer.

That’s really all there is to say about this week. We also helped move 2 houses in one day, and we have our pension to move also. We are basically a moving crew. jaja. They are putting more elders in this huge area so we don’t have to walk an hour to get to the other end of our area. So we need another pension. We will have the new one, and they will have the old.

Hope all is well with you guys. If you have any questions please tell me. I don’t have anything else I can think of.

Love, Elder Nuevohombre

It’s really like this every night the sunsets are great.

Week 22

Well first off I have a few favors to ask. If you can download any movies of the church in Espanol or English with Spanish subtitles, that would be great so I can download them on my flash drive. Oh, and I was wondering what you could do for this guy. He likes my boots a lot, and he wants to know if you can send him a pair or if there is a website where he can order them from. He said he could pay me if you sent them. Oh and peanut butter is awesome! All the packages came these last 2 weeks and everything is good with them. Everything was there.

We also had a baptism that was really great! It was numero uno para me. Ezequiel was baptized by my comp and confirmed by me. I thought we were going to do the confirmation after sacrament meeting or something, but nooooo. We did it in the middle of the meeting. I didn’t study that much on how to do it, so like 5 minutes before I was scrambling to remember how to do it. All was good in the end, but my Spanish was pretty bad. I was so scared that my legs were literally shaking, I couldn’t control them. That has never happened before. But after all of that he gave me a hug and I felt a happiness, like one I have never felt before. It filled my whole body. I’m convinced it was the joy of the spirit of Ezequiel and the Holy Ghost and the love we shared with one another.

Austin was taken to another home so I don’t know what’s up with him.

We had three other people accept baptism this week, but one needs to get married. But she is the one I believe will want baptism the most.

All is good here, loving the mission......and did you know that you called me a sister missionary? Correction: Hola misionero. Jaja. Keep practicing. I love you all very much.

La persona muy fatcha-
Elder Nuevohombre

We had ice cream with Ezequiel.

The sugar cookie stuff was great in the package. It turned out very easy and very good.

Elder Martinez, Ezekiel, and I.

Our dog Misionera.

Ezekiel and his girlfriend.

These are some kids that were visiting their friends with us. The one on the left speaks good English and does a lot of cool things.

Week 21

Well we are going to a bar again this Pday to play some pool, and we are late so I’m hoping this is quick. We’re all good here.

That’s funny Rusty has had some drunk people stories too. The majority of the people we talk to are drunk for the first visit or are high. But they always are sad about it so it’s a little easier to get them to stop.

We taught this one kid that was taken from an abusive home and who was with a member for 2 days. He asked what he could do to change his life, so the Sister called us. The boy’s name is Austin and he is 11 years old. His whole body has scars on it. It’s pretty easy to see he has had a rough life. We taught him prayer and faith in Christ because that is something he needs mucho. And also that his Father in Heaven wants him.

He kept talking about his brother, and he wanted to know that he was alright. [When the authorities took him and his brother from their abusive home,] they ended up separated and he doesn’t know where his brother is. This week I believe he [Austin] went to a place like a corrections facility. It’s the only thing I could think of when my comp described it to me. We gave him a blessing of comfort, and at the end of the blessing he said he felt much better. The kid didn’t even know what we were doing or what a blessing was or even a prayer. I really hope this kid makes it all right.

After that not much else [has happened], we had to postpone Ezequiel's servicio bautismal because he is still smoking every now and then, but he should be good for this Saturday.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Love you all,
Elder Nuevohombre

There is a fat cat, which is a lot bigger in person.

A scripture case made out of crocodile leather and has a lion's and a cheetah pelt inside that I'm going to buy.

It was raining hard so we let our dog in for a bit.

I made muddy buddies haha.

We had a bbq.