Hello familia,
This week was pretty good, some people came to church and so that was pretty cool. The change ended on Sunday and my comp left! We actually already knew, because his second week in this sector president told him in his interview that he was going to train someone in their second change. So my new comps name is Elder Muñiz. He is from Mexico! I freakin love Mexicans. I'm excited to work more with him. He has about the same time as me, but he is still 19. He is from a city called Cuautla. I have had Latin comps from all over. Ecuador, Mexico, Argentina, Peru. I know a freakin ton now about South America. I would actually like to work with the church here. It’s a lot more exciting than the church in the states.
Ya maybe I could finish out my associates at Dixie state. Its cause maybe I want to play football and if I play football, I don’t want to play at Dixie state cause it’s just a dead end. But I have also heard that you have to be accepted already to BYU if you are going to try out. I don’t want to stay at Dixie state my whole life either... I want to live in St. George when I’m older I think but I want to study somewhere else for a while. I’m pretty sure the mission president can interview me too if I want to apply there. I think he has connections there too. I’m going to talk with him in my next interview. I guess that would be pretty cool if you came and picked me up. I’m neutral about the idea, if you want to come, that would be cool, but if no, that’s cool too.
The bishop gives us 10 names and we have to pass by those people during the week, and then give him a report of what happened. Ya you should defiantly read the fourth missionary with the boys and stuff, its way good.
That’s way sweet about BYU. Hopefully they beat San Diego. That would be so cool, the first seed the tourney.
Well family I love you! Have a good week. BYE.
Maybe mom you could start looking at what I have to do to be able to apply at like BYU and everything... or other schools.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
February 14, 2011
I hope you have a HAPPY VALENTINES too!
This week was really good, we taught allot, and found some pretty sweet familias from the English classes we are doing. Ya I read in the ensign that the big focus was on bringing back less active members. There are focusing on that here too. we have to pass by like 10 different names every week to teach this document that called permanaced... which pretty much tells them to come back or they are screwed. It’s a really inspired document though, I love teaching it. I read a talk recently called 4th missionary. I wish I would have read it at the beginning of my mission, but I guess there is a reason I read it now. It is amazing, and it changed my life... Seriously, Brigham and Caleb have to read it before they go on their missions. I’m going to give it to some young men that are going from this ward soon. It talks about following the will of god and that how, even if we do the things that lead to happiness and if we obey the commandments, we will never be blessed or happy if we don’t WANT to do them. We can live a way good righteous life but we will be secretly uncomfortable fighting within our own minds because we would rather be doing something else. Those are the missionaries that go on missions they sacrifice a ton, and they baptize a lot of people. But their own personal lives will never be changes because there just waiting for the moment when they can do what THEY want to do. I’m seriously so glad I’m on the mission, it seriously the best thing that I could have ever done. I feel soooo bad for anyone that never takes that choice. It’s like the greatest blessing in the world. I have learned so much about life, and about what is important, and how to listen to the spirit and how to draw upon the powers of heaven. I still feel like I have a TON to learn but seriously I’m so glad I’m here. I know I’m going to end the mission, but hopefully I will have learned everything that god wants me to learn. I honestly want to follow his will my whole life. Our president told us that he KNEW that we were going to be the leaders of the church in the final preparation for the second coming. The only thing that god will never have unless we ourselves give it to him is our WILL.
I have to start applying to schools... I don’t know what to do. Mom please help me, I think you have all the information and my grades and credits and stuff to Dixie state. I think I want to transfer to start school in January. I want to apply though to like BYU, Dixie state, Arizona State, maybe SUU. The deadline is OCT 1, but I don’t want to rush it. Could you look up some stuff to help me?
Nothing happened in the earthquake, I didn’t feel it... That’s so awesome that Jimmer is the number one scorer in the nation. He must be way tight. That’s tight Brigham that you will be running varsity. I hope you feel better; did you wake up from your surgery hurting pretty bad? And I hope you make the basketball team, keep working out hard so that you can be an awesome football player. Chileans eat a lot of things called empanadas. They have emenadas with cheese, with pino it’s called. Meat and eggs and onions. And soapapillas they are like scone type of things that they sell in the street. They have this dish called pastel de choclo. It’s with meat and corn and stuff. They don’t drink hardly ever water. They are obsessed with coke. There is this drink that they sell in the street too called mote con huesillos. It’s a drink with a peach in it with wheat. They love soccer but aren’t very good at it. The people from the south are way nice and supposedly it’s beautiful down there. The north is all desert. Chile is like the number one miner of cobre. I forgot how you say that in English. Everyone walks around with their phone playing this music called regaton, that like this rap stuff.... They talk really different than any other country. They hate Peru and Argentina. There are a lot of Peruvians here.
Well mom and dad and Brigham and Caleb I love you, have a good week!
Love Elder Whitney
This week was really good, we taught allot, and found some pretty sweet familias from the English classes we are doing. Ya I read in the ensign that the big focus was on bringing back less active members. There are focusing on that here too. we have to pass by like 10 different names every week to teach this document that called permanaced... which pretty much tells them to come back or they are screwed. It’s a really inspired document though, I love teaching it. I read a talk recently called 4th missionary. I wish I would have read it at the beginning of my mission, but I guess there is a reason I read it now. It is amazing, and it changed my life... Seriously, Brigham and Caleb have to read it before they go on their missions. I’m going to give it to some young men that are going from this ward soon. It talks about following the will of god and that how, even if we do the things that lead to happiness and if we obey the commandments, we will never be blessed or happy if we don’t WANT to do them. We can live a way good righteous life but we will be secretly uncomfortable fighting within our own minds because we would rather be doing something else. Those are the missionaries that go on missions they sacrifice a ton, and they baptize a lot of people. But their own personal lives will never be changes because there just waiting for the moment when they can do what THEY want to do. I’m seriously so glad I’m on the mission, it seriously the best thing that I could have ever done. I feel soooo bad for anyone that never takes that choice. It’s like the greatest blessing in the world. I have learned so much about life, and about what is important, and how to listen to the spirit and how to draw upon the powers of heaven. I still feel like I have a TON to learn but seriously I’m so glad I’m here. I know I’m going to end the mission, but hopefully I will have learned everything that god wants me to learn. I honestly want to follow his will my whole life. Our president told us that he KNEW that we were going to be the leaders of the church in the final preparation for the second coming. The only thing that god will never have unless we ourselves give it to him is our WILL.
I have to start applying to schools... I don’t know what to do. Mom please help me, I think you have all the information and my grades and credits and stuff to Dixie state. I think I want to transfer to start school in January. I want to apply though to like BYU, Dixie state, Arizona State, maybe SUU. The deadline is OCT 1, but I don’t want to rush it. Could you look up some stuff to help me?
Nothing happened in the earthquake, I didn’t feel it... That’s so awesome that Jimmer is the number one scorer in the nation. He must be way tight. That’s tight Brigham that you will be running varsity. I hope you feel better; did you wake up from your surgery hurting pretty bad? And I hope you make the basketball team, keep working out hard so that you can be an awesome football player. Chileans eat a lot of things called empanadas. They have emenadas with cheese, with pino it’s called. Meat and eggs and onions. And soapapillas they are like scone type of things that they sell in the street. They have this dish called pastel de choclo. It’s with meat and corn and stuff. They don’t drink hardly ever water. They are obsessed with coke. There is this drink that they sell in the street too called mote con huesillos. It’s a drink with a peach in it with wheat. They love soccer but aren’t very good at it. The people from the south are way nice and supposedly it’s beautiful down there. The north is all desert. Chile is like the number one miner of cobre. I forgot how you say that in English. Everyone walks around with their phone playing this music called regaton, that like this rap stuff.... They talk really different than any other country. They hate Peru and Argentina. There are a lot of Peruvians here.
Well mom and dad and Brigham and Caleb I love you, have a good week!
Love Elder Whitney
February 7, 2011
February 7, 2011
HAHA YAYAYAYA
That’s so sick the packers won the super bowl! I was so anxious this whole morning to find out!! Nobody even cares or knows down here it’s so annoying! That’s awesome, I actually didn’t think that much about it yesterday but today in the morning I wanted to know pretty bad. You should put it on a disk or something so that it doesn’t get erased PLEASE. I’m pretty sure I’m going to care when I get back. This week was pretty good; Ismael the kid that got baptized got confirmed yesterday... We have a family home evening with them today. The dad isn’t a member and he has come to church the last 2 times. Their family has a lot of problems though, they aren’t married and I guess the dad hit imael yesterday and punished him because ismael didn’t want to go to his classes during church. I’m kind of worried about him because he doesn’t ever want to go to his Sunday school classes. We have a couple other baptism dates for the 20th and for the 27th. Hopefully they get baptized before the end of the change... That’s pretty crazy that Alex haslem got back. I remember him leaving. That’s way crazy. Today we played soccer against another zone and we won again. It was way fun. It was also extremely hot this week. My face got sun burnt one day, but now it’s all right.
Ya landon is way awesome, I will write him.. im still learning the language! I still feel like i suck at it, it’s just a matter of time and practice.
My comp is from cajamarca Peru from the north. We get along really good. He is really... correct and a little prideful without knowing but he’s way cool. He is a convert since he was twelve. He has two older brothers that aren’t members and his dad isn’t a member but his dad and mom have been separated ever since she met the gospel. His sister though is a member. He is really good at soccer and likes cooking and stuff. Being zone leader is awesome, its nice being in charge. but I also have to deal with a couple problem missionaries and they also want to do stuff that they probably shouldn’t do so that kind of sucks sometimes cause they are like my friends but ya..
The plate of food that I and elder daines ate was so good. And what are you talking about disgusting? It has like all the best foods in one plate. Eggs potatoes, sausage, french-fries. From the United States I miss the big breakfasts, and I miss some drinks and slushies and stuff like that.
They celebrate valentines in Chile but not that much; it’s not as big as in the USA.
Well thank you mom, and dad and Brigham and Caleb, I love you
GREENBAY PACKERS 2011
SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS
Chao, Elder Whitney
HAHA YAYAYAYA
That’s so sick the packers won the super bowl! I was so anxious this whole morning to find out!! Nobody even cares or knows down here it’s so annoying! That’s awesome, I actually didn’t think that much about it yesterday but today in the morning I wanted to know pretty bad. You should put it on a disk or something so that it doesn’t get erased PLEASE. I’m pretty sure I’m going to care when I get back. This week was pretty good; Ismael the kid that got baptized got confirmed yesterday... We have a family home evening with them today. The dad isn’t a member and he has come to church the last 2 times. Their family has a lot of problems though, they aren’t married and I guess the dad hit imael yesterday and punished him because ismael didn’t want to go to his classes during church. I’m kind of worried about him because he doesn’t ever want to go to his Sunday school classes. We have a couple other baptism dates for the 20th and for the 27th. Hopefully they get baptized before the end of the change... That’s pretty crazy that Alex haslem got back. I remember him leaving. That’s way crazy. Today we played soccer against another zone and we won again. It was way fun. It was also extremely hot this week. My face got sun burnt one day, but now it’s all right.
Ya landon is way awesome, I will write him.. im still learning the language! I still feel like i suck at it, it’s just a matter of time and practice.
My comp is from cajamarca Peru from the north. We get along really good. He is really... correct and a little prideful without knowing but he’s way cool. He is a convert since he was twelve. He has two older brothers that aren’t members and his dad isn’t a member but his dad and mom have been separated ever since she met the gospel. His sister though is a member. He is really good at soccer and likes cooking and stuff. Being zone leader is awesome, its nice being in charge. but I also have to deal with a couple problem missionaries and they also want to do stuff that they probably shouldn’t do so that kind of sucks sometimes cause they are like my friends but ya..
The plate of food that I and elder daines ate was so good. And what are you talking about disgusting? It has like all the best foods in one plate. Eggs potatoes, sausage, french-fries. From the United States I miss the big breakfasts, and I miss some drinks and slushies and stuff like that.
They celebrate valentines in Chile but not that much; it’s not as big as in the USA.
Well thank you mom, and dad and Brigham and Caleb, I love you
GREENBAY PACKERS 2011
SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS
Chao, Elder Whitney
Saturday, February 5, 2011
January 31, 2011
Hello familia!
This week was really good, we had the baptism yesterday and this kid in our ward baptized him so it was really cool. I honestly thought he wasn’t going to get baptized yesterday because he like didn’t want to go to his classes but we talked with him and his mom and dad and he still wanted to get baptized. It was really good though. We never got to teach his dad and yesterday he loved church so that was really good, we are going to start to teach him.
That’s crazy that Brigham got his appendix out. Did it explode? I guess mine is going to be later... everyone in our whole family isn’t going to have an appendix ha-ha.. How are you feeling dad? that’s too bad that you have been sick but that’s really cool you got a hole in one? are they going to put your name up on the shop? what course was it at?
Ya this week me and my comp sang Joseph smiths first prayer to this family, it was pretty good, but we both don’t sing very well so... ha. Ya it was cool meeting Brent’s friend. All those people in that picture were their children. They don’t live that far from the area., just like 20 min away.
Today we played soccer with the zone then went to the mall in Puente alto and my comp bought a mp3. We ate with two other elders at this restaurant and it was way good.. The elders are called Daines and Mondalgo. Mondalgo is from Peru also. And Daines is from Logan. He is way tight.
No the rich part is still in our sector. its far from where I started the mission. That’s in the zone la reina in the sector tobalaba. There are a ton of sectors though with nicer parts... The area I’m in now is called las nieves.. I really liked the liahona for this month that talked a lot about missionary work. President Monson called everyone on a mission with boldness. Its true we need more missionaries everywhere. We will never be able to go into china if there is not a least like 20,000 more misioneros.
Chao! I love you!
Have a good week
This week was really good, we had the baptism yesterday and this kid in our ward baptized him so it was really cool. I honestly thought he wasn’t going to get baptized yesterday because he like didn’t want to go to his classes but we talked with him and his mom and dad and he still wanted to get baptized. It was really good though. We never got to teach his dad and yesterday he loved church so that was really good, we are going to start to teach him.
That’s crazy that Brigham got his appendix out. Did it explode? I guess mine is going to be later... everyone in our whole family isn’t going to have an appendix ha-ha.. How are you feeling dad? that’s too bad that you have been sick but that’s really cool you got a hole in one? are they going to put your name up on the shop? what course was it at?
Ya this week me and my comp sang Joseph smiths first prayer to this family, it was pretty good, but we both don’t sing very well so... ha. Ya it was cool meeting Brent’s friend. All those people in that picture were their children. They don’t live that far from the area., just like 20 min away.
Today we played soccer with the zone then went to the mall in Puente alto and my comp bought a mp3. We ate with two other elders at this restaurant and it was way good.. The elders are called Daines and Mondalgo. Mondalgo is from Peru also. And Daines is from Logan. He is way tight.
No the rich part is still in our sector. its far from where I started the mission. That’s in the zone la reina in the sector tobalaba. There are a ton of sectors though with nicer parts... The area I’m in now is called las nieves.. I really liked the liahona for this month that talked a lot about missionary work. President Monson called everyone on a mission with boldness. Its true we need more missionaries everywhere. We will never be able to go into china if there is not a least like 20,000 more misioneros.
Chao! I love you!
Have a good week
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