feliz navidad

hola my doooods!
i learned how to use emojis *today* sooo there ya have it.

aoeihsefaksbiratlksadf. (i kinda put my face on the keyboard to see if it´d inspire me)

.. it didn´t.

lol i can´t believe that we´ve gotten to this point, my people.

NAVIDAAAD!!!

i´m super excited because tomorrow we´re having a baptism (: agustina is gonna get baptized! She´s super amazing and i have loved learning from her. i´m so excited!
well, when i don´t know what to say, i usually start talking about Jesus, so here we go.

I love my savior.  I have loved being able to be here and learn about Him and learn how to become more like Him.  How to help others find the love and the hope that comes from Him.  I know that what He teaches is true and I am so grateful to be able to share that with everyone here.  And with you guys back there (:

have an amazing CHRISTMAS!!!

I LOVE YOU, MY DUDES!
HH

1. highly seasoned meats (transported in the back of a truck??)

2. our neighbor hoards trash on his roof. it´s fine.

3. papa alter

4. you coming?

5. i got dat power

6. stax on stax (c/ linde y moore)

7. ofi <3

8. limited additions

9. last week, *keep it together, man*

10. classic artsy study pic smh

11. perfect cookies

12. baked that

13. coro!

espera chabona, calmate

HOLA YOMIES!!! como andan mis personas que reciben mis cartitaaaas

 (how's it going my people that receive my little letters)

okay so this week was awesome.

like...

really really really great. (and im not being sarcastic my dudes)
viernes:(friday)
conferencia con elder de hoyos! (conference with Elder Hoyos)  un capo, che. (a cool dude)  dude he teaches so well!! it was super awesome to be able to learn from him and then go and apply what he taught us!  he´s from mexico and so it kinda sounded like good ol´pres cifu when he spoke cuz they have the same (kinda) mannerisms and it was amazing.

actvidad de la navidad! (christmas activity)  in our barrio (ward) we had an actividad (activity) and everyone came!  leonardo and agu + fam came and the ward was awesome with them! i loved it.

sabado:
cap abi en pringles.(open house in the town of pringles)  i was pretty nervous cuz the dia (day) started out BAD.  we didn´t even know if we would end up being able to go YIKES BAD.  but! we got there and the members worked a TON and it was super awesome!  16 amigos de la iglesia (friends of the church? nonmembers?) came and loved it. a group of kids came after the elders saw em in the park drinking and they ended up having a suuuuuper deep convo about life and the plan de salvación (of salvation) and loving it.  amazing.

doming. WE FINALLY WENT TO OUR OWN WARD AND IT WAS THE BEST THING EVER!!! ive forgotten what it´s like going to a building where you actually see your friends and know the people there. the best feeling ever.

and then in the tarde we had a choir thingie with all the missionaries and the stake people singing about xmas and it was awesome.  even for the poeple that dont rly dig singing ;) lol i can testify cuz that´s how i am.  But it was super awesome!!

you guys are awesome.  keep lighting the world with your amazingness (:

I LOVE YOU MY DUDES!!
HH
1. squaaa

2. vení

3. vino

4. wilbur

5. hijitasss (daughters)

6. felices como lombrices

7. the wong gong (gracias @hna.araya)

The family christmas card got there on time!

finding neverland

Hola yomies!!!! como andan!!

bueno (well), end of mission crisis alert. lol la semana pasada pte me mandó las preguntas para prepararme para mi última entrevista.,, (last week president sent me the questions to prepare myself for my last interview)

they´re super profundas (profound) and i´m not prepared for the real world again.

being here has been like living in neverland.  i never stress about real life.  im focused on other people. my future, my life, my goals, my dreams don´t revolve around me. i don´t think about what I need to do to become a successful human and take over the world or whatever lol (;  my "job" es to help other people be happy.  it basically bubbles down to this:  I DONT HAVE TO DO REAL LIFE ADULTING FOR MYSELF.

im freaking out a little bit cuz my neverland has an expiration date and it´s coming up soon. but i´ll do what i do best and pretend that it´s not gonna happen jejejejeje.

my dudes, i love argentina.  i love the people here.  i love all the craziness that happens everyday and i love laughing about it. i love what i´ve learned about others.  i love what they´ve taught me to do to be a better me.  i love teaching people how to find lasting happiness, and i love how i have that happiness with me (almost) always.  i love smiling and saludando-ing people in the streets and surprising them by being friendly.  i love seeing the changes that people make to feel the joy they see in us.

i really do believe that man was created to have joy. and i love sharing my joy with others here in argentina and a liiiittle bit with you guys wherever you are.

i love the mission.  i love the gospel.  i love the Lord.

aanddd.....

I LOVE YOU MY DUDES!!!
HH
ps this week in what are the odds, hna linde had to eat a rock lol

pps if you can, if you want to, it´d be cool to pray for our friend agustina cuz she´s having a rough time rn. thx a billion (: <3

1. how they spell my name here

2. when i actually give talks

3. tinie ´tinez

4. cuellito en diciembre ¡?¿! (scarf in december)

5. fiti en tandil (grafitti in the town of tandil)

6. cubo magico completa mi jornada emocional (the magic cube completes my emotional journey)

7. almost there... almost there!!! (what movie. hint: He´s in a space ship)

blank slate lol

HOLA MY DUUUUDES!!!

okie, this week was super fun!  we had a blast in bahia with a capilla abierta in terrada! the people worked super hard and it was way fun to be able to hang out with them (:

we built a house (kinda) for service on saturday! LIGHT UP. and it was way fun!!!  we basically just dug around for a while and that´s about it lol

we went to mar del plata! we left on saturday at 10:30 pm, got there at 6, and then left at 1pm and got back around 8:30pm. it chupar´ed but it´s cool lol i actually slept on the way home.

i still love being here and love learning from everything and everyone! lol but i can´t think of anything cool to say rn soooo i´ll leave it for next week. probably lol.  next week´s will be better (; fingers crossed.

I LOVE YOU SM!
HH
1. mursks

2. how we speak to the zls lol

3. contactando

4. flurs

5. we built a house. (we´re on the way to building a house)

6. front yard goals

Extra pics that Syd sent home:

the spice girls

HOLA MY DUUUDES COMO ANDAAAN!

okay so this week was rad.  and fun!  And i like it. like usual lol so yes. now to start the groupie. (sorry guys today im just not with the ganas (motivation) to write this bad boi lol we´ll see how it turns out)

okiiiieeee soooo there was a giant game of futbol that every one is obsessed with scheduled durante (during) our capilla abierta (open chapel) (the nerve smh (shake my head)) BUT it got postponed!!! so everyone came to the event and it was super fun! yay lol

aaaand when we were in viedma we went to a store that had SRIRACHA and i forgot just how amazing that was.  so compu and i bought some ramen noodles and chop sticks and sauced up our ramen and ate that for launch and it was amazing lol.  i forgot fotos of the ramen, but you all know what that is lol the entire population of college students have had way too much of that for you all not to know

AND agustina is probably the cutest human ever.  we are gonna make tacos with her on thursday and i´m way stoked lol.

also thursday was thanksgiving!!! IT WAS AWESOME we had pie.  and too much food lol and i also forgot to take pics but im sure you can find in on ig somewhere lol

I LOVE YOU MY DUDES!!
HH

1. mah fwen

2. im moving to tandil.

3. did i do it?

4. pica, chabones (hot sauce)

5. microfilm blows my mind!

the GONG-ference

was that too much? lol not sorry about it (;

1. no me sale lol c/ e´marinho

2. mi bebé (hna fina)

3.  e´sanchez! true yomie

4. e´brown un capo entero

5. the yams (e´oliveira, mendiburo, hatch, y smith)

6. derpy c mi hijitaaa (hna lopez)

7. my god child <3 (hna adams)

The Swedish Chef

HOLA MY DUDES!!!!! Como andan!!

So, this week was super rad.  We worked a ton and had a ton of fun!!

We found a dude to teach a little ways back se llama (his name is) Leonardo.  And i seriously love the guy.  Leonardo is the sweetest purest soul!!  He’s this lil hippy guy who goes around and sells pan (bread) to people and loves Krishna and he’s basically the best!  I love teaching him cuz he’s super real about everything.  And way accepting and way kind.   I’ll send you guys a picture next week!  You’ll love him.  He’s progressing a ton and I’m super excited to learn more about his story!  And he has really awesome friends that have bright blue dreads so you already know we’re tight.

OKAY.  Also!!  This saturday we got the joy of having an amazing visitor...

Who could it be....

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ELDER GONG!!!!!

Dude.  It was so rad.  I had no idea that it was going to be so cool!!  He’s such an awesome speaker and so crazy smart and just awesome.  I wasn’t super suuuuper crazyyyy stoked about seeing him just cuz he’s new and i wasn’t really sure about how it’d be, but as i studied and learned more about him, I GOT STOKED!  He’s a legend.  I’m stoked to be able to learn more from him in the future cuuuuz he’s awesome.  And way funny!!!! That was super unexpected!!  He’s hilarious.  It was way way fun to have the conference with him and learn about what he had to teach our mission.

Aaaand i can’t remember the other stuff.

TUNE IN NEXT WEEK FOR MOAR!

I LOVE YOU MY DUDES!!

HH

1. We cook good.

2. I HAVE A MOSQUITO BITE ON MY NECK. HOW.  Why do these things tan injustos (very unjust) happen.

Conference with Elder Gong