Sunday, November 10, 2013

10/21/2013 - Don't Take the Gospel for Granted

10/21/2013--

welll freaking freak ive been in the country of argentina for 2 whoooole months! man does time flyyyy by and man does time go by soooooo slow!!! haha its weird how it works out both ways on a mission!

well i wish i could tell you stories about people we were teaching or great spiritual experiences with converts or baptisms but sadly i dont really have any because we dont really have much right now.... haha so sorry about that!

so this week the heat started to come on.... o baby girl i do not like the heat here!! BECAUSE ITS SO FREAKING HUMID! haha it wasnt even that hot but i was sweatin like a pig!

and heres one thing that isnt good about heat.... so on my mission im saying to myself ´´dont get fat... workout every morning so you can have a rocking bod like your dad biggie´´ haha so i workout every morning and do my legs workouts realllll nice and deeplike.

and because of that my legs have gotten a lot bigger... not saying im like big or anything but my legs have put on a little big more muscle... soooo therefore (i cant remember how to spell that word, thats what spanish will do to ya) my pants are just a little bit tighter!

soooo because my pants are tighter and the heat has come on that means that i sweat just a little bit more... which then means that my legs rub together just a little bit more... which then means I AM FREAKING CHAFING!!! ooooo judiest its not good!! haha no worries i have figured out some solutions and im doing just fine!
hahahah classic story... so my comp is a little bit different than me to say the least... things that i think are hilarious arent as funny to him..

for example. we were talking to this lady and sitting on some chairs in her house... and all of a sudden her 6 year old little boy with down syndrom comes running around the corner buttttt naked and is soaking wett!!!! ooooo man i was DYING OF LAUGHTER!! my companion on the other hand.... WAS NOT LAUGHING AT ALL.... i literally thought he saw a ghost and pooped his pants he didnt know what to do... haha classic.

this little naked down syndrom boy was acting like he was some sumo wrestler or something! oooo man it was so funny.

well here are some things that i realized this week.... the members who are strong in our branch are soooo strong.. they sacrifice so much time to be able to come to church. nobody really has cars and its a big time commitment to come to church on sundays...
i started to realize how much the church really means to these people and how much i have taken the gospel for granted in my life.... my house is a good 5 minute walk to the church and i was too lazy to even do that... i just drove my truck to church!

ive realized a lot of things this past week... and i hope you all can learn from it as well....

i realized that i took so many things for granted at home... and mainly that was cherishing the moments with the people that i love the most. i always realized that i loved my family and the other poeople that are important in my life but you can never truly know that until they are taken away from you.

i thought a lot about past trips, vacations, or other things that i have done in the past and i realized how blessed i have been... simple sunday dinners at home mean the world to me now that i dont have a sunday dinner with my family.... so i guess what im getting at is to take a look at what you really have in your life.. the blessings that the lord has given you.

there have been a lot of things i have missed while being on my mission... but the things that i miss that actually have a true meaning to me is the people that i love most in my life that i dont have right now... i dont truly miss any of the materialistic things like my electronics or car or anything like that... i miss the people that god placed in my life.

so take the time to tell the people that mean something to you that you simply love them and tell them why you are thankful for them...

im thankful for my mission. i cant express the things that i have learned out here. some things i have learned in ways that havent been the most fun but i have learned things that have made me into such a better person.

i hope all is good in the hood of 801.... by the way you have no idea what a hood is like!!  dont do drugs and go to church... BECAUSE ITS ONLY DOWN THE ROAD FROM YOUR HOUSE! haha love you all

Elder Meeeyers

oooo yeah i forgot to tell you this... we had a bbq or called an acado here today with out zone... the fire department was called on us because they thought we were burning a tree down!! hahaha no worries i had a full conversation with the fire man in spanish and got everything taken care of... haha NOT! somebody else talked to him :)

 

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