02-05-15--Pics

2-05-14--We went to the Temple Today

2/5/14

hola hola meow meow

man i have zero time to write here

the most busy day of my life. we woke up at 4:30 in the morning to go to the temple which was realllll far away

man baby girl sweet moses i was so excited going to the temple today

yet im as tired as an old billy goat

wow i cant tell you how amazing the temple is.

go there. do whatever you can this week to make time in your schedule to visit the house of the lord and receive the blessings that are waiting you 

i promise you will have a spiritual experience

the spirit of the lord is like nothing else

go find it

dont wait for a spiritual experience to come to you

GO GET IT! 

GO GET YOUR BLESSINGS BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE

some quick fun facts

i have more than 35 mesquito bites on my body,,, delicious right??

the pictures i sent home of the country side isnt our normal area... we call that place narnia and its the first time we have been there because there arent any members and barely any people out there.. haha so dont think my whole area is like that

we havent had hot water for 2 weeks.... 

i realized after a week that i can boil hot water and mix it with cold water :)

haha so for the past week ive been showering with a bucket so yeah... like way awesome! haha its really not even bad.

better than freezing my bunnnns off

ummm i have no more time....

i wish i could write more but our time got cut short today

love you all,,,,, you guyyyss are awsummm for writing me. my family and friends are like kobe byrant the slam dunk giant.... so awsummm

in a bit,,, 

love, 

Elder Myers 

1-27-14--Pics

1-27-14 -- Love me some peruvians

1/27/14

this week flew by!!

these past 3 weeks have felt like 1 week and i love that feeling... it feels sooooo mega fast right now so im loving it

first off i want to give a shoutout to Savs parents for sending me a package! oooo man i loved it! the ties are classic... ill be repping some of those on phat tie friday for sure... you best believe that tradition is still going on.

I LOVE ME SOME PHAT TIE FRIDAY! 

thank you so much Savs parents! 

thank you all for the letters! im sorry if i write small responses back to you... im a mad man on the computer on p day because there is soooo much to write..

haha so ive got some classic stories from the week

i hope i can tell them like they happened because i had some good laughs this week

so first off... being in argentina you get to know people from all sorts of different countries... they are from all over the place here

there is a family from peru... i love me my peruvians.. they are awesome

so this family from peru…and they have been members for about 4 years.. the rondon family... they like giving me food and i always try and tell them not so much because i dont wanna get chunky... yet they never listen to me... people dont seem to understand that you cant eat a cow in one serving nor do you want to... yet the food is yummy but i hope i dont get a phat tummy

anyway so the mom of this fam is classic.... always cracking jokes

and she has a sweet gold front tooth... she would make a sweet pirate

so like i said shes way funny

so shes making food and these houses get sooo mega freaking hot.. its like a sweet sauna and you just sweat and sweat and sweat

so rosa rondon the mom is sweating and is really hot cooking food

haha so what does she do??? lifts up her shirt as a belly shirt just chilling 

i was dying how funny it was

later on we took a picture with this family

after the picture she looks at me and lifts her shirt up like a belly shirt and starts doing a belly dance and singing asking if i can photoshop the picture to make her look skinny... HAHHAAH O MAN I WAS DYING OF LAUGHTER

it sounds inapropriate but no worries it really wasnt... just funny

o yeah  and her daughter is the one they call fat little pig she is 3 and weighs 55 pounds.. AWESOME. 

jehovas witnesses knocked on our door yesterday... i knew they were coming and was pumped to answer the door

i answer the door and the lady looks at me and pretty much had a look on her face and says "mormones" haha it was awesome

it was sweet we talked a little bit and she went

we taught a reallllll crazy lady this week

she was an evangilist and crazzzy to say the least

we tried to teach the 1st lesson and it took us 2 hours

interupted us foorrrrrrr everything and talked about who knows what

turns out she has the priesthood

has seen jesus more than once... and who knows what else

so when we start the lesson we asked if we could start with the prayer and she wanted to say it

she yelled the prayer in another language... it sounded like straight gibberish and i was scared... haha ooo man 

so when we ended the prayer i asked if i could say it

as i started the prayer she raises her right hand and start yelling a prayer of her own in some other language.... i tried not laughing with everything i had in me.... o man it was classic... yet scary...

i ate 8 FRUITS THIS WEEK!!! I ACTUALLY BOUGHT APPLES BANANAS AND ORANGES!! WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WOULD EVER HAPPEN??? CRAYY RIGHT???

HAHA i hope you got a good laugh out of those stories... they were all classic

sooo we have been having some seriously draining 3 weeks...

everybody has problems that we are trying to help them out with

its been soo awesome and i love it... yet it is emotionally draining

im so thankful for these past weeks... ive learned so much about my purpose and what i can do for these people as well as what they can do for me

you spend so much time and effort with these people

you plan for lessons and try and live your life so close to the spirit so you can listen to the still small voice direct you in your lessons

saying certain things to help them out can be so crucial and you have to be so close to the spirit to know what to so and how to say it

and ive realized that things that i have said to help these people have been things that i could never come up with on my own.... pure help from god

we have 2 real investigators

sandra is from peru and lives with the rondon family

she has had a really rough past and left her whole life in peru to come here

her family, everything

shes been abused by people in so many ways 

she has been to church the past 4 weeks and is really progressing and wants to know the truth

she had a baptism date put we delayed it because she wants to make a desicion that is real.... if she gets baptized im confident she will be in the church for the rest of her life

we have had some amazing lessons with her and such spiritual moments

the other investagator is a girl who has investigated the church for 6 months but has a problem with being baptized... 

she is at church every week and knows it all

she has a date to be baptized on the 8th but we will see what happens! 

mainly we are working with reactivating people

thats where we have a lot of things going on

so many people who deal with alcohol problems and so many other things

you spend time with these people and really grow to love them

you want them to return back to the church so bad and you really will do anything for them

this week we really focused on a member who was baptized about a year ago and went back to drinking and went inactive

his wife is devastated and cries about it all the time

we try so hard with him and want him to come back to church

HE CAME BACK TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY!

his wife couldnt have been happier and she just cried to us saying the angels that we as missionaries are in her life

long story short i realized something

i realized my role and responsibility as a missionary

people really depend on you out here

the ward depends on you

the members depend on you

they think of you as angels 

ive realized that to them im such a blessing in their life

what a blessing that is for me

ive realized what a blessing they are in my life

ive realized how much better i need to be...

the closer i am to being a true disciple of christ the closer i am to these people

its a big responsibility because when people tell you that they look up to you and they expect you to be the difference in their life you really feel your purpose as a missionary....

this transfer has been really special for me

ive seen why im really here and what im supposed to do

ive seen the gospel change lifes and ive seen it restore lifes

im thankful for this opportunity and i hope im best the best i can be

i hope the lord is happy with my work because his work is a big responsibility

anyways thats what i got!

i heard a lot of my homegirls got their mission calls this week!! yahaja´gkljalskjgsakg freak yeah thats awesome!!! 

hasta luego... as dad would say hasta la taco

keep it real

-Elder Myers 

1-20-2014--Be the Best Person You Can Be

1/20/14 -- Cole.myers@myldsmail.net

meow,

wow this week was sooooo mega fast..... i swear i was sitting in this seat writing you all yesterday!

well ive got some good stories for this week.... funny stories and not the most fun stories

i had one of the most emotionally exhausting weeks of my life... so many things i learned.

i had some good laughs in for sure as well

so there is two factors about having a companion from the states... good and bad

its soooo awesome that i can bring back my sense of humor that was on the verge of being lost a little bit.... so you best believe ive been being myself

slamming down sweet dance moves

saying phrases that do not make any sense... like calling my companion malfboy or things like that... i guess youd really have to know me to get why that is funny...

and soooo many other awesome things about having an american companion

bad thing about it is that your spanish slowly progresses... when you have a latin comp you learn it soooo much faster..

so good and bad there... mainly awesome though because im having a good time

soo ill start with some funny stories

of course my bike broke this week... these bikes are a real piece of work... SUCH NICE BIKES.... Lance Armstrong the bike rider will probably ride my bike in the next toure de france... it only weighs like 40 pounds

anyways so me and my comp are walking right??? hes telling me a really serious story... then i see some sweet sunglasses on the ground that are half smashed... OF COURSE I PICK THEM UP AND PUT THEM ON

so they have one lens and are half broken

my comp has no idea that i put the glasses on and he keeps continuing his story while im not even listening because i think im soooo funny wearing these glasses.....

haha he finally looks over at me and just couldnt even believe how childish i am... haha sorry im bad at telling stories but i thought it was classic....

ummm so we were at the bishops house eating lunch and a sister called him

she said she thinks there are some sort of demons in her house and wants the missionaries to come over

so im getting all prepped to go to her house right??? ive got my spiritual face on ready to cast some demons out of this house..

im trying not to freak out on the way to this house because i dont like the thought of demons..... so im getting my game face on.

LONG LONG STORY SHORT

the lady had some burnt spots in her grass that she thought looked like crosses..... demons my butt

anyway we blessed her house and tried to help her out at she was all sorts of scared....

this week was a fast week yet sooooo emotionally exhausting!

it was a special week for sure but it was really hard at the same time

we were trying to help 5 different people/families

ranging from marriage problems

alocohol problems

people saying they are done going to church

all sorts of stories

stories that were really hard for me to hear... people throwing their testimonies away and denying what they really know is the truth

so many stories and problems that are real life events

things that would be soooo hard to face and deal with. 

being a missionary is such an amazing opportunity.

you have the chance to REALLY help people in their life

the chance to bring them the gospel and the chance for them to experience having a personal relationship with their father in heaven

but as a missionary you constantly hear about peoples lives

mainly about their hardships, struggles, temptations, and a lot of sad stories... especially in this country

you hear all of their problems and it hurts to hear what they are going through

i try and think of anything i can possibly say to help them-to give them something that will get them to return back to their savior

but then i think. 

im 18 years old and cant relate to them at all.

ive had hardships but nothing like what they go through

who am i to say i know how to fix their problems or give them advice when i dont have the slightest clue what their trials are really like

i guess ive realized that this is real life

people are hurting with pains, addictions, family trials, health problems, etc

some turning away from christ who is the only thing that can truly heal them

all these things are happening and its my responsibility to get them back on the path that leads them to their heavenly father

to help them realize that the only way to get through trials is through finding jesus christ

i feel responsible for them

i need to be the best person i can be for them

the closer i personally am with god i can display his perfect message

these people need me. not for who i am but for what i am. and that is a representative of jesus christ. a missionary of god. so in reality they dont need me at all... they need their heavenly father and they need their savior jesus christ. but im the lucky one who has a special role in helping them find the truth

ive found this week that i really have no clue what these people go through

i cant relate to them nor do i have any of my own words that can help them

all of these things that i dont have in order to help these people i know Christ has for them

he knows exactly who they are, what they are going through, how to relate to them, and how to help them.

christ knows all these things and its my responsibility to humble myself enough to know that the only way to help these people is through him

that i myself also need to find my savior

i need to live my life in a way that is close enough to the spirit to teach a fraction of the way christ would teach

because like we know christ is the only person who can really help them

well thats about what ive got for this week!

thank you alllll for the letters... seriously it means so much that some people still like me.... even without any curls on my head.

we have a solid investigator that we are hoping to baptize on my birthday..... slam dunk if i might say so... awsummmmmmmmmmm

love you all,

-Elder Myers 

1-13-14--Humble-Ether 12:27

01-13-14

Cole.myers@myldsmail.net

yo yo yo what up what up!!!

another week fleeeeeeeewwww bye.... like mega fast..

ill try and share some quick fun stories here

so the other day im walking out of somebodies house trying to wheel my sweet wayyyyy nice bike out of there walk way right??? whammy i roll my ankle on this little pot hole... next thing you know i fall into this little gutter system... i smelled like poooo for the rest of the day... i felt like a real tard

my feetsies are getting a nice rest from not walking anymore and my legs are getting real nice and juicy from riding on my bike... i love me some bikes out here on the mission :)

i was asked more than twice by members if i was going into the military with my hackjob of a haircut... i just dont really look good anymore without curls :(

haha so i was showing this family videos of me trying to eat some stupid salad at the mtc because they didnt believe my food problems... yeah they’re laughing at me making fun...

they have a 3 year old little girl who is adorable... she is the shape of a bowling ball and has some serious loving on her.. shes reallll chunky.. the family calls her chanchy which kinda means fat little piggy

anyway she was upset because she couldnt see the camera.

the next thing i know she whacks me right in the goods.... i got 3 year old girls making me cry out here... whammy that hurt.. 

sorry mom thats potty talk

ive been as tired as an old goat for the last 2 weeks because the bikes just slam the energy out of you!

i made oatmeal for the first time in my life this week... wooo me. im awesome right?? 

ummm i absolutley love this area.

this ward has a mega massive amount of potential

this ward covers a really really big area and its the 1st time they have had 4 elders working here so we have a lot of work to do and can make a real big difference

we have lunch with members which i cant tell you how much i love eating with members, to actually get to know them and spend time with them... ive learned so much about the gospel through them this week... what a blessing it is in theirs lives helped me reflect the blessing it is in my life

AND THANK THE GYPSIES WE HAVE SISTERS WHO WASH OUR CLOTHES EVERY WEEK... IF THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR IT IS THAT! 

haha well im learning so much out here.

these past two weeks in this area have been so awesome

these past two weeks have been a really special time on my mission

ive struggled out here in these past 4 1/2 months just like every missionary does. but ive struggled in ways that i never thought i would...

ive finally realized what ive needed my whole entire life

 To be humbled

my mission hasnt been what i had expected it to be.

my whole life i feel like ive always been on top. ive always been a leader and been sucessful at the things ive done because i feel that my success rate has been determined by how hard i work for something.

ive always been the type of person that has never asked anybody for help because i always felt like i had all of my own answers and never needed anybodies help.

in that sense i guess ive been a prideful person.

these 4 1/2 months here have been so hard for me because im not able to be myself in the way where i can help people and handle situations like ive done my whole life. 

i finally hit the point where i realized how unhappy i was when i knew this work was supposed to be so enjoyable

i kept trying to do it on my own but it really never worked. my own answers werent fixing my problems.

i finally had to give up my own pride and ask for help... because i simply couldnt do it on my own anymore.

i needed to loose my pride and seek for a way where i could be happy and really feel like i could lose myself in the lords work.

after getting advice from some people i learned a lot of things

to me i learned one of the greatest lessons that ive needed to learn in my life. a lesson that has taken me almost 19 years to learn. and i think the only way i really could have realized it is because of my mission

ive needed to learn how to be humble. ive been humbled

to be a weak simple servant

ETHER 12:27

and if men come unto me i will show unto them their weakness. i give unto men weakness that they may be humble. and my grace is suffecient for all men that humble themselves before me. for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then i will make weak things become strong.

this scripture helps me out in so many ways.

i came on my mission anticipating to do such great things and to work so hard.

i always thought of the great things i could accomplish and the lives i could change.

but what i realize now is that all the things that i had in mind or wanted to do was based off of thinking of my own strengths and my own talents.

i never thought much of being a missionary soley based off of the strengths of the lord. to do the things of greatness based off the strength of him.

ive learned that i dont need to be something great in order to be a great missionary.

i need to be a weak simple humble servant for the lord.

if i focus on being weak, simple, and humble submissively offering and giving up my pride to the lord then he will make me into a great, powerful servant.

in my eyes im his weak simple servant

in his eyes i am powerful working miracles through him

¨"i give unto men weakness that they may be humble"

had i gone to some sort of english speaking mission i would have never been humbled in this way

spanish has been the hardest thing that ive ever faced in so many different aspects. the lord has given unto me this weakness of not being able to do things my way

learning his way

"my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me"

GRACE-unpraised divine assistance.

let me tell you that i have given up my pride and have been humbled... im learning how to be humbled every day out here.

learning this has been the best thing for me. these past 2 weeks have been incredible and some of my most spiritual experiences on my mission

all because im letting the lord work through me. doing it his way

im weak by myself yet so strong through my savior

i am strong through the atonement of jesus christ

i have felt the lords grace in this past two weeks and i promise you that there is nothing better than his grace... his atonement

let us all give up our pride and look to the lord for his assistance.

look to the lord for his grace- his unpraised divine assistance.

i know this church is true and i know this is the work of the lord

i love you all.

-Elder Myers

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LETTER TO COLE

HEY EVERYONE, THIS IS COLE MYERS MOM, JULIE.  I'M WORKING ON SENDING COLE A B-DAY PRESENT.  HIS B-DAY IS FEBRUARY 15TH.  I'M TRYING TO GET A PACKAGE IN THE MAIL THIS COMING MONDAY.  IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE HIM A SHOUT OUT WITH A QUICK LETTER, REMEMBRANCE OF SOMETHING FROM HIGH SCHOOL OR ENCOURAGEMENT, I KNOW HE WOULD LOVE IT.  PLEASE E-MAIL TO ME AT:
JULIEMYERS1@COMCAST.NET       THANKS, JULIE