March 27, 2017

hola familia y amigos! well honestly not much to report on this week. We had some pretty good lessons and some really good investigators that are progressing right now! Life out here in Bolivia is good! The weather has actually been fairly nice too! We gave a bunch of service this week and so that always just feels so good to give. The people dont have much, but whenever we have a visit or give service always they offer us some type of food, they really are so humble and loving here. Well the work is progressing I can see it! Grateful to be out here, preaching the good word, farrrrr away from home haha, love and miss you all!

March 20, 2017

Well wow i finish my first transfer Wednesday so thats crazy... ive learned so much these past 6 weeks in bolivia its been a wild. The best thing i think ive learned is the power of the Book of Mormon. We had a ton of lessons this week on the restoration and the BoM and wow they were powerful. Whenever we talk about joseph smith and restoring the gospel to the earth the spirit is always super strong. My testimony has increased so much of the reality of this church and the knowledge we have, its so true!! So this week was pretty good overall. last week when i was sick i weighed myself and i lost 12 pounds in 2 days so that was wild lol. but its chill. we have some really good investigators right now that only need to get married and then they want to be baptized! before the end of this next transfer we should have some baptisms! Its so cool to see the change in people when they read the BoM and come to church its awesome! Well the food here is actually really good. its chicken and rice every meal but they cook it good here. The spanish is coming along haha. I can understand the people a little better everyday so thats good! I gave a talk yesterday in church so that was pretty cool. Besides that everything is going good! The mission is like a rollercoaster haha but im glad to be doing the Lords work1 Love and miss you all!

Pictures: the video is like in the middle of downtown, we dont really ever go here except for lunch, but when it rains all the roads lead here and the canal fills up, usually its empty but it rained a ton that day so it had a ton of water, a picture of me downtown but my area is not this nice haha i promise, the other is a house of one of our investigators he built this house and it looks sick its the nicest house is like 10 miles haha once again this house is not what my area looks like, my area is ghetto as heck haha

our zone, my president and his wife and then elder hugo montoya and his wife from the seventy!

March 13, 2017

Well this was an interesting week for sure. We had some really good lessons with investigators this week! I had an exchange with the district leader on thursday so that was a really good learning experience! but then saturday night i got really sick and threw up a ton so that wasnt fun at all and sunday was not fun at all too. So yeah this weekend was pretty tough not gonne lie. Honestly not much happened this week besides that. We only had 2 investigators show up to church so that was a little disappointing, so we have to work extra hard next week! Love and miss you all so much!

My district leader

about $7

My wallet

March 6, 2017

Well hello familia y amigos! Its feel like forever since ive written but its only been like 9 days. Those 3 days during carnaval when we couldnt leave were really boring wow. We got a watch a church movie everyday but still we couldnt do anything haha I was glad to finally get out of the house and back to work on Wednesday. So yesterday at church we had 5 investigators attend which is awesome! One of the biggest challenges here is marriage cause its expensive and the people dont care too much about it sometimes. So we have 2 families right now where all they need to do is be married and then baptized! The mission truly is incredible haha my testimony strengthens everyday and so does my love for the people here! Well ive been out for over 2 months i cant believe it haha. Im starting to understand spanish more and more everyday but its still pretty tough. The people talk so fast. But ive only been in Bolivia for 4 weeks so i have to keep that in mind. Well I love and miss you all! Glad to be doing the Lords work everyday!

February 25, 2017

Hola familia! So we actually get time to write today because we cant write Monday cause its caranval. We get to watch one church movie Sunday, Monday and Tuesday so thats lit. But we literally cant leave our apartments for 3 days it sucks. but we get to take naps so it cant be that bad haha. Well this was a pretty slow week we had a few really good lessons but thats about it. Our mission president said we need to focus on finding jovenes ( 18-28 year olds ish) and families. So we really focused on jovenes this week and we found 2-3 that are ready to hear the gospel! One was actually baptized in Cochabamba a year ago and is inactive and we have a lesson next week with him! Well its been so crazy to see how following all of the mission rules and doing the things we need to do that we are lead to where we need to be and we will meet the people we need to meet! Im grateful for my mission and for how much it has already stengthened my testimony! This church is true and I know that I´m doing the Lords work by inviting others to come unto Christ! Love and miss you all!

This picture describes my spanish

 My companion, elder matheson, downtown at a dope castle

Some dope clowns we met

a big pig with locks, looked cool so i took a pic

February 20, 2017

Hola familia y amigos! Well honestly not too much happened this week! I was sick for a few days so i felt terrible and walking miles everyday didnt help that. But we have a few families we are working with to help them get baptized, but they need to get married first and come to church so those are the 2 things we work on alot! also keeping their commitments like reading and praying. But the work is progressing for sure! Its been raining all week here so the streets are still flooded and muddy everywhere its crazy. Next week on

Sunday, Monday,and tuesday they have this thing down here called carnival where they just straight get drunk and have paintball wars through the whole town its sound lit but we cant even go out during those 3 days so I dont ill get to write either. Well i want to here whats going on in who ever is reading this so send me emails, ill respond to them!! Love and miss you all! Here is a picture of my big toe i hurt during soccer haha

February 13, 2017

Wow well hello familia! I feel like I havent talked or seen any of you in forever but its been like 7 weeks! So I got to bolivia last Tuesday and wow its been crazy since then! I thought Peru was humid but Bolivia is crazy humid, but man its awesome! My mission presidente is from Spain and him and his wife and super awesome i really like them. So let me tell you about Bolivia. The center of Santa Cruz is honestly super awesome. It looks really old and antigue and the streets and cobblestone but its pretty nice and theres always a ton of people walking around. So my area is like 20 minutes outside of Santa Cruz and its in the straight ghetto haha. Peoples houses are so worn down and some literally just looke like stacked bricks or like they were made in 2 hours. But the people are awesome. They are super receptive and everyone is catholic and believes in God so they always want to hear from us its super awesome. I still cant reallly understand what they say most of the time, but im learning more and more everyday! So there are dogs everywhere hahad and they are big too. They just run around killing each other and eating trash, i havent been attacked yet tho so thats chill. So it rained Thursday all night and all morning Friday so the streets were all flooded and alot of the streets are just dirt so we were walking in like a foot and a half of mud and water sometimes, but its not too bad. I sweat 24/7 so Im kind of used to that but it still kind of sucks. Also theres a ton of chickens and geese that just run around too. Theres always cows and horses in the streets too its crazy. They tie the front 2 legs of the horses here so they cant run so the horses just hop its kind of cruel. Also everyone here breastfeeds in public so that is definitely a culture change haha. But the people of Bolivia are so humble and so ready to hear the gospel! I learn more everyday and I can see the improvment ive made with the Lords help. Well Familia y amigos, Im glad to finally be in my country and serving the Lord! This is where im supposed to be, and I know I will be blessed as i follow all the mission rules and remain worthy to have the Holy Spirit with me! Love you all!​​

The pictures here and the other ones are just of our house, beds, kitchen, and bathroom, that worm thing was like 2 feet long and i just saw it when i was walking one day.