Whats up family,
So I had another fantastic week. We are still getting chased around by a killer little black dog. lol but whatever. I had to say good bye to my old companion Elder Yorgason and my new companion is Elder Montes. we had a bit of a mix up when I was going to pick him up lol. remember in the best two years how the missionaries where all freaked out when Elder Calhoun got lost. lol that is what I felt. I was searching franticly for him. lol it turns out that the bus driver on his bus told him how to get to a part of Rosario called Galvez and he went there. lol and then he couldn't find me so he found one of our churches buildings and he found two members who brought him back to the bus station in Rosario. lol so that was my adventure. it was a little frightening but it turned out all right.
so my spanish is been getting much better and I am teaching my companion English. He is a really cool missionary just like Elder Yorgason except he only speaks spanish.and he has been cooking a lot of Argentine food for me. which is really good. I am hoping that he will help me lose my american accent when I speak spanish. lol but ya we had some really good experiences this week. We taught an evangelist family and we had to answer some really tough questions but in the end we were able to answer the questions and also bear our testimonies. not too much else has happened. but that is about it for this week. I will try to do something really crazy this week so I can have something awesome to write about. well I love you all! have a great awesome week!
Elder Gibbs
Monday, March 19, 2012
March 13, 2012
Hey fam,
So another week has flown by again and it is now transfer week. my companion Elder Yorgason is being transferred to a new area. and I am staying in Galvez. it was awesome working with Elder Yorgason. He is a great missionary and a funny person to work with. my new companion is going to be an Argentine dude named Elder Montes. lol I thought for sure that I was going to be leaving Galvez and so yesterday I was saying all of my goodbyes. lol and now it looks like I am staying at least another 6 weeks. lol this is going to be a super awkward week. lol that should teach me to not say good bye to anyone until I am sure that I am leaving. lol I did the same thing last transfer. lol so I dont think anyone will believe me next transfer if I tell them I am leaving Galvez. oh whoa is me. lol so that is something I learned this week.
Also, another thing that I learned was to be more grateful for my blessings. we did service for an investigator lady. she lives in a small, one room, tin house. we cut her grass with branch cutters cause we didn't have a lawn mower. we also took care of her yard. it was so hard to see how this lady and her 3 kids live. I am so grateful that I never had to suffer really anything and I was always well taken care of. but it was a lot of fun helping her out. we didn't quite finish, so we are going to finish the rest this week. oh and also we taught the restoration of the gospel to a family. we were teaching them and having a great lesson the spirit was really strong. then another daughter came in the house and had a ton of doubts. we would say something and she would try to counter it and make it not seem true. for instance about prophets and the book of mormon. then towards the end we just bore our testimonies and she could not say anything. just silence came after. it was quite an awesome experience. we are teaching some other really awesome people! this week we found a lady named Nora. She is doing really well and is reading the book of mormon like crazy!
I can see how the Gospel helps people in their lives now. I know that when we put God first in our priorities, He blesses us. He loves us and wants to help us. I love all of you! We hope to have another awesome week! I will talk to you all next Monday!
Bye bye,
Elder Gibbster
So another week has flown by again and it is now transfer week. my companion Elder Yorgason is being transferred to a new area. and I am staying in Galvez. it was awesome working with Elder Yorgason. He is a great missionary and a funny person to work with. my new companion is going to be an Argentine dude named Elder Montes. lol I thought for sure that I was going to be leaving Galvez and so yesterday I was saying all of my goodbyes. lol and now it looks like I am staying at least another 6 weeks. lol this is going to be a super awkward week. lol that should teach me to not say good bye to anyone until I am sure that I am leaving. lol I did the same thing last transfer. lol so I dont think anyone will believe me next transfer if I tell them I am leaving Galvez. oh whoa is me. lol so that is something I learned this week.
Also, another thing that I learned was to be more grateful for my blessings. we did service for an investigator lady. she lives in a small, one room, tin house. we cut her grass with branch cutters cause we didn't have a lawn mower. we also took care of her yard. it was so hard to see how this lady and her 3 kids live. I am so grateful that I never had to suffer really anything and I was always well taken care of. but it was a lot of fun helping her out. we didn't quite finish, so we are going to finish the rest this week. oh and also we taught the restoration of the gospel to a family. we were teaching them and having a great lesson the spirit was really strong. then another daughter came in the house and had a ton of doubts. we would say something and she would try to counter it and make it not seem true. for instance about prophets and the book of mormon. then towards the end we just bore our testimonies and she could not say anything. just silence came after. it was quite an awesome experience. we are teaching some other really awesome people! this week we found a lady named Nora. She is doing really well and is reading the book of mormon like crazy!
I can see how the Gospel helps people in their lives now. I know that when we put God first in our priorities, He blesses us. He loves us and wants to help us. I love all of you! We hope to have another awesome week! I will talk to you all next Monday!
Bye bye,
Elder Gibbster
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
March 5, 2012
[Pictures at the bottom of the post!]
Hello family,
We had another great week! things actually got pretty cold over here. it was quite refreshing. we had some major rainstorms that brought in some cooler air. but then it got hot again. Elder Yorgason and I are doing good! i am doing great! lol my foot has got a nasty fungus on it right now but otherwise I am doing good health wise. we had a great week visiting our friends. we were able to visit Mariel and her family. Also, Mariel was confirmed yesterday! I was super honored to be able to do it! She is such a great friend. I will really miss her and her family when I have to leave Galvez.
oh and so next week will be transfers so I will not be able to write to you guys till Tuesday morning. our dog got ran over this week by a car. actually we are not sure how he died. we just saw his body on the side of the street. it was quite disgusting to see him all dead and stuff. so he wont be following us around anymore but the other black dog still follows us and another investigators black dog has started following us too! lol sooo funny! now we have 2 pure black dogs following us around. lol the weeks are going by soo fast I am getting really confused what happened this week and what happened last week. soo, I think I helped a little kid with his bike this week. lol I love bikes. it was a fairly easy fix. his chain fell off and his tires were flat. so I fixed them up and he went off riding. lol but then he broke his chain and so he isn't riding anymore. lol bummer!
Our investigators are doing good. everything is great. I am loving it here in Galvez. I love this city and the people here. yesterday, I was able to teach the sunday school class. we spoke about the life of Jesus Christ and how God loved us so much that He gave his only begotten son to die for us. I was thinking about how much God has blessed my life. and I found out that I have sooo many blessings in my life that show me that God loves me. My family is one huge blessing, the Church is a blessing, this mission, my friends. I love my heavenly father and I am so glad that I have this time to serve him! well I better be going I love all of you! each and every one of you! talk to you all later
Elder Gibbs
Hello family,
We had another great week! things actually got pretty cold over here. it was quite refreshing. we had some major rainstorms that brought in some cooler air. but then it got hot again. Elder Yorgason and I are doing good! i am doing great! lol my foot has got a nasty fungus on it right now but otherwise I am doing good health wise. we had a great week visiting our friends. we were able to visit Mariel and her family. Also, Mariel was confirmed yesterday! I was super honored to be able to do it! She is such a great friend. I will really miss her and her family when I have to leave Galvez.
oh and so next week will be transfers so I will not be able to write to you guys till Tuesday morning. our dog got ran over this week by a car. actually we are not sure how he died. we just saw his body on the side of the street. it was quite disgusting to see him all dead and stuff. so he wont be following us around anymore but the other black dog still follows us and another investigators black dog has started following us too! lol sooo funny! now we have 2 pure black dogs following us around. lol the weeks are going by soo fast I am getting really confused what happened this week and what happened last week. soo, I think I helped a little kid with his bike this week. lol I love bikes. it was a fairly easy fix. his chain fell off and his tires were flat. so I fixed them up and he went off riding. lol but then he broke his chain and so he isn't riding anymore. lol bummer!
Our investigators are doing good. everything is great. I am loving it here in Galvez. I love this city and the people here. yesterday, I was able to teach the sunday school class. we spoke about the life of Jesus Christ and how God loved us so much that He gave his only begotten son to die for us. I was thinking about how much God has blessed my life. and I found out that I have sooo many blessings in my life that show me that God loves me. My family is one huge blessing, the Church is a blessing, this mission, my friends. I love my heavenly father and I am so glad that I have this time to serve him! well I better be going I love all of you! each and every one of you! talk to you all later
Elder Gibbs
Oscar, Monica, yorg and me
Oscar, Yörgason, and me
are the Dogs that ALWAYS follow us around. the brown and black Dog was hit by a car this last week. may he rest in peace
Mariel, Elder Yorgason, and me
one is of us and Mariel´s children
a picture of the branch here in Galvez
is the missionaries with some of the guys from our branch
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