February 27, 2012

Hey family,

Elder Yorgason and I had another great week of running around Galvez. eating good argentine food! and ya. so this week we had a zone conference where we got all together which was way fun. Elder Birky was there and a bunch of my other friends. We listened to some really good talks from the mission presidente and other missionaries. one talk that was really impressive was a talk about the atonement of Christ. One missionary went around handing out candy but for every candy one guy had to do 6 pushups. and only he could do it. there were about 60 of us there. the guy doing the pushups was a big muscle dude missionary. at the beginning he was doing pushups like no problem. but after getting about like halfway around the room, he began to struggle to do the pushups. he finally did all the pushups and was weakened by it all. The guy doing the pushups represented the savior atoning for all of our sins and afflictions. the candy was the forgiveness we could recieve. each person was asked if they wanted the candy. they were given the candy whether they wanted it or not. the guy still had to do the pushups to pay for it. the choice was up to them if they wanted to eat it or not. there were some that said no to the candy and many that said yes. but it was impressive to see and to remember the savior and how he paid the price for all of our sins. we can receive forgiveness from God cause Jesus already paid the price. it is up to us to decide to use his atonement or not. but I am super grateful to have a loving Heavenly Father who sent his son to die for us and to save us. 

I know that Heavenly Father loves each and everyone of his Children. it was super awesome to see the love of God for one of His daughters as she got baptized this week. Mariel was baptized and it was such a great experience! I could tell that this was the will of the Father and that Mariel was choosing to follow God. I was so happy and I knew that God was so happy too! she was baptized yesterday. now we have a new sister in the branch and another person on her way to the celestial kingdom and to live with God forever. I was so happy to be part of this awesome ordinance and Mariel is our great friend. we also visited Oscar, Monica, Yanina and Roman. they are doing great. I am loving the time I have to meet these great people in Argentina. I hope that you are all having a great week! I love you all! and hope that you are all well.

Have a great week!

Elder Gibbs

February 20, 2012

Hey families,

How are yall? we are doing good! Things are still really hot. Argentina is just like one giant missionary oven. and I have gotten a really nice missionary tan. lol my tan stops were my collar touches my neck of my white shirt and then my arms are super browned which makes a super sick tan line right were my sleeves are. and my legs are soooooo white. lol its so funny. such a terrible tan. oh well I will get rid of it later. today it rained a ton. It was so awesome and refreshing. lately it has been around 100 degrees and super humid. I have just been soaking through all my shirts with sweat. lol soo nasty. 


but besides the weather this week has been a great week. we ate some Mexican food for the family of Mariel. they are sooo great. we made Fajitas with Guacamole and it was grrrrreeeat! just like frosted flakes. Mariel and Veronica our two investigators will be baptized next week. it will be soo awesome! they will be baptized sunday. Also Oscar and Monica our other investigatores are doing really great. we talked to them about getting married and they want to do it. everytime we go over there we just have such a great time. The spirit was so strong the last time we went to their house. it was fantastic. we have felt the spirit in everyone's house and its just getting more strong every moment we pass with these investigators. we have such a great time with all of our investigators. lol sometimes we have too much fun and we spend like 2 to 3 hours in their house. 


oh and so Elder Yorgason and i bought a big container of ice cream, two litters of chocolate milk two aflajores! sooo good! it lasted about a day. I am now thinking that I need to go on a diet! I am getting a little more puggy around the middle. that is about it that happened this week. it was a good week! and we are looking to have a super good week to come! Love you all! don't freeze to death up there in the north and we will try not to get cooked to death down here. 


Chau,

Elder Gibbs

February 13, 2012

This week has been great in Galvez or as Elder Yorgason says in G-town. we saw some awesome miracles and stuff. we really see the hand of the Lord in everything. lol we really do a little part in this awesome work. but anyhow, some awesome things that happened is that this lady gave us some pizza that they had made the night before and it was sooooo good! Also we made and ate burritos that we made from scratch. ya my cooking skills have like multiplied by like at least three. Also we are getting eaten to death by mosquitoes which is nice. lol it has been happening for the last 3 months. we have reached the peak of summer I think. so hopefully it starts cooling down and all the mosquitoes die out. die mosquitoes!!!!!!!!!!! Also our dog is as annoying as always! we still are not able to get rid of it.... no matter what we do. I think the dog only exists to cause us misery and to annoy us. 

ummmm also we went to Santa Fe again and we did some missionary work with the Zone leaders. it was great fun. oh and also I cut two investigators hair with my buzzers or hair cutters. it was cool. the teenage Argentine guys have this certain hairdo that they like. its like a wide mohawk. so I learned how to cut one of those. it turned out pretty good. then I cut his nephews hair. so that was real fun. 

so some awesome things that happened is that we visited the Gaite family. the father had gotten his back real injured and so he was in pain. we went over and gave him a blessing. The blessing opened him up a lot to the message of the Gospel and he told us about his beliefs in God and that he wanted to attend church with his wife next week. we were super excited. Also we talked to this other man named Dario and Gabriel, we talked to them about this and that. we talked about the Gospel a bit but nothing much. then Gabriel asked us if we believed what happened to Adam and Eve really happened. we said it did and that it was part of God's plan. we told them that God has a plan for us and this plan helps us find more happiness in this life and in the life to come. and this opened them up a ton! They wanted to hear the whole plan of salvation and they were asking questions and it was just awesome! we could really see how God gave us the words to speak to them and to teach them His doctrine. It was so great and we are going to go back this week. Our friend Mariel is doing really good. she is super nice and is still preparing herself for baptism. We are going to cook them some mexican food this week! We saw some miracles that happened to her which was so awesome! we can really see how the Gospel is blessing her and her family. 

I am so happy that I have great parents that taught me the Gospel and that I have so many blessings from God. we have had an awesome week! I am loving it here in G-town! my comp is doing awesome! we are having some awesome experiences here in G-town. well love you all! ttfn tata for now!

Elder Gibbs

February 6, 2012

[Part 1]

hey we had a great week! well talk to you all next week!

Bye!

Elder Gibbs

[Part 2]

Hello family!

 

So the first letter was a bit of a joke. I just wanted you all to see it and say what the heck! that is no letter. it was just to tease a little bit. haha even though I am like a 1000 miles away I can still tease! but anyhow, thanks everyone for the letters. this week has been spectacular. oh and so I finally found out that I would be staying in Galvez for another transfer! I was so nervous but I am quite content to be staying! 

we had some really sweet and awesome experiences this week and it was such a blessing to be a part of it. We taught the Montes family again. we are super good friends with them now. they were the people we ate the barbecue with two weeks ago! we taught them about the plan of salvation and about eternal families! it was sooo great! we were talking and Oscar, the dad, told us that while we were talking to him he felt a like flame inside of him. Monica, his wife, later said the closing prayer and she said she felt goosebumbs. their daughter said that she felt the Holy Ghost testify to her also. and the daughters husband had tears after the prayer! it was just sooo awesome to be able to see that and feel how God was using us as tools to teach His Children! Oscar gave us his simple testimony of how his life had changed after knowing us! he told us that before he knew us he really did not believe in God. he was basically atheist! he went to another church with Monica but said he felt uncomfortable and wouldn't go to another church. Before knowing us he also did not like to talk about his beliefs. but now he and his family have found more peace after knowing us and hearing the Gospel. know they believe that Joseph Smith was Christ´s prophet and that God´s church is now on the earth. lol before they also told us that they used to avoid the Mormon missionaries! They also said that all of the family would be going to church yesterday with us!  lol so awesome! my love increased sooo much for them! they are so awesome! they really want to be baptized. 

We also talked to our other investigator Mariel. she is doing really well. she told us that she believes that this is a true church and that Joseph Smith was a prophet! we talked with her about the blessings that come from being baptized and how she would be able to feel the holy ghost more in her life! it was sooooooooo awesome! We asked her if she would get baptized on the 26 of February and she said yes! so we had a super awesome week! I am stoked to keep working this week. 

sooo some crazy things that happened this week was that our dog that followed us around for like ever............. got hit by a truck! luckily he got hit right in the middle of the car and so was not ran over by the tires. so he servived but went home yelping. we felt bad but it was a little refreshing to have the dog not follow us for a while. I am so bad..... I should feel more sorry for the dog. Also we had a pretty big rain storm yesterday. in so much that nobody was able to go to church except for us and the bishop. we went over to an investigators house so that we could escort her to church but she was not able to come because of all the mud and rain. so we were like okay and we left to go to the chapel. on the way I took a bad step in some mud and slipped. and landed splat in some mud!!!! IN MY SUIT! my whole side of my leg was muddy. it was pretty comical! I could not believe it. it was a crazy storm the streets were full of water and so our shoes were full of water. it was awesome! we got to the church drenched. These were just a couple of the awesome things we did this week. but I am doing alright. I have gotten dry since the storm. and now just barely it has started to rain! I heard that the rainy season has just started! this will be fun! I am really happy to be out serving the Lord! I have seen quite a lot of miracles out here and we are hoping to see some more! the Church is true! love y'all!! keep staying awesome family and friends!

 

Goods byes!

Elder Gibbstopher!

January 31, 2012

Hey Howdy Hey,

 

So how are you all. This week has been good and exhausting! we have made it to the end of the transfer. but we still have no idea if we are getting transferred! its trunking me out of my mind!!!!!!!! gaaaaaaahhhh! lol so this week we started out by going to Santo Tomé which is another city close to us. we did some divisions there and ate ice cream and then we came back to Galvez. I really like the ice cream here. its so creamy and just an icy awesome delicious ice cream! I love it. 

We are doing great though. I am not sick or nothin.  or well maybe a little sick of all the heat, mosquitoes and dogs that have been following us around. we have two dogs that don't leave us alone. one time one dog was following us and it ran way up ahead of us. Elder Yorgason and i saw our opportunity and took it. we were at an intersection and took off running down another street and we lost the dog. lol unfortunately the dog knew that he lost us and so he decided to go wait for us at our home. on our way home, we stopped and visited a less active member. we were seated outside his house when the Dog found us. we were about to kill the dog or something. we guessed that the Dog was at our house but then got bored waiting and started walking back to his home when he found us. he then followed us the rest of the night. I really do like dogs. Like I love Lilly our little doggy. but these dogs are obviously from the devil. they scratch at investigators doors wanting in and they attack chickens and crazy stuff like that. just to make us look bad. lol these dogs are obviously up to no good.

 

lol but for as far as the work goes we are doing great. we are teaching a lot of people. and we should have 2 or so baptisms in the future. we have a lady named Mariel and a woman named Veronica who are awesome and are getting ready to be baptized. we are still visiting our friends Oscar and Monica and their family. they are sooo funny. its been great getting to know them and share my testimony with them. The Church is true and we have a prophet from God to help us in our lives. I love you all! I got to go! I will let you all know next week if I get transferred. I got to go! love y'all!

Chau!

Elder Gibbs

January 23, 2012

Wat is up fam!

Thanks for the awesome! emails! so if I am not able to send you all a reply email today I am sorry and I will get one to you next week.  lol I want to send one out to all of you but I am slow of typing. but anyhow we had a pretty awesome week! we planned to have an Asado with an investigator this week. so we bought some meat and some coals and we had an Argentine Asado (Barbecue)! it was sooo good! lol I kind of ate myself sick! or well I stuffed myself.  I had no room for anything else! I was sooo meated out. together with him and his family we ate about 5 kilos of meat! can you believe that? I really cant but it was just sooooo good! when I got home that night I just had to eat some fruit to balance myself out again! lol yes mom I am trying to live as healthy as I can! but I just couldn't help but eat all that meat! just sooooooooooo good! 

but anyhow we had some other super awesome experiences. one was with an investigator named Mariel. She is a mom of about 40 years old. she is super nice and reminds me a lot of my mom. her dream was to be a nun and to help out real poor people. but after getting married she couldn't be a nun and then she saw some things in her old church she did not like. but anyhow now here dream is to make a cake for little kids that have never had the opportunity to eat a cake. she was the one who made the cake for me on my birthday. 

so the experience this week was that her daughter was having a super hard time getting along with her husband. almost to the point of divorce. she asked us for advice. we told her that we really didn't have much advice because we were only missionaries and had never been married. we told her that the only person that could really help them was God. like how God helped Alma the Younger. we recited that story to her. About how Alma the Older saw his son fighting against the church and how God helped him with his son. and she really liked it! we prayed with her and the next day she said that God had answered her prayers and that her daughter was doing better! so that was super awesome! we had some other way cool experiences but I am actually out of time. so I will talk to you all next week!

Chao

Elder Gibbs

January 16, 2012

hows it going family,

This week has been pretty good. a pretty full week! Lol I feel like the weeks all really get to be monotonous. lol they seem like they are always repeating and that the time passses so quickly that i don't know what to write about. anyhow. things that we did is that we taught our investigator Mariel, Julia, Oscar, and Monica. 

Mariel is doing real good! she really wants to be baptized she said. She has told us that she had some doubts about Joseph Smith but she also told us that she believed the Book of Mormon to be true. and so this should take care of her doubt. cause if the Book of Mormon is true means that Joseph Smith was a true prophet. and that this is God´s Church again restored. we also were able to chat for a bit with Mariel and her family. lol they are sooo funny and so awesome. she has a son that is 15 years old named  Pablo. he´s soo funny. it was great to be able to talk to them and have fun. 

Julia is doing good also. We taught her about the commandment to follow the Prophet. and it seems that she really does want to follow him. She even came to church last week and this week. Oscar and Monica are soo awesome. they seem to like us a lot. Oscar even told us that he believes that Joseph Smith saw Jesus Christ and God the father. lol we gave them some Cinnamon gum from the States to try on Saturday. and just so you know Argentines do not like hot foods. lol we told them that this gum is super hot. and they tried it. one of the investigators spit it out like 10 seconds after she had put it in her mouth. Oscar was able to handle it. but it was real fun and funny. we are planning to have an asado or barbecue with them next week! it should be fun. but anyhow, Elder Yorgason and I are getting along real well! I have a strong testimony that the Book of Mormon and the Bible are the word of God and that they are true books. and that God loves each and everyone of His Children!

see y'all later!

Edler Gbbis

Elder Gibbs

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