Week 16

HOLA EN LA USA!!

Hey everyone hope this week has been good for everyone. Its been good down here in the south... had a hurt knee but I'm trying to get it better hasn't been to big of a week just living in the hot still just trying to work as hard as i can. There have been alot of new rules made this week.. have no clue why but all you can do is say okay and live with it.. hope all is well back at home and everyone is having happy holidays.. 

I want to share with everyone how much I am growing and learning down here and how much I love it. I love the people of Argentina I love this church I love our lord. and I'm loving the holidays down here in the heat hope everyone has a good week this week love you all. 

love Elder Seamons

Week 15

This week has been really hot haha its been so hot that my pants end up dripping wet most of the day... this week has been a great but hot week. We ate alligator and manna ray this week... We had zone meeting and I got a big envelope with candy's from my Aunt and Uncle. Elder Morrin and I had a freak out cause there isn't twix or butterfinger here so thank you Blake and Julie. 
For p days we manly play risk and ping pong so that's good and Elder Morrin has a Nerf ball that we play catch with... the member do alot of cat fishing around here. we are on the worlds # 2 biggest river so alot of people fish. 
We've been staying busy teaching people. But in this area there is alot of less active members so were getting them back to coming to church. This week we had 114 people in church... this week one of the elders in the mission. Elder Smithson in a different area found a man that had a group of people about 120 that have been holding church but haven't been baptized and so they called the President and asked if they could go to this group and teach them,... its a Indian  village. so there gonna be opening a new area there some time.
Elder Morrin this week got robed out of his chocolate milk he bought and we walked about half a block and  a drunk lady stole his milk so that was pretty funny.
We've been teaching this girl named Sofie she is awesome... her father in law brother maydona gave me his cow boy boots this week, gave them right off his feet. super awesome guyhe looks just like  WYATT its crazy so I'll have to get a picture with him soon and send it home. I want every one to watch video called He IS THE GIFT: or in Spanish el es la dadiva. That's my challenge this week. remember why we have Christmas and share this video on facebook. love you guys hope you all know your in my prayer every night. love all of you.

Elder Seamons 

Transfers!!!! week 13

So I got transferred this week to Goya Corrietes!!! with Elder Morrin... he's freaking awesome and were doing so much and working with some many great people I don't have any awesome story's this week cause I'm just trying to learn the area!!! but hey the members are awesome here!  I'm more in the city.. have side walks and just nice great things here. Elder Morrin is helping me with my English so much its crazy. Hes kinda a crazy funny with everything we do. He had some horse teeth the other day and so we made necklaces out of them!! and we eat baby food man it was kinda really food and healthy for you.
 This week I had to talk in church and we had a "70" there its was kinda awesome. But I wore a pink tie and he said you gotta be pretty man to wear a tie like that to the whole branch.. oh yeah I'm in a branch now. We had service this week it  was awesome we rebuilt a roof. This week we have a thanksgiving dinner with members so its gonna be awesome. have a good week everyone and love you 
Elder Seamons

Week 12

Yeah this week has been kinda just another week here in Formosa kinda long but good. We've this week been trying to work with less active members but its kinda hard getting to people to come to church .. you never really know  if there gonna show or not...  But we have been working with this mom and son... hes 13 and just awesome he always is trying to make fun of the tall white kid and just yeah its great haha

 Transfers are this week... tomorrow I'm kinda happy and sad at the same time.... just cause I just got to the point were I could handle my companion and all that good hard stuff I'm been having troubles with... next week we have a holiday on p day.. the 24th so I'll have p day on the 25th
Hermno Luque and Cespeds both got the Melchizedek Priesthood  
 I got sick this week so its been kinda slow... but besides that its been awesome ha had my first Sunday meal this week with  family Cespedes and Luque we had a bbq and was awesome  this week is going good.
Love Elder Seamons

Week 11

HELLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOO(insert wyatts voice here....) 

Well been a good long week! Tuesday we had a service project with the Cespeds family that we baptized they  had us paint the inside of there house which was super fun just cause we have such a great relationship with them. It was really good I got to wear my wranglers and a t shirt. I've never felt so at home in my life hahah. You would of thought  Brother and Sister Cespedes pooped a gold brick when they saw that I had wranglers on. They cost alot of money here cause there such a good brand of pants to work in. I'll be honest they are a good pair of pants... hahha something about wranglers.... 

 Then on Wednesday was our zone meeting that seemed to take all day and kinda really boring but oh well. Then the next day Elder Da Silva got really sick cause we gave a blessing to a little girl that's a member and she was super sick.. shes doing better now.. but Elder Da Silva got what ever she had and was out for the day. Then Saturday and Sunday we had stake conference that was really good.. I guess I still don't understand a whole lot when people speak in church but I'm trying to get the Spanish down. They had all the missionary's sing a few songs for everyone. and they had a little girl do a solo.. shes blind but sings really good! Then Sunday night the Cespeds youngest son had his birthday. He turned 10. and birthdays here are bigger than Christmas so we got invited to that and I no lie eat tell I almost popped. and it was just a blast. While we were there we started talking with a few people and now were teaching two of the sisters of Sister Cespedes so that was great. 

Then we have today. P DAY ha was good we met up with some other Elders and just kinda toured around Formosa i guess you could call it. But there were some elders that were gringos like me and so they explained alot to me and just helped me out. 

Transfers are on the 18th so in a week.... kinda exited just cause my training will be over and i wont be a neweb any more.. guess I don't have much more to say this week... oh yeah i got  some more letters this week. thanks to everyone. thanks Heritage Ward Relief Society  ...

 well tell next week!!

Elder Seamons

Week 10 its hottttt

Hello back at home!!! I heard its getting colder there how lucky are you guys its getting hotter here. Things are getting better with my companion. Transfers are this month on the 18th. Stake conference is this week.. and they asked the missionary's to sing in it so I get to see Elder Gowans that's good !That guy is one heck of a friend to me. met Elder Grovers this week he's on his first transfer here in the mission... he's a small town kid from Utah as well,,, and went on splits with Elder Brough this week and got left in my area so i was in charge that was a long day... but we made it.. this week we had another baptism but his family is members so it was just us there to just help him but it still counts as one of are baptisms cause we filled out the paper work... so I guess that's 12 in my first two transfers... things are going good just hot and humid

pero muches graces por useds amor y que tanga bein sermana en utah.

Elder Austin Seamons

Week 9

Its kinda been a long week this week but super busy down here so I guess that's all good, 

We had interviews with the President and his wife this week that was good. My interview  started out with the President saying Elder Seamons "I know that this may seem hard right now but you and I both know you've done much harder things in you life and this first little bit may seem hard but we both know its nothing to what you've done in your life.´´´ so that caught me off guard 

  

Then we had a wedding this week..  we just baptized M... and wife and M.... had a problem with smoking and drinking.. a bad problem he's thirty and his wife is 18. M would smoke close to 40 pluse a day and in one week he went from 40 to 2 a day and the next week he stopped cold turkey!! No lie a Miracle!! I'm really close with M he's a really good guy. He calls me his white brother.. they live in a card board hut and really no lie have no money at all!! I gave him one of my normal t shirts I had. I've never seen a grown man look at me like he did and cry of joy and hug me so tight! He's really funny and just loves joking around, that's how I get along with people is just make jokes and have fun with people. We have to remember that people have life's too and don't just live like us missionary's do everyday.

 And one of are converts this week. Brother L gave the priesthood to another one of are converts Brother C. that was super super cool.

 

Then I had to go to Chaco to do my paper work Me and Elder Gowans went to fill out paper work to get are DNI which  is our ID for here... most the missionary's here haven't done that but they had us do it... once i get my ID I'll be a Argentine so that's kinda cool. It was like a 3 hour bus ride and we just sat and talk in Spanglish most the time. We bought a pizza and split it. and I don't know  it was kinda cool cause we had to get there and both of us don't really speak much Spanish  but we made it there and back! That was a long day getting up at 3 a.m. to catch a bus, but I enjoyed it cause Elder Gowans was my companion for the day it was pretty freaking awesome!! . But yeah just another hot day down here in Argentina  things will all work out 

Love Elder Seamons