Monday, April 28, 2014

Worst week ever but the funniest!

22 April, 2014

So i say worst week ever. but really it was by far the funniest i have ever heard of. my poor companion. hahaha 

so tuesday, we were out tracting and it was cold in the morning so we were rocking the sweaters, well it got really hot so we took em off. i always tie mine to my bag. OH but keep in mind. that elder hansen lost a different sweater a couple weeks ago. so we were walking, and all of a sudden he just stops, and yells NO!!!!!!!! what is my deal!!!!!! hahahaha HE LOST THE OTHER ONE!!! the crazy thing was is we know exactly where it was. like within five or ten minutes someone had gone and taken it. i had my camera and took it out and videoed it. i laughed so hard i almost cried. 

same day, we were at lolos house. and Hansen sat down on this wood chair. well he kinda shifted, oops. put like three holes in his khakis. haha not a happy camper. i laughed again. =) 

then! oh my gosh this was so bad. so we have been going around sharing a message about the pascua and then we read from the book of mormon and offer to come back and show them more about the book. its worked out pretty well. so we got into this house and this huge doberman comes out. but it was really nice. pretty sure it was mildly handicapped.... haha but yeah, when i sat down its head was at my shoulder. but we kept petting it and passing it back and forth while the other one talked. well we ended the lesson, like said the last prayer, i was wrapping it up, while all this was going on: so i see my comp in the corner of my eye, and the dog, Juana, hit his leg, like "hey, pet me" well Hansen was like no, git, were done here., then it hit his arm, like "do it" he kinda pushed it back like, nah, git. then it STOOD UP on its back legs, put both front paws on my comps shoulder like "PET ME" haha in batman voice when we tell this story. hahahaha i totally lost it. it was so funny. but i think the lady sorta got mad. but man it was hilarious. 

then, this week with dogs was terrible. we clapped and this big lab came out, tail wagging, and my comp started to scratch its head, which, if its not barking, is super rare, so we were pumped to have a quiet normal one. well i started to pet it and said, "hey youre not stupid arent ya"        mistake.
It freaked!!! like basically roared and tried to bite me!!!! hahaha i yelled. and then slowly backed away. hahaha close call. 

Then we were eating at a members house, a guizo, its like a stew pretty much, with noodles. well the meat had bones in it so my comp was cutting and it was kinda tough, so we really went after it. well his fork slipped, and red tomato sauce EXPLODED all over his shirt, tie, pants, table, bag, i mean holy cow. it was so bad. i, once again, lost it. i laughed a lot this week. had fun. 

the highlight, we had an investigator in church!!!!! my comps first one in over four months!! Prayer list:
Silvia
Lolo
Juan
Angel
Luis y Hija. 

but yeah it was awesome. i felt like a boss. =) we are pumped, today was transfers and my comp stays here. so thats awesome. we are hoping for at least two baptisms this transfer. =) 

well love you family. have a great week. 

Bryce to Dad



22 April, 2014

wow. getting good huh? =) yeah doubles are always the killer. anything higher than a couple bogeys and you just start shooting yourself. i miss golf. i shoulda tried harder to play in Casilda. but when i get home i wanna try hard for a while and see how good i can really do. we will see though. and scott with the triples is a nightmare. haha 

the branch is doing good. we have about an average of 30 with maximum potential of 36. all the menos activos dont wanna even talk to us at all. most wont acknowlegde they are members.. haha but yeah we had an investigator at church!!! we worked all transfer to get one. it was my comps first one of his mission. so that was fun. her name is Silvia. We had another legit one Jaun but we dont know why he didnt come. on saturday night he was totally pumped. so pray for juan Silvia Lolo and Luis and Angel. they are the potentials we have. 

love ya pops. 
Elder Whitaker

Family!!!

14 April, 2014


FAMILY!!!!

So this week went by really fast. i was only in my area for three days. we had a special p day thursday, then zone conference on friday. if you go to facebook and look up my mission you will see the pics from them. i am there=) Entre Rios Este. but we killed it this week. when we got to Concordia everyone was like yeah we have three lessons, ha we already had like 8 with five new investigators. haha it was a really fun week. then we traveled back saturday morning really early, then came back to concordia last night. we travel alot in this area. its kinda terrible. 

but we had a blast. got to see one of my friends before he goes home next week one last time. we slept four elders on two mattresses haha that was fun. it is getting really cold here. i bought a sweet new hoodie today. all the others were like 100 DOLLARS!! like 869 pesos!! such a joke. then i found one that was 200 pesos that was awesome so i went for it. 

next week is transfers and if my comp leaves, imma cry. haha we are bros. its been a blast working with him. this transfer flew by. but all is well here. having a good time. Pray for Lolo y Silvia. they are the two best we have. oh and Hernaldo. Just that they will come to the stinking church. i am trying to get my comp to have one, in all his time in his mission, never had an inv in church. so were trying..=/ but yeah. having fun, uhhh nothing too epic. oh!!! my comp almost got destroyed by a dog haha. 

put his hand up to the fence and the dog tried to eat the fence. it was scary. 

i love lamp.
Stay Classy Spanish Fork

Monday, April 7, 2014

7 April, 2014

wow, i totally spaced writing you guys. hahaha
well i had a decent week. we didnt have too much time to work. we have to travel a lot becuase of my area being so far away from the district and then of course we had conference which was really fun. uh, we had a really chill week. had a couple really cool lessons, but the people are just difficult. they are very very set in their ways. but my comp won his first alfajor!! we play a game when we are contacting, you get us in the house, you win an alfajor, and last week he won his first one. haha he was all smiles as we walked in the house.
no one came to conference. that was a bummer. but oh well. so we decided to go back to federal with the branch, and on the way back the windows fogged up and the bus driver decided he could wipe the window by himself. well that got really sketchy really fast. haha. but it was ok cause the bus broke down shortly after so we stopped. hahaha yeah it was a joke. but oh well. uh, we are having fun. working as hard as we know how. just trying to show God that we are doing everything we can and hope that he will put people in our path.

but things are going good. i will send pictures next week. sorry for the shortness. haha
I hereby close my epistle. I am Elder Whitaker, son of Barry.
(haha i have been reading the war chapter)