Hey everyone!

Things sound like they are going good up there! haha it is weird to see you guys in shorts and flips flops because it is cold here! haha i love all the photos of you guys! I dont think that i can send photos this week because our normal cyber shop is close today, and the internet in this new shop is really bad! but for sure next week!

This week was really good! we had the baptism of one of our investigators! it was a great experience and her mom came to the baptism and she wants to be baptized too! the only problem is that her ¨partner¨ (who is a member of the church) doesnt want to get married! we are praying that the lord will soften his heart and that she will be able to be baptized! i have seen the lord soften the hearts of some pretty sturn men in my last area and i have faith he can do it again with her ¨husband¨!

My new area is really cool! Mar del Plata is a big city, there is 3 different zones here!  Mar Del Plata North, central, and south! this last december, elder christoferson came to mar del plata to see if it is ready to make a mission! and we think in the next year or so it will become a mission! we walk a lot, but also there are buses that drive around the city, and you pay 4 pesos to get on and get off at your stop. it is alot different than trenque lauqen! we can´t use watches or rings and we can only use our camera on P-days, but it is still really nice and way more safe than buenos aries! haha! well got to go, but thanks for all the support and love, and for your payers too!!

Elder Taysom

Hey everyone!

Wow this past week a lot has happened! I have been transfered to Mar Del Plata! it is so crazy! i got here about 730 in the morning and the difference is so crazy! it is a huge city, and our house is one of the worst houses in the mision! haha how funny that i went from the best to the worst! haha we cant flush the toilet paper here and there is 6 of us in one house! i didnt find my camera, but im going to buy a new one and ill send you pics next week! the internet is way better here and i can send things basicaly just as fast as there in the US!

It was so sweet when i left Trenque Lauqen! we had a big party and then they all came to the terminal when i left! they all wrote me cards and gave me gifts, it was really sweet of them! it turns out that our area got closed! there was 6 missionaries in the same branch, so they closed our areà and now there are only 4 which is a way better use of missionaries! we thought that this might happen last transfer, but it happened this transfer!

 

Me and my new comp. have some good new investigators, and we are trying to prepare one for baptism this saturday! My comps. name is Elder Bagley! he is from Boise idaho! he is a big guy and he is really funny! i dont know him that well, but from what i have seen he is a good hard worker and i think we are going to work well together! our area is Monolito 1 and we have one of the best wards in the mission! 

Oh and my ortho went fine! i have a new bottom retainer and he formed it to fit in my plastiv retainer! it was 300 pesos in total! that is like 40 bucks! Well that was my week, if you want to look it up on google maps just type in mar del plata, monolito. I love you all soooo much and miss you to!!

Elder Taysom

Hey Everyone!

It was so awesome to talk to you guys yesterday! It is crazy to think that i have already used up half of my “skype days” in the misión! Wow it goes by so fast! You guys all look so much older than when i left, and by the way, i dont have an accent, you guys do! Haha So i loved the video that you sent of fez opening his misión call, but we have no way to hear the video so i still dont know where he is going to serve! But i guess i will know in a week! haha

This week was an ok week for our investigadors! we had great lessons, but in the end none came to church! V almost did but we dont know what happened! we rode to church with him in his car but then he said he had to go drop somthing of at his sons house and that he would be back in like 15 min, but never came back! it was hard to see, but we are keeping up the faith that some of our new investigators will start comming!

well me and my comp are still doing good! he is very quiet guy and i do most of the talking throughout the day, but we are learning how to teach well together so that is good! somtimes its hard for him and me to get out of bed in the mornings, but we started a new work out program and i should be bigger the tanner when i get back! well got to go, love you all so much!

Elder Taysom

Hey everyone,

 

Wow things sound like they are going good up there! It is crazy that it has already been 5 months since i talked with you guys last! this sunday ( the 11th of may) at 4:30 (my time) i can skype you guys! im not sure if the time difference is the same becuase of day-lights-savings there in the US, so you will have to look that up!

 

This week was a good week! we finally are starting to see some success! this week we got an investigator to come to church with us! it was such a huge blessing! we found him on saturday in the afternoon and he said he was very interested! He accepted the invatation to be baptized the the 24th of may and came to church the next day! it was such a blessing to our fast! A miracle really becuase no one is outside walking during the siesta here, but he was and now we have a strong new investigator! unfortunately some of our other investigators dont wan´t to meet with us anymore, but thats ok. something that hermana Parreño said to us the last conf. really helped me. she talked about the importance of teaching well. but then she said that even the best missionaries in the world have lost investigadors, as missionaries we cant take away people´s agency, even the best teacher of all, heavenly father lost 1/3 of his children. as missionries our purpose is to invite others to come unto christ, but hey will always have the opportunity to not accept the message that we share! it was a real good boost that helped me out alot!

 

Well it is staritng to get a little cold here, i feel like it should be christmas soon because of the weather. haha me and elder Romero ( and elder that i live with from columbia) sing christmas songs all day now! haha and that is way cool that kason got his call to the Philippines! so stoked to hear where people are getting called to serve so keep me informed! well i love you all and if you have any questions ask them on sunday! take care and thanks for everything!

 

 

Elder Taysom

 

Ps sorry i forgot my camera in the house! :(

Hey Everyone!

Wow things sound pretty crazy up there! i loved the pics at the live stock show! they were awesome! man those were good times at the live stock show! haha this week was an ok week for us. well yesterday your our outside gate door broke and we couldnt get in to our house so we were stuck outside for like 3 1/2 hours! we couldnt go work either becuase we were in normal cloths because we were painting a school! we didnt have keys to the garage because we dont have a car so we tried to yell for our neighbors but no one heard us! finally we got the cell number of one of our neighbors and called him and he left work and let us in through the garage door! haha it was crazy!

This week we were working really hard with and investigator named L! she is a really good person and we are trying to get her to quit smoking so she can get baptized! the only problem is that she doesnt want to go to church on sunday because she says her back hurts! she was in an accident about 6 year ago and her back has been destroyed! she cant sit in cars or ride bikes so she has to walk everywhere, and the walk to church hurts her back alot. she was does not want to come to church! its hard but i think with some faith and some good friends in the church she will start to come! we have also found some good new investigators! one is a tattoo artist and he let me hold his tattoo pen, it was pretty cool, but now we have to teach that tattoo´s are bad. that is going to be interesting! haha

To answer some of your questions yes i can print of papers, and i can skype any time you guys want.Write me this week and i will respond with an answer! and im feeling great, not sick anymore! And the lord is really helping us, we find new and prepared people everyday! we can really feel your prayers! thanks for all the love an support from home! love and miss you all!

Elder Taysom

Hey Everyone!

Happy Easter! sounds like you guys had an awesome time up there! this week was an ok week! we found some awesome new investigadors, and we contacted a ton! its hard when we were only left with 2 investigadors and they weren´t progressing that well! but i know through hard work and dedication we are going to start having some real sucess! no news on the lobosco fam, but 2 investigators of mine are getting baptised on saturday! im so happy i got to teach them and progress the to baptism! its hard becuase i taught them for like 3 months, and now there getting baptized, but at least ill get to see it! Its kind of wierd here becuase easter is kind of big, but at the same time small! down here it is like thier fall break, so they dont have school all week for semana santa! everybody say´s happy easter, but there is no decorations or anything! they do have chocolate eggs, but you only give one to a person and thats it! there is no easter bunny in all of south america! there is 2 elders in our house from colombia and chile, and they had never heard of an easter bunny! and no there is no easter cow tampoco! but the catholic church does like a huge parade where everyone just walks behind a big cross with a little doll of jesus on it! it was really weird! but in big cities, people actually act out the crusifiction of christ, with real people and everything! its crazy and i thought it a bit more disrespectful that like showing respect for christ! but i guess that is just the culture down here! 

To answer some of your questions, yes there is toilet paper and you can flush it, but we just use the badea ( i have no idea how to spell the thing that shoots water up to clean your bum). after about 3 months i got used to using it and now i use it every day! i like it more than toilet paper now! haha i dont know if i have eaten anything wierd yet, but me and elder mcarthur ate some sushi this week and it was very good! He had the california roll, and i got the sweet roll! it was awesome! i loved the videos you sent, but cam´s wisdom teeth one had no sound and i dont what happened? im sure it was way funny!

Well i got to go, but thanks for all your love and prayers for me and my investigators!!! we can feel it!

Love Elder Taysom

Hey Everyone!

Dal´s pig is looking pretty good from what i can see! and i like the little dance the cam was doing! i think i might try out some of those moves when i feel like dancing!

This week was slow but good. well i was sick for 2 days which kind of sucked, but all is good now! i think i had the 24 hour flu, but i was vomiting and using the bathroom alot and the whole 9 yards, so Hermana Perreño sent me to the doctor and they gave me a shot! i think it was border like breaking the law of chastity because the doctor was a girl and she gave me the shot on my bum! that wasnt that bad, but after the shot, she gave me alittle smack, right on my bare bum! it was crazy, but ive repented and were all good now!! haha

we did alot of contacting this week, but none of which progressed into real investigators. it was a tought first week and it was hard to transition from having 5 or so investigators at church every week to none! but its like when i arrived in trenque lauqen, we had none, and after about 2 or 3 months of hard work, we had some success. we just need to do some good hard work for the next few week and we will see some miricle! like when the sons of mosiah were thrown in prision and beaten and stuff like that. the lord said to be "diligent in your afflictions and i will establish my church by your hand", and then they baptised a ton of laminites! im just waiting to baptise a lot of "laminities" haha i went kind of missionary mode on you there, sorry but it was kind of fun!

Ya my new comp is from pleseant grove! he has a year and 3 months in the mission, but im the senior comp. not quite sure why because he is a good guy, but i thinks it is because my spanish is better then his. he has a tough time with it, his grammer is great, but the people cant understand what he says. haha its kind of funny! we get along real well and he is a good guy! im not sure about letters, but ill ask and write you next week! oh i just got dads letter! ill right more next week! thanks for everything!!

Love you all!!

Elder taysom!