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Hola Mom!
Well  - This week was pretty great. Yes, our golden couple is still golden. They are having a little bit of problems giving up smoking, but they are on their way to overcome it!!  We announced their baptism for this Saturday in church! whoooo!! :D  
So another awesome miracle happened this week. On Friday night we were knocking doors at like 8:30,  at the last second of our day.  We knocked at this one house with this big gate and it was dark. I thought that no one lives there or that no one was home, but we decided to knock it anyways. This lady named Christina came out and she said that she was busy but that we could come back tomorrow during the siesta, legit!   So we came back and she was actually there! We had a super lesson with her, I say super because it was 3 hours long and we taught lesson 1, lesson 2 and temple marriage haha. Holy crap! This lady doesn't really belong to any church, but she has her own beliefs.   Luckily, all of her beliefs are the same as ours! haha legit. She loves the Book of Mormon, and to her it make sense that Jesus would visit the people in the Americas. She agreed to everything. This is like the most prepared person I've ever met. She told us that she normally rejects everyone that knocks on her door, and that she wasn't sure why she told us to come back. But in the end of the lesson she said she was glad she did! Oh, did I mention she´s a doctor too? haha   She treats people with problems in their veins. Holy cow, we found someone amazing! She is going to be baptized for sure. We invited her to church and she showed up the next day on Sunday in her car. She loved everything about church too, she felt comfortable and welcome and it was what she was looking for. She's read a lot in the BOM already too and she understands it completely.   I told her that there is a movie about when Christ comes to the Americas called "The Testamentos", and she wants to watch it.  haha.   So awesome! Recently we've been finding golden people. I really do have a testimony now that God prepares people before we even show up! It's real because I've seen it!
This week we also got really creative about the not smoking stuff with Mary and Carlos. We made them a bunch of posters and put it all over their house.  haha   There is an envelope attached at the bottom that has candy in it, so they can eat it instead of smoking.
Oh, so the ecclesiastic endorsement is already done, I checked it today and my President already did it!  Now I'm just waiting on the transcripts.   Sorry that I don't have more time to write, I always run out of time! Have an awesome week! I love you all!! Chau!!

Elder Wheelwright

Hola!!

Ohhhhhhmy gosh! Holy cow.. ARGENTINA!!! HECK YEAH! (Travis's cousin got his mission call)   Yeah the Neuquin mission is pretty cool from what I've heard. Man I can't believe he's coming down here, its the best. Yeah, I'll have to give him the scoop. basically all of my rules apply to him, because they are from the area presidency. soo.. try mate now, drink a ton of coke now, and umm yeah. haha. Thats so exciting!! ARGENTINA!!! WHOOO!!! Represent! haha
umm vacations...crap. This is all trunky stuff, but it had to be talked about haha. California ehh...pretty legit. Umm I'll be willing to go whenever I guess, but I do plan on getting a job though. So we´ll see how that plays out. Everyone needs to start getting beach bodies ready...hahaha SYKE. Beach house in oceanside...mehh... I'm a fan of hotels and yeah big cities...but umm yeah, think about it!
Still haven't gotten my package yet...I'm starting to get worried that something happened to it unfortunately.  I never got the one from Alisha either or the one from my friend in Spain, so something is happening..shoot. I'll update you guys on that.
Umm so yeah the superbowl! That's awesome!! I've been talking to the Bullock family (from Colorado - in my visa waiting area) for awhile now about the possibilities of this happening, and it did!! (Seattle vs. Denver)  GAHHH!! Too bad I won't be there to watch it. But that's okay, saving souls is better than any football game!! haha yeah! Make sure you talk smack to them haha :P :P Broncos are lame......booooooooooo. haha

Okay, so my comp. Elder Chapuis from Uruguay is awesome. We get along great and we have personalities pretty much the same. Its just that he doesn't speak English though, but he wants to learn! I'm his first North American companion ever. yeah!
This week wasn't that great. Of the 22 we found, pretty much 0 are still listening to us. The golden couple is amazing. they went to church this week again and they are getting baptized for sure. They are super smokers, but when we taught the word of wisdom to them, they were ready to drop it ASAP.   Also we were worried about tithing, but what do you know. on Sunday, everyone talked about tithing.    We haven't even taught tithing yet and they told us after.."so we talked about it and were going to pay tithing" haha...it was so great.
Recently I've been noticing the difference between people that God has already prepared and people that aren't prepared. We're still workiing with Diego, but we're going to drop him today.
My companionship right now is awesome, I'm happy. Now were just looking for some awesome people to teach. Pray for us!
Also..thanks for all the college info. It kinda overwhelmed me haha. I'm going to print everything out today and then do it during this week with permission. Thanks for much for everything,seriously.   I miss you guys a ton! Have an awesome weeeeek!!! :D :D :D :D Chau!!

Elder Wheelwright

Hola!

my white car died???? NOOO hahaha.
Okay, so transfers.. really fast, I don't have much time. I stayed here in Mar Del Plata and my comp left to go to Bahia Blanca. I am actually sad that he left...we got to be pretty good friends in the end. Funny how things change. In the beginning, I was pretty much dreading my life, but these past few weeks...it was fun. Sad day. My new comp is a Latino again....noooo! haha I'm not racist, I just get along better with Americans. His name is Elder Chapuic from Uruguay! He is pretty cool, I can tell that we're going to get along good. He might even be the one that "kills"  me, but we´ll wait 6 weeks before we talk about that haha.
Umm so this week was awesome, we found 22 new investigtors and we taught 36 lessons!! It was the best thing ever, we worked dang hard.. and we also left with some members. They helped us out a lot! About this old couple, they are so awesome! they went to church this past Sunday and they made lots of friends at church! they are so going to get baptized on the first of February! The only hurtle they have to jump is quitting smoking.. so we´ll see how that's going to go, but I have faith! We have to teach them slowly, so they understand. Like 3 lessons to cover the first lesson, etc. But they are so golden!  :D :D :D   I am happy to stay in my area for them, and because everything is picking up now. But I also wanted to move, but I'm content for now :D  We're going to work super hard with my current companion now. Baptize everyone hahaha :)
Thanks so much for the email guys and I love you all!  I'm going to talk to my mission president to get permission for the BYU thing this week. Yeah I want to apply to Provo and Idaho. We'll sorry for the short email!   I don't have any more time! Love you guys, chau!!!

Elder Wheelwright

My old companion.

Hola family! 

Well new years was pretty awesome here. I can't believe that 2013 is already gone and here we are in 2014!  Where has the time gone!!  No one invited us over to eat with them on new years, so we spent it in the house together. We bought 3 kilos of chorizos and we had something called choripan. Its where you take the chorizo and put it in between bread. elegant, no? haha   Also there is this sauce called chimichurri that you use. Its amazing. wait... it was amazing. I never want to eat it again though haha.  There were a ton of fireworks here, holy cow! It was awesome. 

Oh, so today is a holiday here. Well kind of. Its called Dia De Los Reyes or Day of the Kings. Tradition is that you put your shoes out (last night) and on the 6th, in the morning, the 3 wise men or kings put gifts by your shoes. It's pretty big here. I'm going to start it up in the states. Its an excuse to get more presents haha. 

So you guys painted huh? that's cool. I also painted this week as a service activity for this old lady. I painted a wood ceiling for 2 hours. My neck and my right arm were killing me!! ugh haha.  We found this lady knocking doors.  She talked to the missionaries 38 years ago in a different providence here in Argentina but for some reason, she didn't get baptized. So yeah, its destiny! We found her again! She's way nice and invited us to lunch. 

So I'm not sure what were going to do with Diego. He didn't come to church again, and on Saturday he broke his goal of quitting smoking and drinking after more than a month of being clean. UGH. He went to a club with a friend from work...we might end up dropping him as an investigator. It makes me so sad that people don't understand the gospel. But at the same time, I can't expect him to be perfect.  He's human just like I am, o sea.. imperfect. 

Transfers are coming up this weekend! I'm now sure what's going to happen.  I have 3 transfers in this area already, so we'll see what happens.
Well I gotta run family, I love you all!!! Chau!!

Elder Wheelwright

Happy New Year!!