tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080263953429695152024-03-21T12:06:11.129-07:00Mission Adventures in ArgentinaElder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-63803863391664402542014-04-01T13:36:00.000-07:002014-04-01T13:36:49.574-07:00Hola! Okay, so this email is going to be very very short! I'm sorry blog
readers... haha not a lot happened this week. The only real update is
that my companion is on a full hate for me and he doesn't talk to me
anymore and he won't walk with me, he won't contact people with me, he
won't knock doors with me. Basically this is going to be the loneliest
week of my mission, and it happens to be the last one too. Oh joy. Pray
for me, I'll need all the patience I can get. I'm going to try to make the best
of this last week. it's going to be awesome! I'll probably cry every
night, but...yeah. we´ll see what happens. tears just means your an
hombre! jajaja.<br />
Yesterday I went to an evangelical church! jaja It was
the worst thing ever. Our investigator said he would go to general
conference if we came to his church first, sooo heck yeah! We have
someone coming to church finally! At the church of the
evangelicals all they do is sing and dance.. its a concert,
not a worship service. The spirit can't be felt there..bleh. It was super
interesting to see what it was like though. <br />
Oh yeah, so we went on exchanges with
members, I went to the church with a
youth in the ward. that was weird haha.<br />
Okay, so my final words.. I
loved being a missionary, its the best thing I've ever done in my life.
period. I could write a whole book of this because it was the best, but I
don't have time for that. I going to miss this experience forever. this
last week is going to be great. im fully taking advantage! i love you
guys, and I'll see you all next week. Thanks for all of the support that
you've given me through these 2 years. you're all the reason why I'm still
sane! haha okay goooodbye!!<br />
<br />Elder wheelwrightElder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-70133743563948546022014-03-24T12:45:00.002-07:002014-03-24T12:45:54.463-07:00<div dir="ltr">
Hola familia! </div>
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This week the email will be super short
because I don't have a lot of time...grrr... it always happens. But yeah,
this week was cool. We worked super hard and even more harder, but...we
only found some mediocre people...no one super cool. No one came to
church this Sunday (in terms of investigators)...wahhh... :( But I'm
still going to keep going. It seems like that world just wants to stop
me from working and yeah. I'm never going to give up. I had more problems
with my comp this week. But yeah, I'll be okay. Just gotta endure to the end. I
think I'll miss him though when its all over. </div>
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Okay...so last minute things... anyone
want stuff..?? haha. you have to tell me by next Monday when I'm on the
computer...cuz thats my last time writing.. UGH! I'm freaking out, but a
friend gave me some advice to just enjoy the time I have left without
thinking of the future and what is going to happen. Apparently you can
enjoy life better with doing this...haha. I'm going to try it out. </div>
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Okay I
love you family! CHAU!!!<br />
<br />Elder Wheelwright</div>
Elder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-67865501432932713492014-03-17T09:40:00.001-07:002014-03-17T09:40:22.409-07:00<div dir="ltr">
Hi mom! Oh...and family!! </div>
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We´re doing better now, I'm
just trying to battle his lazy problems now, but that's okay. we're going
to get rid of that super fast! So yeah, the giant family isn't great at
all. They had huge potential, but we dropped them because the mom
basically told us that she has her church and that she's scared to go to
ours and yeah... wont commit and makes excuses. They were so great
though!!! </div>
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Okay so I don't have a ton if time to write, so I'll just make this
super short! </div>
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This week we did an extra reinforcement in our area. A
Reinforcement is when lots of missionaries come to work in your area to
help you out. I asked the zone leaders to do it. But we found lots of
people in our area! It was awesome, but when we passed by for a second
time,.... it wasn't so great. No one wanted to listen to us. Sad day.
This area has really gotten me down recently. </div>
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But something interesting
happened to me this Sunday. It was awesome and a miracle for me. So
recently I've been super worried about not having success and results
here. That I'm ending my mission and have nothing to show for it. On Saturday, I was talking to this lady in our branch, she's super awesome. We happened to cross her in the street. I was like yeah, we're going to
go visit this lady, hopefully to find some results. On Sunday, she
randomly came up to me after sacrament meeting. And she was like, Elder Wheelwright, I've really been thinking about what you said to me
yesterday about having results. You're doing your job, planting seeds.
Sometimes results aren't necessary to know that you're doing a good thing.
She then shared her conversion experience with me. About how there weren't
any results in 6 months with her. They didn't want anything to do with
what the missionaries were saying. But the simple seed that was planted,
grew in the end. Really... hearing that brought me so much peace. It
strengthened my testimony that God loves me and that he is aware of
everything that happens in my life, he knows my worries too. The Hermana Soria told me exactly what i needed to hear, when I needed to hear it.
It was my awesome experience of the week. I'm super excited to still
have 3 weeks left to work, I know its hard and it wont get any easier.
But I will prevail! </div>
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I love you guys so much, thanks for always being a
solid support for me in everything. <3 </div>
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p.s.... any last minute stuff
you guys want.. let me know. haha don't be afraid to tell me! Chau!<br />
<br />Elder Wheelwright</div>
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<br />Elder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-30470681231168641272014-03-10T10:18:00.000-07:002014-03-10T10:18:21.446-07:00Hola!<div dir="ltr">
Yeah, so I'm basically freaking out. I dont have a ton of
time, so I have to do this super quick! Okay...so. I'm not getting along
with my comp at all. I'm
not going to throw in a whole lot of details, but you can read about it
all in my journal..haha... yikes!</div>
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I'll get a
new temple reccomend at the end of my mission from Presidente Parreño,
so its all good. So I leave at night or in the morning on tuesday april
8th.. so I'll get home wednesday April 9th.. </div>
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So yeah, here in Millamapu, were having a little bit of a rough patch. Besides the fact of not working in unity, no one wants to listen
to us at all. We do have one investigator who promised that she will
come to church next week. its a giant family too, so were going to teach
her daughters and stuff if we can. She's a little wierd and protective,
but yeah. And she talks a ton too. Its almost impossible
teaching. But she teaches her kids good values... like no swearing, no
leaving to go to clubs at night, no smoking and drinking, etc. its
awesome. She's practically already mormon. Also.. her boyfriend (who she
won't let live in her house at all unless she has a ring) is mormon and
inactive. Sooo yeah. That's basically is what we have going on for us
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Something funny happend this week, we were walking and a big
trunk passed by and he splashed us with mud and water and stuff. I just
laughed my head off haha, but my comp was super mad! hahaha see the
pictures. </div>
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Okay so yeah, Ive got to run! Love you guys!!! CHAU!!<br />
<br />Elder Wheelwright</div>
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<br />Elder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-81134528394604945582014-03-03T08:54:00.000-08:002014-03-03T08:54:16.490-08:00Hola!Hola!<br />
To answer your question, yeah I'm a medium now. Its a great time to
come home, because all the snow stuff is on clearance! haha yesss! time
for new snow pants and a new jacket! :D :D :D I want to look at stuff
too. Do you think there will still be stuff when I'm at home? I miss the
rain, in Bahia it doesn't rain as much as Mar Del Plata....lame. HAPPY
BIRTHDAY TO DAD ON FRIDAY!!! :D :D hahaha.<br />
My area here in Millamapu is
pretty hard, I'm not going to lie. I'm trying to keep a really great
attitude, but its kind of hard. We're going to have success here no
matter what! My companion is doing okay. We don't have the same goal
and the same mindset. I'm working like mad and focusing on finding
people, and he only wants to stop by less actives that he's made friends
with. My ZLs and DL understand the situation though, so they just try to
help me out. Its like a secret effort behind my companions back, but
still.. its necessary.<br />
Okay, I know I've asked this a million times..but
is there anything else that you guys want me to buy from here? I'm down
to my last days of doing it, so let me know!<br />
Ohh, so yesterday we had
stake conference and I got to see all the converts from Villa Harding Green. They are all still super strong! The mom Rosana has a calling
teaching primary! :D Its the best, its a super blessing being able to
see that. That's why I'm not super bitter about being here anymore. I
think of it like this... I get that blessing of seeing them, in trade for
being in the area where I'm at now. haha. Just kidding, it's not that bad.<br />
Okay, so this week our focus is find and find and find and find. We
need investigators, we basically don't have any. So this weeks email will
be a little short, sorry. Next week I hope to have lots of stories to
tell about our success! It's going to happen, so be prepared for it!<br />
People keep asking me if I'm trunky...and the answer is nooooo. haha. I'm
really not, I mean I'm super excited to go home and see you guys and all,
but I'm super sad more than anything. I don't want to leave! They are
going to have to drag me to the airport.. but yeah. This is part of the
mission, the transition back into the real world...but hey, that's in 5
weeks... I've got plenty of time. I'm just going to go convert the world!
haha Okay I gotta run! I love you guys!! Chau!! :):) :) :)<br />
<br />Elder WheelwrightElder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-51756439666728199062014-02-24T08:43:00.000-08:002014-02-24T08:43:29.472-08:00Hola!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSyLEcgJeKGTOLk5BCklqwoqQ7haOSCtxC-w6uE3FhcVbIYUlQlVMVXRAhYKBuetzjQAb-YoKv5q5_xJTJl_7zS0isAxXjDHmiKbrVWY8GCGE48YQSLFkFP99G0FWkFyKfCLnEvxbsBsk/s1600/148_8579.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSyLEcgJeKGTOLk5BCklqwoqQ7haOSCtxC-w6uE3FhcVbIYUlQlVMVXRAhYKBuetzjQAb-YoKv5q5_xJTJl_7zS0isAxXjDHmiKbrVWY8GCGE48YQSLFkFP99G0FWkFyKfCLnEvxbsBsk/s1600/148_8579.JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a>Okay! So this week was super awesome with the baptism and all! It was
an awesome service and everything. Cristina invited her friends and
family and everything and lots of people came. She has no shame at all,
she's proud to be una mormona hahaha. I love her so much, I wish you
could meet her. We´re going to skype with her when I get home!! I got to
baptize her, in the freezing cold water. Even though its hot outside,
it still sucked. The water heater decided to stop working...<br />
Okay.. so I
have some really sad news. I got freaking transfered!
noooooooooooooooooo! :( :( :( :( :( :( I left the beautiful city of
Mar Del Plata and now I'm here in Bahia Blanca again, right next to my
old area of Villa Harding Green. Bleh, I don't want to be here at all. I
had the greatest ward and the best converts ever in Mar Del Plata... I had
a giant family! Now I'm going to end my mission in this area called
¨Millamapu¨ where I'm in a branch and there are only 20 members...gah. No
one knows me and yeah, it's going to be lame. I'm going to make the best
out of it and baptize the world here, but still. Also its a semi rich
area.. My companion is from Peru and he's 25 years old, umm his name is
hard. I'm going to look at his name tag... Elder Huacachi. Wow, yeah I
still don't know how to pronounce that, but still. He's pretty cool. He
studied kung fu and he has a tattoo. haha So yeah, its going to be
interesting though. I'm still so sad, I had to leave all of my converts.
You don't even know how hard I cried with them. haha it was embarrassing. I
couldn't even talk at all..lame. But it eventually came out though.
I´ve come to love these people so much, its not fair that they are
taking me away! I want to stay...ugh. Sometimes I can't understand the
reasons for transfers, but God does. I just have to trust in the
revelation. I guess my mission in Mar Del Plata was completed. <br />
Oh also,
one of my really good friends Elder Schroeder is going home to his house
right now. Nooo! Also yeah, last transfer! :( It's soo crazy that its
almost all over. I'm not happy about it. I told this to Nikki, that your
whole mission you think about going home, and then in the end you want
nothing to do with it. You just want to stay forever. The plus side of
this transfer is that I can see all of my converts in my old area. I'm
going to love that! <br />
Okay, well that's pretty much whats up with my life
right now. Any questions?<br />
I'll send in the temple thing to get it done,
it looks pretty great! I love you guys a lot! Until next week!!<br />
<br />Elder Wheelwright<br />
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Elder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-43300260189648658862014-02-17T09:48:00.001-08:002014-02-17T09:52:28.719-08:00Alright so this week was pretty lame, my email is going to be really
short too..wahh wahh wahh. You´ll never guess who got sick this week! :(
Yupp..thats me. I basically couldn't eat anything at all or it left immediately. I leave it at that. haha. I was on a diet of rice and water
and nothing else. My stomach always killed me, even now I'm not 100%. Its
a good thing that my investigator and recent convert are
nurses/doctors! I was blessed in that sense (trying to see the positive
in the dark hole I was in haha). They helped me out and even brought me
pills and medication to the house. I'm super grateful for them. Now I'm
doing pretty good. I'm still watching what I eat, nothing too intense,
but yeah. I was basically out for this week. <br />
Our baptism is so on for
this Saturday. Cristina is super solid and there is nothing in the world
that could happen that could change her mind. She just got back from
vacations, so we couldn't teach her all this week. But she brought her
BOM with her and all of her family gave her crap for it and they were
talking bad, etc. But she didn't let that bother her at all. She told us
that she just cried and took it haha. I think that trial strengthened
her testimony a lot. We were worried that something bad was going to
happen, and it did. but she came back better than ever!<br />
Also... this
weekend we planned out a missionary activity. It was a tarta making
contest, yummm! hahaha. The ward didn't super support us, only 20 people
came and the majority were less actives and investigators..but still. It
was awesome. We played a few games and then we all tried the tartas and
then voted. My companion and I wore chef uniforms... = awesome! Sooo
out of everyone Cristina won the competition.. yay! she was stoked. The
prize for first place was something we just found in the house, since
were a little broke. It was a package of cookies, a salami stick, and a
game of ninja turtles tops. haha it was the best. Everyone had a great
time.<br />
That was my week. we already have transfers this weekend ugh. I
hate this. This will determine where I'm going to ¨die¨. I hope I stay!
Also my pal Elder Schroeder is going home this weekend... noooo! So
that's going to be sad. Okay well, I better run! I'll be praying for snow
in the mountains in April haha. legit! Love you all!!<br />
<br />
Elder Wheelwright<br />
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ps: I just received something called trunky papers.. I have to fill it out
so they know where to buy my airplane ticket...they will be in contact
with you guys in a couple weeks. Shoot, I dont like this....haha. Chau!!<br />
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Elder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-33423240650394813812014-02-10T08:37:00.002-08:002014-02-10T08:37:40.948-08:00Hola!Dang! I'm loving the snow picture! I'm so jealous... it made me happy to
see it though. I'm still here burning in the heat, bleh. But that's okay! I'm hoping that it will still be cold when I get home :D That would be
ideal. Also happy birthday to Nathan!! He looks super different now!
Like one of those kids from one direction...hehaha ;) . Umm.. So yeah.
happy birthday to you. P.s. I like your shirt.<br />
This week was pretty low
key, we taught Cristina again (the doctor) and she is doing awesome, she
told us the other day that she knows the BOM is true! She left for
vacations this week to go to Cordoba (another providence) and she's
getting back this Tuesday (AKA tomorrow.) But yup! she´s still on date for
the 22nd. Its going to be great!<br />
Yesterday Carlos received the Aaronic
priesthood! He´s a priest! :D :D yay! Also the family was assigned some
really awesome active home teachers, so they are going to be super
supported. Tonight we have dinner with them, were eating something
called canelones.. I know what it is, but I can't describe it haha. Its
good though, look it up.<br />
OH! So I finally got the package! THANKS! The
stickers and ctr rings are great. I'm going to pass them out like mad,
(obviously not to everyone though, duh) haha It looks like everything
made it safely though! ;) the socks were needed, so thanks for that! Umm
the kit kats were great too, although it came in a giant clump/ball, it
still tasted pretty great though.<br />
We tried to focus this week on
finding new people, it always seems to be the case haha. I had exchanges
though, and my comp. got sick and yeah. Our week was okay, we didn't
find anyone too great or prepared. I'm having a problem now that I am
expecting to find super prepared people like Cristina and Mary and Carlos. But I have to keep reminding myself that some are more prepared
than others.<br />
I gotta run, but I love you guys a ton! thanks for all the emails and everything! you´re the best!<br />
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Elder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-66951588729807962312014-02-03T08:00:00.000-08:002014-02-03T08:00:16.088-08:00Hola familia!<br />
I don't have a ton of time, but this week was pretty great!
We had our 2 baptisms with Mary and Carlos! They are so awesome. They
were having major health problems the day before, but they came anyways.
They are so strong and legit. I baptized Carlos and my comp. baptized
Mary. Soo great! We did it on the first try too. They showed up before
us to the church and in matching outfits! Cooooolio! When Carlos came
out of the water with me, he turned to his wife (who was waiting to be
baptized still) and he said with the biggest smile on his face ¨I'm
already baptized mama, I'm born again¨. It was so great and just made me
super happy.<br />
Our doctor investigator came to the baptism and she said
that she felt a spirit soo strong during the ordinances, and she was
crying the whole time. She said she received her answer that its what
she needs to do, be baptized. so while we were eating refreshments
afterwards, she was telling everyone that she decided to be baptized. It
was such a miracle. So I have a testimony that bringing investigators
to baptism works! They can receive their answer right then. Christina
(thats her name) is so prepared. She understands everything and agrees
with it all. She loves the Book of Mormon too. Umm so on an appointment
we had with her, we accidentally broke the word of wisdom. We drank green
tea! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I wasn't sure if were allowed to drink it or not,
and my comp. wasn't either haha. So we did it, it was nasty. I'm never
going to do it again! NASTYY!! Okay, well yeah.<br />
So we're preparing Christina for her baptism on the 22nd aka the end of this transfer. Our
week was pretty hectic with everything about the baptisms. Sunday Mary
and Carlos were confirmed. And then Mary went up and shared her
testimony from the pulpit. They are really so amazing. What a blessing
it was to find them. They are going to be the strength in the ward, I
know it.<br />
Okay well I gotta run! I love you guys a lot! Chau!!<br />
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Elder Wheelwright<br />
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Elder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-30754065738894995852014-01-27T11:29:00.001-08:002014-01-27T11:29:27.153-08:00Hola!Hola Mom!<br />
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 <br />
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!<br />
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.<br />
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!!<br />
<br />Elder WheelwrightElder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-70833287857339745582014-01-20T12:22:00.000-08:002014-01-20T12:22:16.375-08:00Hola!!Ohhhhhhmy gosh! Holy cow.. ARGENTINA!!! HECK YEAH! <span style="color: red;">(Travis's cousin got his mission call)</span> 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<br />
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!<br />
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.<br />
Umm so yeah the superbowl! That's awesome!! I've
been talking to the Bullock family <span style="color: red;">(from Colorado - in my visa waiting area)</span> for awhile now about the possibilities
of this happening, and it did!! <span style="color: red;">(Seattle vs. Denver)</span> 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<br />
<br />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!<br />
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.<br />
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.<br />
My companionship
right now is awesome, I'm happy. Now were just looking for some awesome
people to teach. Pray for us!<br />
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!!<br />
<br />Elder WheelwrightElder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-15698034286315502252014-01-13T12:58:00.000-08:002014-01-13T12:58:35.281-08:00Hola!my white car died???? NOOO hahaha.<br />
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.<br />
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 :)<br />
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!!!<br />
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Elder Wheelwright<br />
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Hola family! </div>
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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
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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. </div>
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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. </div>
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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. </div>
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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.<br />
Well I gotta run family, I love you all!!!
Chau!!<br />
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Elder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-62363975799174163852013-12-30T13:56:00.004-08:002013-12-30T13:56:44.224-08:00Hola!Well no one but Alisha wrote me..HAHA- fail. I know we just sykped, but
still. Come on family! ;)<br />
Well this week was pretty nuts. We had the
24th, and you guys already heard about that. The fireworks were nuts
and they woke me up. It sounded like a war zone outside. I wanted to
watch, but I couldn't find my glasses in the darkness. Bleh.<br />
My companion
is with some serious medical problems right now. So the work really
hasn't been consistent or productive. His back and his neck and his
shoulders are always killing him. We went to a traumatologist and he
gave him some shots that he needed to take. He got those done this week,
one in the morning and one at night. Fun stuff. He didn't let me inject
him. I went on exchanges with the other elders in the house
though, so I wouldn't go crazy all cooped up in the house. I stayed home
one day, and yeah. Lets just say I resorted to cleaning. AKA I was bored
and there was nothing to do. We tried to cover the 2 areas on exchanges
and it didn't really work out good. There was too much to cover.<br />
The
baptism didn't happen, like I told you guys on skype. Diego still doesn't
have a testimony of the Book of Mormon or Jose smith, so he doesn't want
to do it (until he knows). I had a cool lesson with him on exchanges and
he said he was willing to stop praying to Maria and that he would give
up his Catholic religion if he got an answer saying it was true. It was
awesome, he's never said that stuff before. We even prayed with him on
our knees and I felt the spirit really strong, but he said that he felt
nothing. hmm... I'm not really sure what to do with him anymore. It seems
like every time we go over there, we just talk about the same thing. How
to get an answer. But ugh.. I'm not sure, we're stuck.<br />
Can someone look
up info on BYU and when it starts in the fall. also if I can be a
transfer student?? that would be great. Well, gotta go! I love you
guys!! :) Chau!<br />
<br />Elder Wheelwright<br />
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Elder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-82334501341264272872013-12-25T15:11:00.000-08:002013-12-25T15:11:20.624-08:00Christmas Day 2013<br />
SKYPE time!!<br />
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It was so great talking with Elder Wheelwright! He is doing great and looks great too!!<br />
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<br />Elder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-30102375046274633932013-12-23T11:54:00.000-08:002013-12-23T11:54:22.382-08:00Feliz Navidad!!<div dir="ltr">
Well - Merry Christmas Family!! YAY!! I'm dying from the
heat here haha. Covered in sweat always and sunburnt...Feliz Navidad! We
did a service project on the coast with a semi-investigator and I got
super burnt. The goal was to get more tan, but it kind of failed. I've
been walking like a robot recently because it hurts to move.. haha. Aloe
Vera gel isn't something super common here, and if it exists, its
imported so its expensive! Like $20 for a bottle...heck no! But there
are plenty of aloe plants here, so I've been using the legit stuff. It's
pretty awesome. I'm decided that I'm going to grow aloe vera in a later
stage of my life haha. You should do it too mom, its good for lots of
things. AND you can eat it too! </div>
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Hey! good job Nathan! Looks like he
inherited my skills, or no? haha. I think I'll use my same skype account,
if I can remember it! I'll test it out on the computer here in a second.
6pm is when I'm calling, be ready! No package yet, I think things will be
slower around the holidays anyways. I finally got my Christmas cards
out just a week ago, so be on the look out for those in January...or February haha. </div>
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Sounds like the Christmas party was pretty cool! Santa on
a firetruck..heck yes. I was wondering when Tyler was going to be
leaving, but you answered my question haha. Maybe he´ll come here to
Bahia Blaca. That would be crazy, no? Let me know where he's going! </div>
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So Christmas day here isn't that big at all. Nothing happens at all. The
24th is the most celebrated day here. There are a ton of fireworks on
the 24th too, not sure about the 25th...can't remember. Oh my gosh... our
¨christmas program¨was awful haha. It was soooooo hot in the chapel,
everyone was dying..the fans didn't really work. (we don't have AC..just
fans) And the talk was soooo long and the speaker giving it has a monotone
voice. I was happy when it was over haha. </div>
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Soo... exciting news!! Our
investigator Diego had an interview with the bishop yesterday and Diego
came out of there saying he's getting baptized this weekend!! (which has
always been his scheduled date)!! Whoooooo!! I'm super happy, this guy is
way awesome and I just have to say FINALLY. haha we've been working with
him for this whole transfer now! We've been finding lots of new
investigators lately, but the thing is, is that they wont go to church!
Why don't they understand? Gah. That's what were currently trying to
figure out. Yesterday we had a giant discussion and bible bash with a
hardcore JW..it was awful. Super prideful and he wouldn't listen to us at
all. It was like an hour and a half in total. During the conversation, I rubbed my eye and my contact fell out haha. It was kind of awkward. </div>
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Hey! so my best buddy ever wants to start writing you guys! He was my old comp here, aka "my twin" and now he's in Spain!! I think he'll write first though, so just wait. Give the email to Dad too so he can reply. Well that's about everything. </div>
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Elder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-87864619102748953292013-12-16T16:54:00.000-08:002013-12-16T16:54:14.295-08:00Hello----Oh! So the chalk writing - haha funny story! We kind of got the idea from
the people in New York, but not really. We used the inspiration from
them, but it was really our idea haha. When we went to do it that day,
we forgot to buy chalk.. So we found some rocks on the side of the road
and yeah. We scratched it into the pavement. That didn't last too long
haha. It was kind of a fail.<br />
Yeah the police thing was pretty nuts. We
had to stay in all day on p-day, but we had to go out and work. Things
were kind of nuts. When we first left the house and we hit the main
road, this guy rode by on his bike yelling to this other person saying
that someone just got killed. and then an ambulance zoomed by. Hmm.. that
was scary. The buses also refused to run because a lot of them already
got robbed. So we walked to our area, which is far. There was like this
look of panic in the faces of the people here. It was very movie like.
The other companionship in my ward almost got robbed too, but they got
away. We took refuge in a house of a member. we tried calling a taxi to
go back to the house, but the wait was an hour because everyone in the
world wanted to use a taxi. So we decided to run home. To get to the
house, we basically have to run through the ghetto haha. We didn't want
to do that, but we started out anyways. Miracle! We found an open taxi
after like 2 blocks of running..yaya! It only lasted one day, but
everyone is saying now that its going to happen again. The government
here is kind of corrupt.. but oh well.<br />
You should try to do the skype
thing, even if it costs a little bit of money. The google thing could
work, but I'm not familiar with it at all. So I think it would be best to
use skype. I think 6pm my time will be the time. But I'll double confirm
it for next p-day and I can tell you for sure. but yeah I'm like 99% sure
it will be at 6.<br />
Our Christmas party was a little lame haha. Everyone
had to bring a salad and something sweet. So we just ate a ton of salad
and the Bishopic bought chicken, yumm.. Were trying to pick a family for Christmas this year. but we don't know of anyone super cool haha. Were
planning on having the baptism for Diego on the 28th, but he still
doesn't have his answer..ugh. So I'm not sure if its going to happen in
the end. Well see. Pray for him! We have a huge
problem in the ward right now, no one knows how to fellowship people at
all. Its awful. No one wants to talk to Diego or even say hi to him. I
don't know what to do anymore. I can give it my 110% , but if the ward
doesn't do their job, my work is in vain.<br />
Oh, this Sunday we found this
guy early in the morning before church. He is a historian and he has his
genealogy back to Moses. Cool stuff. We're going to start teaching
him soon!<br />
<br />Well gotta run! Love you guys a ton! see you in a weeek!!<br /><br />Elder WheelwrightElder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-29107523416569154422013-12-09T13:16:00.001-08:002013-12-09T13:16:24.429-08:00Hola!!Hola!!<br />
So this week has been better than the majority of the weeks haha.
We've actually found a good number of new people to teach. I told my
companion that to be honest I'm getting a little burnt out of the area. I
mean its almost been 4 months already.. I was like enough. haha We walk
down the same streets and knock the same houses. I'm ready to go to a
new area. So we've been looking for places that we've never been before.
And in these places, we've been finding new people to teach. We found
this lady with 27 dogs, 17 horses, 3 cats, 7 puppies, and a baby hawk. She also lives
alone too. She told us that the animals are her family. It was pretty
great. So that's whats going on with our area right now. Looking for new
places to look, and we're finding success with it too.<br />
Our investigator Diego is having some problems right now. He's doing great with
everything, reading, praying, he's even stopped smoking (we're on day 10
now! Whoooo!!). But his problem is that he can't find his answer. He's
been praying and praying but he can't get an answer. We even knelt down
with him in a lesson and he asked God. But still, nothing happened. Its
kind of hard for me to see this. Diego appears to be willing and he
said he really wants to know if its true. The other day though, we found
out the reason why he's not getting it. He came out of nowhere with a
bunch of doubts about Joseph Smith and about how it doesn't say his name in
the bible. He was catholic before, and his catholic ways are coming out
again.. He's letting his doubting get in the way of him knowing the
truth. We're not sure what we can do with him. Ideas? It's like on the
show who wants to be a millionaire. I'm phoning a friend haha.<br />
Downtown is closed for the missionaries now, too much temptation from the beach, that's
why its closed. Lame.<br />
We're going to skype again. I'm thinking like at 6 or 7 my time.
Whatever works best for you guys. If we can do a multi-chat again, that
would be legit. Find out a way mom?? hahaha. Well yeah, we'll make it
happen somehow haha.<br />
This Friday we already have our conference for Christmas! Its already here haha dang. Okay, well.. I think that's it!
Oh! thanks for the package thing. I'll be waiting for it anxiously haha.
Sorry for the lack of photos too, the thing is that the computers we use
are kind of ghetto and full of viruses, so I don't like to stick my card
in anymore..sorry!! Today we're on a lock down in our house..haha. The
police in Mar Del Plata are on strike and aren't working. So there are no
police in the city...how comforting haha. So our mission president said
we have to stay inside..lame! okay well gotta run! Chau!! Love you
guys!!<br />
<br />Elder WheelwrightElder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-85623095436256528662013-12-02T11:20:00.004-08:002013-12-02T11:20:42.619-08:00Hola family!<div dir="ltr">
Hola family! </div>
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I'm going to have to make this one short, I
don't have much time. Well everything basically stayed the same.
I'm still in Mar Del Plata with my companion. I'm not going to lie, I was
super sad. Hmm.. I went downstairs by myself and I
was just like why? Why is this happening?? And then a voice came into
my mind and it said "dont you think I know whats best for you". Dang. I
was like, you know what.. you're right. It was a cool little experience.
Although it doesn't take away how I feel. I just know that I'm here for a reason. There is something I need to learn. I just better
figure out what that is! </div>
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Okay, so not much has happened this week. We've
been having almost daily contact with our investigator Diego. He's doing
super great , but only needs to stop smoking. We've been bringing members
over and stuff too. Our ward here in Caisamar is pretty lame, not going
to lie. All of the members are afraid to get close and to fellowship the
new people at church. We ask people to do stuff, like sit
next to people in church and they give us excuses on why they can't. This
is our goal right now. To try to train the members in the ward how to
treat investigators. Because I can bet that the investigators don't feel
comfortable at all. </div>
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So..thanksgiving was this week. I totally forgot
haha. I remembered it on Friday for black friday haha. How was that?
Anyone got up early? I told this one family about black friday here and
they just laughed and said we were crazy for what we do. I told them
about the prices and then they asked me if they could come next time
haha...</div>
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Okay, well I ran out of time! I love you guys!! Chau!!<br />
<br />
Elder Wheelwright</div>
Elder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-81573172035319007262013-11-25T14:11:00.000-08:002013-11-25T14:11:04.222-08:00Hola!!Hola! <br />
So yeah transfers are this
weekend! Oh my gosh! haha aghhh. I only have 3 transfers left! I feel like I could leave or stay. At least one of us is gone though, I'm positive
of that.<br />
I think I got everything in the package, thanks! I don't have
time to list everything haha but the box was unopened, so it had
everything still. My housemates love you guys for the candy haha. I have
to share it or my diet wont have an effect! haha.<br />
Oh, side note.
Christmas is in 30 days, go figure. WOW!<br />
Sounds like the missionary
event didn't go so hot..hmm. It's a good idea though. We should do
something like that here. This Friday we're going to this huge park to
have a stand. Also today we're going to go to this really popular place
and write <a href="http://mormon.org/spa" target="_blank">mormon.org/spa</a>
with chalk on the sidewalk. A couple of members are coming with us to
help us out. It's going to be great.<br />
The weather here is hot, hot and more
hot. Summer is coming early, that's for sure. Recently I've been dying of
heat, we sleep with the window open now. I wish I had your cold weather, I'm super jealous haha.<br />
So yesterday I confirmed somebody a member for
the first time in my life. It was pretty great. At first I was nervous,
but that went away in the moment when I had to do it. Umm, so we have
this guy Diego who we are working with now, who is super awesome. He is
going to get baptized on the 28th of Dec. He has to stop smoking and he
is there. He told us yesterday after church that he has a problem with loneliness and that he wants to find a wife so that he can have a
family. Hmm, we're going to start having FHEs every week with him and a
different family each time. Also we're going to hook him up with going to
institute, so he can find some lady friends......... and learn more
about the gospel, duh haha.<br />
The Peruvian has been hard to find recently.
I think she works a lot, but we always leave notes on her door. She
didn;t show up at church yesterday either.... :( That's okay though.
maybe she had something to do? <br />
So last week I forgot to tell you guys,
but I got rammed by a sheep. it was awful haha. I just wanted to pet it,
but it attacked me with its head. Luckily it didn't have any horns! oh! I
also went to Bahia Blanca this week to renew my visa. I've been illegal
for about a month now. We had time to work, and I wanted to go to my old
area in Villa Harding Green, but my president wouldn't let me go. oh
man. That made me sad.<br />
Okay, so that's about it. This week is transfers,
so you'll be able to know next week what happened. Okay, well I gotta
run! Love you guys!!<br />
<br />Elder WheelwrightElder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-7150484360658977362013-11-18T13:42:00.002-08:002013-11-18T13:42:50.506-08:00Hola family! <div dir="ltr">
So the package is in
my city, my friend actually has it haha. So they made it here safe!!!!
Whoooo!! </div>
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First of all,
this weekend was nuts!! I had exchanges this week with an Elder that is
brand new. His name is Elder Walker and he's from Utah, and doesn't speak
spanish haha...so for 2 days I talked non stop. It was intense
teaching the full lessons alone, but it was fun too. I like to talk...
:D</div>
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Saturday was the meeting with Elder Christofferson and two 70´s too. IT
was amazing!! I learned a lot on how to be a better missionary. He
opened it up for questions too, but I didn't know what to ask. I didn't
want to say anything dumb haha. Only half the mission got to come, so
thank goodness I was in the half that came! </div>
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After the talk, we went to
the church and started preparing for the baptism of Valeria!!!!
YAAAAAYYYYY! :D At 5pm she was baptized. I was so surprised that lots of
people from the ward showed up. We did make fancy fliers and delivered
them to the families in the ward though... so that's probably why. Our
ward mission leader said that it was one of the best most spiritual
baptisms that he's ever seen. Legit! Now the clock ticks..until one year
and then they can get sealed in the temple!! :) I will be confirming her
next Sunday. My first confirmation in spanish! It should be cake.
Usually members of the ward are supposed to do this, but she asked me to
do it. I always love seeing people get baptized, knowing that they are
leaving behind their old sinful life haha to start a brand new one..how
awesome!</div>
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Remember that one family with that one convert of mine in Olavarria a long time ago in my first area? They got mad at us or
something and told us to stop coming by? They emailed me last week and
it was amazing! Everything is great with them and I think they are going
to church! It made me so happy to hear from them. </div>
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Umm..Sunday we had
stake conference with Elder Christofferson too. It was a full weekend of
apostle! haha. his wife spoke too, although her spanish wasn't super
amazing, she still did a really great job and everyone understood her. </div>
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So 2 weeks until transfers..wow. How the time fly's! I feel like we were
just at this point yesterday. Agh!! </div>
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One of our investigators went to the
stake conference this Sunday without us knowing, she also went up and
shook the apostles hand and talked with him. She told us that he blessed
her baby haha. How awesome. She's this little lady from Peru. She felt
the spirit a lot in the meeting and can't wait for us to come back and
teach her more stuff! She could be the next baptism :)</div>
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I think that's all
that happened this week. I'm sure there is more, but time calls haha. We
only have one hour. Maybe even less now...eeeek. Okay well I love you
guys! Sorry for not sending pics of the baptism! I forgot my memory card
in the casa! </div>
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Love you all! chau!!!<br />
<br />Elder Wheelwright</div>
Elder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-77382225259242887702013-11-11T10:47:00.001-08:002013-11-11T10:47:57.504-08:00Hola family!!Hola family!!!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7mIuBF3GiQEqEsaTFSHIu00il-Lx090ga4XdhIXhxUf0XwZLWDaUSnOo1RxsfpIFslyqmfmrw6At79FvKsV4CpgRPi2rjxuDlNSv315spO8aEe08WV14ahFbu2ST8axciJIFF9p7aYs/s1600/128_9678.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7mIuBF3GiQEqEsaTFSHIu00il-Lx090ga4XdhIXhxUf0XwZLWDaUSnOo1RxsfpIFslyqmfmrw6At79FvKsV4CpgRPi2rjxuDlNSv315spO8aEe08WV14ahFbu2ST8axciJIFF9p7aYs/s1600/128_9678.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a>Hows it going! So this week was semi exciting but semi
not haha. We had the wedding though!!! yyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaayyy!! It was
awesome! We made them a legit cake, okay..well a member helped us make
them a cake. We had to go pick it up from this member, and it was pretty
far away.. while taking it back to the house, I stained my new tie with
strawberry juice..ugh haha. I was so mad. Also yeah, we took the bus,
and since the roads suck here, it was super bumpy and the cake almost
fell in the bus haha. ooopps. but yeah, the wedding was in Santa Clara. We took the 30 min bus ride over there and yeah, good stuff. The
ceremony was really short. The tradition here is to throw rice
afterwards. Its awesome haha. I attached some pictures of the rice
throwing. afterwards we had the party at the church. We had the church
keys, so we were obligated to stay haha. There was a TON of food and
drinks and our cake. Also there was a lot of raggae music. Like Bob Marley haha. There was a weird mood and vibe of raggae in the air, but I
was diggin it haha. Swaying to the music while eating empanadas. Doesn't
get any better than that!!<br />
Okay so this week we visited an old
investigator from a couple of transfers ago. He was way nice and
accepted us and we taught him and he's amazing. But, he's having a hard
time going to church. He told us that he would go Saturday night, but
then he called us a couple hours later and said that he was going to a
club at night and that he couldn't come anymore..ugh. He doesn't
understand keep the sabbath day holy haha. Dummy. But he's still awesome
and we're going to baptize him.<br />
This Saturday is our baptism!! whoooo!
Also this Saturday we have a special meeting with an apostle, D. Todd Christofferson. YAYA! He's also coming to our stake conference too!! :)
<br />
Well okay family, I gottta run! I love you guys so much! The package
hasn't arrived yet...I'm getting kind of scared haha. I'll let you guys
know!! Chau Chau!!!<br />
<br />Elder Wheelwright<br />
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Elder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-6061600001728349792013-11-04T13:11:00.001-08:002013-11-04T13:11:29.112-08:00Hola!Hola!<br />
So this week was pretty lame. haha. Sorry to start if off like
that. It was full of lots of distractions. Tuesday, we spent the whole
day with the sister missionaries. They were all pretty sick and we took
them around to hospitals because they didn't know where they were. All
day with them was nuts haha.<br />
Our baptism on the 16th is for sure for
sure going down! yay! The wedding is this week on Wednesday and we get
to be a part of it. Aka throwing rice and being the witnesses haha. They
have a weird way of doing things here. After the wedding, we're having a
reception like thing at the church for lunch. Good stuff. Then the next
week, she`ll get dunked. Boom! She is doing really good with
everything, commandments, reading, etc. She`ll make a good member.<br />
We
got a reference this Sunday of a lady that wants to get baptized in our
church. A member brought her to church yesterday and we didn't even know
haha. So now we are going to start teaching her, yay!<br />
So halloween here
was super lame. I was feeling like celebrating, so I bought a pumpkin
for 15 pesos. Well okay, it wasn't a pumpkin, it was a Japanese squash,
but it still worked. Pumpkins aren't really common here. But I carved it
alone haha. Oh yeah! It was really fun and it made me miss halloweeeeen!
:( What did you guys do?<br />
Gah! already out of time, how lame! I need to
learn how to juggle my time between emails. Enjoy all of the photos that I
got from my comps!<br />
Umm... ice cream down here is lame. Well, it depends
from where. It has to be ice cream artesenal. The frozen premade stuff
is lame haha. Everything is so cheap here too. You usually but ice cream
by the kilo...and it cheap. But I don't eat a lot anyways, soo yeah. Umm
no package yet. Maybe tomorrow? The mission office always holds
everything up...grr..haha. Well I love you guys! Chau!!<br />
<br />Elder Wheelwright<br />
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Elder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-74227048973084447582013-10-28T12:43:00.000-07:002013-10-28T12:43:07.053-07:00Hola!!<div dir="ltr">
Hola! </div>
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So this
week when we passed by this crazy couples house and the wife came up and
talked to us and she told us that she doesn't want to go to church again
and that we can still stop by , but the relationship is pretty much
over. We dropped everything on her, I'm sure she felt guilty haha. It's
not funny, but you gotta laugh sometimes no¿ I feel bad for the
daughter. she has potential, but her mom is not nice and puts the blame
of everything on her. It makes me so sad to see people in situations
like that. </div>
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So transfers, everything stayed the same unfortunately.
Counting down until the next one haha. syke. No packages yet..maybe this Tuesday¿ I hope so! Halloween doesn't exist here at all. People try to
copy us in the states hhaa. What I'm going to do is buy a squash and I'm
going to carve it. If I have my camera in time, I'll take some pics!
haha. My birthday was pretty normal, a regular work day. It was
district meeting though and the Hermanas made me 2 cakes haha. They all
sang to me like 4 times in the day. So I felt special haha. The other
day the mission presidents wife called me and sang to me too! cool
stuff. </div>
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So all of our baptisms are falling through. Lame. We do have one
that is pretty sure though on the 16th of November. Things in the ward
aren't doing so great right now..everyone is on the borderline of being
less active. People don't like the bishop, etc. We're trying to figure a
way out to bring everyone together or else we're in trouble as a ward!
Nooooo! One of our activities that we're going to do here is a night in Mexico. Something that will attract members and so that they can bring
their friends!! whOOI!! I'm excited! Sorry there are so many errors in
the email today, I'm super rushed. Umm I'm not sure if there is
anything else..hmm. I guess that's it. haha. Sorry this email was so
lame! I love you guys! Chau!!<br />
<br />Elder Wheelwright</div>
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<br />Elder Travis Jon Wheelwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838739575765222365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408026395342969515.post-87302473955374821122013-10-21T10:49:00.002-07:002013-10-21T10:49:59.843-07:00Hola......<div dir="ltr">
Wow, so once again I have run out of time. sorry guys!
I've just had so many emails lately! haha </div>
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This week has been full of
freaking drama. I've had enough. It's with our investigators that were
going to get married. They had an intense fight over some things. It's like a movie plot haha. But its all real. Things are
really falling apart with them and we're not sure if they have a future
as members or not. Gah! What the crap is happening!? I can't give a full account now,
but it's all in my journals. You can read it when I get home. Wow.. you
like how I sounded like Nefi <i>(Nephi)</i> right there? I won't write on these
plates, but on the other ones haha. I'm so funny, no? hahaha. Wow. </div>
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Ummm..what
else. On my birthday - aka mañana - we find out transfers! Something weird
happened and it got changed to a different day. I'll let you know next
week. I think everything is going to stay the same. I'm okay with that I
guess. I'm becoming friends with my comp now! wow, look at that haha.
okay so this Hermana in my district is having health problems. She went
to the doctor and they did xrays and she has a broken spine, completely
in half. The doctors said its bone cancer. So within a matter of 1 day,
she was on her way back to the states. We recently heard though that
they made a mistake with the xrays and that she is fine! yayyyy!! (its
because of the fast we did haha) now she is back and yeah. Crazy stuff.
This week has been a rollercoaster of crazy stuff. </div>
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OH! So this week we came up with an
awesome idea. Since there are a lot of dogs here in Argentina, we
decided to start tying pass-along cards around their necks haha. When
people see it they are going to want to get baptized for SUREEE! </div>
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The huge problem in Argentina is
that everyone just lives together and then they abandon each other..its
awful and makes me sad. </div>
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So
yeah, I'm going to buy a legit cake for my birthday. Its kind of
expensive, but that's okay. FANCY. haha Yeah mom I'm getting
pictures of all of the stuff. Sounds like Nathan is a boss in tennis. Good for
you Nathan. We're going to play soon enough and I'm going to win! </div>
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The sun
is killing me right now. It's so hot, well kind of haha. I'm starting to
use my contacts so I can get rid of my sweet glasses tan. Oh yeah! Well
you guys are super awesome and I love you a lot! Thanks for the support
and the birthday wishes and the packages and all that good stuff. I miss
you all! Chau!!<br />
<br />Elder Wheelwright</div>
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