The Whole Field is Full of Combines....

To Nan...
wow your sacrament sounds way cool. way to go cache for being worthy,
thats cool. its almost a cool story but way cooler than that ;) my
week was full of good things and to start this week off we had a great
pday. we played dodgeball with some other elders, then a ninja attack
game that was great. to finish the day we ate some amazing lomos and
just had a great time all together. its super fun to get other cool
elders together and have fun with kids who have the same standards and
beliefs as you. its kind of giving me a sneek peak at what college is
going to be like i think but who knows! im here and im not going
anywhere till they call me home, fact, bears, beats, battlestar
galactica. there isnt much to say, sorry! the cold sounds incredible.
i dont remember it being that cold in the winter.. that really sounds
like a blast :) i cant wait to see some pics of the farewell party and
all the stuff your doing way up there. sorry this is short but thats
all i have really... i love you alot mom and your the best. it wasnt
luck that we were raised right, it was a miracle! haha nah im just
kiddin. you and dad obviously did what you were supposed to do and we
are the lucky ones to have been able to have you as our parents. have
a fantastic week!
love ya lots,
elder hayden summers

To Bart...
its so great to hear that you had a wonderful sacrament
meeting. i wish i wouldve been there to see cache crying haha that
punk. my week was just the norm. we get to see some crazy stuff here
everyday but its just dulled out after a while. its really neat though
having my comp who just got here and him pointing all of the little
things out that i was pointing out not to long ago. some things go on
here and it just makes you ask, ´why?´ and the answer is, ´because its
argentina´ haha. but i love it so much. ive said it a bunch and i´ll
say it again, its just the best here. i dont even know whats going to
happen when im confronted with that sort of sub degree temperatures
again.. ive gotten cold here a few times and it was 75 degrees! im
going to be an ice cube, a tan ice cube hopefully. i have a nice tan
spot on my wrist where i wear my watch, its not to bad at the moment
but im working on making it really noticable. we are finding more new
people everyday and some of the members are really trying to help us
out alot. without the help of the members, missionary work doesnt
function. i mean we can find people, bring them to church, baptize
them and all of that. but if the members dont help out then the new
conver will most likely fall away. just being friendly and helpful to
new members helps more than any of us even knows. also in the work if
the members arent trying to help us out then we are just two lonely
elders in a huge wheat field with sickles. when the members and the
missionaries work together its like the whole field is full of
combines and they are reaping the harvest at unthinkable speeds and
retention. thats just how it is. life is great, the sun is hot, its
all the same stuff here.
con mucho amor,
elder hayden summers

Acting On a Whim....

hey mom,
its always good for me to here things from your
childhood i dont really hear too much about it.. only that you had
really short hair and that you were a youngest child who everyone
loved :) my week was very sun filled. we get to work all the way
through the part of the day that everyone in this world down here
sleeps. we do as we are told by our leaders even if we dont know why
just to be obeying them. yeah i saw the Lords hands in the baptisms
because every little detail was perfectly falling in place in order to
do it here with us at this time, awesome! im going to second your
opinion about following the spirit no matter what. here i call it
´acting on a whim´ because sometimes there is no time to think about
what your supposed to do or say. so if your being a worthy person then
your first immediate thought will be the correct one. acting on whims
is also interesting and fun :) we are now getting more help from the
branch down here and things are starting to fall into place. im trying
to teach my comp all that i know and also try to make it a good time.
i know i had a hard time at first and i promised myself when i got a
new missionary i´d do my absolute best to make him enjoy his life and
have a good time serving the Lord. i hope im helping him out. enjoy
the pics :)
love,
elder hayden summers

the snow sounds like a lot of fun. im going to love cleaning it up
every day when i get back in a bit. hey if cache has any questions
about stuff tell him to send me a line or something. nowadays you can
just go on your cell phone whenever you want and just send me emails
so if he´s got stuff to ask tell him to do it. he is going to hate
shaving everyday, i know i do. my week was good. before hand in the
mission after we eat lunch with a member family at 1pm we got to go
back home and study during the siesta and then leave about 4pm to work
until 930ish. but now they took that away and are having us working
all day long. im not to against it but the country we are in is...
they take from about 2pm until 630 or 7 to have a nice nap and if
someone knocks on their door in this time they are mad. but when the
new rules come we gotta do what we are told. have of the mission
experience, if not more than that, is just obedience. plus i just have
to follow these strict rules for 2 years and after that im going to
feel free haha. the work is work and i wouldnt have it any other way.
luckily doing commercial fishing warmed me up so now i know how to
work here. even if i did sleep in the front most of the time. love ya
dad, have fun in the snow and with work.

love,
elder hayden summers

Everything About How to Be a Missionary....

To Nan....
My new years was okay. we played a board game and watched the fireworks
that were going off all over the place. it sounded like a war, its
hard to imagine, but believe it! it was way cool. we made brownies and
drank pop until the fireworks ended then went to bed so we could get
up on time to go to church. we had a miracle happen here with me and
my comp elder carter. a new family moved in and they asked us straight
up to baptize their two kids. we said, okay! so we had that little
bunch of amazingness fall into our laps this week, mega awesome. it
took work that was tough anyways even though it was so perfect but it
all happened greatly. im doing great. here it is averaging 38 degrees
celcius everyday. we have random hail storms in the nights too. a
whole huge grape field got demolished by the hail. all the leaves and
grapes were just destroyed and not a thing was left on the branches. i
guess that field wasnt all white and ready to harvest... i love life,
its hot here and cold there, good luck with that :) i have another
package in the mission home but i wont get it for a while i think.
thanks to EVERYONE!! the packages and all of it was just great! i love
you lots! elder hayden summers

To Bart...
 stuff in the temple is just the most best isnt it! my week was great and
i hope yours was too. im getting to teach my comp everything about how
to be a missionary. in the mtc we learn alot but when we hit the field its all just right
there in your face and its just you versus the world. the people are
real and everything we do is to truly help their lives out. i am
realizing now how much ive progressed since i got here in argentina
almost a year ago. it all comes so slow and almost un noticabley then
all of a sudden im conversing with the people like its nothing. like
the other day i realized that i was teaching and this other missionary
that was new as well was with me for the day and he started playing
with the kids. i took a step back and realized that i would do that
too. and its good there is someone to do that because the kids were
being very loud and when he occupied them they hushed up and let us be
so i could teach the sister what was up. roles switch really fast. for
the last 5 months or so ive been the main speaker and itll probably
continue that until its all said and done. love ya
dad, tell my bros they are fat ;) elder hayden summers

Christmas Skype......

Best Christmas present EVER!!!  We got to call Hayden christmas afternoon and then skype with him for the last  40 minutes.  He looks SO good, he is incredibly happy and said that the work is just "hard" but he loves it!  He was in a members home.  This lady Rosa is kinda his Argentina Mom, she has been doing thier laundry and he says she pats thier hands and reprimands them if they look scroungy at all.  I love her!  We got to see her on skype too, she had no clue what we were saying but she just smiled and waved at us.  The funnest part of his call was when I just sat back and watched Hayden, Cache and Fischer talk to each other.  They laughed and laughed, it was heaven to a Mom's ears.   We showed Hayden the snow outside and he went crazy, he is adapted to the heat some but it is still almost unbearably hot.  His new companion was doing well for his first week out, I think Hayden likes being the trainer.  All in all, the reason for the season is Christ and his birth, seeing Hayden serving and loving this time is better than any present I could think of.  He glows with the spirit, you can feel it in each word he says.  He sends his love to all of you, thanks for packages and letters and all the support.  Next christmas we will have him home.....blessings!!!  Love, Nan