The Hand of the Lord in Your Life

argentina update,
                           isnt it great to see the hand of the Lord in your life? honestly He has been lifting me up for my whole life, i just havent noticed it until ive been out here and litereally in His hands. in the mission tough times smack you in the face out of nowhere. things turn south, then they rocket boost straight down. ive thought to myself alot about whats happening and it seems to me that there is hardly ever an easy way through the pain. something that ive noticed though just keeps re-occuring as i face harder and harder times. i get beat down and low in the dirt, try to get through it with a smile, then things get harder. i have in those times been to the point of not knowing what else to do. but then something triggers inside my head. and i say ´hey after this im going to be more manly and strong´, hah. its strange yes but i tell myself that. then i face the whirlwind of tribulation that is in front of my with my chin held high. once i say i can do it, the Lord´s hand swoops in and takes all the burden away. to be honest its incredible. and i even sometimes feel like i wish the burden didnt get lifted or made easier but it did! we are always helped out in our lives. sometimes it doesnt seem like the help is coming at all. but once we buck up to face the odds, we are givin strength, we gain confidence in ourselfes and in others, and we fight through the bad and burst out into a world that we can handle. sorry if thats confusing haha im slightly confused myself. but i know its true, be safe, love elder hayden summers

Confidence in Yourself.....

hello blog.
            this week was fantastic. its interesting for me here because with every companion that i have i definately learn something new from them that just clicks in my head. what i learned this week is some stuff about confidence in yourself. we were discussing confidence and how it relates to faith and what not and it was interesting to ponder. in the church our callings come from inspiration and revelation through the holy ghost. which then means it is from the big Man himself. so every calling we get in this church is God himself telling us that this is where we need to be. he calls us there because he knows that we will do well and progress how he wants us to. he has confidence in us that we can do the tasks that are put in front of us, and, well, he knows everything so he is obviously right hah. now for me i have a hard time having confidence in myself. i feel nervous, on edge, and like i cant get over some of the tasks that im asked to do. especially now. but if i lack confidence in myself than that means that i lack confidence in what i am called to do. which in turn means that i lack confidence in the Lord and ultimately just shows everyone how much faith that i dont have. now if the Lord knows we can do it then there should not be a doubt in our minds that we can. he knows already that you will do it, so i say to myself just buck up and trust in Him who called me here. i love the mission :)

How to Love Others

dear blog,

               the life of a missionary is quite spectacular. one learns how to accept change, how to live with those who annoy, and how to deal with rejection. you also learn how to study the right things, how to accept people for who they are, and how to adjust to peoples needs. most importantly for me, ive learned how to love others. not just a fake love, but one that you feel for someone who you really care about and a person that you truly wish the better for. as a missionary its pretty important to love others, actually if you dont love the people than your not being Christlike which then means you cant completely have his spirit to be with you to teach. thats my little message for this week is to love others. if you love others than you are willing to sacrafice something of yours in order to make their life easier or simpler. if everyone were to do this for everyone else than there would be a billion less problems in the world. thats why Christ is so cool, he knows that and he loves us perfectly. he even told us all the secrets to be like him and even at the end of his mortal life he asked our Heavenly Father to forgive the people for crusifying him. thats super love and he has it for all of us. some day we will make it to that point but we cant make it there unless we are headed in the right direction. im going to try my best to stay going the right direction. youll never get the the good fishing hole if your going the wrong way :) love you all, elder hayden summers

Happy BDay America

hello there,
                so this week was cool. we got another elder in our pench so we are in a trio until wednesday when i leave and go somewhere else. an unknown place with just a goldmine waiting for me to find and try and teach hah. happy bday america, the best nation on earth, the good old United States of A! we are going to celebrate today just us gringos with meat and american football and fire and a big american flag. should be fantastic. enjoy the time you have with your loved ones cuz you never know if youll be in argentina for the 4th of july, hah or two of them. but really hard times are ended with the best times of our lives, that is all. love elder hayden summers

I'll never lose my patriotism!!

well thats another week gone as if it were a dream.
                    so after the book of mormon challenge we had here to read it in 66 days i found something interesting. well alot of things very interesting hah but something that hit me good  is when Jesus tells us that the words of Isaiah are super good and its a commandment to read them. so this week i started up with that challenge. needless to say ive been reading a maze haha. but really its interesting, he uses the craziest ways to say things and you really have to look deep and look up words just to understand what the comparrison it is that he is making. what a challenge it is. but hey, its a commandment to do it so im trying my best haha. i got my packages from everybody! thank you all! it was quite an amazing experience to see all the things from the USA, i´ll never lose my patriotism and i certainly appriciate the US more now than i ever have haha. love you all, stay classy, love elder hayden summers
We heard from him today saying that he will be transferred next wednesday, he is in a trio until then.  Love you all, thanks for following his blog:-)  Love, Nan

Amazingness Covered in Chocolate and Baptisms

hello,
         this week went amazingly. we had a competition of points and one of the ways to gain points was to sing a hymn to people in the street and in their houses. so this whole week we sung ´as i have loved you´ in spanish to everyone! after we sang the short song the people would ask us what we were doing and it opened them up for us to come by their house another day. some people didnt want to hear us sing and they kept walking, but we were persistent, so we sang and walked next to them anyways, even if they were really upset and saying mumbled grumbles to us. how great it is to be a missionary and sing songs to random people on the street :) then i baptized our investigator rafael on saturday. its been a long road with him but we finally got him to the font and he was really ready. the next day we got him to church and he told us that his back didnt hurt anymore and he could use his arm again, he couldnt really use it previously. so yeah amazingness covered in chocolate and baptisms. love you all, elder hayden summers

I Love Fishing!!

dear blog,
               i love fishing, just about all situations in life can relate to fishing in some way somehow. for those of you who arent crazy fishing addicts like my family it may be harder to see this truth. maybe since fishing is a part of my soul i always think of real life things and all of a sudden boom, a fishing memory pops into my head and i learn something from it. in the movie ´cloudy with a chance of meatballs´ the dad only speaks in fishing analogies because for real you can relate it to anything in life. when you go to fish you wont catch anything unless your line is in the water. you cant just throw out a hook with nothing on it or else you wont catch any more than the stick fish we all despise. so we must be prepared with the correct bait and pole and line and knots and you gotta know the right place to go the right river at the right time of the year, the right clothes with things in case of emergency, hooks, bug spray, your lucky underwear, you gotta have it all haha. then your ready to start fishing, but if you dont know how to fish than its all for nothing! but wait, you have along with you a person who guided you to the right spot with the right gear. and he will help you have the confidence to be able to go after the fish and even more important, what to do with that fish once you got it hooked. well i dont have time to explain all of that to you haha oops but i bet my dad knows whats up. love you all, my week was awesome, dont give in to the hard times, love elder hayden summers