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

It's SOOOOOOO Hot.....

To Bart....
you mixing up the masculine and feminine thing reminds me of the
office when michael is trying to learn spanish and is marking
everything with a post-it note if its feminine or masculine, haha.
yeah its different with the whole concept because in english we dont
have that at all. so now i guess the skype rules have changed and we
have to do it on a the sunday itself and all the computer places here
are closed that day. they said we can go to a members house here but i
dont want to worry them on that on the day of christmas so a call will
suffice. i think i sent the number to mom in the surprise email i sent
this week. our church is only an hour long as
well but it happens to be starting right at 10am here. i was thinking
that maybe after the day of church of us both it would work better.
that means we would be out at 11am argentina time. and ill be home
probably from 2pm to whenever. ill be carrying the cell phone with me
all day just in case. im pumped for it too. the time on mothers day i
didnt really know spanish as well as i do now so im excited. my week
was good, i had to go and re-do my visa so i can stay here for one
more year and i worked my magic and we ended up going to burger king
again. i got the whopper rodeo. im now in love with onion rings. i
cant wait to get home and cook an argentine meal for you guys. im
going to need lots of oil, tomatoes, and salt. so if you were to call
me at maybe three or so my time or even just right after your church.
the whole day i will be devoting to christmas and your call so
whenever you can call after your church hour is done will be great. im
training a new missionary starting on wednesday. he is not going to
know anything about anything so i get to teach him the ropes and how
to be a boss in this wacked out country. itll be sick. cant wait to
talk to you guys. ill get on the computer again during the week to see
what times would be best for you to call me. so if you could send an
email back so i can see whats up would be perfect. ITS SOOO HOTT!! its
hard to even sleep at night. crazy. okay love you dad, dont stop your
progressing now that you got it going so well. there are a lot of
inactive families here that used to be way strong and it all happens
right after they were the most strongest. not saying that our family
will ever be that way haha but satan works his hardest on the best of
Gods children. love your son, elder hayden summers
　
To Nan....　
so mom the skype thing is a no go. i explained it to dad and i dont
have the will to do it again haha. im doing great, hot, but great
indeed. yeah i was hoping that some more packages would come with some
chocolates and christmas stuff too :) i set up gmas little nativity
that she gave me and its the last time ill use it in argentina! also
the first though.. im glad the tree is up and sad i have to miss it.
things are going to be alot different next christmas :) dont worry im
still focused. i get to train a newbie from the mtc starting on
wednesday. im going to try my best to show him how things are here.
he´ll be coming here almost exactly a year after i got here. the week
was good, we had interviews with our mission president, he is a boss.
even though he only speaks spanish haha. but for real he is the best
and super smart and just full of great advice. the mission is the best
and im so happy that you guys are safe and recieving blessings. youll
have a good 9 months of double missionary blessings so get prepared
for magic! thats all i got for this week. love you a ton mom and merry
christmas!! talk to you in 7 days :) bye!

Christmas 20 Days Early....

To Nan...
hey thanks for the christmas packages!!! it was good to open them 20
days earlier even though you had clearly labeled to wait. i just
figured if it is something i could use it would be better if i could
open it now and use it. so yeah today we used my football and it was a
blast! thanks for all of it. but you said your going to send other
things too? sweet!! im always ready for more lovin from home.im
doing pretty good. i am alright at soccer now. im the second best
one in our zone of 12 elders, two of which are actual latin missionaries
and most of the others have more experience than me. i just like
being the best, that’s all :) the cache story is cool and i kind of
dont believe it but at the same time i expect nothing less of that
from him. i mean i would have done the same thing as well.
did cache sell his snowmachine? For his mission give him more
bottoms of garments than tops. all of the other advice that i
was gathering up for him is pretty much useless
now that he is going to utah.. so i feel somewhat useless in the area
of advise but thats all good. they used to use bikes here but they
were being robbed too much so the got rid of the bikes and make us
walk everywhere. i now weigh 95 kilos with my clothes on. i havent
converted it to pounds yet cuz i just weighed myself in a pharmacy.
thats the life of a missionary.. im going to send some pics i hope
you enjoy them. i love you mom and the mission is the best.
thanks for supporting me and helping me out so much before

and even now. love ya lots! bye!

Sweating My Pants Off...

To Nan...
so right now i am sweating my pants off in a stuffy old computer place
with argentine kids yelling and screaming all over the place playing
world of warcraft.. thats my life!always after a good pday i get to write
so im usually on the up-swing. the work is really hard and the hearts
of the people are harder.. but im just doing as much as i can and doing
it the best way i know.that would be way cool.
im doing good, very hot, but good. i dont really remember how i was at
the end of my time before the mission. i think i tried really hard to
get you to love me more by bringing you lunch and stuff. i know you
know that i may have had other motives.. aka getting free lunch and
brownie points but I liked doing it anyways. i think we got along good
right before and miss that alot. im definately going to LOVE watching the
harrypotter 7 movies together with you and dad and fischer. its going
to be the best. okay im out.
yeah going to burger king was amazing. i got a whopper extreme max,
everything on it. ate it all and loved every bacon filled bite of it.
miss ya mom! love you too. peace!

To Bart....　
wow i cant believe they cancelled church in alaska! thats crazy. my
week was great! it was a bit different because my comp got bitten by a
spider and we had to run to nasty doctor offices all around
everywhere. but in the end things are just about all fixed with his
leg. we actually found a giant spider in our house place and trapped
it, took pics, then baptized it by fire! it was as big as the palm of
my hand. we think it was just a wolf spider. also we found a bug that
is from argentina in our house that supposedly can kill you within
hours. we caught it and took it to the hospital to have them check if
it had the desease that they carry sometimes. this pday we did soccer
and i got 3 packages from you guys for christmas. i dont know if im
going to be able to wait... thanks for all the packages you send me it
is the best. i cant wait to play mario bros with you guys when i get
home that sounds like a lot of fun. love your elder hayden summers