I'm Going To Win....

Hey mom,
             i did get a package from you and from the Lawrences!

 That made me happy. I didnt even know that
chocolate marshmallows existed, it blew my mind! All the candy from
everyone is very warmly welcomed here too so thanks to all of you :)
My week has been alright. Me and another elder in the pench got sick
and it has been since Thursday  night and its barely starting to calm
down. We will both be way happy when it passes by us someday. It has
been a rollercoaster week and it is really hard to find new people
that are good. I gotta deal with what i got though and make the best
of it so its just a continuous battle that im going to win :) Thanks
for all your support mom, it really helps me alot. Love you lots!

Hey dad,
>             Not much to report from over here. I was sick for the
> most part of the week and didnt leave the pench until today since last
> thursday. Im much better now but not all the way good. Tell fischer to
> not go crazy and to look around for different girls. There are a
> million of them out there and to plaster yourself with one for a long
> time before the mission is just trouble and super hard. Tell him to
> trust me and to not just throw my words out the window like he does
> yours ;) nah just kiddin but really he needs to be cool and calm and
> in 7 months im going to beat him up. Love ya dad stay strong and keep
> it real

He Felt the Most Weirdest....

Hey dad,
             I think that i rival Anchorages snow inch mark with the
amount of sweat inches ive sweated, but they still beat me by a few
centimeters. Oh so something happened the other day. I was looking at
this brochure that they gave to the missionaries to be able to buy a
cover made of leather and with pictures drawn into the leather. I
looked at the prices and they were in American dollars. My mind didnt
know how to compute that so it turned the dollars into pesos in my
head and then i understood how much it would cost me. I need
help..hah. But really that incident made me think about a lot of the
things that i do and live through each day. My life here isnt really
that bad at all, its just really different than anywhere else. I
prayed alot to the Lord to help me become accustomed to the people,
the culture, the weather, the language, the everything really, and I
know that he has helped me out abundantly. In some ways almost so much
that i consider Argentina as normal and everything about what happens
here as perfectly right. Its hard to explain but alls i know is that
the Lord just poured out a million blessings to me and they are still
raining down, I wish that kind of wonderfullness on every person that i
meet here. It is difficult to help someone out when they dont want to
change or even want the help at all. I see it in members,
investigators, and missionaries and also in myself sometimes haha. Its
a real bother but when the people are ready to accept the help or  want
to change we are here on the spot to help them out and show them how
they can make their lives directed into an eternal perspective. Thanks
for everything dad! Love ya old guy.

Hi momma,
                 This week was supurb! We got a referal the other day for a
family that lives in the middle of a neighborhood that is supposedly
´dangerous´ according to my comp. We went there and he was walking
around with his scriptures in his hands just tight as a rat at a cats
concert.. I knew that we would be protected if we just did the Lords
bidding and contacted this family. We went there and i saw the danger
level rise as we got into more slummy slums, we turned a corner, and
saw... nothing.. There was no danger, only the thoughts that my comp
had, well has. I had to practically drag him there and i have to drag
him to our appointments because he just doesnt care or something.
Frustrating.. Easter was okay though. The people here just make
chocolat eggs and watch all the movies that have ever been made about
Jesus on television. I never once heard anything about an Easter
Bunny. Oh and i learned that the tooth fairy doesnt come here because
they have someone else. His name is Ratón Perez, translation,  Perez
the Rat haha. He sneaks in and takes the teeth and leaves a peso for
the lucky loser of a tooth. Anyways, yesterday evening we had the most
spiritual lesson that i have ever had in my entire mission!! It was
sooo cool!! Garsh it was perfect. In the middle of the lesson we asked
the investigator how he felt, he said he felt weird. Then he pointed
at me and said when i talked he felt the most weirdest. Aka the spirit
was just shouting at him haha it was really the thing that has made
this whole time worth it. I just love this time so much! Love you too
mom! Ttyl

I Stood Up Tall and Got In a Battle Stance....

Hi mom,
              The week was long. My comp got sick on wednesday and i
got to experience the long day of nothing to do but read the
scriptures and try not to get cabin fever hah. General Conference was
obviously the super bowl of March and April. I loved how in the
saturday session Elder Holland said, ¨do not wait, it is getting
late.¨ then just ended his talk!! Can you even do that!? Well i guess
he can do whatever he wants, it was amazing. We were able to watch it
in english in a seperate room in the small stake center we have here.
I really loved all the talks and its really amazing how the talks can
give advice and comfort to whatever kind of person you are, member or
not, tall or short, skinny or less skinny, bald or foggy hair, its all
the same :) We are just trying out best out here to keep both the ward
and the branch alive and its definately some good work. I love you
guys so much, the sunday sessions were alot to do with family and it
really hit me good that i know i´ll have you forever as my mom and
that one day we will all see Amanda and be together. Its simply the
best. Love you mom! Happy Easter!

Hey dad,
              So i am definately glad that people in the promised land
of America are learning more about the church through you. Im doing my
best here to stay afloat. The other day we went to a plaza and this
crazy guy started yelling drunken nonsence at us. He was saying how he
is sick of white people trying to show him God. He started coming
towards us and i stood up tall and got in a battle stance. He stopped
and continued yelling and spat at us and condemned us to the opposite
place as heaven haha. We walked away saying thanks to him and his
buddy. Super bowl was sweet! We went to walmart to get supplies and
munched. I have not eaten so unhealthy in a very long time haha. I try
to keep it to the basics, cereal, tomatoes, and peanut butter. Of
course whenever i feel like getting some ice cream i try not to
hesitate but besides that, that is how i eat here. Without the walmart
it was just the same diet but not any peanut butter in sight.
Sandwiches every now and then help and noodles... ive had about enough
of noodles for a lifetime. The work moves on more slowly here than in
other places, but it is always moving forward. General conference was
the ¨bomb.com¨ and i pulled a lot out of it that i am going to put
into practice as soon as i can. Love you dad, stay safe. Bye.

Tiny Baptism....

Hey dad,
               Sorry that i am out of time right now but happy 45th
birthday, sorry i missed it again. You were always so cool my whole
life and i remember being petrified of when you had to come home
sometimes because i had done something wrong and i knew you were going
to find out. But really most of the best memories that i have of our
family is fishing and football, and we were able to have those times
because of you. Thanks for being a good example in this last part of
your life for me and my brothers and especially mom. I know that she
has prayed alot for you and right now you are becoming all that God
wants you to be. I love you dad and happy birthday.

:) We had a tiny baptism on saturday!!!!!! It was a cool 8 day miracle
where we asked the kid to be baptized straight up the first time that
i met him and him and his mom said yes, bada bing bada boom saturday
arrives and he gets dunked and enters through the door that leads to
the kingdom of God :) The area i am in is more civilized right now and
i dont really like it to be honest. Too noisy and bustly and busy for
my taste but there is fruit here just the same as in other parts of
the country so we push along. Love you lots mom!! Toodles!

Physical and Spiritual nourishment.....

It seems like you picked up some good spanish down there, and i saw a
picture of you on the playa, are you balding? :) You dont have to
answer that question, we all know its just disappearing like the
morning fog.. If i ever bald there will be a lovely scar right in the
middle of my head and people will call me harry potter the rest of my
life. Just one of those precious gifts that dear old Argentina has
given me. The week was well and fast. Just getting to know people all
over again and starting a new in a new place. Saying goodbye to the
people back in my old area was tough and tears were shed but we
continue on and keep fighting for the Lord. My new comp is an english
and spanish speaking Chileno, he is 25 years old and has done 5 years
of law school. He likes talking about food, alot... So when we dont
talk about food or the Gospel we dont talk at all but its all good,
thats all one needs to survive right? Physical and Spiritual
nurishment.. My area is spelled Guaymallén, i would love to see how
you would try pronouncing the names of the places ive been haha. Stay
safe and keep up the good work in AK. Love ya dad.

Im happy the letter got to you, the little times that ive sent things
out into the mail world they have never gotten to where i intended..
So i got my new comp, he is from Chile, speaks good english, and the
area is pretty cool. My first day in this area i set foot in a flippin
Walmart! It was the first time i had stepped in one for 16 months.. I
had a reverse culture shock there of a great taste of America :) it
was just so great i was loving every second. The area is cool we are
trying our best to keep these places alive and bring more people to
the kingdom of God. Love ya mom!

The Sun Was Being a Jerk....

Wow it really sounds like you have an awesome time traveling and a
bunch of extra money without me and cache sucking out all your food and
stuff ;) nah im sure fischer can eat for the two of us out here ;)
　
Hey,
So i am being transfered to another area called Guymallén, its
about an hour bus ride from where i am right now so its just right
there. The week was good, it got pretty hot here the last few days, im
not sure exactly what it was but the sun was being a jerk and it was
close to 100 or more. I dont really like being transfered from a place
after i have come so close to all the people here, members and
investigators all the same, it so crazy how i grow so close to these
people! It just dont make no sense, but i love it! I think that it is
so cool you got to take a break from life and venture to the lands of
fun things and relaxing. We went around and bought some things today
from this country, i ended up just getting some shades and shorts.
Thats all i got, i hope you enjoy the rest of your vacation in march!
Love Elder Hayden Summers

Only in Argentina.....

Hello Mother,
You are
exatcly right, our missions are the perfect opposites. But that is
where he is supposed to be and i know this is where i am suppossed to
be too, that is that. I´ll have to put the gma Hardy saying into
affect asap. My week was good. Nothing was super epic or extraordinary
in my life this past 7 days of my life. There was one day that we
ended up walking to the sun and back! It at least seemed that way from
the dumb heat that is going on outside. But we really walked
everywhere that day, Friday i think it was. I´m betting it was close
to 15 miles easy. I started the day with no holes in my socks and
ended with both my socks disinegrating right from underneath my toes.
I had a great time popping what seemed like a bottomless blister which
produced enough liquid to rival the spring of water that runs out of
the mountain on the way to homer and seward. I witnessed the power of
fasting this weekend, its sweet action tripled. On the long walk home
that one day we were walking alongside a huge field of grapes and saw
in the distance a dark purple huew outlining the mountains. We had to
stop from pure amazement when we saw the stars about us and what
looked like flickering stars above the grape field. They were
fireflies! The whole setting was pure beautiful. Only in Argentina :)
Love, Elder Hayden Summers
　
Holy vaca they are already planning the talks for when i talk! That is
not cool it is way far away i still have a world full of ages left in
my mission! But for real, its going by too fast. This week was really full of trials and
disapointment, but for some crazy reason i am still very happy, it
kind of freaks me out. Speaking of Cache being over 10 wards there, i
think he has more leadership people in his area than i do as active
members here in my branch.. One day this place will be as blossoming
as the Mormon Stuffed capital of Salt Lake City, but until that day i
am going to keep building the foundations for the church here in
Mendoza. I learned this week that we really need to through our whole
life being into this work because that is what the Lord asks of us and that
is what He needs. Just another eye opener for me that we can always
try harder and do better. Stay being brilliant dad, dont lose your
light.
Love, Elder Hayden Summers