HEAT!

Good week!

So we don´t have a ton of time but basically just doing the normal missionary work here in Garín!

We had a baptism yesterday of a girl named Liz, who has been an investigator for the last 3 years or something like that. We weren´t teaching her, then her ex-boyfriend got home from the mission and it seemed like she was ready to get baptized now so we passed over everything and baptized her! She was super excited about her baptism and very emotional. 

Now starting the last week of this transfer and to be honest it has been crazy. Talking to President this morning we kind of got a hint that we might be staying together for Elder LeBaron´s last transfer in the mission!

We were talking about the zone numbers and then Elder LeBaron asked what we can do for President and he said, ¨Elder, just make this last transfer the best transfer of your mission. Work so hard that when you get to my house you are completely drained, and if Elder Wardle has to give you a kick in the butt, well we can live with that.¨ haha, so seems like we are staying together, and we are pretty stoked. 

Alright, basically everything super interesting that happens here haha. I hope you guys are awesome.

Every time we talk about the United States everyone tells us that people are freezing to death up there and then I get emails that say its 70, so they must not be talking about Las Vegas!

Love,

Elder Wardle

HOLA!

Hey family!

Pretty awesome week. Tuesday we had zone conference with another zone and so we learned a lot about how if we teach more lessons, we will baptize more.

This week our zone killed it on lessons and it seems like the whole mission is doing the same thing. Elder Figueroa, who once upon a time was my zone leader and who is now one of the assistants, did divisions with us and it was so fun because I used to do divisions with him and he was also Elder LeBaron´s companion, so we enjoyed ourselves and taught a lot. 

Had a few crazy days with finding new people and crazy less-actives who want to argue and then helping out converts and we are just enjoying the work. Not sure if anything stands out.

Oh yeah, the guy who came to church last week who was a crazy miracle turned out to be a crazy guy who had just studied a lot so he could get ¨in.¨ We had a to be a little careful with him but we are all good now.

Think that is about it. Sounds like a boring week but I promise it was awesome!

Thank you for all the love, support, prayers, it is definitely felt on this side of the world :) 

Keep being awesome everybody, baptize your friends!!

Love,

Elder Wardle

2014!!!!

Hello Family and Happy New Year!

New Year’s was pretty calm for us missionaries. We had permission to go home at 10:30 and then we just made sure everyone was home and went to bed. So yeah, partying it up down here in South America. 

Friday we helped one of the convert families lay a cement patio, which was pretty cool and also extremely non-professional haha, but it turned out alright we think. 

So on Sunday we show up to church with 0 investigators because no one woke up to come with us and then we talk to this man who is there for his first time. He said he had a dream with an angel who said his name was Moroni, so he found out where that was from and came to church and said he wants to get baptized in a couple weeks. Pretty exciting stuff, we have our first lesson with him this evening so pray for that. Just enjoying the heat down here. 

2014 is gonna rock, just so everyone knows. Keep living awesome lives and updating me about them, I love you guys

Love,

Elder Wardle

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

So we had a pretty hot awesome Christmas here in Argentina. Alright, so the way they celebrate here is nowhere near how awesome it is in the States but it is alright. Basically Fourth of July kind of with barbecue and then fireworks at midnight. A few gifts too. The fireworks went on for a while and my companion tells me it will be worse on New Years so wish me luck. 

Ezequiel, who got baptized last week, got confirmed yesterday so that was pretty good. 

Yesterday we went to got pick up our lunch because they didn´t have time for us to eat with them so we walked to their house, which is probably a little over a mile and then back. We got home completely drenched in sweat it was really gross but pretty funny also. 

Something I learned in this last week is that the Gospel is easy. I was testifying of the Gospel and this came into my mind and I realized how true it was. I already had heard it but not sure if I really understood it. The decision to leave behind our old life is what is difficult. When we give up everything and give it to the Lord, He makes it a lot easier for us. 

There is a quote from C.S. Lewis that I heard lately and really liked. Something about how the Lord doesn´t want to bind or subdue the natural man, but has come to kill him. If we can take off the natural man or kill him, then the Gospel life is easy to live. Not really sure if this makes sense to anyone else but me but I liked it. 

Thank you all for being such an amazing family. Christmas away from your family is not the most fun thing in the world but I know that I am where I am supposed to be and that makes me happy :) 

Happy New Year! Take a bunch of pictures and send them on down here! 

Love,

Hot in Buenos Aires

Hey everybody!!

So, Elder Walker left yesterday and it was kind of weird to send him off to his house. He didn´t really want to leave either but his two years ended so I guess it was his time. 

Found out last night that Elder LeBaron from Arizona is my new companion, and I was super stoked. I already knew him because we have sung together a few times and we met when I first got here, so we are pretty excited. 

So it has gotten pretty hot here in the last few weeks and I am afraid I am going to melt but if you don´t really think about it it isn´t that bad. I learned that eating a ton of meat (a LOT of meat) and then walking fast in the hotness is not healthy for your body. We´ve got a few investigators that are progressing for their baptisms so that should be good. 

We´ve realized that the zone has been a bit disobedient lately so we need a lot of help from the Lord to help us out with that. On Friday we went to the temple with all the other Elders that are going home so that was pretty sweet. 

We did not get to sleep that much this weekend just because a bunch of things happened as Elder Walker was finishing up packing and things like that. So grateful that I got to serve with him. He taught me a lot of what it means to be a leader and how to lead as Christ would. 

I´ve learned a lot more about patience this transfer and I know it is something I need to keep working on. Alright we´ve got to go but you guys are awesome. Keep the faith!

Love,

Elder Wardle

Hot in Argentina

Hey fam!

We´re had a super hot week here in the country side of Buenos Aires. We have a ceiling fan in our room that kind of works but not super well and so we just sweat all night. Hopefully that means we´re just losing a ton of weight every night. 

We´ve got a few solid investigators that are progressing nicely and we are about to finish this transfer up and send my companion packing to go start working and looking for a wife. Pretty crazy. The zone is struggling a bit and so we´re responsible to help them so we need to lift them up a bit more. 

As the Christmas season starts coming in we know that a ton of people are going to be more receptive to the message and that we just have to be diligent in order to help them. 

Sounds like you guys are freezing over there. haha your turn :) 

We had a really cool lesson yesterday in the house of a member with her friend. We realized that you don´t have to teach anything in a fancy way or for super long to have a powerful lesson. We spoke with them for about 15 minutes about basic faith and the Spirit was felt very strongly and the friend is now preparing to be baptized. 

I know that God just wants to give us so many blessings and that if we are faithful that He will give us everything. Love you guys so much

Elder Wardle

November pics 2013 - Zone meeting and Baptism