Hola a todos!!

We had a really solid week. On Wednesday we sent off Elder LeBaron with his bags packed and Elder Stewart started to get to know the area. We recently learned of a huge strike going on with the public school teachers. School was supposed to start a couple weeks ago but it still hasn´t and so the kids are enjoying a little more summer. 

Also, on Friday all the buses stopped going because of safety issues for the drivers or something so we got stuck in another part of the zone and had to be creative to not waste a ton of money, so yeah, that was super fun haha. 

Mostly looking into less active families to reactivate them and finding new investigators through them. Elder Stewart and I get along super well, I´m just a little frightened to know how long I´m going to be in this ward if they keep sending me missionaries that are finishing their missions haha. 

Congratulations to Bostyn for her baptism this Saturday. And I love the picture of Zac with Fox, he has so much hair!!! Have a great week everybody!

Love,

Elder Wardle

Hey Everybody!

So I didn´t/couldn´t get transferred because Elder LeBaron leaves tomorrow but we did go pick up my new companion today. His name is Elder Stewart and we actually lived together when I first got here in Argentina about a year ago, oh and surprise surprise!! he leaves in six weeks, so that is two more transfers for me in Garin for a grand total of 7.5 months here haha, and I´m okay with that. It is quite a long time in one area but this is a pretty cool area, and I´m really excited to work with Elder Stewart. 

We had the baptism of Tobias, a ten year old kid, on Sunday which was awesome. There´s still an issue with the electricity and water so we only had about a foot and a half of water so he had to lay down to get baptized. As he came out of the water he exclaimed, ¨Super!!¨ which just made everybody laugh. Elder LeBaron´s farewell was on Sunday which was cool. 3 of my companions leave tomorrow, so insane. We are so blessed to be in this work and the time truly does fly. This last week I completed a whole year in this country, and it is going by too fast, it makes me pretty sad. I love this work. Thank you all for being awesome. 

Love,

Elder Wardle

HELLO!

Hey everybody!

So we had a pretty good week. Lately we have been struggling with finding new investigators to teach, which is a problem I think all missionaries have.  So we´ve been focusing on inviting EVERYONE to church and to listen to us and everything, not that we didn´t do it before, now we´re focusing on it, so we´re seeing some results from that. 

The zone is killing it, showing us as always that it is never the area, but the missionaries in the area. If they are obedient and willing to work and go to the Lord, they will receive success because He wants more of His children in church. 

Funny story, I had remembered Cody´s birthday last week, especially since it was my companion´s birthday yesterday, and so we celebrated Cody´s birthday hardcore down here in Argentina by eating no less than four cakes yesterday. Love you guys!

Elder Wardle

Finishing February!

Hey everybody!

We don´t have too much time today but this week was awesome. Finishing the month of February and the zone killed it and we broke our record for baptisms and confirmations! 

While in sacrament meeting yesterday our Bishop spoke about the small and simple things. If we do not focus on the small things, we will fail, fall because small things build. Small weaknesses turn into large weaknesses, but small things that we can do everyday will build up our defenses. Praying every day and reading from the Book of Mormon EVERYDAY is what Heavenly Father wants us to do. If we would just do these two simple things, our lives would change for the better, we would experience the Holy Ghost in more abundance, be happier, and we would be preparing ourselves to reach the Celestial Kingdom. I have noticed in my mission that as I take my personal prayer and scripture study seriously, miracles happen in the mission field. 

Alright, felt the need to preach. I hope you guys are all doing awesome. Love you!

Elder Wardle

Muddy Streets!

Hey everybody,

So super awesome, random week. Turns out when lots of rain and wind comes, our roof of sheet metal, called chapa, lifts up and then slams back down making sleep impossible. Another effect, streetsmade out of dirt become super muddy, so we enjoy walking through them and apologizing to members and non-members alike as we walk into their clean houses with muddy shoes.

Besides that, some pretty amazing things happened. We helped a less active guy build an add on room to his house. Well, more like we mixed cement on the ground for him while he built it because our brick laying skills aren´t super great. Then we went to church and the water wasn´t working so our Bishop volunteered his swimming pool for a baptism so we had cool caravan to his house in which my companion and I rode in the back of truck. A guy went to church for his first time, went to the baptism at the Bishop´s house, and accepted a baptismal date for March 2. 

Plus the zone is seriously kicking butt this month of February. Our goal for the month was 12 baptisms/12 confirmations and with one weekend left we are at 11/8 right now with 7 set baptisms this Sunday!! So blessed to be a part of the work right now. Open your mouth people, because there are people waiting for the truth, not coming to the truth for they know not where to find it. 

Love

Elder Wardle

Baptism of Lourdes and Temple Day

Baptism of Lourdes!

Temple Day! 2/10/2014

What's Up?

What´s up everybody!!

We had a pretty good week here in the boonies. Lots of rain and lots of mud but we´re feeling good. Realized lately that I have been extremely blessed with my companions in my mission. I´ve gotten along with all of them and though we may have differences I end up enjoying my time with them so much. Elder LeBaron is finishing his mission in a month and we are just really enjoying the work together. 

We were able to go to the temple this morning with the whole mission and it is such a blessing that we have the true Church on the earth isn´t it? Satan tries to shake our testimony through so many mediums in the world today but all we have to do is trust in what we know to be true. One of the most worrying things but so critical in the conversion process is working through doubts. Many of the people I have taught experience doubts, many right before or right after baptism, and they struggle and I can only lead them to the truth and I just want to convince them. I know that this is the true Church, I testify of it daily and the Spirit helps me know that it is true. So grateful that I have it in my life, and so grateful for a family that taught me the truth even when I didn´t recognize it. 

Love you guys!

Elder Wardle