Hey Mom!!!
We had quite the opportunity yesterday in the afternoon. Elder Bednar was here in Buenos Aires and they did a broadcast conference for Argentina, Paraguay, and Uraguay.
We were really excited to listen to him speak and he got up and said, "well this isn't going to be a normal meeting. None of us have prepared talks but we're going to give you the opportunity to ask questions." So for an hour and a half, people asked questions and they responded. It was amazing!!!
Anyways that was my excitement for the week. Other than that it has been really calm. We are just working and trying to get people progressing and you know the normal.
Love
Your Elder Johnny Berghout
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
9 November 2009
Hey Mom,
Yeah i can't believe it's November either. It should be starting to get hot here and all we have had is cold, rain, and snow. But it's okay everything is going great!!! We have lots of investigators that are moving along great and we are sure to have some fall in the water this transfer!!!
Oh yeah, We had a pretty crazy week, one of the elders in my district, he is from Uraguay, I stayed with him and his comp for three weeks while I was waiting for my comp to get here but anyways, he got a call from the President, Saturday, saying that his father had died. . . . Talk about crazy. . . . but he took it pretty well. I talked with him on the phone and he said it's sad but at least we have the knowledge of God's plan.
That will be a nice job for Matt but wow he'll have another thing coming when he gets in the mission. I swear every night this week I have gotten to the apartment and I have been out of energy, I really feel old Ha Ha!!!!
That is great that your arm is healed!!! I hope that the bone spurs go away so that you don't have to have your shoulder scoped!!!
Ha ha yeah . . . that last month goes by so fast ha ha!!! (friend Aaron has 1 month before leaving on his mission) Hopefully he doesn't wait too long.(to get ready) I remember doing the tiling the last two weeks. . .how did that turn out---did you guys ever get the grout in?
Oh Sweet!!! (Mark and Janna are building a new home) When will their house be done? And how are they doing? (Mark--email Johnny!!!!) Tell Mark that we will have to play some guitar when I get back, I've forgotten a lot. Ha Ha!!!!
Yeah I got my package!!!! Thanks for the garments!!!! They aren't the same as my other ones but it doesn't matter. It's so nice to have new ones!!! Oh Yeah, and thanks for the (Halloween) candy haha!!!! I wanted to dress up haha!!! Oh wait, I was dressed up----as a missionary!!!!
Anyways, thanks for everything
Love
Your Elder Johnny Berghout
Yeah i can't believe it's November either. It should be starting to get hot here and all we have had is cold, rain, and snow. But it's okay everything is going great!!! We have lots of investigators that are moving along great and we are sure to have some fall in the water this transfer!!!
Oh yeah, We had a pretty crazy week, one of the elders in my district, he is from Uraguay, I stayed with him and his comp for three weeks while I was waiting for my comp to get here but anyways, he got a call from the President, Saturday, saying that his father had died. . . . Talk about crazy. . . . but he took it pretty well. I talked with him on the phone and he said it's sad but at least we have the knowledge of God's plan.
That will be a nice job for Matt but wow he'll have another thing coming when he gets in the mission. I swear every night this week I have gotten to the apartment and I have been out of energy, I really feel old Ha Ha!!!!
That is great that your arm is healed!!! I hope that the bone spurs go away so that you don't have to have your shoulder scoped!!!
Ha ha yeah . . . that last month goes by so fast ha ha!!! (friend Aaron has 1 month before leaving on his mission) Hopefully he doesn't wait too long.(to get ready) I remember doing the tiling the last two weeks. . .how did that turn out---did you guys ever get the grout in?
Oh Sweet!!! (Mark and Janna are building a new home) When will their house be done? And how are they doing? (Mark--email Johnny!!!!) Tell Mark that we will have to play some guitar when I get back, I've forgotten a lot. Ha Ha!!!!
Yeah I got my package!!!! Thanks for the garments!!!! They aren't the same as my other ones but it doesn't matter. It's so nice to have new ones!!! Oh Yeah, and thanks for the (Halloween) candy haha!!!! I wanted to dress up haha!!! Oh wait, I was dressed up----as a missionary!!!!
Anyways, thanks for everything
Love
Your Elder Johnny Berghout
Saturday, November 7, 2009
2 November 2009
Hey Mom!!!!
Everything is going Great!!!! We got transfers and my new comp and I are staying here in the same area and we are excited for this transfer. We ended up not having any baptisms this last transfer but we are sure to have some this transfer. We have had a lot of good success this last week and are working hard to keep it up after all the snow that came the week before and distroid (destroyed) most of our appointments.
Earlier this week, we were teaching one of our investigators and we taught about prophets and then we don't like have pamphlets for this lesson so we gave her a gospel principles book with the chapter marked to study before the next time. Well, we came back and asked if she had read the chapter and she said yeah then showed us that she had read the first 17 chapters of the gospel principles book. . . Ha ha!!! Talk about a surprise . . . then we taught the word of wisdom and her husband, who had not previously been listening, listened and at the end asked, "can you bring me one of these books too?" We didn't have anymore in the apartment so I just gave him mine!!!! He was really excited!!!!
Oh yeah, and they both came to Stake Conference when I was only expecting to see her.
In Stake Conference Elder and Sister Bowen came to speak along with Sister Julie Beck and Matsumori. It was really awesome to listen to them!!!! But it still wasn't the same as having our Stake Conference in the Conference center like at home!!!
Anyways, also, yesterday, we found a couple new people, one is the daughter of a brother in our ward who is the only member in his family. Then also, we found a family from Bolivia, much better off than the family that we were teaching in Neuquen when I was there. They are Awesome, I love the people from Bolivia!!!!
Anyways that's just about all for me, oh, yeah, it did rain a lot Tuesday and Wednesday---like all day!!!
Love you!!!
Your Elder Johnny Berghout
Wow . . . .Only 11 Months left---It's passing too Fast.
Everything is going Great!!!! We got transfers and my new comp and I are staying here in the same area and we are excited for this transfer. We ended up not having any baptisms this last transfer but we are sure to have some this transfer. We have had a lot of good success this last week and are working hard to keep it up after all the snow that came the week before and distroid (destroyed) most of our appointments.
Earlier this week, we were teaching one of our investigators and we taught about prophets and then we don't like have pamphlets for this lesson so we gave her a gospel principles book with the chapter marked to study before the next time. Well, we came back and asked if she had read the chapter and she said yeah then showed us that she had read the first 17 chapters of the gospel principles book. . . Ha ha!!! Talk about a surprise . . . then we taught the word of wisdom and her husband, who had not previously been listening, listened and at the end asked, "can you bring me one of these books too?" We didn't have anymore in the apartment so I just gave him mine!!!! He was really excited!!!!
Oh yeah, and they both came to Stake Conference when I was only expecting to see her.
In Stake Conference Elder and Sister Bowen came to speak along with Sister Julie Beck and Matsumori. It was really awesome to listen to them!!!! But it still wasn't the same as having our Stake Conference in the Conference center like at home!!!
Anyways, also, yesterday, we found a couple new people, one is the daughter of a brother in our ward who is the only member in his family. Then also, we found a family from Bolivia, much better off than the family that we were teaching in Neuquen when I was there. They are Awesome, I love the people from Bolivia!!!!
Anyways that's just about all for me, oh, yeah, it did rain a lot Tuesday and Wednesday---like all day!!!
Love you!!!
Your Elder Johnny Berghout
Wow . . . .Only 11 Months left---It's passing too Fast.
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