Hola Dad!!!
Ha ha. . . yeah we didn't even get Thankgiving.
Nice, yeah we have really had some nice weather here too, then yesterday it got pretty cold but it's really been a lot nicer to work.
Do you think you'll get moved out or maybe they'll decide to make you Stake President or something . . . (talking about how long Dave has been in High Council)
Well anyways. . .about what is going on here. . . We have been working really hard being super obedient trying to do everything that we are asked and my district also. Now the other two companionships in my district are having a lot of success in their areas but it just seems like nothing wants to happen in our area, its killing me. I want to baptize so bad especially with the elder that I'm training cause I remember how bad it was not baptizing with my trainer and only can imagine how he feels. Something could still happen with the people that we have but the chances are looking slimmer and slimmer the closer we get to the end of the transfer.
The time just seems to be flying by too fast, I can now count the months left on my two hands as of tomorrow and I want things to happen before I finish my mission.
Anyways that's just about everything
Te amo
Tu hijo y misionero
Elder Berghout
Hey Mom!!!
(When asked what he would want or need for Christmas)
Maybe some more garments but as of right now nothing much else maybe another pair of shoes. I'm not sure that mine will make it all the way through the end of the mission. I'm hoping that they do but I'm possitive that they will. The ones I have right now are the Ecco's, I love these ones a size 45 or 46. Oh yeah, and shoe polish, I bought another thing when I started in Roca but i just ran out and I haven't been able to find any more here that's very good and with that a new pad to spread it. These are some things that I could use but I won't die without them so don't worry.
Te Amo
Tu hijo y misionero
Elder Johnny Berghout
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
23 November 2009
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
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
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.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
19 October 2009
Hey Mom!!!
We've had a pretty good week, we are working hard and everything is working pretty good!!! Oh, with the new Comp, He is awesome and working hard to learn the language. We only speak Spanish, partly because I have a hard time speaking English now. I can write okay (HE THINKS!!!--one just needs to read the originals---We like to call it creative spelling. Ha Ha) but remembering how to say things is another story. We are really working on doing all that we can to receive the blessing in the work!!!
Oh yeah, my district is doing awesome too!!! Every week, we are getting better and better and having more and more success!!!
Anyways for now that's just about all. . . .
Oh yeah, We will be speaking next week in church. My comp is not too sure about that!!! And on Friday we are going to have a talent show thing in the church!!!!
Love
Your Elder Johnny Berghout
Some of you asked if anyone can Email Johnny---The Answer is YES!!! He said he will try to answer anyone that emails him but it might take a while cause he only has so much time on P days. He would love to hear from everyone!!!
We've had a pretty good week, we are working hard and everything is working pretty good!!! Oh, with the new Comp, He is awesome and working hard to learn the language. We only speak Spanish, partly because I have a hard time speaking English now. I can write okay (HE THINKS!!!--one just needs to read the originals---We like to call it creative spelling. Ha Ha) but remembering how to say things is another story. We are really working on doing all that we can to receive the blessing in the work!!!
Oh yeah, my district is doing awesome too!!! Every week, we are getting better and better and having more and more success!!!
Anyways for now that's just about all. . . .
Oh yeah, We will be speaking next week in church. My comp is not too sure about that!!! And on Friday we are going to have a talent show thing in the church!!!!
Love
Your Elder Johnny Berghout
Some of you asked if anyone can Email Johnny---The Answer is YES!!! He said he will try to answer anyone that emails him but it might take a while cause he only has so much time on P days. He would love to hear from everyone!!!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
12 October 2009
Hey Mom and Dad
My week has been really long but good too!!! I left Bariloche at 11 PM on Tuesday night and arrived in Neuquen at 5 in the Morning to pick up my new companion. I slept from 5:30 to 6:30 then got up and did the normal missionary stuff. Then we had a meeting as trainers with the president at like 10. After that the new missionaries arrived from doing all their papers and we had another meeting at 12 until 4 with all of us. We finished up with that and we had time to go out and work. Some of the other elders left directly to their area but we didn't have a bus until 11 PM again. So we went to my area in Neuquen and visited my converts there and then did some work. At 11 PM Wednesday night we left and arrived at 5:30 in the morning, slept for an hour then got up and had a normal working day.
Thursday, We went to bed at 10:30 and had to wake up at 11 to let other missionaries in because they were coming to our apartment because we had Zone conference the next day. We then woke up at 5:45 and showered and everything cause we had interviews with the president at 7:35. The conference was great and we worked a bit after, then finally got to go to bed at the end of the day and sleep a full night---talk about tired!!!!
Oh yeah, about the shelves. . . A sister in our ward in Neuquen found them thrown on the side of the road and thought they were still in good shape enough to use so she made her husband bring them home. Then asked us to take them apart and fix them up, we never did get around to painting them and putting them back together before I left. The husband and we thought they were as good as garbage but she insisted that they not go to waste. (Johnny sent home a bunch of pictures taken of these shelves so we asked what their importance was).
Okay about my new comp,----His name is Elder Tryon. He is from Phoenix, Arizona. He spent another two weeks in the MTC because he was waiting for his Visa. But for recently coming from the United States he speaks pretty good--far from perfect but he'll learn fast. I've found it quite hard to speak and think in English when he doesn't understand so we talk only in Spanish which is actually good cause he'll learn faster that way. I wish my trainer would have done it with me but it's all good!!! He is number 6 of 7 kids in the family and doesn't have any pictures of them so I still don't really know too much else about him. He is really quiet and I don't think he did much before the mission---just hung out---didn't really have any hobbies or anything.
Anyways I think that's just about all.
Love
Your Elder Johnny Berghout
My week has been really long but good too!!! I left Bariloche at 11 PM on Tuesday night and arrived in Neuquen at 5 in the Morning to pick up my new companion. I slept from 5:30 to 6:30 then got up and did the normal missionary stuff. Then we had a meeting as trainers with the president at like 10. After that the new missionaries arrived from doing all their papers and we had another meeting at 12 until 4 with all of us. We finished up with that and we had time to go out and work. Some of the other elders left directly to their area but we didn't have a bus until 11 PM again. So we went to my area in Neuquen and visited my converts there and then did some work. At 11 PM Wednesday night we left and arrived at 5:30 in the morning, slept for an hour then got up and had a normal working day.
Thursday, We went to bed at 10:30 and had to wake up at 11 to let other missionaries in because they were coming to our apartment because we had Zone conference the next day. We then woke up at 5:45 and showered and everything cause we had interviews with the president at 7:35. The conference was great and we worked a bit after, then finally got to go to bed at the end of the day and sleep a full night---talk about tired!!!!
Oh yeah, about the shelves. . . A sister in our ward in Neuquen found them thrown on the side of the road and thought they were still in good shape enough to use so she made her husband bring them home. Then asked us to take them apart and fix them up, we never did get around to painting them and putting them back together before I left. The husband and we thought they were as good as garbage but she insisted that they not go to waste. (Johnny sent home a bunch of pictures taken of these shelves so we asked what their importance was).
Okay about my new comp,----His name is Elder Tryon. He is from Phoenix, Arizona. He spent another two weeks in the MTC because he was waiting for his Visa. But for recently coming from the United States he speaks pretty good--far from perfect but he'll learn fast. I've found it quite hard to speak and think in English when he doesn't understand so we talk only in Spanish which is actually good cause he'll learn faster that way. I wish my trainer would have done it with me but it's all good!!! He is number 6 of 7 kids in the family and doesn't have any pictures of them so I still don't really know too much else about him. He is really quiet and I don't think he did much before the mission---just hung out---didn't really have any hobbies or anything.
Anyways I think that's just about all.
Love
Your Elder Johnny Berghout
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
5 October 2009
Hey Dad,
We have really been working a lot!!! This week I'll be going to Neuquen to meet my NEW Comp!!!
I'm excited to finally work and focus on just my area and to start someone off in the mission!!! But anyways, Conference was amazing!!! I loved all the talks especially Elder Ballards from Priesthood!!!
But anyways, not too much for this week, I'm sure I'll have more for next week when I have my new comp!!!
Love
Your Elder Berghout
We have really been working a lot!!! This week I'll be going to Neuquen to meet my NEW Comp!!!
I'm excited to finally work and focus on just my area and to start someone off in the mission!!! But anyways, Conference was amazing!!! I loved all the talks especially Elder Ballards from Priesthood!!!
But anyways, not too much for this week, I'm sure I'll have more for next week when I have my new comp!!!
Love
Your Elder Berghout
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