Hey mom:) I love you so much, and thanks for your email!:)
Wow, the fair is coming up? That is super crazy, the fair will be amazing as always, and the pig will make weight, well I hope. But just remember that the cup is half full, not half empty, that is something that we just must always remember! But it will be fun, love every minute of everything we've got and it will be good. All good things come to an end, but there are better things in the future, always more happiness!!! Life is beautiful!!! Jordan is going to be down for the hunt? That is cool, I hope he casars good (double meaning in Spanish, marriage and to hunt). You can tell him that if you want, ha! But I better get a bow tag next year, just saying! That is something I can say because I have almost been out there for one year... weird.. so weird, I can't believe it, ha, so weird. Natalie is home, that is crazy! I hope that she had a great mission.
So I will give you a step by step process of how my week went. On Saturday me and my companion starting walking to go to a charla, and we get a call from president Franco that we are both leaving the area and that we will both be training, crazy!! Transfers are Monday, but we have to be out of our house Sunday because the hermanas are coming. And I am supposed to travel to my area with my zone leaders. We went and told one of our investigators, she was so happy to see us and opened the door and started telling us that she found someone to work for her that afternoon so she could go to a baptism of some of the other elders. She was so happy and excited, and then we had to tell her that we were leaving.. so hard.. and she just starting crying, wow, my heart was broken,it was hard. Then we had to say goodbye to other people too. A menos active member came to church that Sunday, it was good, but it was super hard to leave. But, I had some menos activo people that I was working with come to the bus station to send me off, that was super amazing. And a family gave me a shirt, it was great! It was so hard to leave them, I really wanted to stay. I hope someday I can go back to Goya. Anyway, then it was 6 hours on a bus by myself, that was interesting, but it was good. So I am now in paso de los libres, it is cool. Brazil is just on the other side of the river. But it is going to be interesting, I will go to Resistencia to get my new companion and so that will be cool. I will tell you how that goes next week:)
There are 4 people in our zone that are training, so that is going to be crazy. And it is going to be even more crazy because I don't know the area, so we will see how it goes. Plus, I think I am training a gringo, so I guess we will just have to wait and see.
Pretty much the whole week right there, not a whole lot going down other than that. But I am pretty excited to train, we will see how it goes. Oh, so I was walking around and found out that I can totally buy a Argentine saddle and bring it home, It isn't too big and and it is light, ha that was pretty cool! Oh, and yesterday we talked to a missionary that served here 20 years ago. He was here with his wife and daughter, it was crazy. She had a I-phone 6, it was crazy! They were amazed at the number of stray dogs and horses in the road and they didn't understand Spanish, so that was kind of weird. But the guy spoke it really well. They live in Colorado and he is a doctor. They were super nice and it was nice to talk to them for a little bit. I've got to go but I will write more about how things go next week:) Love you mom! Have a wonderful week and tell everyone that I love them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love Elder Grover
12/30/2015
Argentina - July 20, 2015
Hey Mom :)
I am doing great, how are you doing this week? Oh, and all is well, summer is always full of excitement, just some parts not as much as others. I am glad that McKady had a great week at SOAR, that is always something that everyone like to hear, mainly me. I have talked a lot about polys with my companion because he played football at Timpview, and there are a lot of polys there. But that is so great that she had a great time and that she made it back safe. Hopefully she was able to ace the ACT, and well, I know she did. Fair time huh... I love the fair.. I will miss it very much. It is a fun week, and helps to remind us that winning or losing is not important, and how much the money you get doesn't matter, it is the experience that matters most. Because I look back and I remember the wonderful time, good and bad, with the animals. I can't remember how much I sold them for or what place I took, but the experiences where priceless. The 24 is this week? Crazy, we might do something in the rama since it is a church holiday, but I am not for sure, we will have to see. I like play grounds, I bet Kenny and Amber's kids will love it! And the trailer that is like a camp trailer and horse trailer, that is awesome And that is great that JJ is making good money fighting fires. I am so glad to hear that everyone is doing great, and that they are loving life, because that is just amazing.
And I have the best mom in the world, :) I will be waiting very patiently:) Thanks mom, you are the best women in the world :)
Oh, I will be waiting for pictures of the 24th too:) I love to see pictures, just saying, ha! I would send some, but it dosn't work at this computer.. sorry.
So this week I had two experiences, one is just amazing the other is kind of embarrassing... and scary.
So the first, we had a baptism this week:) Gonzalo Ortiz Espindola, he is 13, and he is great, he knows way more than I knew when I was 13 years old. (So there are like a million little kids at this computer place, and it is very noisy and crazy.) But anyway, the baptism was great. His aunts are members, but his mom isn't, she is super Catholic. He has always wanted to be a member, but his mom would never give him permission. I think she finally did mainly because her foot was ran over by a bus, it was open, like a book, literately, ha! But she finally gave him permission; it was just a really great experience. And it is good to know that he has great support from his aunts. He told us that he wants to serve a mission. Also, he was telling us about how he was changing in the bathroom and found like 50 pesos, he told us that he was going to pay tithing on it, which was really awesome, but he is a great kid. Then we went and ate with them, and it was just a great experience. I would send a picture, but I can't right now.
Anyways, the other story that happened was with a dog.. Don't worry, I was not hurt, just injured my pride a little. So this dog was huge, like Sandlot big, not even joking. Anyways, so it was big, and when we walked by it, it came up to me and jumped on me and tried to bite me. So I took off fast... and then tired to cut, but the grass was wet, so I slipped and fell, hard... because, well, it was wet and there is no longer grip on my shoes because they are so worn out. My companion had his bag off, ready to hit it but it went away. So mainly my pride was just hurt with the fall, but I am good, don't worry:) It is funny now. We are going to have trials in life, it might even be when we do are doing the right thing. There is a recent convert here who fell and broke her hand just a week after her baptism, and it hasn't yet recovered to full heath, and never will. She is a cook and loves to cook, but because of what happened she can't cook anymore. She asked us, why would something bad happen if we are doing what is right, that is a good question. But we need to remember that God loves us and that all that we do and all that happens has a purpose to help us. We just need to trust in Him and His goodness. It reminds me of the sons of Mosiah, who started their missions and were beaten and starved thrown in prison, but they bore their trials with patience, and then they were blessed. I know God loves us and that he is always watching over us, we just need to keep going. But, I've got to go. Hey mom, I love you with all my heart, have a wonderful week, and tell everyone I love them too :)
Elder Grover
I am doing great, how are you doing this week? Oh, and all is well, summer is always full of excitement, just some parts not as much as others. I am glad that McKady had a great week at SOAR, that is always something that everyone like to hear, mainly me. I have talked a lot about polys with my companion because he played football at Timpview, and there are a lot of polys there. But that is so great that she had a great time and that she made it back safe. Hopefully she was able to ace the ACT, and well, I know she did. Fair time huh... I love the fair.. I will miss it very much. It is a fun week, and helps to remind us that winning or losing is not important, and how much the money you get doesn't matter, it is the experience that matters most. Because I look back and I remember the wonderful time, good and bad, with the animals. I can't remember how much I sold them for or what place I took, but the experiences where priceless. The 24 is this week? Crazy, we might do something in the rama since it is a church holiday, but I am not for sure, we will have to see. I like play grounds, I bet Kenny and Amber's kids will love it! And the trailer that is like a camp trailer and horse trailer, that is awesome And that is great that JJ is making good money fighting fires. I am so glad to hear that everyone is doing great, and that they are loving life, because that is just amazing.
And I have the best mom in the world, :) I will be waiting very patiently:) Thanks mom, you are the best women in the world :)
Oh, I will be waiting for pictures of the 24th too:) I love to see pictures, just saying, ha! I would send some, but it dosn't work at this computer.. sorry.
So this week I had two experiences, one is just amazing the other is kind of embarrassing... and scary.
So the first, we had a baptism this week:) Gonzalo Ortiz Espindola, he is 13, and he is great, he knows way more than I knew when I was 13 years old. (So there are like a million little kids at this computer place, and it is very noisy and crazy.) But anyway, the baptism was great. His aunts are members, but his mom isn't, she is super Catholic. He has always wanted to be a member, but his mom would never give him permission. I think she finally did mainly because her foot was ran over by a bus, it was open, like a book, literately, ha! But she finally gave him permission; it was just a really great experience. And it is good to know that he has great support from his aunts. He told us that he wants to serve a mission. Also, he was telling us about how he was changing in the bathroom and found like 50 pesos, he told us that he was going to pay tithing on it, which was really awesome, but he is a great kid. Then we went and ate with them, and it was just a great experience. I would send a picture, but I can't right now.
Anyways, the other story that happened was with a dog.. Don't worry, I was not hurt, just injured my pride a little. So this dog was huge, like Sandlot big, not even joking. Anyways, so it was big, and when we walked by it, it came up to me and jumped on me and tried to bite me. So I took off fast... and then tired to cut, but the grass was wet, so I slipped and fell, hard... because, well, it was wet and there is no longer grip on my shoes because they are so worn out. My companion had his bag off, ready to hit it but it went away. So mainly my pride was just hurt with the fall, but I am good, don't worry:) It is funny now. We are going to have trials in life, it might even be when we do are doing the right thing. There is a recent convert here who fell and broke her hand just a week after her baptism, and it hasn't yet recovered to full heath, and never will. She is a cook and loves to cook, but because of what happened she can't cook anymore. She asked us, why would something bad happen if we are doing what is right, that is a good question. But we need to remember that God loves us and that all that we do and all that happens has a purpose to help us. We just need to trust in Him and His goodness. It reminds me of the sons of Mosiah, who started their missions and were beaten and starved thrown in prison, but they bore their trials with patience, and then they were blessed. I know God loves us and that he is always watching over us, we just need to keep going. But, I've got to go. Hey mom, I love you with all my heart, have a wonderful week, and tell everyone I love them too :)
Elder Grover
Argentina - July 13, 2015
Hey Mom! :)
I had a a good week, and I am doing great! The work it just coming along fine! That is awesome that McKady is able to go to SOAR, she is going to do great and have a wonderful time. I hope that she had a wonderful birthday! Yeah, Jordan's birthday is today, crazy! Tell him Happy Birthday for me!!! What is he up to these days? Soon I will be turning 20? What? Surely that's not for another couple of years, ha, I am still like 14 at heart! I am just getting younger and uglier... ;), ha, just kidding! That is so crazy that it has been raining a lot there, but super cool, and much needed. So Jade was in the Voices of San Juan Pageant, huh? That is awesome! I was thinking of it the other day when I was talking to my companion in a Navajo accent, ha. That is cool that he got to do it! How is Jade doing? I still can't believe that Jesse is married and lives across the street, that is awesome!!! I am excited to meet Braddock someday and help him be the best athlete! And Jed is growing so fast, I can tell from the pictures.. crazy!! That is so amazing, I am so excited, I love my nieces and nephews! Yeah, Argentina is a long ways away! Really crazy to think about!
What is coming up in these next weeks, the fair, the 24th? Wow, that is crazy, time is just flying by! But I am glad to hear that everyone is doing great! Just tell everyone I love them so much!
Oh, and that is interesting that I was in young women's camp cheer, but that is funny that my name fits there! Ha!
Oh, and a quick little note, so I am a hair cutter, I cut both of my zone leaders' hair today! Now I am going to cut my own hair, like I said, I am professional!
Oh, and so we had a zone meeting this last week and it was super great! We talked a lot about how the Lord will fight our battles if we just put our trust in him, and that he will help us. Then we read the story of David and Goliath, where David put all his trust in the Lord, it is really an amazing story of faith and trusting in the Lord, putting our all in and trusting in Him! Anyways, so zone conference is when we get letters and packages, and my companion got like 10 letters from his girlfriend, and a envelope thing full of candy.... so if you know any girls that want to send me lots of candy, I am down!!!! ;) I am just joking, but did Jesse send me an announcement? All in all, the zone meeting was super great!!! Anyways, the 9 de Julio is the independence day here in Argentina. They don't do much, but there was like this parade thing and it was pretty cool, well we didn't actually watch it, we just saw the people walking back from it. There were some horseback riders, and the saddles that they use here are weird! I think I need to try to bring one home because they are cool-looking at the same time! But that was pretty cool! This week we are trying to get some references from people or members, but they all said that none of their friends would listen to the Gospel.. But we are workig on that, to have the members be more excited to share the gospel like the missionaries. I know I could have done better at being a missionary at home, but there are a little better opportunities here, I think. Maybe it is just a matter of looking for them.
But the super exciting thing that will be happening this week is that we will be having a baptism!!! Gonzalo Espindola, who is 13; his family are members, well his aunts and cousins are members, and they are all super cool, but his mom is very Catholic and wouldn't give him permission to be baptized, even though he always wanted to. But his mom told him that as soon as he finishes confirmation the Catholic church, that he can be baptized in our church if he wanted. But when it came right down to it, he completed his confirmation and then she still wouldn't give him permission. But, like a month ago her foot got run over by a bus and she hasn't been able to walk, so we have been teaching them both for a little while. And she finally gave permission for her son to be baptized! It is super exciting, but the best part is that the whole family is all super excited for the baptism also! It is great to see that people are excited to see a baptism. We will be passing by and teaching him all the commandments this week, but he is keeping them all and the family reads every night together. it is awesome! And we will have a noche de hogar con ellos esa noche, estoy muy feliz por eso! pero si esa es la vida de un misionero, lo amo!
Mom, thank you so much for your email, it is the best!!!! I love getting your email every week!!!! Thanks for all you do for me and the for the love you have for me! I know this church is true and that God loves us more than we will ever know!! Jesus is our Lord and Savior, and he did atone for our sins. He also loves us more than we can ever know, te Quiero much mama! I love you with all my heart and hope the best for everyone! Also, tell everyone that I love them so very much!!! Have a wonderful week:)
Love Elder Grover
I had a a good week, and I am doing great! The work it just coming along fine! That is awesome that McKady is able to go to SOAR, she is going to do great and have a wonderful time. I hope that she had a wonderful birthday! Yeah, Jordan's birthday is today, crazy! Tell him Happy Birthday for me!!! What is he up to these days? Soon I will be turning 20? What? Surely that's not for another couple of years, ha, I am still like 14 at heart! I am just getting younger and uglier... ;), ha, just kidding! That is so crazy that it has been raining a lot there, but super cool, and much needed. So Jade was in the Voices of San Juan Pageant, huh? That is awesome! I was thinking of it the other day when I was talking to my companion in a Navajo accent, ha. That is cool that he got to do it! How is Jade doing? I still can't believe that Jesse is married and lives across the street, that is awesome!!! I am excited to meet Braddock someday and help him be the best athlete! And Jed is growing so fast, I can tell from the pictures.. crazy!! That is so amazing, I am so excited, I love my nieces and nephews! Yeah, Argentina is a long ways away! Really crazy to think about!
What is coming up in these next weeks, the fair, the 24th? Wow, that is crazy, time is just flying by! But I am glad to hear that everyone is doing great! Just tell everyone I love them so much!
Oh, and that is interesting that I was in young women's camp cheer, but that is funny that my name fits there! Ha!
Oh, and a quick little note, so I am a hair cutter, I cut both of my zone leaders' hair today! Now I am going to cut my own hair, like I said, I am professional!
Oh, and so we had a zone meeting this last week and it was super great! We talked a lot about how the Lord will fight our battles if we just put our trust in him, and that he will help us. Then we read the story of David and Goliath, where David put all his trust in the Lord, it is really an amazing story of faith and trusting in the Lord, putting our all in and trusting in Him! Anyways, so zone conference is when we get letters and packages, and my companion got like 10 letters from his girlfriend, and a envelope thing full of candy.... so if you know any girls that want to send me lots of candy, I am down!!!! ;) I am just joking, but did Jesse send me an announcement? All in all, the zone meeting was super great!!! Anyways, the 9 de Julio is the independence day here in Argentina. They don't do much, but there was like this parade thing and it was pretty cool, well we didn't actually watch it, we just saw the people walking back from it. There were some horseback riders, and the saddles that they use here are weird! I think I need to try to bring one home because they are cool-looking at the same time! But that was pretty cool! This week we are trying to get some references from people or members, but they all said that none of their friends would listen to the Gospel.. But we are workig on that, to have the members be more excited to share the gospel like the missionaries. I know I could have done better at being a missionary at home, but there are a little better opportunities here, I think. Maybe it is just a matter of looking for them.
But the super exciting thing that will be happening this week is that we will be having a baptism!!! Gonzalo Espindola, who is 13; his family are members, well his aunts and cousins are members, and they are all super cool, but his mom is very Catholic and wouldn't give him permission to be baptized, even though he always wanted to. But his mom told him that as soon as he finishes confirmation the Catholic church, that he can be baptized in our church if he wanted. But when it came right down to it, he completed his confirmation and then she still wouldn't give him permission. But, like a month ago her foot got run over by a bus and she hasn't been able to walk, so we have been teaching them both for a little while. And she finally gave permission for her son to be baptized! It is super exciting, but the best part is that the whole family is all super excited for the baptism also! It is great to see that people are excited to see a baptism. We will be passing by and teaching him all the commandments this week, but he is keeping them all and the family reads every night together. it is awesome! And we will have a noche de hogar con ellos esa noche, estoy muy feliz por eso! pero si esa es la vida de un misionero, lo amo!
Mom, thank you so much for your email, it is the best!!!! I love getting your email every week!!!! Thanks for all you do for me and the for the love you have for me! I know this church is true and that God loves us more than we will ever know!! Jesus is our Lord and Savior, and he did atone for our sins. He also loves us more than we can ever know, te Quiero much mama! I love you with all my heart and hope the best for everyone! Also, tell everyone that I love them so very much!!! Have a wonderful week:)
Love Elder Grover
Argentina - July 6, 2015
Hi mom,
Holy smokes, or Smokey the Bear, I don't know who is more hairy, JJ or Smokey, ha, I am kidding, ha, that is just too funny for me to not make a joke. But the 4th has already come and gone, that is so crazy! It looks like it was just so much fun, I am so glad that everyone was able to have a great time, that is just awesome! Thanks so much for the pictures, they are awesome! I would put exclamation mark,s but it is not working on this computer, so sorry for that. I want to put a lot, but for some reason I can't, but that is okay, I will do without them for now. McKady's last drill team parade, that is sad. Holy cow, it is someone's birthday this week, she is going to be 18..... that is so crazy! Dad needs to put her in like an electric fence to keep her away from the boys! But tell her happy birthday for me, and that she is amazing and that anyone who thinks or says otherwise is completely wrong because she is amazing! Tell her to have an amazing day, and Jordan also with his birthday coming up. Also let Jordan know I love him and I would like to know what is going on in his life, any news would be nice. But I've got to say my nieces just look so cute, and my new nephew just looks like a stud! I am glad that Dad was able to get on a horse, what horses are they on? Anyways, that is great! I am grateful that the day went good. And the rain, that is awesome, we always need rain because it is a good thing. So my 4th here was a little different... umm, we did have a great meal with a member, which was nice. And we were just singing American songs all day, so it was great.
Jesse is a dad and married and has his own house, that is so crazy to think... just really crazy! But he is going to be awesome at all of them, and that is just so great and I am so happy for him, that is great. And all the missionaries that are coming home, it is crazy, but they have the opportunity to start their lives and they know how to do it, so that will be awesome. Crazy, it seems like yesterday they all left...
So what is the next couple of big things that you guys are going to be doing within the next couple weeks? You got the marriage done, and the 4th.
So we started to work with a less active member family and they are awesome. I don't know why they stopped going to church because,e they know it is true, but after talking with them I can see how sad it is and what it can do to the family. So the whole family was baptized like 8 years ago, but now the parents are separated and the mom went back to smoking. More than anything, we have been working with Maria Jose, the 16 year old girl that had a baby about a month ago. She wants to come back, and she told us she wants to raise her daughter so that she dosn't make the same mistakes that she has made. But I asked the mom how she felt about being a grandma and she told me that she didn't want it because ever since she was baptized she wanted her daughter to be sealed in the temple. And from that we see the bad things that come when we forget to do the little things like pray and read in the scriptures and go to church; those three little things can make the biggest change in the whole entire world. But there is always opportunity for change and repentance, but it is better to not sin in the first place and to always be on guard. In Alma 43:18-21 we see the difference between the Lamanites and the Nephites with their armor, and in verses 37-38 we see the blessings we receive when we are girded with armor; and it is the same today but we have different armor, and a different battle, and this battle we are fighting now is not easy. So remember to pray and read and go to church and we will be protected. So we will have no need to fear because God is on our side. Anyways, they are a great family and I hope that they will see the need of the church in their lives.
We had an investigator come to church, it was great and I was so happy she came, she is amazing, and she knows it is all true. So, with the last 6 months in my mission, I have been transferred 3 times and even though I was not able to see the fruits, some seeds that our beloved Heavenly Father let me help with have become fruits and it is a wonderful joy. Today I received a call from my old Companion Elder Trotter, from back when I was in Las Palmas, and he told me that 4 of the investigators we were working with for my whole time there finally entered the wonderful waters of baptisms. What wonderful joy feels my heart to know that those amazing people that I was so privileged to teach were able to start on their journey to live with our Heavenly Father again. That was wonderful to hear. The work is moving along, it is awesome!
Today was great, we went and made tacos with the zone leaders, and they were really good. We were going to have pizza with them on the 4th, but it was Fast Sunday so we fasted instead, which is great, I have learned to love to fast.
Oh yeah, so also on the 4th, it was the final for the cup and America and Argentina were playing, so no one would talk to us because everyone was watching the game... everyone! Then, not very many people came to church because there was elections, but it was a wonderful fast and testimony meeting.
Oh, and we are teaching this kid and his mom, who is a sister to our relief society president, but she is super Catholic. She loves us and loves what we teach, but says it is just not the same in our church, she just feels good in the Catholic church, but she is reading so we will see. The thing is, her foot got ran over by a bus and it is awful, but it is getting better, so it is giving her time to read and so that is great. Oh, and we are working with a part member family, the mom is a member and we are teaching her two kids and one of them wants the be baptized. He is 8, so his mom is doing more of the teaching there, but we are working with his brother that is 14. He knows it is all true, but I don't know if he is just scared or what is gong on, but he is great.
So that is a little about what we are doing down here in Argentina:)
Thanks again for all the pictures! I love you all, mom I love you with all my heart. Don't forget to tell McKady Happy Birthday, and have a wonderful week.
Elder Grover
P.S. I know this gospel is true with all my heart, and I know that God loves us and He has given us this gospel to help us. I know that Joseph Smith did restore it the book of Mormon, and it is true. Have a great week! Love you mom, forever I will love you with all my heart.
Holy smokes, or Smokey the Bear, I don't know who is more hairy, JJ or Smokey, ha, I am kidding, ha, that is just too funny for me to not make a joke. But the 4th has already come and gone, that is so crazy! It looks like it was just so much fun, I am so glad that everyone was able to have a great time, that is just awesome! Thanks so much for the pictures, they are awesome! I would put exclamation mark,s but it is not working on this computer, so sorry for that. I want to put a lot, but for some reason I can't, but that is okay, I will do without them for now. McKady's last drill team parade, that is sad. Holy cow, it is someone's birthday this week, she is going to be 18..... that is so crazy! Dad needs to put her in like an electric fence to keep her away from the boys! But tell her happy birthday for me, and that she is amazing and that anyone who thinks or says otherwise is completely wrong because she is amazing! Tell her to have an amazing day, and Jordan also with his birthday coming up. Also let Jordan know I love him and I would like to know what is going on in his life, any news would be nice. But I've got to say my nieces just look so cute, and my new nephew just looks like a stud! I am glad that Dad was able to get on a horse, what horses are they on? Anyways, that is great! I am grateful that the day went good. And the rain, that is awesome, we always need rain because it is a good thing. So my 4th here was a little different... umm, we did have a great meal with a member, which was nice. And we were just singing American songs all day, so it was great.
Jesse is a dad and married and has his own house, that is so crazy to think... just really crazy! But he is going to be awesome at all of them, and that is just so great and I am so happy for him, that is great. And all the missionaries that are coming home, it is crazy, but they have the opportunity to start their lives and they know how to do it, so that will be awesome. Crazy, it seems like yesterday they all left...
So what is the next couple of big things that you guys are going to be doing within the next couple weeks? You got the marriage done, and the 4th.
So we started to work with a less active member family and they are awesome. I don't know why they stopped going to church because,e they know it is true, but after talking with them I can see how sad it is and what it can do to the family. So the whole family was baptized like 8 years ago, but now the parents are separated and the mom went back to smoking. More than anything, we have been working with Maria Jose, the 16 year old girl that had a baby about a month ago. She wants to come back, and she told us she wants to raise her daughter so that she dosn't make the same mistakes that she has made. But I asked the mom how she felt about being a grandma and she told me that she didn't want it because ever since she was baptized she wanted her daughter to be sealed in the temple. And from that we see the bad things that come when we forget to do the little things like pray and read in the scriptures and go to church; those three little things can make the biggest change in the whole entire world. But there is always opportunity for change and repentance, but it is better to not sin in the first place and to always be on guard. In Alma 43:18-21 we see the difference between the Lamanites and the Nephites with their armor, and in verses 37-38 we see the blessings we receive when we are girded with armor; and it is the same today but we have different armor, and a different battle, and this battle we are fighting now is not easy. So remember to pray and read and go to church and we will be protected. So we will have no need to fear because God is on our side. Anyways, they are a great family and I hope that they will see the need of the church in their lives.
We had an investigator come to church, it was great and I was so happy she came, she is amazing, and she knows it is all true. So, with the last 6 months in my mission, I have been transferred 3 times and even though I was not able to see the fruits, some seeds that our beloved Heavenly Father let me help with have become fruits and it is a wonderful joy. Today I received a call from my old Companion Elder Trotter, from back when I was in Las Palmas, and he told me that 4 of the investigators we were working with for my whole time there finally entered the wonderful waters of baptisms. What wonderful joy feels my heart to know that those amazing people that I was so privileged to teach were able to start on their journey to live with our Heavenly Father again. That was wonderful to hear. The work is moving along, it is awesome!
Today was great, we went and made tacos with the zone leaders, and they were really good. We were going to have pizza with them on the 4th, but it was Fast Sunday so we fasted instead, which is great, I have learned to love to fast.
Oh yeah, so also on the 4th, it was the final for the cup and America and Argentina were playing, so no one would talk to us because everyone was watching the game... everyone! Then, not very many people came to church because there was elections, but it was a wonderful fast and testimony meeting.
Oh, and we are teaching this kid and his mom, who is a sister to our relief society president, but she is super Catholic. She loves us and loves what we teach, but says it is just not the same in our church, she just feels good in the Catholic church, but she is reading so we will see. The thing is, her foot got ran over by a bus and it is awful, but it is getting better, so it is giving her time to read and so that is great. Oh, and we are working with a part member family, the mom is a member and we are teaching her two kids and one of them wants the be baptized. He is 8, so his mom is doing more of the teaching there, but we are working with his brother that is 14. He knows it is all true, but I don't know if he is just scared or what is gong on, but he is great.
So that is a little about what we are doing down here in Argentina:)
Thanks again for all the pictures! I love you all, mom I love you with all my heart. Don't forget to tell McKady Happy Birthday, and have a wonderful week.
Elder Grover
P.S. I know this gospel is true with all my heart, and I know that God loves us and He has given us this gospel to help us. I know that Joseph Smith did restore it the book of Mormon, and it is true. Have a great week! Love you mom, forever I will love you with all my heart.
12/29/2015
Argentina - June 29, 2015
Hey mom!!!!!!!
Wow, I am in the photos!!!!!!!!! That is awesome! I am so pumped that you guys put me in the Photos!!! That is so great, and awesome!!! Thanks, I am so happy that I was able to share that moment with you guys. He is married, that is so crazy! I can't believe that he is married!!! And on his honeymoon; you are going to have to tell me how it went, where they went what they are doing and all of the stuff!!! That is so crazy, it just doesn't seem real at all. So that is so crazy that JJ is not in them, but I am there, ha! But at least he was able to go to the temple! Thanks for putting in the time to make that and put me in it. Oh, and if one of the other of my brothers get married you can just use it oltra vece, that would be super awesome! I am just mind blown right now, that is just so crazy, I just can't hardly believe that at all!!! Well, tell them congrats and welcome Malyn and her son to the family and that I will see them sometime, well in a year and couple of months, but that I am so happy for them!!! That is just so awesome!!! But I will be waiting for the other pictures and a good update on what went down with the wedding!!! That is just so crazy my bro got married and I wasn't there, tell him I would have liked to have been there! And their example is amazing! Temple marriage between a man and a woman! What a wonderful thing, what an amazing candle they are for all the world. Satan is attacking the families, I see that every day. But I am so proud and happy for them and their examples!
He got married, and I'm still mind blown here in Argentina. I am glad that your stress is now over for a short time, that is so crazy that he is married, but I hope all went well. Mom, I know it just went amazing and that you had a wonderful great amazing time. And holy cow, I just realized that it is the 4th this weekend............. and I wont be there... what the crazyness. You are going to have to send me pictures of that too. Wow, that is crazy that I am in Argentina and not in Blanding for the 4th of July, well I hope that everyone just enjoys that and has a wonderful time!!!!
So this week we didn't have anyone come to church... it is really frustrating when people say that they will come, and then they don't, but our super amazing investigator who tells us that everything is true and correct was out of town, so that is why she didn't come, but everything is looking up. We just need to find more people to teach and all will be better!! But we did reactivate a guy who was a Branch President and came three Sundays in a row, so that is super awesome!!!
So we talked to a menos activo girl yesterday, and she is super cool! She has just made mistakes, but she is great! So she is 16 and she had a baby about a month ago. She stopped going to church and some bad things happened and now she lives with the father of her child, not very many people are married here. But we talked to her and she told us an amazing story of how she felt when she read the scriptures everyday, and she told us how she wants to come back to church because she doesn't want her daughter to make the same mistakes she has made. So she wants to come and start reading the Book of Mormon again, so I am really excited to see how that goes !!!!
So, some of the elders in my district are getting moved out because some sisters were having problems in their area in Chaco, so the sisters will be coming over here and the elders will be leaving, it is sad because they are super awesome!!
I have been thinking a lot on mistakes, we all have made them, some bigger than others, but we can move on from those and not let them govern our lives. Satan wants us to think that we can't move on, but it is not true at all, we have the power and freedom to choose and to move on and to do what is right, and I know that we can trust in the Lord and He will help us. I want you all to know that I love you. Mom, I love you and hope that you have a wonderful week. I know that God loves all and he wants the best for us.
Elder Grover
Tell everyone to have a happy 4th of July! :)
Wow, I am in the photos!!!!!!!!! That is awesome! I am so pumped that you guys put me in the Photos!!! That is so great, and awesome!!! Thanks, I am so happy that I was able to share that moment with you guys. He is married, that is so crazy! I can't believe that he is married!!! And on his honeymoon; you are going to have to tell me how it went, where they went what they are doing and all of the stuff!!! That is so crazy, it just doesn't seem real at all. So that is so crazy that JJ is not in them, but I am there, ha! But at least he was able to go to the temple! Thanks for putting in the time to make that and put me in it. Oh, and if one of the other of my brothers get married you can just use it oltra vece, that would be super awesome! I am just mind blown right now, that is just so crazy, I just can't hardly believe that at all!!! Well, tell them congrats and welcome Malyn and her son to the family and that I will see them sometime, well in a year and couple of months, but that I am so happy for them!!! That is just so awesome!!! But I will be waiting for the other pictures and a good update on what went down with the wedding!!! That is just so crazy my bro got married and I wasn't there, tell him I would have liked to have been there! And their example is amazing! Temple marriage between a man and a woman! What a wonderful thing, what an amazing candle they are for all the world. Satan is attacking the families, I see that every day. But I am so proud and happy for them and their examples!
He got married, and I'm still mind blown here in Argentina. I am glad that your stress is now over for a short time, that is so crazy that he is married, but I hope all went well. Mom, I know it just went amazing and that you had a wonderful great amazing time. And holy cow, I just realized that it is the 4th this weekend............. and I wont be there... what the crazyness. You are going to have to send me pictures of that too. Wow, that is crazy that I am in Argentina and not in Blanding for the 4th of July, well I hope that everyone just enjoys that and has a wonderful time!!!!
So this week we didn't have anyone come to church... it is really frustrating when people say that they will come, and then they don't, but our super amazing investigator who tells us that everything is true and correct was out of town, so that is why she didn't come, but everything is looking up. We just need to find more people to teach and all will be better!! But we did reactivate a guy who was a Branch President and came three Sundays in a row, so that is super awesome!!!
So we talked to a menos activo girl yesterday, and she is super cool! She has just made mistakes, but she is great! So she is 16 and she had a baby about a month ago. She stopped going to church and some bad things happened and now she lives with the father of her child, not very many people are married here. But we talked to her and she told us an amazing story of how she felt when she read the scriptures everyday, and she told us how she wants to come back to church because she doesn't want her daughter to make the same mistakes she has made. So she wants to come and start reading the Book of Mormon again, so I am really excited to see how that goes !!!!
So, some of the elders in my district are getting moved out because some sisters were having problems in their area in Chaco, so the sisters will be coming over here and the elders will be leaving, it is sad because they are super awesome!!
I have been thinking a lot on mistakes, we all have made them, some bigger than others, but we can move on from those and not let them govern our lives. Satan wants us to think that we can't move on, but it is not true at all, we have the power and freedom to choose and to move on and to do what is right, and I know that we can trust in the Lord and He will help us. I want you all to know that I love you. Mom, I love you and hope that you have a wonderful week. I know that God loves all and he wants the best for us.
Elder Grover
Tell everyone to have a happy 4th of July! :)
Argentina - June 22, 2015
Hey mom!!!! How is it going????
Wow, there is a wedding this weekend........ that is so crazy! And my
brother is going to be married! I can't believe it, so crazy! I better be
getting some pictures next week!!!!!!!!!!! That would be awesome!! I
am just shocked it is already here, and I am not going to see it,
that is crazy! So Uncle Merlin is married, why were the kids mad? I don't
get that at all... oh wells, as long as he is happy that is great with
me!! What the heck? That is so crazy that he is buying the house across
the street, wooow!!! He is going to be like, right there, and JJ is not
too far either, wow, they are like close, that is going to be so crazy!!!
That is so awesome, I am so happy for them, that is just awesome!!!!
Candice's birthday, wow, time is going and I don't have time for
anything. I get to the pension and plan, and then I am on the phone
until I go to bed. Wow, tell her Happy Birthday. And Fathers Day,
tell dad Happy Fathers Day, and tell him I love him more than anything in
the whole world, and that he is the best father in the whole wide
world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, at least the sun is shinning, it has
been getting cold here, and it is not like the cold in Utah. With the
humidity it is just so cold and it like chills the whole body, but then it also gets warm too.
Mom, you are going to have an amazing week, I know it, and it is just going to be great, and
the wedding is going to be perfect, and all is going to be great!!! I
am so excited to see, or I mean to hear, how it all goes!!! That is
amazing about the rain because we need rain, and rain is a good
thing. Does that mean that Kenny can do farming? Because that would
sure be good!!!
The calling as district leader has been interesting, but I am learning
a lot and I have to go to the district meeting, but it is good because I
learn so much!!! And things are good with my new companion, he is a great
guy and a great companion. We started changing our teaching and using
more scriptures, and it has been great. It has been kind of a rough
week for him, last Tuesday he got a call from our president that close
family friend died. Well, I don't know if you heard about a family
from Utah that got in a plane crash and passed away? One of the sons that died was my companion's best friend, so that has been hard on him, but he has done
great and just worked the harder and so it has been great!
The trouble is, his name is the same as my middle name, so I don't know how that is going to
be!!!! No, it is good, but we taught a great lesson and then our
investigator said she didn't want us to come by again, that was super
hard. I guess all we can do is invite people, and it is their choice
to accept or reject. But we are teaching a super cool lady and she
says she knows the gospel is true and loves it, but she wasn't able to come to church
because she was sick, but I'm sure she will progress. Oh, and we are working
with this recent convert and two of her kids, and they don't know how to
read, so we are reading the Book of Mormon with them and teaching them how
to read. Which reminds me, our branch president said he didn't know how to
read, but he got a calling in the church a few years ago and he had to
read, but he couldn't, so what he did is he prayed and read for 3 days in the Book of Mormon and then after that, he could read, that is a miracle!!! Super amazing what the Lord can do!!
I had the great privilege to read in Alma about the 2000 stripling
warriors, they are just an awesome example, to be so amazing, and do you
know why they are so amazing, their moms!!!! Oh yeah, that is right, I've
got the best mom in the world!!! But that is awesome! And then tomorrow
for the reunion de districto, I am going to be talking about the
difference of Ammon and Abinadi and their missions and how they both
were very successful in different ways!!!
So crazy that there is a wedding! So is Jordan still
with the same girl? Is he going to the wedding? Well, I better be getting
pictures!!
Tell Jesse that I love him and his great, wonderful example, and his future
wife and future son, and that I am super excited for them and that
they are going to be living right in front of us, because the basement
is now reserved for me;) But I am really happy and excited for them,
send my love and my prayers to help them and luck and to have a
wonderful time! I am so excited, that is just so wonderful, they are
getting married on my 10 month mark, crazy!
But tell Braddock welcome to the family too, also tell my wonderful
nieces and nephews I love them so very much and that they are the best
in the whole wide world!!! And all the family and the aunts and uncles
and everyone, I hope that everyone just has a wonderful week!!!!
Mom, I love you, and tell Dad I love him and that I am getting a letter
to him, it has just been delayed due to missionary work, it's lots of work and I feel
like I just don't have enough time. I don't have time to write in my journal anymore,
or even eat something at night, but it is great, don't worry:)
Elder Grover
P.S. I know that this church is true!!! And I know that we are going to be
an eternal family. I just want you guys to know I love you and that
I pray for you and that our heavenly father loves us also, and that He
is always there helping us. It is so important to do the right things
because Satan is really trying to destroy us and to tear us down, but
through the grace of the atonement we can be saved!!! What wonderful
hope! I love you all, have a wonderful "I love weddings, drinks all
around" (Pirates of the Caribbean) but not achol drink,s juces and pop are
Good!:) Love you, oh and mom, love you to Kolab and back!:)
Wow, there is a wedding this weekend........ that is so crazy! And my
brother is going to be married! I can't believe it, so crazy! I better be
getting some pictures next week!!!!!!!!!!! That would be awesome!! I
am just shocked it is already here, and I am not going to see it,
that is crazy! So Uncle Merlin is married, why were the kids mad? I don't
get that at all... oh wells, as long as he is happy that is great with
me!! What the heck? That is so crazy that he is buying the house across
the street, wooow!!! He is going to be like, right there, and JJ is not
too far either, wow, they are like close, that is going to be so crazy!!!
That is so awesome, I am so happy for them, that is just awesome!!!!
Candice's birthday, wow, time is going and I don't have time for
anything. I get to the pension and plan, and then I am on the phone
until I go to bed. Wow, tell her Happy Birthday. And Fathers Day,
tell dad Happy Fathers Day, and tell him I love him more than anything in
the whole world, and that he is the best father in the whole wide
world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, at least the sun is shinning, it has
been getting cold here, and it is not like the cold in Utah. With the
humidity it is just so cold and it like chills the whole body, but then it also gets warm too.
Mom, you are going to have an amazing week, I know it, and it is just going to be great, and
the wedding is going to be perfect, and all is going to be great!!! I
am so excited to see, or I mean to hear, how it all goes!!! That is
amazing about the rain because we need rain, and rain is a good
thing. Does that mean that Kenny can do farming? Because that would
sure be good!!!
The calling as district leader has been interesting, but I am learning
a lot and I have to go to the district meeting, but it is good because I
learn so much!!! And things are good with my new companion, he is a great
guy and a great companion. We started changing our teaching and using
more scriptures, and it has been great. It has been kind of a rough
week for him, last Tuesday he got a call from our president that close
family friend died. Well, I don't know if you heard about a family
from Utah that got in a plane crash and passed away? One of the sons that died was my companion's best friend, so that has been hard on him, but he has done
great and just worked the harder and so it has been great!
The trouble is, his name is the same as my middle name, so I don't know how that is going to
be!!!! No, it is good, but we taught a great lesson and then our
investigator said she didn't want us to come by again, that was super
hard. I guess all we can do is invite people, and it is their choice
to accept or reject. But we are teaching a super cool lady and she
says she knows the gospel is true and loves it, but she wasn't able to come to church
because she was sick, but I'm sure she will progress. Oh, and we are working
with this recent convert and two of her kids, and they don't know how to
read, so we are reading the Book of Mormon with them and teaching them how
to read. Which reminds me, our branch president said he didn't know how to
read, but he got a calling in the church a few years ago and he had to
read, but he couldn't, so what he did is he prayed and read for 3 days in the Book of Mormon and then after that, he could read, that is a miracle!!! Super amazing what the Lord can do!!
I had the great privilege to read in Alma about the 2000 stripling
warriors, they are just an awesome example, to be so amazing, and do you
know why they are so amazing, their moms!!!! Oh yeah, that is right, I've
got the best mom in the world!!! But that is awesome! And then tomorrow
for the reunion de districto, I am going to be talking about the
difference of Ammon and Abinadi and their missions and how they both
were very successful in different ways!!!
So crazy that there is a wedding! So is Jordan still
with the same girl? Is he going to the wedding? Well, I better be getting
pictures!!
Tell Jesse that I love him and his great, wonderful example, and his future
wife and future son, and that I am super excited for them and that
they are going to be living right in front of us, because the basement
is now reserved for me;) But I am really happy and excited for them,
send my love and my prayers to help them and luck and to have a
wonderful time! I am so excited, that is just so wonderful, they are
getting married on my 10 month mark, crazy!
But tell Braddock welcome to the family too, also tell my wonderful
nieces and nephews I love them so very much and that they are the best
in the whole wide world!!! And all the family and the aunts and uncles
and everyone, I hope that everyone just has a wonderful week!!!!
Mom, I love you, and tell Dad I love him and that I am getting a letter
to him, it has just been delayed due to missionary work, it's lots of work and I feel
like I just don't have enough time. I don't have time to write in my journal anymore,
or even eat something at night, but it is great, don't worry:)
Elder Grover
P.S. I know that this church is true!!! And I know that we are going to be
an eternal family. I just want you guys to know I love you and that
I pray for you and that our heavenly father loves us also, and that He
is always there helping us. It is so important to do the right things
because Satan is really trying to destroy us and to tear us down, but
through the grace of the atonement we can be saved!!! What wonderful
hope! I love you all, have a wonderful "I love weddings, drinks all
around" (Pirates of the Caribbean) but not achol drink,s juces and pop are
Good!:) Love you, oh and mom, love you to Kolab and back!:)
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