May 28, 2012

That`s so cool about school getting out and watching the Avengers (NINE MORE MONTHS, NINE MORE MONTHS...) Hahaha, I`m sure you guys had a blast. Dad, I know you can do it with the workload, with an iPad... Anything is possible! ;) Hahaha! I am so proud of you.  Thank you for sending the pictures of Jareds photography. I really appreciate it! It will be great to be able to show people more about my life! My keyboard sucks, that`+s why there`s so many mistakes... Sorry! 

Well, I said goodbye to my Mission President, Pres. Peterson and his wife for the last time on Thursday. They came down to Comodoro one last time before they leave at the end of June. We had a good talk together, and we laughed about how when I get home, we`ll get together for a lunch or something, they live in Bountiful.

Me, E. Slaugh and two other Elders did a musical number... We sounded beautiful. I sang bass while E. Slaugh sang tenor, E. Jewkes with the alto and E. Marriott with the melody. Abide with me tis eventide. Great hymn. Anyways, good stuff. So I saw E. Slaugh there, again and we were able to talk. Really awesome.

Well, the 25th of this month was Independence day for Argentina, so we the missionraies threw an acivity for the entire ward. We had a delicious GIANT pot of what`s called Locro, look it up, we made enough for 120 people. Then, we had a talent show, and we four missionaries did the best skit/lip sync to Backstreet Boys EVER. I don`t have the time to explain it... I feel really bad, but suffice it to say that we will be famous forever in this ward for the show we put on. It was so funny. SO SO FUNNY!!! :) :)

We put three baptismal dates yesterday night with a new family that are really awesome! They`ll be baptized this next month, June. I`m so happy, missionary work is awesome. Mom, has Hermana Peterson emailed you back about what you have to do t come down to Argentina and pick me up? Anyway, I love you all so much. I want you o know that I have a strong testimony, and I won`t let you guys down!!! Until next week!

Amor,

E. Cuthbert 

April 9, 2012

*There was another picture Jordan sent in this email that wouldn't upload :(*

So, I`m at the bottom of the world in Comodoro Rivadavia, and to tell you the truth, I LOVE IT! It`s SO Awesome!!! My area is right next to the beach, so I can always see a little bit of ocean. It makes me happy. The bus ride was, long. SO long! 26 hours! But whatever, it was fun because I had E. Lee from Junìn de los Andes next to me the entire time. It was a very fun experience. When we finally got to Comodoro, and I saw my comp, I was SO HAPPY!!! He graduated in 2011, he`s 19, this is his fourth month in Argentina, his Spanish is surprisingly good for only being out 3 months... But not as good as mine was... ;) Nah, Just kidding! It`s probably better! Anyway, I found out that he`s a RAPPER!!! NO WAY!! A Rapper?!! He has about three CD`s of his raps, and his Rap name is Rufio. We`ve got along perfectly. We love the companionship, and we even have the same hoodie!! ;) Hahaha!!!

 

So we found an investigator that wants to be baptized. We didn`t even invite her, we went to her house and she said, Hey, I`ve fixed a bunch of problems that I had in my life before, and I want to be baptized. That was outside of her door when she told us. I looked at E. Wagstaff, and then looked back at her and said. "Can we come in and talk?" HAHAHAHAHA! As you can tell, I perked up very nicely and my baptism senses were screaming and ringing every bell. Her name`s Ximena. She didn`t come to church yesterday, so we`re going to help her come to church, then she`ll get baptized. Probably the 21st of this month.

 

So the other elders in the district had a baptism on Saturday, so we went and sang a musical number for the service. I played the piano... And it was a good thing I did. It was Horrible. E. Lee was the only one that knew how to sing. His companion on the other hand....... From Bolivia, let`s just say that his number one hobby before the mission was not singing in the choir. Dani, if you had heard us, your ears would have been bleeding. I started laughing at the piano while playing because it sounded so bad. They sung When there`s love at home. They couldn`t even reach the high note at the last part of the song, they just... Stopped singing when they came to that part, it was TERRIBLE, but it was a very fun experience for all of us and we laughed it off.  There`s a lot of couples here that are married, but the spouse is not baptized, so we`ve got some work to do. I love this area. I love Comodoro. I`m going to love it here.

 

I missed Easter, not being with you guys. I was amazed to realize that I`ll be home in a years time. Weird, and I don`t want to do it. I`m just so excited for when you come down to pick me up! We`ll rent a car and visit San Martìn de los Andes... Then we`ll go to Buenos Aires and see Mirta and Ramòn get sealed for time and all eternity. I love you so much for doing this sacrifice for me. I will owe you and be in your debt for a long time. I love you so much. Say hi to the family for me!!!! :) :) :)

 

Amor,

E. Cuthbert