New Area: Caleta Olivia

Hey team! I just got to my new zone! It is so so so awesome!

The name seems a little bit contradiction, and maybe it is a little. This area is pretty ugly. The only cool thing is the ocean. Other than that it is really ugly. But the people and members are so awesome! 

We have seen some great things already. My new comp is Elder Clark from Utah. This week we went to go get to know a few people. We went to a member's house and we saw a lady in there that wasn't a member. We started talking to her about the Book of Mormon. Then the members just started testifying really hard! It was so awesome. So we set up a appointment with them and her husband! And the best news is is that they are legally married!!!!!!!!! That never happens! 

Saturday night we had the appointment with Vanesa and Dario (The investigators) in the house of the Familia Gongora. We taught about the restoration and they both accepted a baptismal date. We left the house and the investigators stayed to watch Meet the Mormons! And then they came to church! With the whole family. I have never seen any one progress so quickly in all of my mission. It's like a story book. They are really ready. 

And that is just one of the miracles that we saw this week! The members are really excited to help us! So I'm doing great! I love my new area! We are going to work really hard!

Love,

Elder Himes

Transfers Back to the Beginning

Hey there team! How is it going? 

Well, as you can see, today is transfers. It is my last day here in Puerto Madyrn. I now have 6 months here. I'm getting transfered back to Caleta Olivia, my very first zone! That is going to be so awesome! 

It was really hard saying good by to this area though. We Had some great memories here. Especially with one family of investigators that we found. One day about 3 months in to my time here, we saw a man siting in front of his house. My comp and I just felt like going to talk to him. So we did. His name was Matias. He said that he would like to listen to us, and he wanted all of the family to listen too. So we started teaching them, now all 7 of them have a baptismal date. We have had some really spiritual lessons with them. 

Yesterday, we taught the Plan of Salvation and almost everyone was crying at the end. They all want to get baptized and have an eternal family. It was super cool, and it came from just talking with one guy on the street. 

I love you guys! I love being a missionary

Have a great week!

Love,

Elder Himes

A New Year and a New Life

Hey there team! How is it going! We had a great week! 

This New Years was probably one of the most special ones I've ever had. Because on the 31st of December 2016, Amalia, one of our investigators, made the decision to be baptized. Amalia is a women that has known about the church for a long time. Natalia, her oldest daughter, was baptized several years ago and went inactive for a while. My trainer Elder Boyd, while he was in this area, started helping her come back to church. And that is when we started teaching her mom, Amalia. A few weeks ago, we talked with Amalia, and she choose her own baptismal date -  the 31. My comp and I have been working like crazy with her. She had her ups and downs, but she made it!!!! It was so incredible. The next day in church she said that a goal that she had is that each one of her kids would make it to the baptismal font. It really was the best way we could spend new years, helping someone start a new life. 

I know that this is the Lord's work. I'm so happy to be here. I know that this gospel is the only way that we can become and eternal family. There is nothing that is more important than this gospel. 

I hope that you guys all had a great New Years.

Other things that happened that were cool, but not quite as cool as the baptism. President let us watch Zootopia. That was fun. And a sweet family invited us over for New Years dinner. At midnight we had a giant foam fight with all of the family. 

Love you guys a  lot!

Love,

Elder Himes 

A Flipping Fantastic Week

Hey Team. 

We had a flipping fantastic week. For real, it was great. We had a ton of miracles that happened this week. We are now working with 6 people with a baptismal date. Which is great for us. Cause a few weeks ago we had nothing. 

This week we decided to talk with everyone. And it has been going great! I love being able to invite everyone. God has been helping us a lot with finding new people to teach. Some of our best investigators were people we just found in the street, or contacting. 

So yeah, life is going good! I sure love you guys a lot! 

Love,

Elder Himes

P.S. It is getting flipping hot here! I can hardly stand it sometimes. It is crazy. 

P.P.S. Some of you guys might remember Juan. One of my best investigators from Ushuaia. That never got baptized with me. I wanted him to get baptized SO bad. I was always thinking about him. and praying for him. Well, this week HE GOT BAPTIZED!!! Whoa! Like 7 months late. 

Another missionary called me and told me that he bore his testimony. He said, "I'm very grateful for Elder Himes and elder Popa, the first missionaries that knocked my door!" It literally was the best feeling in the world hearing that! Vamos todavia!!

Thanksgiving Pictures

Thanksgiving Dinner!

Chicken In A Bag

Happy Birthday!

Hey Team!! How is it going!?! 

Mira vos! Tenemos un nuevo Presidente que tal eh!?  

We have been hearing so much about his anti-stuff and everyone making signs that say that. Kind of crazy huh? Literally everyone is asking us about what we think about Trump. This really old guys on a tractor going 5 miles an hours honked his horn at us and flipped us off. We just smiled and gave him a thumbs up. I think he did it cause we were both white and he had hear about Trump. But yeah people are going crazy 

My birthday was pretty cool. Not a lot of people knew about it, but it was still really cool cause a lot of miracles happened. We showed up to church and a lady we had never met showed up. She brought her 5 year old granddaughter that had been wanting to come to church for a while! So that was awesome! Then later in the night a little 9 year old kid told us that he wants to be baptized! So that was so awesome too! 

Also some people gave me cake. So that was really cool too!

Well Have a great week everyone!

Love,

Elder Himes

Happy Halloween (Sort of)

Hey there Team! How are you all doing? I hope really well! 

Well, I'm sorry, there isn't all that much to report on this week! We just finished up transfers this week, so everyone in the zone got here. And I just spent the rest of the week introducing my comp to the new area. But yeah, things are doing really well!

Here in Argentina they don't really celebrate Halloween that much. They kind of see it as a bad things. So there isn't all that much that we do here for it. But I hope that you guys all enjoy it! And I hope that you all eat a ton of candy!

Love,
Elder Himes