Five Thousand Words Worth of Pictures!

Hey team! How is it going for all of you? I'm doing really good! We had an awesome week down south. There are some really awesome investigators that we are teaching right now. This area has a lots of potential!

Some cool things that happened this week...

I got an eye infection! 

Ok thats not really cool, but its different I guess. I woke up and my eye was all swollen. I looked pretty ugly. But I'm all better now, although I'm not sure if I look any more attractive. (Don't worry Mom, really I'm all better now.)

We traveled to Viente ocho de Diciembre for a zone meeting. 

We are 8 missionaries here in this zone. Very small. But it was fun. On the way back we got to Calafate at like 1:00 in the morning. That was fun. 

I ate the Calafate berry. 

Its a berry that grows a lot here. They say that if you eat Calafate berry while you are in Calafate, you are going to return to Calafate. Also is stains your tongue... like gushers. 

It was a great week! I had lots of fun! I hope that you are all doing great! Love you loads!

Love,

Elder Himes

I Love My New Area!

Oh my word! How is it going? I am doing great! I love my new area. 

My companion is such a cool guy! He is from Guatemala, he teaches really well, is super funny, and just an all around nice guy. I love him so much! 

Our pension <apartment> is a castle! I have carpet in my bedroom. Carpet! That doesn't exist in South America. 

Calafate is so beautiful. There is so much green here, and from the window in my bedroom I can see a huge lake. There is a lot of light here, meaning it is light out side at like 4 in the morning and still light when we go to bed at 10:30 at night. 

My new district is awesome! We are 4 Elders; My comp and I, and two more Elders (one from Peru, and the other from Mexico.) We have lots of fun together. 

Calafate if very touristy. You can walk through centro (Which is the "down town" area) and hear like 4 different languages. In church there was a family that all looked like they were gringos. I talked with them and it turns out they are from Brazil. I guess we get a lot of visitors here. 

I am very excited to work here. Its going to be awesome!

Love,

Elder Himes

Christmas Tidings

Hey team! How are you all doing? Are you guys just so pumped for Christmas? I know that I am. 

This week we had a family home evening in the chapel. We did karaoke. I learned two things. 

1. I can't sing. 
2. I especially can't sing songs that are written in Spanish and that I have never heard before. 

But it was really fun. And I beatboxed into the microphone and the president of the quorum started breakdancing. That was really cool.

I hope that this Christmas season we can do something to remember the Savior a little more. I know that sometimes there is a lot of stress this time of year. But if we remember the Savior, we will know that everything will work out in the end. Because he came to this earth, lived, died, and was resurrected, all of us have access to the atonement. Please remember that this Christmas Season. We are never alone. There is someone who knows us perfectly. I love you guys. I testify that Jesus Christ Lives.

Have a great week!

Love,

Elder Himes

Zone Meeting, FTW!

Hey team! How are you all doing? Im doing so good!

This week we went up to do divisions with some other Elders in Caleta Olivia. It was pretty cool. I went up to Comodoro with my comp so he could go to the dentist. Always brush your teeth. It's important.

Then after that we had our zone meeting. It was so good! I really love our zone here. We are really tight. One of our zone leaders talked about winning the day. I really liked it. Every single day that we have on this earth is a precious opportunity. We should do everything we can do win it. (Does that make sense in English) 

I love you all very much! Have a great week!

Love,

Elder Himes

Capilla Abierta! (Chapel Open House)

Hey family and friends! I had an amazing week down here at the end of the world! 

This week in our zone we had a chapel open house. They just finished building it in Pico Truncado. So they pulled all of the missionaries together in our zone to help out with it. The first day when we got there, we just contacted all day long, handing out invitations to come to the chapel. Then (Friday and Saturday) we had the actual open house. Our job was to bring people in. So we went around and asked if we could walk with people and give them a tour of the chapel. It was really cool. 

The chapel is so beautiful. It looks like a temple on the inside. The spirit was so strong inside even before it was dedicated. 

It was a great weekend. We all worked so hard trying to get people in. And had so much fun doing it. By the end we were all exhuasted. But we had so much fun too!

I love you all! I hope that you guys have a great week!

Love,

Elder Himes

Giving Thanks

Hey Team! How is it going? I'm doing great! 

I hope that you all had a great Thanksgiving, and then took a nap on the carpet. Did you guys know that there isn't carpet down here in Argentina? It is illegal to have it down here. 

Well not really, but no one has it.

We had a great week! This Sunday I had to give my fist talk in Spanish. It actually went pretty well! I spoke about the holy ghost. I invited everyone to be humble like little kids. It was pretty fun!

Then! Oh my word, I did not agree with this. But They cancelled the rest of church cause there wasn't water! So we just had sacrament, and then everyone went home. We were by our pension <apartment> when one of our investigators called us and asked where everyone was. Oh my goodness, that is so bad. So we ran over, and gave them a tour of the chapel and had a really awesome lesson with them! So even though something really bad happened, the Lord was able to work with it and let us feel the spirit. 

I hope you are all doing great! Have a great week! I love you all!

Love,

Elder Himes

Transfers!

Hey Family and friends!!! How is it going? 

Big news!! Transfers happened!! WHOOOO! I finished my training! Im finally a real missionary! Ha!

My  new comp is Elder Barrion Nuevo! He is awesome! He is 26 years old, and from Buenos Aires. He has 4 months left in the mission. He is super nice. He bought me a dos corazones, which is a little chocolate with a love poem inside. That was really nice.

A while ago We found a kid named Lucas. He is a member that moved here from Salta. But he didn't know were the chapel was, so he never came to church. He is the only member in his family. We have been working really hard with him and his brother. They are awesome. His brother Brian really wants to know which is the right church. Lucas is such a little capo (boss) cause he basically testified about the restoration to his mom and bro! AHH So dope!

Also! The mission is doing a 40 day fast! We are fasting to be able to teach more people and help them come unto Christ through baptism. So I invite all of you to join us. A day of fasting, or even just prayers. I know that heavenly father will listen to us!

Thank you so much team! You are all great! Have a stellar week!

Love,

Elder Himes