Tuesday, August 30, 2011
I wasn't forgotten after all!
Well, I officially consider myself bombarded! THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE EMAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ESO ES!!!!!(español)
Oh about the finances, I bought a shirt and pants last week and I ordered extra garments because I was rather lacking in those areas so that accounts for about 150 bucks of that spending. And I already resolved before that to start being more careful about my finances, and before that, the mission gave me the wrong PIN so I had to spend from my own money. So yeah, Im gonna start being more responsible.
Entonces....This week FLEW BY!!!!!! Oh, if I didnt mention this in my last email, Im the only american in my district now, and 1 of 3 in my zone. So, next week I´ll send a photo (it will be kind of a where´s waldo kind of photo....) But the baptism streak broke because our investigator Pablo, (we baptized his wife in july) knows the church is true, has stopped drinking coffee, got married, but HES TOO DANG SCARED OF SETTING A DANG BAPTISM DATE!!!! Weve literally taught him everything at least twice to him.
Ugh, Sunday was the WORST!!!! For 3/4 of sacrament meeting, we had ZERO investigators there. But then 1 came after that. But even so, 1 is a TERRIBLE number. This is one of those moments when nathan would say I HATE MEXICANS!!!! Because we had 10 committed to coming, but only one showed up. Oh, and only 2 of our recent converts showed up as well. Were gonna have a lot of recent convert lessons this week.
Oh but the mission, has soooooo many spiritual experiences, its just awesome. Especially when you see someone absolutly change their life to come to the gospel. Oh I finished the book Jesus the Christ a couple of weeks ago. I took about 15 days to read it. Its amazing. I highly reccommend it.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABIES!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant believe they will be 3 when I get home!
My companion really expects a lot from me. He fully expects me to become an assistant to the mission president before my mission is over. And for that reason he wont take it easy on me. He won´t let me make excuses to not improve. He is really helping me to grow as a person. Oh that reminds me, the mission president expects a lot of me too. I didnt tell you all this earlier, because I didn´t want to sound prideful, but he told me in my first interview with him, "I don´t know you, I don´t know hardly anything about you, but I feel impressed to tell you, that you will be one of the best missionaries in this entire mission. As I said, I feel impressed by the spirit to tell you that." I still cant believe it. I have super high expectations from others around me. I really hope that I will be stregnthened by the spirit to fufill those expectations.
Thanks for the sports updates. AHHHHHHHH SOOOO EXCITING!!!! (if you could embed highlights in next week´s email I would be eternally grateful....) That will be a hard part for me. I love sports!!!!! Oh and speaking of which, I´m terrible at fútbol (soccer). But I did score a goal today, but Im still terrible.
Oh, I didnt hear about the hurricane, I dont hear of any news here, literally. A nuke could go off and I wouldnt know about it.
But thanks for everything, I really hope I get your packages tonight. Every week I think "oh Im finally gonna get them tonight" then I dont.
THANK YOU I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
Elder Kevin Wilde
ESO ES!!!!!(español)
Oh about the finances, I bought a shirt and pants last week and I ordered extra garments because I was rather lacking in those areas so that accounts for about 150 bucks of that spending. And I already resolved before that to start being more careful about my finances, and before that, the mission gave me the wrong PIN so I had to spend from my own money. So yeah, Im gonna start being more responsible.
Entonces....This week FLEW BY!!!!!! Oh, if I didnt mention this in my last email, Im the only american in my district now, and 1 of 3 in my zone. So, next week I´ll send a photo (it will be kind of a where´s waldo kind of photo....) But the baptism streak broke because our investigator Pablo, (we baptized his wife in july) knows the church is true, has stopped drinking coffee, got married, but HES TOO DANG SCARED OF SETTING A DANG BAPTISM DATE!!!! Weve literally taught him everything at least twice to him.
Ugh, Sunday was the WORST!!!! For 3/4 of sacrament meeting, we had ZERO investigators there. But then 1 came after that. But even so, 1 is a TERRIBLE number. This is one of those moments when nathan would say I HATE MEXICANS!!!! Because we had 10 committed to coming, but only one showed up. Oh, and only 2 of our recent converts showed up as well. Were gonna have a lot of recent convert lessons this week.
Oh but the mission, has soooooo many spiritual experiences, its just awesome. Especially when you see someone absolutly change their life to come to the gospel. Oh I finished the book Jesus the Christ a couple of weeks ago. I took about 15 days to read it. Its amazing. I highly reccommend it.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABIES!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant believe they will be 3 when I get home!
My companion really expects a lot from me. He fully expects me to become an assistant to the mission president before my mission is over. And for that reason he wont take it easy on me. He won´t let me make excuses to not improve. He is really helping me to grow as a person. Oh that reminds me, the mission president expects a lot of me too. I didnt tell you all this earlier, because I didn´t want to sound prideful, but he told me in my first interview with him, "I don´t know you, I don´t know hardly anything about you, but I feel impressed to tell you, that you will be one of the best missionaries in this entire mission. As I said, I feel impressed by the spirit to tell you that." I still cant believe it. I have super high expectations from others around me. I really hope that I will be stregnthened by the spirit to fufill those expectations.
Thanks for the sports updates. AHHHHHHHH SOOOO EXCITING!!!! (if you could embed highlights in next week´s email I would be eternally grateful....) That will be a hard part for me. I love sports!!!!! Oh and speaking of which, I´m terrible at fútbol (soccer). But I did score a goal today, but Im still terrible.
Oh, I didnt hear about the hurricane, I dont hear of any news here, literally. A nuke could go off and I wouldnt know about it.
But thanks for everything, I really hope I get your packages tonight. Every week I think "oh Im finally gonna get them tonight" then I dont.
THANK YOU I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
Elder Kevin Wilde
Thursday, August 25, 2011
1st Transfer
Ok as of this moment that I´m writing I have yet to recieve a email from anybody but dad, and thats pretty dang lame(no dad you´re email wasnt lame), yes i know that I´m writing a little earlier than I usually do, but come on!!!! This is when I usually plan on writing, but for some reason that never happens.
But nevertheless, I will write you all of my coming and goings here in good ol Mexico. Sunday was pretty dang lame, because we had 1 progressing investigator at church, so thats something we´ll need to improve on.
Auriliano was baptized!
I´ve finished my first transfer in Mexico!!!!! But I wasn´t transferred. So it is now officially confirmed that I will be killing my trainer. He predicts that I´ll train next transfer, but I´m not gonna lie I don´t think I could do it, not now. He also says that he thinks I´ve gained the trust of my mission president, because I haven´t talked to him outside of our scheduled interviews. According to Elder Cruz, that means he´s not worried about me. Oh and the first missionary from my "generation" was sent home. Oh about 3 weeks ago, 2 elders from my district were sent home(actually the other elders from my ward). From what members told me about them, they deserved it, but I won´t go into details. We recorded in this transfer 6 baptisms and confirmations, pretty dang good for a first transfer!!! I do believe we were the highest baptizing companionship in the zone!
With some hope, we´ll have another baptism this week.
So now i´ve officially begun my second transfer, thoughts.....
This transfer went REALLY FAST!!!!! Hopefully the rest will be the same.
I really do have the best trainer in the world.
I still have yet to recieve any packages yet, hopefully I´ll get them tonight!
Quite often I miss the luxuries in the states that we take for granted.
Tuesdays are the best (because we´ve had baptisms almost every tuesday)
I´ve seen a lot of lazy elders and fritas (disobedient), I promise you I will not be one of those.
I haven´t been sleeping well lately, please pray that I´ll sleep better, and learn the language.
I miss dairy products from the states. There´s no such thing as fresh milk here, and there are NONE of the cheeses that we enjoy in the states here, only american cheese(really??? we´re not representing too well)
BUT...I´ve eaten some DELICOUS Mexican food. I´ve eaten the BEST Quesadillas EVER here. Theres this Taqueria near my house that makes AMAZING gringas (yes, tortilla with cheese meat and vegetables, but whatever), and sopes (again, tortilla with cheese meat and vegetables)
But unfortunately I don´t have any more time (8 minutes to write the mission prez.), AND STILL NOTHING!!!!!! UGH!!! Have I been forgotten???? Oh annie, I finally used a computer that could play your vid. THANKS ANNIE and BABIES!!! SUPER CUTE!!!!
So lots of love to everyone AND WRITE ME DANGIT!!!!!!!
Love Elder Kevin Ammon Wilde
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But nevertheless, I will write you all of my coming and goings here in good ol Mexico. Sunday was pretty dang lame, because we had 1 progressing investigator at church, so thats something we´ll need to improve on.
Auriliano was baptized!
I´ve finished my first transfer in Mexico!!!!! But I wasn´t transferred. So it is now officially confirmed that I will be killing my trainer. He predicts that I´ll train next transfer, but I´m not gonna lie I don´t think I could do it, not now. He also says that he thinks I´ve gained the trust of my mission president, because I haven´t talked to him outside of our scheduled interviews. According to Elder Cruz, that means he´s not worried about me. Oh and the first missionary from my "generation" was sent home. Oh about 3 weeks ago, 2 elders from my district were sent home(actually the other elders from my ward). From what members told me about them, they deserved it, but I won´t go into details. We recorded in this transfer 6 baptisms and confirmations, pretty dang good for a first transfer!!! I do believe we were the highest baptizing companionship in the zone!
With some hope, we´ll have another baptism this week.
So now i´ve officially begun my second transfer, thoughts.....
This transfer went REALLY FAST!!!!! Hopefully the rest will be the same.
I really do have the best trainer in the world.
I still have yet to recieve any packages yet, hopefully I´ll get them tonight!
Quite often I miss the luxuries in the states that we take for granted.
Tuesdays are the best (because we´ve had baptisms almost every tuesday)
I´ve seen a lot of lazy elders and fritas (disobedient), I promise you I will not be one of those.
I haven´t been sleeping well lately, please pray that I´ll sleep better, and learn the language.
I miss dairy products from the states. There´s no such thing as fresh milk here, and there are NONE of the cheeses that we enjoy in the states here, only american cheese(really??? we´re not representing too well)
BUT...I´ve eaten some DELICOUS Mexican food. I´ve eaten the BEST Quesadillas EVER here. Theres this Taqueria near my house that makes AMAZING gringas (yes, tortilla with cheese meat and vegetables, but whatever), and sopes (again, tortilla with cheese meat and vegetables)
But unfortunately I don´t have any more time (8 minutes to write the mission prez.), AND STILL NOTHING!!!!!! UGH!!! Have I been forgotten???? Oh annie, I finally used a computer that could play your vid. THANKS ANNIE and BABIES!!! SUPER CUTE!!!!
So lots of love to everyone AND WRITE ME DANGIT!!!!!!!
Love Elder Kevin Ammon Wilde
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Over a month in Mexico
Another week down, and one more to go until my first transfer is done!!!!
So, first off, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope it was a good one of in alabama!!!!
First off to answer questions....no I havent gotten any packages yet, I might tonight, monday nights are when we recieve mail and packages. We cleaned our room today, dont worry. Yes, it was a real tarantula, but it was on the wall of a member´s house, OUTSIDE, but the dang ants are what I worry most about. And yes, I had my first zone conference this week. It was a 2 zone conference. And I love my mission president, he´s the best.
I´m not going to lie, you all know I love BYU football but Ive gotten ZERO UPDATES!!!! WHAT IS THIS????
So entertaining story of the week. While this didn´t happen to me I still think its hilarious enough to be included in the email. So out here theres a billion and a half churches. So one of the ministers of a church here asked one of the members for a triple, and she gave it to him. The reason for this is hilarious. This minister uses scriptures from the book of mormon, and doctrine and covenants to further explain scriptures from the bible!!! WHy doesnt he just tell his members to join the real church of jesus christ????
Question to Nathan, Will, and Dan, how long did it take you to get down the language, because im sick of always bumbling in my speech!!!!!
While me and my companion are doing well, my zone is suffering. We are the only ones baptizing regularly in our zone (speaking of which we have another baptism tomorrow!!!). The sister missionaries literally have no progressing investigators, which means they will not have another baptism for at least 3 weeks.
So story of baptism. 3 weeks ago we contacted a man named auriliano. We taught him a lesson and asked him to come to church the next day, and he accepted. But when we passed by his house on sunday, we could tell that he was a little tipsy, but we brought him anyway. When we came on tuesday to teach him, he was VERY drunk, so we told him that we were gonna come at 9 am the next day to keep him from drinking. We came at 9:30, and already he was very drunk, so we told him, that we were gonna come by the next day in the morning, and he better not be drunk. So we did and he was sober, we taught him the Word of Wisdom and the doctrine of christ and he hasnt drank since!!!! ANd he will be baptized tomorrow!!!!!! WOOT!!!
So mexicans like literally EXERYTHING spicy. Ice cream, fruits, candy, all spicy. And in this part of the country, there are tortillas offered at every meal. Literally every meal Ive eaten at houses of members there are tortillas offered. Even if its something like spaghetti with chicken cordon bleu, and always, tortillas are there.
Now this week weve been without water, and I realized that the water system here is stuck in the 1960s. So what ive done for showers this week is go and grab a bucket of water, bring it into the shower, grab a tupperware container, and...shower...
But yeah, everyone here is obsessed with soccer, as I thought they would be.
So, I think that is it for this week.
Love you all and SEND ME BYU UPDATES DANGIT!!!!
If theres any grammar errors, its because I don´t want to change anything because this computer is SO DANG SLOW!!! Literally it cant keep up with my typing, it is slower than our old computer!!
Love,
Elder Kevin Ammon Wilde
So, first off, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope it was a good one of in alabama!!!!
First off to answer questions....no I havent gotten any packages yet, I might tonight, monday nights are when we recieve mail and packages. We cleaned our room today, dont worry. Yes, it was a real tarantula, but it was on the wall of a member´s house, OUTSIDE, but the dang ants are what I worry most about. And yes, I had my first zone conference this week. It was a 2 zone conference. And I love my mission president, he´s the best.
I´m not going to lie, you all know I love BYU football but Ive gotten ZERO UPDATES!!!! WHAT IS THIS????
So entertaining story of the week. While this didn´t happen to me I still think its hilarious enough to be included in the email. So out here theres a billion and a half churches. So one of the ministers of a church here asked one of the members for a triple, and she gave it to him. The reason for this is hilarious. This minister uses scriptures from the book of mormon, and doctrine and covenants to further explain scriptures from the bible!!! WHy doesnt he just tell his members to join the real church of jesus christ????
Question to Nathan, Will, and Dan, how long did it take you to get down the language, because im sick of always bumbling in my speech!!!!!
While me and my companion are doing well, my zone is suffering. We are the only ones baptizing regularly in our zone (speaking of which we have another baptism tomorrow!!!). The sister missionaries literally have no progressing investigators, which means they will not have another baptism for at least 3 weeks.
So story of baptism. 3 weeks ago we contacted a man named auriliano. We taught him a lesson and asked him to come to church the next day, and he accepted. But when we passed by his house on sunday, we could tell that he was a little tipsy, but we brought him anyway. When we came on tuesday to teach him, he was VERY drunk, so we told him that we were gonna come at 9 am the next day to keep him from drinking. We came at 9:30, and already he was very drunk, so we told him, that we were gonna come by the next day in the morning, and he better not be drunk. So we did and he was sober, we taught him the Word of Wisdom and the doctrine of christ and he hasnt drank since!!!! ANd he will be baptized tomorrow!!!!!! WOOT!!!
So mexicans like literally EXERYTHING spicy. Ice cream, fruits, candy, all spicy. And in this part of the country, there are tortillas offered at every meal. Literally every meal Ive eaten at houses of members there are tortillas offered. Even if its something like spaghetti with chicken cordon bleu, and always, tortillas are there.
Now this week weve been without water, and I realized that the water system here is stuck in the 1960s. So what ive done for showers this week is go and grab a bucket of water, bring it into the shower, grab a tupperware container, and...shower...
But yeah, everyone here is obsessed with soccer, as I thought they would be.
So, I think that is it for this week.
Love you all and SEND ME BYU UPDATES DANGIT!!!!
If theres any grammar errors, its because I don´t want to change anything because this computer is SO DANG SLOW!!! Literally it cant keep up with my typing, it is slower than our old computer!!
Love,
Elder Kevin Ammon Wilde
Monday, August 8, 2011
I'm 20 ?!? Ahhhh!
WOW IM 20!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I CANT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Sounds so wierd in english, I tell people "cumplo 20 años hoy" or "tengo 20 años" but its hitting me in english. I tell myself over and over and over that im 20, and it just sounds soooo wierd! WHERE DID MY TEENS GO?!?!?!?!??! Oh come on, I have to be an adult??? LAME!
But yesterday did not feel at ALL like my birthday, not to mention that my birthday came on a fast sunday....
BUT, I had the best meal from a member yet yesterday. Spaghetti with chicken cordon bleu with BACON!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!! "YAY BACON!!!!" Jim Gaffigan (Oh this week I completely told my companion JIm Gaffigans Mexican food joke....IN SPANISH) IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!! BACON!!!! Although of course there were tortillas at the table. I literally have not eaten a meal at a members house without tortillas offered.
Oh but so much has happened here in Mexico. I baptized another convert on tuesday, Im gonna baptize another this tuesday, and we are on track to meeting our mission goal of a baptism a week for the month of august. SO, thats great news, because apparently the area of me and my companion is one of the few areas in Cancun thats baptizing right now.
So story that I didnt have time to share last week. The Sunday before last the bishop comes up to my companion while we are greeting people and asks him to give a talk, and my comp tells him "mi hijo puede hacerlo" literally meaning "my son can do it", so yes, my comp bummed off his assignment of giving a talk onto me, and I gave a 10 minute talk in spanish with very little preparation. It was....interesting...Although the members told me that they could understand me, Im not sure.....oh and I had to teach the gospel principles class yesterday as well....
Ive seen several crazy animals here. The week before last I saw my first live wild tarantula while we were teaching a lesson. The cockroaches are HUGE!!!!! Ive seen 3 iguanas today alone. Ive been stung several times by fire ants. Oh, and Ive gotten tons of mosquito bites as well.
Im POSITIVE Ive lost weight since Ive been here. I guess thats what walking all day in the steaming hot of Mexico does to you.
Last week was a really good week as regards to my spanish. Im able to understand much more and many members have told me that I dont sound like someone whos been out for less than a month.
SO, Thanks for all of the birthday wishes!!! As always, I love you all!!!!!
Love,
Elder Kevin Wilde
I CANT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Sounds so wierd in english, I tell people "cumplo 20 años hoy" or "tengo 20 años" but its hitting me in english. I tell myself over and over and over that im 20, and it just sounds soooo wierd! WHERE DID MY TEENS GO?!?!?!?!??! Oh come on, I have to be an adult??? LAME!
But yesterday did not feel at ALL like my birthday, not to mention that my birthday came on a fast sunday....
BUT, I had the best meal from a member yet yesterday. Spaghetti with chicken cordon bleu with BACON!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!! "YAY BACON!!!!" Jim Gaffigan (Oh this week I completely told my companion JIm Gaffigans Mexican food joke....IN SPANISH) IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!! BACON!!!! Although of course there were tortillas at the table. I literally have not eaten a meal at a members house without tortillas offered.
Oh but so much has happened here in Mexico. I baptized another convert on tuesday, Im gonna baptize another this tuesday, and we are on track to meeting our mission goal of a baptism a week for the month of august. SO, thats great news, because apparently the area of me and my companion is one of the few areas in Cancun thats baptizing right now.
So story that I didnt have time to share last week. The Sunday before last the bishop comes up to my companion while we are greeting people and asks him to give a talk, and my comp tells him "mi hijo puede hacerlo" literally meaning "my son can do it", so yes, my comp bummed off his assignment of giving a talk onto me, and I gave a 10 minute talk in spanish with very little preparation. It was....interesting...Although the members told me that they could understand me, Im not sure.....oh and I had to teach the gospel principles class yesterday as well....
Ive seen several crazy animals here. The week before last I saw my first live wild tarantula while we were teaching a lesson. The cockroaches are HUGE!!!!! Ive seen 3 iguanas today alone. Ive been stung several times by fire ants. Oh, and Ive gotten tons of mosquito bites as well.
Im POSITIVE Ive lost weight since Ive been here. I guess thats what walking all day in the steaming hot of Mexico does to you.
Last week was a really good week as regards to my spanish. Im able to understand much more and many members have told me that I dont sound like someone whos been out for less than a month.
SO, Thanks for all of the birthday wishes!!! As always, I love you all!!!!!
Love,
Elder Kevin Wilde
Sunday, August 7, 2011
It's August !
HOLA FAMILIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I officially declare this past week as, Mexico has caught up to me week. On Tuesday, I got sooooooooooo sick!!!! I couldn´t hold anything in my stomach that I didn’t come out one way or the other. And as such, I had no energy to work. IT WAS THE WORST!!! I’ve seriously never felt more sick in my life!!!! So that lasted until Wednesday. After that it was a pretty good week. We have another baptism this week and I´m gonna be performing it, which is awesome.
Sorry I don´t have much time to write this email, it´s been a weird pday. But it was awesome when I was able to work. And ITS MY BIRTHDAY ON SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As I said I dont have much time so thats gonna be my email for this week. As my comp says, sera mas largo la proxima semana (it will be longer next week)
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
Elder Kevin Ammon Wilde
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