August 22, 2016

Today at 11:22

SO this week was rough we had a rough turnout in the church, a feo noticia. 

this week has been really rough. my comp have been a FOOL finding new familys teaching really well feeling the spirit its was killer!!!!!! and saturday we planned our day out and found out that if we invited everyone of our investigators and could get them to go we would have 12 PEOPLE WITH DATES TO GET BAPTISED IN THE CHURCH!!! crazy right !!!! so we do our visits and every single one says yeah well go to church!!! so we were super excited!!! but the morning came around and NOBODY SHOWED!!!!!! after we had talked to every single one that morning nope. so i was heated to say the least and with all that emotion i had to give a talk. i got up their and just was a hot mess haha i couldent even focus. so i finished the talk then walked outside to just catch a breath. it was a heart breaker to see all these amazing people not in the church feeling the amazing spirit of god. BUMMER !!!!!!!!! 

and the best part of the whole situation is that my comp and i are getting talken outta our area at the end of this transfer. which realy sucks cause it means we dont get to see any of our investigators be baptised and it also means that most of the people we are teaching are gonna be forgoten about or droped by other missionarys. makes it a lil rough to work... BUMMER!!!!!!

so just for all you young boys getting ready for the mission i just want to let you know that the mission is not for the faint of heart. i have never been more broken hearted in my life, the mission is by far the hardest thing ive ever done... BUT I WOULD NOT TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!! i will forever be greatful for my time in the mission so GET YOUR BUTTS OUT ON THE MISSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

love you all to death be safe and ill see yall in a lil bit :)

Jackson 

and hey for all the spanish speakers YOU HAVE TO LOOK UP 

Circulito consigue trabajo -- Cuadradito y Circulito

its a video on youtube and its freakin HALARIOUS!!!!!!!!!! we watched it in our zone meeting. we learned that we need to have passion for the mission like circulito has for messing stuff up hahahahahahahah love the mission 

hey CAHOON FAMILY!!!!!! YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST !!!!!! I JUST GOT YOU LITTLE LETTER AND YOUR GUYS ARE THE BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH FOR THE LETTER IT MADE ME GIGGLE !!!!!!! BEST FAMILY EVA!!!!!! 

and hey mike your gonna get a crack outta that video its sooooo dang cordobeas hahahah

Pictures from the Week

Josh's Area...he says its HUGE

 This couple is Joshs Favorite couple in Argentina.  He calls them his family.  I dont even think that they are members but they love the Elders.

Hes having a little siesta on their floor. 

Monday, August 15, 2016

Today at 17:34

so this week was a little rough and crazy to be honest we had the first conference with pres, saw the blessings of being late to everything, and i decided to find new ways to contact ppl. 

so the first confrence was well tbh a bit of a bummer. the pres and his wife talked and it was great we could feel the spirit and they showed us a couple things we didnt know before but then the 70 and his wife got up and talked to us and from their it went down hill fast. the wife taked about obidience which is good right but she just focused on all of the realy dumb obidience things like colorful sox, apropriate pday cloths, haircuts, ties i mean THIS LADY WAS MONOLOGING!!!!!!! then her husband got up and we all thought oh great a 70 he about to drop some awesome doctrinal knowledge but nope.... he just talked about respect for the new president completely insulted or old mission president and they told us we were all bad missionarys. just so you know we are the NUMBER 1 BAPTISERS OUT OF ARGENTINA; CHILE, BRASIL AND URIGUAY!!!!!!!!!!!! IF IT AINT BROKE DONT FIX IT DINCLBERRY!!!!! so needles to say the whole mission left that reunion with NOOOO ganas to work. sorta a bummer we had to give up alot of really go appointment with investigators to go listen to them.💩

sooo as 2 19 year old boys who take the bus everywhere we are about 30-1hr minutes late to just about everything.... but this week was crazy cause every single progressing investigator that we have we found in route to our appointments. it was supper funny its like god knew that we were gonna be late so he just threw some baptisable people in our route haha 

so tbh the muission can get a little boaring sometimes so as missionarys its out job to find new crazy ways to acomplish the same thing. so ive taken up to contacting guys driving motorcycles hahah if their a guy driving by me on a moto i stick my hand out with a pamflet and most of the time they grab it and turn around to talk to us about it!!!! hahahah its dope the guys that come back are always super open to hear the message. and the other way of contacting is by doing card tricks on buses and in centro. cause lets be honest who doesnt like to see a card trick hahah so after the trick we just contact the crap outta them :P the missions a freakin blast cause quite honestly we have NO boundrys hahahah i love it !!!!

p:S: HAPPY BDAY MAMÂ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 👏🙌😘❤😁😆😇

love, jackson

pics 

teaching inglish to a SNAKE!!!!!!

service

cute lil kid 

pday de zona 

and well funny story this week i had to explain cercumcision to two of the members were visiting hahahhahahahahaahah TOOOOOO DANG FUNNY the pic is how i explained it and the foto after is their faces after hahahaah

August 15, 2016 PICTURES OF THE WEEK

Monday August 8, 2016

Aug 8 at 8:58 AM

ok so this week was a freakin ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we saw some CRAZY MIRICLES 

so this past week was insane!!! so it was the first week with me and my new comp elder lulich and well hes a pretty cool hes just super chill and timid and well yall know that im a freakin spazz without limits so we make a killer team! 

so just so you know my last week with elder peterson our nubers were 10 new investigator with 1 date for a baptism. and well like i told you guys i didnt like that so i changed my thoughts on the mission and well went a little crazy haha this week we found 30 new investigators and 15 of them accepted a date to be baptised.......... I HAVE NEVER FELT SO DUMB IN MY ENTIRE LIFE !!!!!!! IMAGINE THE PEOPLE WE COULD HAVE TAUGHT IF I WAS WORKING LIKE THIS BEFORE!!! and the familys we have found are just SO amazing. im mean first leccion we have half the family crying asking to be baptised asking what they need to do. i just feel like a puppet in his hands sometimes...

its so dang funny the things we learn in the mission. we not only figure out how to live with another person in peace but we also learn about ourselves more than i ever thought !!! its crazy how much ive changed because of this AMAZING oportunity i have to just serve with all the power of my soul! cause i mean im still the same ol goober but at the same time i just feel so dang different. its crazy to see how much different life is when we has his spirit with us always. and as you all know as a missionary we always gotta drop an invitation ;P so here it is guys mormons not mormons no me importa look for ways to have that spirit with you in your day. cause its a WHOLE OTHER WAY TO LIVE :D 

i love you guys !!!!! THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!!!!! be good have some fun and ill see ya´ll in a little :)

Jackson

hey P.S. aunt NAT YOUR THE BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i miss you like crazy hun !!!!!! THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH FOR THOSE DANG SOX!!!! seriously i have never been more happy to open a package and see sox. you almost had me in tears hahahahaaha. HEY SHOOT ME AN EMAIL WOMAN !!! tell me what you up to!!!!!! LOVE YA !!!!!!! besos :) 

P.S.s hey mamá I FINALLY GOT 2 OF YOUR PACKAGES yep another miricle hahahah one of them got missent to tyland.... i dont know how you mess that one up mailguys hahaha THANK YOU FOR THE Gs RANCH AND SOX !!!! BEST BDAY PRESENT EVER!!!!!!!!!! hahahahah 

Pictures of the Week

 Josh FINALLY got his birthday packages!!!!  He asked for Ranch and Socks...Only 3 months later than his birthday but they got there in the end.  So heres his Ranch...

 The Box of Socks...

 Im not sure how you misend a package to Thailand but thats where it went first...

 Joshs hairy legs and his new socks...

 No idea!

 Josh got a new companion and He LOVES this kid!!!

 Having dinner at a familys home after a 24 hour fast he said...

Monday August, 1 2016

Aug 1 at 11:24 AM

so this week we had a tone of baptism dates put down and a new comp. + a note

so the mission is really funny cause no matter how much you think your doing theirs always a cray humbling expirience when you realize wow i can do a whole lot more. well that happened to me last week and to be honest i felt like a huge goober !!!! so last week i went HARD !!!!! and we found 5 people who could progress and be CRAZY ACTIVE MEMBERS !!!! so they all have dates to be baptised and everything is looking so far. soooo keep your fingers crossed!! 

ALSO !!!!! i have a new comp!! his names elder lulich and hes from organ. seems like a pretty cool kid so far but hes one of those guys that prays at resturants... yea that one FREAKED me out ahaha i just didnt see it coming. im hoping he doesnt ask me to hold his hand tonight and pray together hahaha ;P haaha but all jokes aside im pretty happy to have a new comp i think itll be a nice change. 

ok so just a note guys. i know and as missionarys we know that the way we live is super funky and weird and we know that were dumb young kids BUT because we are young and dumb and dorky WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!! now im not telling you guys to go out with the missionary and to give them food. no we need references !!!!! people who are normal who just want to learn more about god. + MORE IMPORTANTLY!!!! SIT NEXT TO THE INVESTIGATORS AND JUST TRY AND BE A FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i dont know how the mission is in the US but here NOBODY is willing to befriend the new converts or investigators and that is a reason why then never wanna come back. i know it can be sorta weird but please just do it. in EVERY MEETING ive ever had with members here they have talked about how how they need to dedicate more time to the mission work but then when we ask for help theirs always an excuse. so ask yourselves are you gonna be someone who has to go to an early morning meeting to talk about helping the missionarys and new converts OR are you gonna ACT?

i love you guys A TON !!!!! thank you for everything ill see you guys in a little bit :) 

Jackson

PICTURES FOR THE WEEK

 Dinner

He loves these cars

 His Companion...

 Silly

 This is joshs buddy at church.  This is the kid that made josh decide to go into Occupational Therapy when he gets home...I love that he loves perfectly special kids!!!

He is a ladys man...I think these are some of the sister missionaries that he may like as Sisters...He usually has nothing good to say about the Sisters...

Monday July, 25, 2016

Jul 25 at 9:08 AM

so this week pasted super quick but crazy enough i know what i need to do to for work after the mish, and we say some little miricles this sunday.

so if you guys dont knw my comp is a district leader which means we have to travel all over the place to do baptism interviews. so thursday we went to their area to do an interview but the sisters gave us a heads up that this guy had a down syndrome kid that was insaine. so no biggy my comp is doing the interview and this piping hot mess 15 year old kid comes holling out of the kitchen screaming at the top of his lungs. long story short the dad comes outta the reunion looking for his kid with the face of an embarreced scared parent and me and oscur were just sittin on the couch chilling playing with the cards i always have in my bag. he takes one look at us and you could just see his nerves calm down. it was crazy he just looked at me and was like how did you get him so dang calm? i just looked at him and shrugged haha so thier it is sign me up for pre med classes ma play therapist it is. can i just say how excited i am to study something other than doctrine haha !!!!

 this last week my comp and i were a FOOL!!! we went to bed tired and woek up tired just trying to find someone who would go to church and actually stay strong in the church and well we had to make the long walk of shame of shame to the church without investigators again. so we show up late a lil bumbed out and low and behold one of our converts was their with her fam!!!!! so she got the spirit and we sat down like woosh ok thanks heavenly father then the reunion ends and were sitting their talking to everyone and a member comes up to us and introduces her friend that came to see how it was because her husbands a member!! so then we were like wow ok man thanks ! i know i talk about this like every week but this seriously is gods work. its so funny to be a missionary cause honestly were just like pupets on strings hah the big man upstairs is gonna do what hes gonna do.

love you guys thanks for all your love and prayers!!!! see yall in a lil

jackson

PICTURES JULY

 Brazilian food!

 He said he loves these dogs!

 He calls this the "First Presidency" Picture but what he missed is that the First Presidency ALWAYS SMILES in their pictures!!!

I have no idea what the head thing is?  It looks like a dinosaur!  He looks like he belongs in that family though.

Tuesday July 19, 2016

Jul 19 at 2:29 PM

hey guys sorry im a lil late i had to leave the computer yesterday after 10 minutes because of a baptism interview my comp had to do for the sisters so heres the day late letter.

we had to drop a whole block of investigators...., some really crappy Argentine shoes!!!, and naomi

so this past transfer has been sort of a heart breaker. this past month we have really been focusing on this area thats basically a HUGE ghetto but we had recent converts that lived there. so we were thinking hey we can use them to teach everyone. and for a while thats what we were doing for a solid week we had 9 people from the same street that told us that they wanted to be baptised and go to church!!! but for the past 3 weeks we passed by every single one of their houses and not one of them went... 3 strikes and your out :P so my comp and i have officially WAISTED A MONTH!!!! + had to drop a whole freakin area of our area. its a huge bummer. this sunday we showed up at church SUPER later again and just TICKED OFF!!! so after sacriment meeting we left to go contact people that lived close to the church trying to turn a bad day into a good one. and well tbh it just made it a worst one. it was a cold, early sunday morning so ovcorse nobody wants to talk and after an hour and a half of getting doors shut in our faces i sorta exploded on this poor RUDE grandma and told her that if she didnt listen to us she wouldent go to heaven... haha so that ticked her off more and she started going off on Jahova witness stuff (i think she was one) and after a few minutes of hearing a little religious rage i took out a calling card and flicked it into her yard and said if she wanted to know the truth to call us. i know i know NOT A GOOD THING TO DO!!! but theirs only so much you can take before you gotta just let it all out hah

SO my 2nd transfer in argentina i got tired of wearing the sexy rockports my mama bought me with my suit so i went out and bought me a nice 50 dollar pair of good looking dress shoes to wear with my suit. but when my rockports blew up i stated using them almost everyday and well needless to say last week i had to let them go. they started hurting my feet so bad that i walked a mile home in my sox hahah so like a normal 19 year old boy i tied the laces together and threw them into the telefone lines infront of our house haha gotta have fun in the mish :)

so naomi is a sweet little woman whos sorta permafryed but has a heart of gold. so we have been teaching her the leccions and to be honest i think ive learned more from her than shes learned from me. she has this big problem because she knows that what we talk about is true and shes told us that she feels amazing and comforted when shes with us. but she just will not act on what shes feeling. and its not just her were ive seen this, we are here to learn and live. to mess up and fix it to feel happy and sad and to make decisions that will have big impacts on our lives. guys just dont ever be afraid to do what feels right. and dont ever forget that if you dont know what is right their is one guy who does and all we have to do to figure our stuff out is to talk with him. 

i love you all to death! please be safe while im gone and ill see yall in a little ok :) 

Jackson

P.S. hey i just finished 8 months in the mish yesterday TIME FLYS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Monday July 18, 2016

Jul 18 at 3:54 PM

 

HEY IM SORRY we gotta get off the compu cause of a baptism interview but im gonna hop on tomorrow to write the letter ok!!! here are the pics of the week tho!!!!!!

July 18th PICTURES FOR THE WEEK

 Carlos Pas.  This is the City hes serving in right now.

 DingDongs!!!

 Hes at a park and check out the kid behind him.  Cracks me UP!

 Service....

 So Timothy bought him 2 really good pair of missionary shoes...Josh didn't think they looked COOL enough so when he got to Argentina he bought a cheap pair.  THIS is that Pair!!!!  What a total weenie!!!

 No idea!!!!????

 They may have spent more time dealing with these shoes than anything else that night...kinda funny!

 Such naughty missionaries.  See those shoes up in the power lines???  Yup, those are Joshs!

Yup!!!  It is just what you think...GROSSSSS