Vamos a La Cuidad

Hola Personas Hermosas,

Well the time has come. Elder Maynard is leaving Esperanza.  I am going to the city!  My new area is called Parque Del Sur and a big soccer Stadium is there.  I´m about to experience Argentina soccer fanaticism haha I don´t know who my new companion is yet.  I will meet him tomorrow so you all will have to wait til next week to find out! 

This past week was awesome.  Through lots of hard work we have found 2 new investigators! One is a family of three. Parents and a 14 year old son.  THEY ARE AWESOME!  They have completed every single commitment we have left.  Every one.  The 14 kid has asked us questions how he can help share gospel with his friends and step sister. Que Capo que es! He is going to be a missionary one day, I know it.  They committed to come to church next week but Elder Maynard and Elder Clayton won´t be here.  It was a tender mercy from the Lord to be able to meet them and to teach them.  Through hard work the Lord blesses us!  Another Investigator named Palomeque came to church this week. It was so awesome!  She is the señora of a less active.  She said she loved church, she loves the Book of Mormon, and she wants to keep on coming.  What do you all think? A future baptism? YES!  It´s just amazing how we have continued to work hard and the Lord has blessed us in our last few weeks here.  Miracles come after the trial of faith.  It was such a blessing to meet these new people and see the progress in them before I go.
Well Everyone, I cannot explain to you how much I love Esperanza.  5 and a half months here went by real fast.  I learned so much.  So much.  I learned that I am nothing. The Lord is all powerful and I have to depend on him.  I learned that missionary work isn´t easy, but the results and the joy that come from it are beyond measure.  I learned to love a lot of people!  I have come to love the 2 comps that I have had here.  I LOVE the members.  Some of the most humble, generous, and loving people I have ever met.  I have come to know more about my Savior.  I have found strength in Him.  I have found peace in Him.  I have found the power of His atoning Sacrifice.  I have found ESPERANZA in Christ.  Esperanza, te quiero mucho.  I am going to miss it, but I am excited for the many more adventures ahead.

Happy birthday to my super hero of a mom this week!  Everyone give her extra love for me.  42 never looked so good:) Love you mom!!!!!  Have a good week everyone!

Con mucho Amor,

Elder Maynard

 

 

 ELder Maynard loves blue skies and pepsi

 

 

 

 

Esperanza streets... you can't get any better

 

and called Pringles hahaha

 

 

 

 We visited the cemetery oooooooooo

 

 

 

 

 

 The legendary dog.... TRIPOD

 

 

 

 

 

Elder Maynard Likes ice cream and its a miracle he has only gained three pounds in his whole mission up until now.

 

and the very first panaderia I ever went to. FACTURAS!!!

 

 

 

Dog in the bank. only in Argentina hhahahaç

 

and last district meeting!!

 

 

Crazy familia hang that I love hahah

 Elder Maynard working on his soccer game

 

 

There are busts all over the city haha

 

THANKSGIVING!!!

 

La familia Acosta!! They are awesome

 

and another park where I got my workout on in the mornings

Feliz Día de Gracias

Hola Familia!!!!

This week was awesome!!! Just like every week haha.  Some news before I forget, I won`t be writing until next Tuesday because we have transfers this week.  We will see if I am still in Esperanza or not! haha So that will be exciting!

This week we had quite a bit of success.  We have visited a lot of new people!  We will see if they turn into investigators.  This week Elder Clayton and I have really pushed to encourage people to pray.  Lots of people don`t like to pray.  I have been thinking and I have come up with some reasons why people don´t. 1. The adversary is constantly attacking people so that they don`t want to pray, obviously.  2. People think it´s weird.  If they don´t have faith in God, I can see why praying would be weird.  But big news for all the unbelievers out there. GOD LIVES!  3.  People are afraid of the answer they will receive.  And that is why the prophets in the Scriptures constantly say that we have to pray with real intent.  With real intent, faith, and humility to pray, we can receive personal revelation!  So we just have to overcome all of these obstacles and pray!  We talked with a ton of people this week and persisted until they prayed.  I cannot explain how humbling it is to hear people pray for the first time.  It is probably my favorite thing in the mission.  The thanks they give to God for the simplest things is a great example for me. I try to give thanks every night for the little things from the day.  And HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!  May we all take a little time to personally pray to Heavenly Father on Thanksgiving, offering nothing but our gratitude! This is my challenge for all of you this week!  I know that prayer changes lives, because it has changed my life.  Through prayer I have come to know that this church is true.  Through prayer I have been moved to serve a mission.  Through Prayer I have been moved to repent, and receive forgiveness from my almighty God.  Though prayer I feel my Heavenly Father´s comfort and love.  Have a great week everyone!! Love you all! Happy Thanksgiving.

Un abrazo,

Elder Maynard

 

We made pancakes as a district!!!

 

 

 

 

 I make it rain BUCKETS!

Took a trip to Rosario this week to do tramites!!!

 and me solving big rubicks cube! haha

 

 

 Dudes in Rosario mission home.  Me from Herriman, state champs baby!!!! and then kid from Bingham and Kid from Riverton

 mission home in rosario! i have been to this mission home twice and have never been to mission home in santa fe hahahaha

 

 

 

 This is where we ate lunch in rosario hahahaha Little peruvian hole in wall. Awesome

First watermelon in argentina was delish!

 Sunday morning esperanza streets! amazing

 

 

 

 Plaza with Elder maynard... the dog whispereer hahaha

 lunch with some members!!! pizza and milaneza

 

 

 

 

 

 Un grande y abominable iglesia, but it reminds me of clock tower from peter pan so I snapped a pic hahaha

11/16/15

HOLA!!!

How`s everyone doing?!  I feel like this past week flew by, just like they normally do.  Well the work continues here in the mission field.  I walk these streets constantly asking myself ´´Where are the chosen people?´´ We have to find those chosen people who are ready to hear the good news, the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ.  And I`ll tell you what, it ain´t easy. hahaha And if it was easy then the mission would be no fun.  It`s fun to overcome challenges and try to find new ways to meet people and to teach them.  The mission is an adventure, that`s for sure.  And like most adventures, it´s a blast.  I often think that it is a little crazy what we do.  We talk to complete strangers and sometimes we convince them to let us enter their house.  It´s awesome.  I can`t describe it.  Serve a mission and you will know what I am talking about.  It`s such a good feeling to share gospel with people.  We are all children of God and He loves us.  My love grows for my fellow brothers and sisters as I share my testimony, so I invite you all to share your testimony this week! 

Well, this week we have one new investigator!!! Whoooo!!  We have been searching for less active members a lot lately that have incomplete families, and that`s what we have found!  Probably the most Humble guy in the world, Hermano Martinez and his non member Señora Hna Palomeque.  We had two lessons with them this week.  We reintroduced the Book of Mormon to them and read 3 Nephi 11 together.  Wow, they were two great lessons.  Both of them just smile the whole time and it makes me happy! haha They both told us that they feel really good when we visit them, and I told them ´´I feel good too!´´´haha It is amazing how the spirit of the Lord testifies of the Book of Mormon.  I know without a doubt that it is true.  In the last few weeks I have begun to read from the beginning once again.  I absolutely love the story of Nephi.  This guy is a man of faith!  Great example for me. 

Well I love you all! Thanks for all your letters and prayers for me.  I have felt your love for me today!!  Thanks for lifting me up, everyone!! And thank you grandparents, I continue to get all of your letters!! They are great!  And happy birthday to Grandpa Maynard this week!

Love you all!!!

Elder Maynard

 

Gettin pics in with some murals haha

 and no one does the david face, like david does the david face hahahahahaa

 

 

roasted chicken with chimmichurri..... mouthwatering

 

 and elder maynard with the esperanza city hall 

 

 

Lunch with ward mision leader? I aint even mad

 

 

Elder Maynard in the plaza? we have ourselves a happy camper hahaha

 

 

6 meses ya fue :O

Hola amados mìos!

Wow, would you look at that.  It`s November and I have 6 months in the mission!!  I can`t believe it.  Time flies, verdad?  I still feel like a baby in the mission. haha The mission is just one of the most humbling experiences in the world.  You have to rely completely on the Lord Jesus Christ.  I arrived in a foreign land and couldn´t understand a word, and after 6 months I only understand every other word. haha But the mission opens your eyes to the eternal perspective.  Nothing else matters in the world but the Gospel, and that is why Missionary Work is the greatest.  We help others open their eyes too.  People are lost in the dark, and we help them open their eyes and see our Savior Jesus Christ, who is the light and life of the world, who overcomes all darkness.  The good news is that we are all missionaries!  We are missionaries for our whole lives!  So do I have 18 months left or 60 years?:O  But I love my mission.  I can´t wait for the many more good things to come.

This week was a week to show our faith.  We basically dropped all of our investigators.  None of them are progressing.  David, who had a baptism date, he investigated the church for the wrong reasons.  We prayed about it and decided it would be best to let him go to.  It´s hard to let go of people that you prayed for, fasted for, and that you love.  But we had to trust in the Lord that it`s not their time yet.  Besides the fact that we have dropped many investigators we had one of the best weeks of my mission numbers wise.  Lots of lessons taught and we received lots of references too!  I feel like the Lord blessed us a lot this week for relying on him to find new people to teach.  We have lots of appointments set this week for new people, so I am excited! We will see how it goes! 

Because it is 6 month mark, here is a little testimony in Spanish!

Yo sè que Jesucristo vive.  Me encanta la mision y que yo tenga la oportunidad a servir mi padre celestial.  Yo sè que el libro de mormon es verdadero. Es el libro màs poderoso en todo el mundo y podemos acercarnos a Dios mediante el mensaje que contiene.  yo quiero mi familia y yo sè que vamos a vivir juntos para toda la eternidad.  Yo agradezco mi Padre Celestial cada dia por mi mision y la vida que yo tengo.   I LOVE YOU ALL!! Have a great week.

Con amor,

Elder Maynard

 

 empenadas y torta para celebrar el cumpleaños de elder clayton!!!!

 

 

 After 5 hours straight in the pouring rain of argentina, elder clayton y I made it out alive.  Soaking wet.  Everything just like we jumped into a pool.  Good memories hahaha

 

 

 Yes.  Yes, missionaries are Jedis

 

 

Just a nice bright and sunshiney day:)

and thats right folks, i put my skirt on...  we just have a sister missionary`s mission left to go.  18 months left. Lets do it.

 

 

selfie in the street, por què no?

 Is that Elder Maynard? In a restaurant?  Yes.... Yes it is hahaha

 

 

 BURGER!!! YEAH! hahaha 

 

 

 Enjoying a nice PDay lunch

 

 

Elder Maynard with cool basketball pic