Awake and Arise

This is my previous zone. The older guys and hermanas just left and we just got 18 greenies ayer.

So first item of business is the great tragedy that occurred sunday when Germany ruthlessly and without mercy finished off Argentina in the 113th minute of the World Cup Final. We all cried. my native teacher was late to class (she is usually 15 minutes early) and the general feeling was of mourning. The elders in the older district who left monday were quite nervous about arriving in buenos aires 2 days after this great tragedy. Especially since Elder Arnold has blue eyes and blonde hair. At least he has the gringo spanish to reaffirm his non-germanish. Not that anyone will be sober enough to listen to our message for a while :P

Anyways, The spanish is coming soooo fast! Estoy aprendiendo la idioma muy rapido. Aunque yo no hablo perfecto grammatica siempre :P

Teaching is sooo much fun! 

but i've already been here 5 weeks...We get our travel plans today and after that there is basically no time at all before we are off to invite the people of argentina to come unto Christ. 

Now the time i know you have all been waiting for ;)

My motto of the week is:

Awake and Arise!

I was studying in 2 Nefi 1 (nephi for americans) and found a verse (v.14) That struck me as profoundly poetic and prophetic. i did a little more digging and compiled these verses into a "poem".

the context is Lehi is on his death bed and is begging his sons to Awake and Arise. This is one of the last things he wishes to tell them. That alone speaks to the importance of this advice.

Here it is.

Awake! and arise from the dust

and hear the words of a trembling parent.

whose limbs ye must soon lay down

in the cold and silent grave,

from whence no traveler can return;

a few more days

and I go the way of all the Earth.

Awake! and arise from the dust,

my sons, and be men.

in one heart and one mind

united in all things

that ye may not be cursed or incur the eternal destruction

of body and soul.

Awake! my sons,

put on the armor of righteousness.

Shake off the chains

with which ye are bound

and come forth out of obscurity

and arise from the dust.

Awake! and arise from the dust.

Elder Siebers (excerpted from 2 Nefi 1)

I know that i need to awake more. For our salvation and our lives here in this life are not simply lives, but preparations for the lives and eternities to come. 

Buenos Suerte mis amigos!

Elder Siebers