Listen

Today is p-day,  that means eat....and make cakes...And take our clothes to the president of the relief society who washes our clothes because our washer is broken...she´s awesome!
oh and shop at ChangoMas. and argentine franchise of walmart. No hay muchos cosas para hacer around here. We usually don´t have much free time either. And we just write letters if we do. BTW!! i got all your letters this week. One was from like July 22nd...oh international mail..haha but i absolutely loved them! Especially the picture. OLIVER IS HUGE!!! and Tori is praying?!?!? what?!? she´s so much older than i remember.

I have learned this week the importance of listening. Especially to those around us. I know that the Lord has put them there for us. 

So this is the week leading up to General Conference (When all the prophets and apostles will speak to the entire world and reveal the counsel we need for the next 6 months) and as missionaries we have been  inviting everyone to come. And to bring questions. For these are men called of God to speak to and guide His people. 

Then after Sacrament meeting Sunday my comp and i were talking about how great and applicable the talks were. We then had the epiphany that these humble members, our neighbors and friends, had the exact same calling and duty as the apostles that are to speak. Through the authority of God and through His established pattern of leadership, they were called to advise and speak to the people. More specifically the barrio of Villa Muñecas (whereas the apostles will speak to the entire world.).

It helped us realize the importance that these messages and learning we receive in our Sunday meetings truly have. 

Love from Argentina!

 Elder Siebers

Here are my pday compositions for this week. 

NOTE: I have to make the compositions into a video in order to upload them here.

First we have a string composition entitled "Preludium"

Enjoy!

Can you hear the people sing? Singing the songs of angry men.‏

Yeah thats the subject only cuz me and my comp have had that stuck in our heads the whole last week and whenever we are walking we suddenly and subtly start singin it. 

But on another note, We are going to have more baptisms! 

Thats always fun. 

So in church yesterday a former investigator came to church and was sitting next to my comp. (i was at the piano)

This guy in the past didn´t believe in anything. Nothing in the world.

My comp writes him a note and says "pudo orar? (were you able to pray?)

He responded that his life had since deteriorated and that he felt punished for rejecting the book (Book of Mormon) and the missionaries. He had prayed and asked us when he could get baptized. since he had already attended the church on sundays a bunch of times. He will be getting baptized next Saturday the 27th.

Lesson of the story. 

Don´t wait till your blind to appreciate the light

Don´t wait to be humble to learn your way.

BE HUMBLE, learn the truth and be humble...be humble more.

Read the Book of Mormon if you think i´m crazy and then see what happens to those who aren´t humble. 

I love you all! Keep the Faith and Work!

Elder Nicholas Hanlon Siebers

We had asked Nicholas some questions: 

Do you use/like the missionary bag you took with you?

I actually only use it for divisiones. 4 times a transfer.

It is fairly large and everyone thinks i have a laptop in it (don´t want to robbed of that imaginary laptop.) so i bought a cheap little backpack from the fake walmart and todo bien now.

Online his Mission President's wife posts pictures, but never any info.  We found this picture this week, can you spot Nicholas? I don't know who this Elder Sevallo is, I tried to look him up but didn't find anything.

The conference was awesome! Elder Sevallo (spelling?) came from the seventy., and really the most exciting part is my zone got to have a choir and i was in charge ;Pheehee and a week before i dreamed part of a song and then wrote it out on pday and recorded it with my comp. THEN got to teach it to the zone rapidamente and preform it for the seventy!!! totally awesome!!!!!!

And we learned a lot from him! 

He sent us the recording of the song .  I couldn't figure out how to insert music so I put it in a video to get it here.....

 

We have learned that we can't ever send Nicholas a package or even a pack of pictures.  So we tried to send just one picture in one of our international mail letters and it got through!  

Yes the one with pic got here. We only get mail like once a month when the zone leaders travel. ;P

Happy Mom!

I am growing up

Thats the theme for this week. That i am growing up. i feel sooo old when i talk with other 16 and 17 year old chicos in this area. I remember being just like them. And now i´m the missionaries trying to get them to realize their duty and prepare, And Why? cuz i remember when the missionaries wanted me to come with them. And i never could cuz i "didn´t have time". And now that i invite others and get that response i see how much sadness i must have caused. USE TIME WISELY. Time is a fascinating principle. We all have the same amount and yet do staggering different amounts of things with it. Here are some tips to maximize your day:

1- Sleep Right

namely. Try to go to bed a a reasonable hour. 10 or 11.

2- Don´t Over Sleep

If you don´t sleep in you will be less tired. Wake up at 6 or7 and DO SOMETHING. MAny times we feel tired because our body has nothing to do.

3- Exercise in the mornings, 30 min of exercise in the mornings makes you have to sleep an hour less.

4- Plan. Planning is a celestial principle. Use it.

Anyways. I don´t have much time left (irony) butthats cuz i didn´t plan my email time to well;P object lesson!

But I want you all to know that I love You!. And I can´t wait to hear from you and see you all again in 2 years. scripture of the week. Ether 12:4

Focus on the phrase "better world"

Love And Growth From Argentina!

ELder Siebers

About the Roof project:

Roofs are not normal. but they were quite fun. We just lugged the buckets of cement from the pros down below mixing it to the guys on the roof pouring it on. HAHA missionaries are great manual labor:P

and you will receive your reward

Haha i just keep thinking this phrase: "oh yeah, I´m in Argentina" Its a rather weird feeling that never seems to stick:P

This is probably cuz we just made brownies for p-day. Cuz we´re awesome like that. 

Anyways. I just want to share a short message this week. We've been trying to use more power in less words (because we don´t have time to talk with people, we are always constantly running to the next appointment)

And there is a fun truth that happens when one is forced to stick to the basics and avoid "fluff". Say what you mean and mean what you say. one of the best ways to do this is have an end goal. ALWAYS have a goal. As missionaries we always have the goal of their salvation, but as well as that we have simple short term goals, for example, Attend Church, read the scriptures, pray, hold a Family Home Evening with their family. Then we teach the truth behind the principle (God is our loving Heavenly Father, and because of this role in our lives, He wants that we communicate with Him.) And they then have the choice to accept or no.  

So here is my message:

Know who you are. Thus, know your purpose. Follow that purpose with every ounce of strength you have. Sacrifice for this purpose. After all that. wait.

and wait. 

and you will receive your reward.

Oh! and we built a roof of a member out of concrete this week! it was awesome!

Anyways. 

Hope, Charity, and Love From Argentina

Elder Siebers

I had asked Nicholas if they only had a hot plate to cook on:

We have a stove and oven. and make all sorts of stuff. Like we made brownies today and make pancakes with all sorts of stuff. We are very well fed. (and yes we occasionally add vegetables. occasionally.) fruits are much more common.