HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

So grateful for the members celebrating Nicholas' birthday today!

Hat, Soccer and Holidays

One is with my new hat, yes our mission is allowed to wear hats because the sun is brutal.

A bunch of kids that we played soccer with today. It was awesome! They are all investigators!!

Thanksgiving....Christmas...yeah not much here. The biggest holidays are peoples birthdays, Sundays, and every other week are holidays that no one knows but everything closes. But big holidays international don´t happen here much. Mothers day was actually a couple weeks ago. unlike the rest of the world. yeah there are a little strange here with holidays.

I WANT SNOW:::::

I've been in summer for almost 8 months now. i´m dying. but probably not going to see snow for another 2 years still.

I've been learning the importance of just talking, being myself, and loving the people enough to share what little i know. THE SCRIPTURES know everything. the more we STUDY and not just read the more easy life is. I know it. And besides that i cant wait to make these special pancakes. 1. for my bday, and 2 for Christmas. If i can wait that long

We walk everywhere....everywhere....taxis are if we are late to somewhere far away or district meetings....and sometimes still we walk...there are collectivos (micros) but we don´t know how to use them or where they go

 There is a hermana en nuestro barrio (sister in our ward) who wants to cook me a party on my bday. Us and the other elders in our ward and Lucas (eternal miembro presente) are going to eat at her house. Excited! she´s still a investigator (mother of Yanina) (one of my baptism hace alguna semanas (some weeks ago.) and basically our mother here in Tucuman. Its awesome!

I think of ya´ll daily and love to hear of the growth, (mainly in the little ones) 

Ya´ll are growing too but they are at an astoundingly fast rate. 

Love you all!!

Elder SIbers

Jehovah Witnesses and Less Actives

Q: What's your schedule?  zone Conferences, etc. 

A: Schedule: First week of the month we have zone conference and every Tuesday district meeting every other tuesday tambien es reunion de lideres [meeting of the leaders]. Noche de hogar actividad en la iglesia [Family home evening at the church] every Friday. and every Thursday we have weekly planning fro 3 hours. Monday is pday. 

Q: How do people respond to you (as missionaries)?

A. Well since there are a ton here (and a ton of Jehovah witnesses) there are complete barrios (neighborhoods) where everyone is an investigator miembro or antiguo [member or former]. And other (rich) barrios where we haven´t been able to contact anyone because they are never home.

WE are accepted bien and always offered water. lots of heat.

Q: Have you met anyone new?  Tell us about it.

A. I meet a ton of new people every day. WE are focusing on menos activos [less actives] right now. It’s kind of sad to see how many people get offended because (and not limited too): other people who don´t work, other people who work too hard, people who don´t come to weekly activities, people who do come to weekly activities. And just about any other type of reason. It´s so easy to forget who will judge us in the final day. And that not only do we have to avoid these contentions but also that we have to vencerlos con felicidad [overcome with happiness]. Si estamos enojodos, frustrados hemos fallado a cumplir los mandamientos de Dios. [If we enojodos frustrated have failed to fulfill the commandments of God.]

OUR Package arrived!  Thanks to an Evans cabin cousin!

I love the new pics. Just got the package y'all sent me. The mp3 is a little glitchy but I’ll probably use it for the voice recorder (get ready for more pday songs;P) 

Thank you for everything! I feel extremely spoiled. Seeing as I know missionaries that sometimes their families’ don´t even write. Thanks for everything and I love you guys!

Elder Siebers

It's raining

The first 3 days of this week were probably close to 90- 100 degrees. the last 4? raining...like it hasn't stopped misting for 4 days. I've worn my winter coat cuz its cold too....its crazier than Utah here;P

Q: How is your Spanish coming, do you feel like you understand what's going on?

My Spanish is awesome. I can understand everything except slang...

Q: Tell us about your new companion

Elder G has 10 months in the mission and was the father of my friend from the ccm (Elder Hoffman). He´s awesome and loves to cook. Especially cuz all of his family owns restaurants. 

Q: What are you currently reading/studying?

I´m currently reading Jesus the Christ (just started) and am studying all of the scripture mastery. They really are some of the best mission prep i didn't know i did.

Sarah (his girlfriend) started her mission papers. how is this my story? It´s not, this is:  We have a set amount of study hours every day. My comp doesn't always want to do them. He said something interesting the other day. "But as we help them that's how we are saved" Justifying leaving early to proselyte. But i sat thinking. Yes that is true. Every person we meet will testify before god of what they know of us. And if we helped them with a smile they will testify of that. But we must always remember that if we were not obedient, These compliments will only bring feelings of guilt and we will be too embarrassed to accept them. 

Be the reason someone does something good. Do something good. Be perfectly obedient in every visit, paper, study, second, and repent and pray often. And in this manner we will become like our Father. 

This is what I've been teaching recently.

Elder SIebers

Send love!