Nothing says Argentina better than goats and burning garbage
Monday, December 24, 2007
Christmas (St)eve pictures
This is the family of Daisy and her 5 daughters before i left
Nothing says Argentina better than goats and burning garbage
Nothing says Argentina better than goats and burning garbage
Sunday, December 23, 2007
December 20, 2007
Merry Christmas!
Sorry I didn't write this Monday but we had our Christmas Activity and we didn't have time to do emails and we only have time to write one email write now. Thank you for the news, it's great to hear from all of you. Oma and Marion, thanks a ton for the package and the Birthday, it really does mean a lot to me and the Christmas decorations are great. I'm not opening the gifts till Christmas so don't worry.
Anyways, the new area is GREAT, it's absolutely nothing like Celina, there are trees. It's like working in Argentina again. This area is where all the professional soccer players live and the actors. There are some incredible houses in this area and everyone has a pool. The area has some poorer parts too but it's an excellent mix and it's much more tranquil which is something that was missed.
My companion Elder Pollock is a stud. We are rocking this area and working harder than ever and seeing the blessings...really. The work is going great. He´s from Heber Utah. We are looking forward to a great transfer. Pictures are coming soon but we don't have time this week.
I wont be writing emails this monday either because of the Christmas call. I will be calling home Christmas day at 4-7 o´clock my time (which would be 12-3 o´clock your time i think, but don't quote me on that)[editor's note: he's 5 hours ahead, so I believe it's 11-2]. There is no pre-call and don't worry about anything but being there, we already bought calling cards. If you were thinking about worrying about me, don't! I'm doing excellent.
My best wishes to Grandma, Grandpa, Leslie, Darryl, Erynn, Oma, Marion, Frank, Marcus, Mom, Dad, Sean, Kelsey, Jenny, Mike, Ian, Jeremy, and everyone else.. Have a great Christmas week!
I love you all and am excited to talk to you. May we all take time to remember our blessings and give thanks to the Lord for the family and love that we have. Merry Christmas!
With Love,
Elder Steven Kelly
Parque Leloir, Castelar
Misión Buenos Aires Oeste
Sorry I didn't write this Monday but we had our Christmas Activity and we didn't have time to do emails and we only have time to write one email write now. Thank you for the news, it's great to hear from all of you. Oma and Marion, thanks a ton for the package and the Birthday, it really does mean a lot to me and the Christmas decorations are great. I'm not opening the gifts till Christmas so don't worry.
Anyways, the new area is GREAT, it's absolutely nothing like Celina, there are trees. It's like working in Argentina again. This area is where all the professional soccer players live and the actors. There are some incredible houses in this area and everyone has a pool. The area has some poorer parts too but it's an excellent mix and it's much more tranquil which is something that was missed.
My companion Elder Pollock is a stud. We are rocking this area and working harder than ever and seeing the blessings...really. The work is going great. He´s from Heber Utah. We are looking forward to a great transfer. Pictures are coming soon but we don't have time this week.
I wont be writing emails this monday either because of the Christmas call. I will be calling home Christmas day at 4-7 o´clock my time (which would be 12-3 o´clock your time i think, but don't quote me on that)[editor's note: he's 5 hours ahead, so I believe it's 11-2]. There is no pre-call and don't worry about anything but being there, we already bought calling cards. If you were thinking about worrying about me, don't! I'm doing excellent.
My best wishes to Grandma, Grandpa, Leslie, Darryl, Erynn, Oma, Marion, Frank, Marcus, Mom, Dad, Sean, Kelsey, Jenny, Mike, Ian, Jeremy, and everyone else.. Have a great Christmas week!
I love you all and am excited to talk to you. May we all take time to remember our blessings and give thanks to the Lord for the family and love that we have. Merry Christmas!
With Love,
Elder Steven Kelly
Parque Leloir, Castelar
Misión Buenos Aires Oeste
Monday, December 10, 2007
December 10, 2007
Hello Everyone,
A week of change. I found out today that I'm leaving Bolivia (Villa Celina) and heading a much richer area called Parque Leloir! They tell me it is quite a high class area.
I will have my sixth comp in 6 transfers. Elder Pollock, I met him today for a minute or two and he seems like a great guy so I am very excited. He is from Utah like the rest of them. He has two transfers in the mission field so I'm Companion mayor which makes me a bit nervous because supposedly I will be the spanish speaker. I know with prayer I'll do just fine so I'm not that nervous. I am quite excited actually.
The Mission had an incredible transfer and we are all working very hard so we are pleased. I'm quite excited for the change but I will definitely miss Villa Celina. There is no other place like it in the mission and I had some incredible moments and learned some very important principles in Celina.
Christmas is approaching or so they tell me. It seems nothing like Christmas to me. The one thing I miss is the singing Christmas carols in harmony. I haven't been able to sing since the MTC, but I'm enjoying the season. I will be celebrating the birthday and Christmas with a new family in a new area, which is pretty exciting. I will never have this opportunity again so I ought to enjoy it!
Well I miss and love you all and hope and pray for the best for you. I will tell you all how the new area is next week. Have an excellent week and i will talk to you soon!
Elder Kelly
A week of change. I found out today that I'm leaving Bolivia (Villa Celina) and heading a much richer area called Parque Leloir! They tell me it is quite a high class area.
I will have my sixth comp in 6 transfers. Elder Pollock, I met him today for a minute or two and he seems like a great guy so I am very excited. He is from Utah like the rest of them. He has two transfers in the mission field so I'm Companion mayor which makes me a bit nervous because supposedly I will be the spanish speaker. I know with prayer I'll do just fine so I'm not that nervous. I am quite excited actually.
The Mission had an incredible transfer and we are all working very hard so we are pleased. I'm quite excited for the change but I will definitely miss Villa Celina. There is no other place like it in the mission and I had some incredible moments and learned some very important principles in Celina.
Christmas is approaching or so they tell me. It seems nothing like Christmas to me. The one thing I miss is the singing Christmas carols in harmony. I haven't been able to sing since the MTC, but I'm enjoying the season. I will be celebrating the birthday and Christmas with a new family in a new area, which is pretty exciting. I will never have this opportunity again so I ought to enjoy it!
Well I miss and love you all and hope and pray for the best for you. I will tell you all how the new area is next week. Have an excellent week and i will talk to you soon!
Elder Kelly
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
December 3, 2007
Hello Family!
Another week has come and gone in Celina, and what a week. It is hot and humid and just fine. They tell me it will get much worse so I'm counting my blessings while I can. Down in Argentina for Christmas they set off fireworks so we shall see how that goes.
Sunday was a great fast and testimony meeting. I get to pick the music and direct it sometimes and we started to sing Christmas songs yesterday. It was excellent.
They opened a new Wal-Mart about three minutes away from the other Wal Mart. I laughed about how WalMart just might be taking over the world. I heard that with all the WalMart workers combined, you would have the third largest standing army in the world. What a thought. Today we went and found Bulls eye steak sauce and MAMBA´S. I was excited and bought three packs of Mambas.
The work is excellent. After working with a young woman named Noemi we had a miracle happen. Her Dad was very anger at her going to church and wouldn't let her go but we had a very spiritual meeting at a member's house with her and we came up with a solution that she should talk to her Father about baptism. Together with much prayer and a fast with the YW´s President and her she said that her Dad gave her permission! We are so excited and will hold the baptism the 16 of December, she's an incredible YW and we are very excited for her.
Well another transfer is coming to an end. This is the last week of the transfer and we have no idea who will leave. There are signs pointing to either way. We won't know till Monday and we will leave on Tuesday morning so I might be writing my next email from somewhere else. Pretty exciting.
Well thanks for all you prayers and letters, I will talk to you soon.
Love,
Elder Kelly
Monday, November 26, 2007
November 26, 2007
Hello!
Well, another great week has gone by here in ViLLA Celina! Things are going great.
This last week we had a conference in Gonzalez Catán which is one of the most run down parts of the mission. To get there, we had to take a bus line called the Mercado Central bus for an hour! It was excellent. The bus is the only line that takes bills and since there is a shortage of change down here, it is a great perk. But the price you pay for being able to pay with bills is your safety.
These buses are Hilariously run-down. They pack them so full and they don't even care about how they drive as long as they get there fast, ei they don't stop all the way to let people off or on and they drive off the side of the road to pass traffic. For those of you who have seen The Muppet Movie, its just like the bus that Doctor Teeth and the Electric Mayhem use, but more broken down. It was way exciting!!
Well I'm really enjoying work with my Paraguayan Comp because he speaks to all of the Paraguayans in our area in Guanani! It's a great way to meet people. We did divisions this week and I worked a day with a brand new elder from Chile! Great Elder and it was nice to be able to say, I remember when I had a week in the mission =).
Well the transfers will be ending soon and I will probably be heading back to "real" Argentina. We will see. Anyways, I also wanted to say how great it is to be serving at the same time as Elder Garrett and Wake. How incredibly cool. The Wakes, Kellys and Garretts are three powerhouse families! We´ll only be doing this for two months of our lives so way to go Elders!
Love you all thanks for your emails, and I'll talk to you soon!
Love,
Elder Kelly
Well, another great week has gone by here in ViLLA Celina! Things are going great.
This last week we had a conference in Gonzalez Catán which is one of the most run down parts of the mission. To get there, we had to take a bus line called the Mercado Central bus for an hour! It was excellent. The bus is the only line that takes bills and since there is a shortage of change down here, it is a great perk. But the price you pay for being able to pay with bills is your safety.
These buses are Hilariously run-down. They pack them so full and they don't even care about how they drive as long as they get there fast, ei they don't stop all the way to let people off or on and they drive off the side of the road to pass traffic. For those of you who have seen The Muppet Movie, its just like the bus that Doctor Teeth and the Electric Mayhem use, but more broken down. It was way exciting!!
Well I'm really enjoying work with my Paraguayan Comp because he speaks to all of the Paraguayans in our area in Guanani! It's a great way to meet people. We did divisions this week and I worked a day with a brand new elder from Chile! Great Elder and it was nice to be able to say, I remember when I had a week in the mission =).
Well the transfers will be ending soon and I will probably be heading back to "real" Argentina. We will see. Anyways, I also wanted to say how great it is to be serving at the same time as Elder Garrett and Wake. How incredibly cool. The Wakes, Kellys and Garretts are three powerhouse families! We´ll only be doing this for two months of our lives so way to go Elders!
Love you all thanks for your emails, and I'll talk to you soon!
Love,
Elder Kelly
Monday, November 19, 2007
November 19, 2007
Hello!
How is everyone! I´ll bet you are all busy just like me! Before I forget, have a Great Thanksgiving, and score some touchdowns for me in the Turkey Bowl!
Well another week has come and gone in crazy Villa Celina! Things are progressing well. We have a lot of non-members in church but it's difficult for them to progress for one reason or another.
The Spanish is improving a lot due to the help of my crazy Paraguayan companion. He is teaching me Guanani (language of Paraguay) but its very different. His English is improving, too. Still searching and teaching. Not too much happened that I can write about, but it was a very successful week!
The Elders from Villa Madero had a Baptism which was a bit interesting... but all was well in the end. Anything exciting happen with any of you? (Ian or Sean) =)
The Villa down here is CRAZY during Sundays. 6 days of straight work and then on Sundays, Everyone is fall over drunk, down to the age if 12. It's very sad sometimes to watch the effect that the alcohol has on the people, especially the families and the poor mothers and children. About three times we saw people that we thought were dead but were just passed out from alcohol. It doesn't help that it's cheaper than water.
We don't really do too much on Sundays. I'm so grateful for the Word of Wisdom or the palabra de sabiduría. The difference between those who are blessed because of their obedience to it and those who don't observe it or know about it is literally Black and white.
WELL, anyways, I'm very happy and things are going very well. I hope all is well for all of you and know that I pray for you all!! Thanks for your support!
Con amor y gratitud,
Elder Kelly
How is everyone! I´ll bet you are all busy just like me! Before I forget, have a Great Thanksgiving, and score some touchdowns for me in the Turkey Bowl!
Well another week has come and gone in crazy Villa Celina! Things are progressing well. We have a lot of non-members in church but it's difficult for them to progress for one reason or another.
The Spanish is improving a lot due to the help of my crazy Paraguayan companion. He is teaching me Guanani (language of Paraguay) but its very different. His English is improving, too. Still searching and teaching. Not too much happened that I can write about, but it was a very successful week!
The Elders from Villa Madero had a Baptism which was a bit interesting... but all was well in the end. Anything exciting happen with any of you? (Ian or Sean) =)
The Villa down here is CRAZY during Sundays. 6 days of straight work and then on Sundays, Everyone is fall over drunk, down to the age if 12. It's very sad sometimes to watch the effect that the alcohol has on the people, especially the families and the poor mothers and children. About three times we saw people that we thought were dead but were just passed out from alcohol. It doesn't help that it's cheaper than water.
We don't really do too much on Sundays. I'm so grateful for the Word of Wisdom or the palabra de sabiduría. The difference between those who are blessed because of their obedience to it and those who don't observe it or know about it is literally Black and white.
WELL, anyways, I'm very happy and things are going very well. I hope all is well for all of you and know that I pray for you all!! Thanks for your support!
Con amor y gratitud,
Elder Kelly
November 12, 2007
Hey Family!
Great to hear from you again, thanks for your letters! I'm not sure if its anyone´s birthday this week but Happy Birthday if so.
This week was hectic. Tuesday, I got a bad migraine and couldn't leave. Wednesday we had to come home early in the night to wait for the missionaries from the far parts of the mission to come to our apartment to stay for the night. The showed up a bit late and there were 8 missionaries in our apartment.
The next morning we all piled into two taxis to leave the mission and head to the mission BAN (buenos aires norte) to a chapel in capital. I got to see all my companions who weren't home already (Foster, Decker, and Bracken). We also got to hear from Elder Uchdorf. It was incredible. The spirit was very strong and we learned many many things. He talked about his experiences in Germany and we learned a lot of things. He knows less Spanish than Mom =).
That was Thursday, then Friday we had our interviews with the President which went very well. Saturday we prepared an activity for the ward, which we had at 7 at night. It went really well! We cooked deserts and I gave them all pop rocks and they went nuts over the pop rocks. Little kids who were always afraid of me followed me around with arms outstretched. I laughed and then tried to scare them to see if they would still come and they did. We also made no bake cookies which were pretty good too.
Sunday we gave talks and talked to A TON of people after church. Then earlier today we opened the cabinet above the stove and there was a birds nest with a warm egg in the stove pipe and I cleaned it out.
Well Elder Gavilan and I are working hard and are getting along famously. We are hoping to have two baptisms planned by the end of this week, I'll keep you all posted,
Love to Grandma and Grandpa, Leslie, Darryl, Erynn, GG, Oma!(thanks for the Newspapers!), Marion and frank(thanks for the pictures I'll be praying for those victims) and anyone else who this letter gets to!! Have a great week! And if this gets to Elder Dance somehow, CONGRATULATIONS ELDER!! way to go!! Talk to you all soon!
Con Amor,
Elder Kelly
Great to hear from you again, thanks for your letters! I'm not sure if its anyone´s birthday this week but Happy Birthday if so.
This week was hectic. Tuesday, I got a bad migraine and couldn't leave. Wednesday we had to come home early in the night to wait for the missionaries from the far parts of the mission to come to our apartment to stay for the night. The showed up a bit late and there were 8 missionaries in our apartment.
The next morning we all piled into two taxis to leave the mission and head to the mission BAN (buenos aires norte) to a chapel in capital. I got to see all my companions who weren't home already (Foster, Decker, and Bracken). We also got to hear from Elder Uchdorf. It was incredible. The spirit was very strong and we learned many many things. He talked about his experiences in Germany and we learned a lot of things. He knows less Spanish than Mom =).
That was Thursday, then Friday we had our interviews with the President which went very well. Saturday we prepared an activity for the ward, which we had at 7 at night. It went really well! We cooked deserts and I gave them all pop rocks and they went nuts over the pop rocks. Little kids who were always afraid of me followed me around with arms outstretched. I laughed and then tried to scare them to see if they would still come and they did. We also made no bake cookies which were pretty good too.
Sunday we gave talks and talked to A TON of people after church. Then earlier today we opened the cabinet above the stove and there was a birds nest with a warm egg in the stove pipe and I cleaned it out.
Well Elder Gavilan and I are working hard and are getting along famously. We are hoping to have two baptisms planned by the end of this week, I'll keep you all posted,
Love to Grandma and Grandpa, Leslie, Darryl, Erynn, GG, Oma!(thanks for the Newspapers!), Marion and frank(thanks for the pictures I'll be praying for those victims) and anyone else who this letter gets to!! Have a great week! And if this gets to Elder Dance somehow, CONGRATULATIONS ELDER!! way to go!! Talk to you all soon!
Con Amor,
Elder Kelly
November 5, 2007
Hey Family,
How's it going? Great to hear from you all, Happy Day Jen, and Thanks for the letter Oma! Tell the Murphy family Much thanks for the letter, it was excellent!
Well, things are doing well down in Argentina. Working hard, every day. Elder Gavilan and I are doing very well. He's a great Elder, from Paraguay. He speaks Guanani and Spanish, so he can speak with many over our Paraguyan investigadores in Guanani, and I can sit and listen!
This next week is a hectic one. We get to leave our mission for a morning and go to La Misión Norte (Buenos Aires North MIssion) to see Elder Uchdorf speak to the missionaries of our two missions. I'm very excited! We also have our interviews with the President this week and I'm quite excited for them. The work progressing, and things are going great.
Halloween was great, we had a party with the Tostitos and homemade salsa and the candy you send, but the highlight was the Tims Jalepeño chips. Everybody loved them and ate them in 20 minutes. It was excellent, and the apartment sends their love and thanks. Well I hope everything is well in Seattle, and enjoy the Thanksgiving season!!!
Que tengan una buena semana!! (Have a great week!)
Love,
Elder Kelly
Misión Buenos Aires Oeste
Zona Aldo Bonzi
Area Villa Celina
How's it going? Great to hear from you all, Happy Day Jen, and Thanks for the letter Oma! Tell the Murphy family Much thanks for the letter, it was excellent!
Well, things are doing well down in Argentina. Working hard, every day. Elder Gavilan and I are doing very well. He's a great Elder, from Paraguay. He speaks Guanani and Spanish, so he can speak with many over our Paraguyan investigadores in Guanani, and I can sit and listen!
This next week is a hectic one. We get to leave our mission for a morning and go to La Misión Norte (Buenos Aires North MIssion) to see Elder Uchdorf speak to the missionaries of our two missions. I'm very excited! We also have our interviews with the President this week and I'm quite excited for them. The work progressing, and things are going great.
Halloween was great, we had a party with the Tostitos and homemade salsa and the candy you send, but the highlight was the Tims Jalepeño chips. Everybody loved them and ate them in 20 minutes. It was excellent, and the apartment sends their love and thanks. Well I hope everything is well in Seattle, and enjoy the Thanksgiving season!!!
Que tengan una buena semana!! (Have a great week!)
Love,
Elder Kelly
Misión Buenos Aires Oeste
Zona Aldo Bonzi
Area Villa Celina
October 29, 2007
Family,
Hello! It's great to hear from you all. Happy Birthday Jeremy and Marcus! Congrats Leslie and Darryl on the progress, Erynn looks great!! 5 months old, wow!! I've heard some things about wild fires in California and would really appreciate an update on The Johnsons and Sylvi if anyone could email me a quick message.
Well, things down here are just fine. Yesterday was election day in Argentina. The wife of the current president won. Her name is Christina Kirchner. I'm not sure what that means, hopefully it is good.
The transfer came and went and Elder Zamora is now in some Hotel room in Buenos Aires with his father. It was kind of weird seeing him and his dad see each other. Almost anti-climactic, because his parents had already visited him already once or twice during his mission. He was a great Elder.
So my new companion is named Elder Gavilán and he is from Paraguay. He doesn't speak English so hopefully my Spanish will improve. He has a little over a year in the mission. Right now, I'm in a trio with the Elders from Villa Madero (elders Stoddard and Vernon) and my new companion will come tomorrow. We shall see.
I´ve been giving out Starbursts to kids at church and in the Villa, it's very entertaining and fun, thanks again for the package! We are teaching a couple of great families and one of them has 5 daughters!! Their ages are 9,8,5,3, and 1. I may have already written this but they are a great family, and the Mom will be getting married this December to her "boyfriend" or Marido like they say here of 8 years!! It's excellent to see their progress.
It's Hot and Humid and better than being cold!! Well that's mostly it from Argentina! Have an Excellent Halloween...
Elder Kelly
Hello! It's great to hear from you all. Happy Birthday Jeremy and Marcus! Congrats Leslie and Darryl on the progress, Erynn looks great!! 5 months old, wow!! I've heard some things about wild fires in California and would really appreciate an update on The Johnsons and Sylvi if anyone could email me a quick message.
Well, things down here are just fine. Yesterday was election day in Argentina. The wife of the current president won. Her name is Christina Kirchner. I'm not sure what that means, hopefully it is good.
The transfer came and went and Elder Zamora is now in some Hotel room in Buenos Aires with his father. It was kind of weird seeing him and his dad see each other. Almost anti-climactic, because his parents had already visited him already once or twice during his mission. He was a great Elder.
So my new companion is named Elder Gavilán and he is from Paraguay. He doesn't speak English so hopefully my Spanish will improve. He has a little over a year in the mission. Right now, I'm in a trio with the Elders from Villa Madero (elders Stoddard and Vernon) and my new companion will come tomorrow. We shall see.
I´ve been giving out Starbursts to kids at church and in the Villa, it's very entertaining and fun, thanks again for the package! We are teaching a couple of great families and one of them has 5 daughters!! Their ages are 9,8,5,3, and 1. I may have already written this but they are a great family, and the Mom will be getting married this December to her "boyfriend" or Marido like they say here of 8 years!! It's excellent to see their progress.
It's Hot and Humid and better than being cold!! Well that's mostly it from Argentina! Have an Excellent Halloween...
Elder Kelly
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