Aug 11 2014

well i cant hardly hangle this whole thing. haha i just wanto to talk to you guys. i dont have enough time to do it.

i will do a weekly thing next week so i can send josie a good email this week.

so this monday we had a super sweet zone activity. it was way fun and we got to eat SUBWAY haha its been 10 months since i have had a nice subway to chow down on so that was super sweet!!! we had a blast and we got to play soccer and it was way fun! haha. here are some pictures of that bad boy. 

haha well edurardo need to have more faith! haha its very hard for him to pay his tithing and told us he doesnt want to continue but we got one more lesson with him this week. but we have a dad and his son that we have been teaching for like 3 weeks now and have had like 3 baptism dates and this week they both came to church in suit and tie and everything and it was seriously one of the coolest things i have seen and they have got a baptism date for  agust 31. haha it was super cool the son is super super excited to get baptized and cant wait. the dad also is excited to get baptized and they are both extremely humble people that are really examples of just how much we dont need to be happy as a family!! also we had another guy come to church whos name is raul and we actually went to his house before church to find him and he wasnt there and then when we got to the church he was sitting there waiting for us! hahah it was super awesome and we are going to but a bapt. date with him today. ! haha it was such a good sunday! also i went to 2 meeting and they are super cool.

i want to share with you mom, ( and all of syracuse) and eternal priniclple that i learned this last week. this life is not perfect and we are not perfect people. the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is the only person that gives us that opportunity to be perfected. if we are grateful there is nothing in this world that can take us away from this gospel and the happiness that comes from it. gratefulness is to give thanks for what we have been given and the result is a feeling of love, appreciation from our Heavenly Father that turns into the joy of christ. i want you to read alma 31:38. i testify by the power and authority that i have be given from God that the Joy of Christ is what will take us from the depths of despair to the tops of happiness and peace. I know that this gospel was restored for US in our times of NEED. My dear mom, i want you to know how much i love you and how much  i am praying for you right now. help those that need it because its the only way we can overcome this.

Elder Ethington

August 3 2014

haha well its been pretty crazy! we have just been talking to lots of people and we have a baptism date with that eduardo guy. haha he asked us when he can be baptized so that is looking real good to us!!!

haha your are very smart. hahh just prepare youself for those retarted junior high years haha...... dang im going to be there for that one. haha that will be intesting!! haha man it has been a while since ive have fake chinese food!!!! haha!

haha i gave up on the agenda. we left it at a big walmart type thing so that is a gonner!!!! i have a note book for my studies and my journal. haha we actually get them every month! so we all get our own personal copies of the ensign and i have my own of the conference! haha solange told me that she was talking to you hahah im pretty sure she sent you some potos yesterday of some horendously beautful picture of us eating. haha we are so beautiful glory. hahah we are really excited for them because with the readding thing that we are doing as a mission we gave them the very first one that we did with teh faith and baptism and all that jazz and they were all super excited to read the scriptures adn mark them and they are living the sabath day. which is huge! i know members that dont do that here! haha heck i use to not to do that! so it is super cool adn they are just plugging along! haha we are feeling good about them!

if you could sent the fam sanchez a email and tell them that i am sending them a letter this week! and if you could ask the if Jaime got baptized! POR FI!!!

love you mom and thank you for what you do and for being excited! haha im excited to talk to you every week and i cant tell you how much it helps to hear from you!

2 Questions 

Did you baptize a lot of people on you miss?

what did  you do when you felt super tired on you mission or rght now? haha and sitting down and resting isnt an opcion!

July 28 2014

haha well the converts are super good! haha we set temple goal with them all this last week and they are all planning on going to the temple with the ward this october! haha they are all a lot more open also now. haha before, ill be honest it was a little wierd at times when we taught them but they are now opening up a lot more and talking and answering questions and the whole shibang! haha and also alex recieved the priesthood yesterday and it was super cool to see him have that! we taught them all yesterday also and he was humbled to know even more what he had been given and it was super cool to see that. he is the only guy in the house and was very humbled to have the chance to be given this. he is a great kid and i really hope that he can serve a mission! he would tear it up!! haha we got the chance also to play soccer with them last monday so that was super sweet! haha and they gave my comp a soccer ball! haha he was dying with excitement and we went and played soccer the next day in the morning for exercises! haha it was super fun!! and i ran some sprints. haha wow have i lost the ability to run! haha 

hah well i lost my agenda this last week so that sucked. haha have to start over again! haha and also we found this one guy that just lives by himself and he lived on the Easter Island for  30 or 40 years haha! He look like a chubby robinson cruso! haha but he is doing good and has lots of question for us and then we also found a guy and his girlfriend that were super interested (but not married) but now we are having a hard time finding them again! 

well we are going to that outlet mall again to buy a tie for alex and also im going to buy a new pair of pants. haha my 3 pairs fo docker that came with me and tore to shreads. hah i sacrificed one to repair that others and i gave the other to one of my comps a few changes ago and now i have 2 pairs and my suit pants! haha i mihgt  buy a tie also! haha but i feel bad i dont have more to say because this is the only time that i can talk to you guys!!!! YOU GUYS HAVE TO MAKE SOPAIPILLAS! seriously i cant even handle how good they are with a little bit of home made "pebre" or with a little honey mustard! haha its worthing doing more excersises in the morning and getting a little fat if im eating sopaipillas! haha its so sweet!!! and the one guy from easter island gave us some home made strawberry jam! haha it is delicious!!!

love you mom!!! thank you for doing what you do to keep me out here and i want you to know that i love you a ton!!!!!!

ELder Ethington