Jay's letter 4-25-11

this week was a good week!
i am a little jealous you guys visited portland. but what can i say, i mean, heck i am in argentina. who wouldn´t love to come and visit here? but sounds fun! holy crap, penny is getting big! she will know dallan better cause he is getting home sooner. i dig the easter dress. cute girl. how´s portland? hoppin place? i hope so (:
oh my room! looks so different. hardwood floors and those cabinets got to me. good job whoever thought of doing that with the cabinets. sounds like an eventfull week. jealous of your stake conference 100%. i like the part that says, "give up your rvs and trucks" hahahaha. ucthdorf, what a stud.

this week we had a noche de hogar. we talked about how the family needs to work together to have a happy family with the spirit in the home. how everyone needs to have the same goal, and if we don´t then there is contention. so we talked about how every person has a responsibilty in the family, to invite the spirit in every moment in the home. it was a good spirit. it made me want to go camping but it was pretty fun (:

i went to a funeral service this week and saw a dead lady. it was kinda weird. me and three other elders went to sing a musical number. we all got off key and it sounded horrible to be honest but people were crying, so i figred that it was the words that got to them. i love the spirit and how it makes connections with people. then, when you have that connection, you preach to them and tell them to be baptized and they will know what you are saying is true. it´s and art and you have to be obedient or it doesn´t function. but that was a good service and it made me reflect alot on the plan of salvation and how much we really need to prepare now to be able to meet god again and live with our families for eternity. a lot to think about. it was a good experience to have in the mission.

i bought easter eggs. they were expensive and hollow. kinds dissapointing, but nonetheless, un huevito de pascua.

this week we had the bapstim of antonio. he doesn´t know how to write his name, so we had to teach him this week to write his name so that he could sign the registro. i believe the thing that got to him was when we explained that a baby doesn´t have sins. and we baptize so we can be free of sin. and so, we have to do it in the right way or else we are just taking a bath. good guy with lots of faith. he has 20 years (:

me and my companion also had 5 menos activos at church! oh man, our bishop loves us! he tried to call the mission pres. to see if me and my son, elder rios could stay here more. hahaha. he also invited us to lunch, which he has never done with us before. our relationship with the ward is superb. they like it when you baptize. we have had a baptism for the past 4 saturdays. crazy huh?!? i love bombing areas.

do you know what i made for the apartment for easter dinner?!? yes, that´s right. fajitas. it was oh so delicious. well, that´s my week. sounds like it was pretty fun (: i still have more time on the computer. so i might write more. have a fun week!


elder jay valle

p.s. sorry about the burshing teeth pictures. hahaha, it was just so funny and so we took a picture. better picture are coming. sorry to scar your minds.