Marcos Paz!

so i was changed and am now in marcos paz! the are  is huge! there wasnt elders in it before so elder hunt and i are kind of left with very little... but thats ok!! we'll see how it goes! it will be a good experience!! they call it the city of trees! 

this is about all i know about the people so here we go! we have got and investigator named arturo who is blind and awesome! his wife is a member and very active!! we are working with him to get him baptised!! he has now listened to the book of mormon 1 and a hlaf times and is planning on finishing it before the year ends! 

then we have another investigator named juan who is wanting to get his divorce papers done so that he can get married so that he can get baptised! 

the members are awesome and im looking forward to working with them!!

i dont have much time because we have a short p day today because were going to the temple tomorrow!!!!!! but i would like to wish you all a happy new year!!! set some awesome goals!!

love elder groen!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Christmas day Skyping!

Big News!

First, New companion! He has the name of elder hunt! he is form idaho, twin falls! he has 18 months in the mission and yea!! 

Next, i might be flashed!

Next, THE WORK IS PROGRESSING!!! I'm so excited to tell you all this but ( drum role) Argentina is getting two new missions!!!!!!!!! but with progress come change and my mission i loosing two zones to the south mission... but thats ok! there is a chance that if im in the zone gonzalez catan or aldo bonzi i will be switched to the south mission.... but dont worry! none of this will take place untill july!

next, So we were talking and we need more investigators so yesterday we knocked and knocked and knocked... i just had a feeling we were going to have success so i kept up my hopes!! it was getting late and we still had nothing... we knocked on one door the last door and we had our success we found and taught and got baptismal dates with a family of six!! so blessed we are!! the lesson! KEEP KNOCKING! like joseph and mary like Jesucristo does!! KEEP KNOCKING! the lord will do the rest after you have done all that you can!!

love Elder groen!!

AND MARRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(P.S. from Mom.   We learned that "Flashed" means an out of schedule transfer.)

Hello All!

Another week over! 

I dont have much time this week because we have a short pDAy... we have a different pday on wednesday with all of the mission so today is short! and then on the 30th we get to go to the temple and do a session!! im so excited!! this week was long and rough alot of walking and not much success but do not worry about me im not loosing my animo in any way! if any thing im more excited! woo!!!!! vamos missionary work!!

Love, The one, The only, sir Ellllllder groennnnnnnnnnnn(cheering in  the back ground!!) name that movie!! 

P.S if your feeling argentine celebrate christmas on the 24th this year and then open your presents at 12:00 that night!! 

P.P.S i might get transfered on wednesday vamos a ver!!

December and summer!

so as many know it was my birthday! and the members here are so good! i love it! story...

So i woke up at six thirty and got like five texts from an investigator named lucas wishing me a happy birthday!!
then we went to the church for correlation and brother carrizo was there with a cake for me!! then a little later we had lunch with the diaz family! it was awesome! she also made me a cake!! then after that a little later we went to the baptisim of the other two elders and also a little girl in the ward that shares our building! it was awesome but the little girl was afariad so she didnt want to do it... but they are going to do it another time so its ok!! after we worked for a while we went to dinner with walter and patricia molina! the got us 2 pizzas and a lot of empanads and french fries and a 2 litter coke! after dinner they gave me a shirt! they are a family that we reactivated!! then we went back to the apartment and the carrizo family sent 2 pizzas and another 2 litter coke! so nice! then sister lucy sent me 2 more pizzas and more empanads and another 2 litter coke! then the elders pulled out some ice cream they  bought me! the ward here is amazing then the next day we ate lunch with sister lucy and she gave me another cake!! they are so nice!! 

i love mariano acosta!!

All the food!

The birthday shirt

Cake from Sister Diaz

Other Elders' baptism

5 Months!!

Story! Today i went on the train to the offices and the stop we go on was packed and we had to shove and shove to get on! it was so packed!! then the next stop more people wanted on... and that happened like 5 more times! then it was time for us to get off and we were pretty far away from the door! we were shoving and shoving! it was crazy! litteraly there was no room... ever body was in awkward positions and all! im supprised we got off! i guess thats what you get when your in such a big city!!

This week we found 12 news!! we were very excited!! we are really focusing in on getting a really awesome 1st lesson so that we can get a second lesson! because we never get a second chance at a first impression!

we are going by and asking all the inactive members for references and then we have a lesson with them! one family has come back every week for 3 weeks! and there going to give me dinner for my birthday! its working great!

so last monday we were waiting at the bus stop to go back to our appartment! and i only and 6 pesos left and my bus card! enough for 2 rides. luckly a member bus driver drove by and gave us a free ride there! so we were going back and this guy who couldnt talk or hear was trying to get on but didnt have any money! i had a little miricle happen on the way there so that i would have enough for this man to get on! awesome! please remember what christmas is about!! also go to the web site christmas.mormon.org! watch the video!

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begottenSon, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but haveeverlasting life.

LOVE. Elder Groen

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Yesterday we passed by this lady that elder steiner and i passed by once and the first time she slamed the door on us but this time we got in! we were teaching her about the restoration and she was kindof paying attention but little things distracted her really easily! we were about half the way through the lesson when this lady from behind me, who to be quite honest i had no clue was there, started commenting! and they were really good comments! turned out she had been listing the whole time!! so we started to teach to the both of them and at the end of the lessons we set a baptismal date with both of them! the lady said "so if i get baptised that means i need to change and start doing all of the things correct! right?" then she started talking about how much respect she had for us because we are the only religion that really does what we do! were super excited to go back and teach them again! 

we still cant get nahuel to come back to church! but were not going to give up! on the other had we have this one family, the molina family who have started coming back! it is so awesome to see them at church!! 

Thanks for everything! 

Love Elder Groen!

Baptism!

heddyt got baptised!! so in my letter last week i talked about heddyt and how she was very firm in getting baptised in december because it is a special month to her! well we talked to her and convinced her that thanksgiving is also a special day! so she said that she would be baptised this sunday so that she could be confirmed on thanksgiving! super funny because here that isnt even a holliday! it was such an amazing experience to see her get baptised! her husband did like 1 month and a half ago and her son like a month ago and now her! it is so awesome to watch how they have changed and continue to do so! its awesome to see they make the changes nesesary in their lives to go to the temple and be sealed!! they are now working on getting a date to go and do that! we are so excited for them!

right now we are working on two families to get them to come back to church! and it was so awesome because they both did yesterday!! i was so happy! one of the two families has children that need to be baptised to so it will be awesome to see them change that in their lives! 

on the retaining factor we can not get this one recent convert to come back... his name is nauhel and he is 15! he is so very nice and loves talking with us and always says he is going to come but then never does... we have had young men go by and invite him but still nothing... i feel like were kind of at a road block with him... were not quite sure what to do... so if you have any ideas we would love the help!! 

one message that i took away from every thing this week is that we all have things that we need to change and we need to use the atonment of jesus christ to make those changes! through jesus christ it makes making those changes not only possible but worth our while! and i know that we will not regret, if its through jesus christ what we change! 

Love, Elder Groen

Goathead cheese

Glasses and styled hair

Gringo Elders and their spaghetti

Heddyt's baptism

Rain

Rain and rain galoshes!