Hard Work

A lesson I learned this week, is that sometimes we work SUPER hard.  We give it all we´ve got.  And when we think it´ll all work out, we dont see any results.  We worked so hard this past week to help people come to church yesterday, had more than 8 people promise us they were going to come, and they didnt come.

These are good people who Elder McKeachnie and I love, but the difference is that we are only 2 people.  We can only help so much.  Sometimes we work so hard, when it would be better to work together.  So this week, we are going to work more with the leaders, work as a team.

Our most recent convert is a man named Ariel, and he is completely changed.  He is a man of around 35 years who has spent most his life unfocused and using drugs.  He is completely changed.  We talked about the music that we like, and our music tastes are very similar, which is very rare here, so I feel a special connection to the guy.  To see how much he is changing, to see how God is changing his life is incredible.  I know the gospel is the most powerful force in the world and it truly changes people.  It is so important to also realize how much we need each other.  We are not meant to be alone.  We need each other.

I need you.

LOVE ALWAYS,

ELDER AMANN

PS.  I am willing to do your taxes, but Ill have you know I was a very great baby to hold.

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ARIEL WITH HIS EVER COOL Im Eggscellent hat hahahahah CAPO with the sister missionaries in our ward!

THE HUMAN FAMILY and GIFTS

We all have gifts that make us part of the great team of humanity.  It's truly wonderful to see, and here in the mission, we have the opportunity to see the reality of that statement through our companions.  For example, my companion right now, Elder McKeachnie, is a hard worker who is insanely driven on missionary work.  His companion before me also had some gifts.  He had a wonderful gift of talking to everyone and finding people who need to hear the gospel.  I have a wonderful gift of being excited about the gospel, and being able to make other people excited about it.  I also have worked hard to have the gift of love, something which I pray to strengthen. 

 

So the beautiful thing is that the missionary who was here was super great at finding people to teach, now I come, and I help welcome them in and feel driven. 

 

Also this week, it is always a miracle to be in a new ward, to get to meet new people and meet new families.  And one thing really special, is that we have a large interaction with families who have been working hard to be a eternal family, and also families who love each other and want more.  I cannot explain what its like to share a few minutes in the house of a family who is based on the gospel.  They are very special and to me, it makes me want to have a family very much. 

Families are basically always the same, they all have the same problems and rough spots, but there is something special about a family sealed in the temple with hopes and dreams of having an eternal family...or an eternal perspective.  When looked at with an eternal perspective, the most important things really only matter.  Which more than anything is love. 

We all have are gifts.  We need each other and their special gifts. 

I LOVE YOU ALL,

ELDER AMANN

ME WIT HDINOSAURAS YESS

DID JESUS ARISE FROM THE GRAVE?

I just got transferred from Barrio Amppya in San Luis, to Albardón in San Juan... Which means I got transferred to a new providence of Argentina!  It's super pretty here, and the ward I am in is huge and has a ton of work to be done.

My old companion, Elder Starley, just received two companions, and the members were saying "Elder Amann is so good they had to have 2 elders replace him" ha!  I know it's not true because the two elders coming are TWO of my old companions, Elders Harrison and Hoagland!  Who taught me a lot of what I know!  So 3 of my old companions are now together in my old area!  

Albardón is an area FILLED with vineyards and I am very excited because grape season is coming soon... It is absolutely gorgeous here, and I will be sure to upload more pictures next week.

My last week in AMPPYA we worked like crazy to try and get a few members to come to church who hadn't been in months or even a year!  They all came!  and more!  We did a lot of service this week and even got to help out a race.  

Anyway, it's really tough leaving an area, because I always get really attached to the people.  It's a pretty short time we share together but nevertheless, I feel like I've known them my whole life.  I will miss them a ton, and am super glad I got to be an example for them, because they all were for me.

My new companion is from Vernal, Utah, and he said in the average day he sees more animals than people.  HA!  I love it.  Elder McKeachnie and I are about to put in some SERIOUS work out here in the vineyard.

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As far as a message goes, I want the whole world to ask itself if Jesus really rose from the grave?  Because if He did, this means all of Christianity is true.  It means the Book of Mormon is true.  It means Christ was not merely a man, nor a prophet.  So if you want to know what the deal is with why Jesus has been so important, ask yourself that question.  Did Jesus really arise from being dead?

LOVE YOU ALL,

ELDER AMANN

FINALLY GETTING LETTERS SENT THIS PAST JULY:

 

a few members of my Amppya family:

The missionaries from San Luis waving good bye ♥

THE NEW APARTMENT AND THE VINEYARD OUT BACK:

Hat guy on the ride over here: