Say What?

Jaydan is glad to be out of the CCM. He was getting bored there but then wanted to kind of stay just so he could learn more.

Uruguay is totally awesome. The first day Jaydan got there they settled in the building that is there for people who are visiting the temple. Then the missionaries got to go through the Temple. Jaydan thought that was way cool since he didn't get to go the the Temple in Argentina since it was under construction the whole time he was there. So, in the Temple Jaydan asked for headphones so that he could listen to it in English.....but his didn't work. Then when he got to the veil he was hoping to get someone that spoke English (since they have people that do). The lady at the veil told Jaydan that he was going to do it in Spanish, not English. Jaydan thought he might as well since he really doesn't know it completely in English either. So he was forced to do it in Spanish and of course it was really hard. At that point he realized that he should stop going for the easiest way out. Jaydan knows that he needs to do his part if he expects help from the Lord.

Jaydan is in a place called Paysandu (pie san dew) and his trainer is Elder Longfellow, from Ogden. Elder Longfellow is pretty cool and it's cool that they lived so close to each other before the mission. Paysandu is about a 5 hour bus drive from Montevideo. It's about in the middle of the mission. Jaydan said that he could actually serve in 3 different countries while on his mission, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. The two most North areas are actually in Brazil or at least right on the border. Jaydan plans on trying to get a Jersey from all three Countries to bring home with him.

This is really a hard part of the mission. Jaydan just sits there wondering what is going on. Elder Longfellow is allowing Jaydan times to step in and talk of the things he can and then he just steps back in and picks up where Jaydan left off.

Jaydan's first baptism will be this Saturday. They feel confident that they will have 5 more this month and there are others that are close, so he feels really good about that.

Sacrament meeting was all in Spanish and Jaydan wasn't understanding any of it so he just read from his Spanish Book of Mormon. Most the missionaries say that is how they learned Spanish...by reading the Spanish Book of Mormon. Jaydan said that he is trying everything that he hears about to help him learn the language better. Hopefully he finds something that works for him. He is really not understanding much at all. (I think he is learning patience too)

Jaydan has already had lessons with people are gothic, mentally handicapped, a hooker and a whole lot of interesting people. It's really crazy there.

While it's summer here at home Jaydan is approaching the coldest month of the year. The seasons in Uruguay and Utah are completely opposite of each other.

Jaydan got to watch part of the World Cup while in a members home. The President said that it would be okay if people invited the missionaries in since no one would really listen to the missionaries anyway while the game was going on. Jaydan thought it was cool and loved how crazy the people got when Uruguay would score. They would jump up and down yelling and just being crazy. Jaydan thinks Uruguay just lucky and won....he's not sure how far they can go. (I guess we'll all just wait and see)

Jaydan loves the food that the members prepare for them. In Jaydan's words: "it's so freakin good, I love it."

The little girls in Uruguay are really cute and they are not afraid to go up to the missionaries and just start talking and they are ready to be their best friends. By the time the people are middle aged they lose half of their teeth. (I wonder what Jaydan considers middle aged?) It is disgusting to Jaydan and just kind of gross to be talking to someone with few teeth.

Well that was about all for this week.....he did sent some pics but I can't find them to put them on. He said he has more pictures but it takes a long time to try to download them.