Pictures from 13 August 2012

The pig that was SCREAMING in front of our house till they killed it.

 78 degrees and freezing

 Me, Eddy Fajardo (Joel’s Dad), Joel, and Alexandra.  ( I Love Baptisms)

A broken family about to get united

  La Familia Ulloa

Snoodle like Top Ramen, the whole bowl in one shot

Dear Family

July 30, 2012

 Dear Family, Wow, what a great week! I'm so tired but I gotta tell you, the mission just keeps getting better. It was so good to see the pics from the family. Everyone is growing up so much. Mom, your car is sure looking good and it was good to see the truck in the corner of the pool picture. I miss you guys so much but the mission just keeps getting better. I really can't get enough of it! This week was very special for me. Friday, a seventy came to the mission, Elder Rafail E Pino came to the mission and we had a big meeting with him and three other zones. After the big meeting, us zone leaders had the chance to have a meeting, just the 8 of us and Elder Pino and Presidente Montalti. Wow! What an experience. As we were leaving, he called me and asked if he could talk with me and another Elder. A “just get to know you” interview basically. Wow, it was so amazing to just be in an office with just him and me. He talked about the mission and my family and he said, “even though I don't know your family, tell them hello for me.” I was so honored to be in the same room alone with a seventy, WOW! I'm still walkin on clouds. Pretty happy this week. We have another couple getting ready to get married and they are going to get baptized. I'm so happy for them. Joel Fajardo and his wife, Alexandra. I am so happy for them. Please forward this message to Colton. I really have to be obedient and can't write him or Sarah because, well, now I have to be a really good example to the other missionaries but I would love for him to know I'm still thinking about him. Also, tell Kirby I'm still missing working for him and I'll be home here soon to do grunt work on his beach house. I love you guys so much. Thanks for all the support, oh, and the money. Sorry I had to take $80 out this week because, well, how the saying goes here, “I went CHITO” which means broke. As zone leaders, we travel a lot, but I guess with responsibility comes sacrifice also. I'm going to try to manage my finances better this month but we just don't get enough to make it through. Sorry. Wow, I can't believe that I really only have 10.5 more months. That's so crazy. My companion only has 9 more weeks. He actually extended his mission 4 weeks. I love the guy a lot. He's not trunky yet either, haha, but I'm sure it will come soon. We had 7 baptisms last month and our goal is either make that or beat it this next month. This week we will have 2 and 5 more to go. I LOVE MY MISSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, I love you all so much:) Love Elder Profaizer

Dear Familia

August 6, 2012

Dear Familia, Well, this week has been a great one. The couple didn't get baptized but we hope to get them married this week so they can get baptized. The mission is so great, I'm so excited. Since the change to zone leader, it feels like someone hit the NOS button on the mission and now it is FLYING faster than ever. I can't believe it because I have about only 10 months left. That makes me scared because I'm not ready to come home. I have frequent nightmares of being home and not able to communicate with people in English, haha, but I'm glad I still have a few months to keep working. Oh, today I received a bunch of mail, a package from Sarah and you guys and I was so stoked! THANK YOU FOR THE KNIFE, haha, I wasn't thinking when we were in the bus terminal today eating lunch and I pulled that knife out. My companion quickly corrected me and tossed it back in the box, haha, I forgot we are not in the USA. Ooops! I'm still learning. The sweets were very welcomely received and the sharpie markers, thanks so much. Also, thank you Sarah for the pictures. I was so glad to see them. What a pleasant surprise. Thank you all for your letters and news. I'm very sad to hear about Cory Crump. Wow, that's gotta be a hard one on the Crump family. Gosh, that's so crazy how one minute we are here and the next we are gone. We really don't know “Cuando los cielos nos llamen”, 'when the heavens call us'. We just have to always be ready. I'm so grateful to have grown up where I did when I did so I can learn all that I did from my parents and family. You guys are all so great and I can't wait to see ya all here in a short 10 months. But well.......I really can wait:) Please don't think I don't love you guys but I really love the mission and all the crazy stuff we do just to baptize a few people. In the mission, we are passing through a hard time with the baptisms. But, it looks like now we are going to pull outta this rut were in:) I'm really excited to be part of the mission at this time. What an honor that the Lord would trust the salvation of his children in my hands for this short 2 years. Wow, I'm so stoked to be on the mission:) I love you all so much:) Have a great week:) Love Elder Profaizer

Pictures from 6 August 2012

Me jumping through the “Air-Vent”

 A pizza that me and Elder Savage celebrated our 7 baptisms with.