BEST WEEK EVER!!!

Well this week was like the best week ever!!!!! 

So lets start with why! :)

So for almost 5 months now Vaz and I have been teaching Familia Frontera! This a part member family! The parents are members and one of the daughters and the majority of them have been coming to church now for the past 4 months! But the enitre time we have been teaching, the dad and mom have always said that their daughter Azul, whos 9 years old, is not ready to be baptized. We have had some arguments here and there with this topic and have tried to help them for the longest time to understand that yes she is but nothing was working! Finally now after almost 5 months we had a great lesson with the Dad and he let her be baptized! This last Saturday we had her baptism and the whole family went as well as the grandparents and some cousins! It was such a beautiful day and a long waited happiness getting to baptize Azul Frontera after so many nights getting to know the family so well and really developing a real Christ Like Love for this family!

So the amazing week doesnt just stop there, we have been teaching 3 siblings that live somewhat close to Familia Frontera for about 3 weeks! Their names are Carla (17) Carlos (14) and Juan Pablo o Juampi (14) They are seriously the coolest kids ever! ever time we pass by they are so happy to see us and so happy to learn! Well this Sunday they also decided they wanted to be baptized! So this weekend was just filled with 4 baptisms! They are so awesome! And are already talking about how they would like to serve a mission when they are old enough! I love them all so much and am so glad I got the chance to teach them and get to know them! I really feel like every family i meet here in Argentina, is another family that I love! I have so much love for all the people

Every week I am here in Argentina I develop more and more love for the people here! The mission really is the best thing for me right now and I love it here! I am so glad I got called to Serve here in Córdoba! I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!!

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Con Amor,

Elder Zaugg

 Major Hail storm in Cordoba

Happy New Years

One great week! This week we worked super hard everyday in the office, and in the field! It was awesome! I had some great experiences this week! One thing i keep learning better and better each week is how much I love testifying of this truth! Every time i have the opportunity to testify of Jesus Christ, his gospel, or his prophets! 

On Monday I went on an exchange with Elder Bagley and we were talking to the mom of one of our Investigators, Jazmin. She was being a little argumentative and didn't want to listen to what we were saying. So out of nowhere I changed the subject and just starting testifying of how today we have a Prophet called of God that can help us all follow our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ better! Her mood changed immediately and she began to just listen. She didnt want to argue any more she was just a lot more receptive! It was so cool to see what the true message of the Restoration can do when taught with the Spirit!  

Church was also super great this Sunday! We had a bunch of people come with us to church today! We are teaching 2 brothers and their sister, Carlos Juan Pablo and Carla. Carla is 17 and the 2 brothers are 14. They are all so awesome! We have been teaching them for a week or so and they are progressing so much! They loved church and are reading the Book of Mormon right now! I am super excited to keep teaching them about this gospel and about the truth! 

New Years was pretty fun here in Argentina!  It consisted of a bunch of fire works and a lot of rain! Haha it was pouring so hard! I thought that would kinda stop all the fireworks but it didnt! There were still a bunch haha! We had a dinner with Pres and Hna Correa again and did a gift exchange that we all bought and then went back to our house and played some games waiting for 12! At 12 the fireworks began and wow were they loud! We kinda live in a poor neighborhood and seriously everyone had huge mortars and other fireworks so ya the neighborhood was lit! 

Well i hope you all have a wonderful New Year! Make sure and set some goals for this next year to accomplish! I know with goals, we can progress much faster to what we want to become than without goals! Love you all so much!

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Con Amor,

Elder Zaugg

Merry Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!! Wow this week was so awesome! I love the christmas time! Its such a feeling of love and happiness! This christmas was definitly different! Mostly because its just 110 degrees here and not cold... But also becasue im in Argentina and not the states! This Christmas time I learned something really important about the world! A lot of people dont have money to buy all the Christmas presents, have a huge party, or really celebrate exactly how they want but what I did learn is that regardless of these things, they were still happy! Christmas is to celebrate the life of our Savior Jesus Christ and spend time with all of our loved ones! And that is exactly what made my Christmas the best thing ever!

My Christmas call was so awesome! I loved talking to my fam and seeing all of their faces! I realized that my family is perfect for me! I can just talk and die laughing with them forever! I love my family! I also loved listening to other elders talk to their families and share their love for them. One elder talking with his mom really touched me! Elder Hidalgo is a convert and the only member is his family! When he was talking to his mom, I felt the spirit so strong! He began to share his testimony of Jesus Christ with pure love for his mom! Becasue he knows this message is true and he wants his mom to know and feel it too. I know that if we show true love for others, they will be able to feel the love Christ has them. I learned this super powerfully today. Teaching with Love is the only way to actually let the Spirit in. The Holy Ghost teaches and speaks through love. I know that Jesus Christ loves all of us and I hope you all felt a little of this love this Christmas holiday. I hope we can all show a little more love for the people we come in contact with each and every day! I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!

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Con Amor,

Elder Zaugg

BEST PART OF CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!

One good week (12/19/17)

Well lets just say this week me Elder Zaugg one very happy Elder Zaugg :)

So to start out, trasfers are this week! And a change is happening.... I AM TRAINING IN THE OFFICE!!!! My new comp is going to be Elder Stapp who is from my group! Hes super dope! I am so excited! Its going to be soooo fun! Not going to lie, im going to miss being comps with Elder Vaz! Hes been the sickest guy ever! Ive loved the 2 trasfers we have had together! But I am super ready to train a new elder to replace me so that I can get back out into the field!!

Not only was this great but a few more things happened which were sweet! We did a temple trip with Familia Frontera! Hermana Frontera came and all of her kids and 2 of her neighbors! It was so awesome! We took a lap around the temple and tried to enter but the temple was having an electricity problem... which kinda stunk but something great came from it! So right before we left I ask Hermana Frontera to come with me to the door of the temple. Even tho we couldnt enter we sat there looking into the temple in silence for 5-10 mins. The spirit was so strong! I could just feel how bad she wants to be sealed with her family in this temple! It really was an awesome experiance! 

To top off this wonderful week we had 2 Baptisms! Eugenia and her daughter Victoria! The service really was the greatest thing ever! Eugenia was so happy you could see a light glowing inside of her! Victoria is such a sweetheart too! Shes 8 years old and had the biggest smile when she came out of the water! It was such an amazing experiance today to bapitzed 2 more with Elder Vaz on our last Sunday together as comps! 

Well that was the awesome week! I love you guys so much and hope you all have a wonderful week!

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Con Amor,

Elder Zaugg

 A huge wind storm! 

 Eugina's baptism

The Season of Jesus Christ

You learn something knew everyweek! And sometimes you have to learn the same thing multiple times until you actually understand  what you were learning. Well this totally happened to me this week!

So this Friday my zone had a zone activity in our Church building with all of our investigators in each of our areas! The activity started out amazing with Vaz and I brining 20 people to the activity! 18 of them were families that we are teaching and 2 were members that are so awesome! So wow we had a really good turn up! The activity was about Jesus Christ and the real meaning of Christmas! We watched a few videos about Jesus which really broght the spirit! Then we had everyone go up to the front of the room and say what they were going to give to Jesus this chirstmas time! Many said things like their love, patience, forgivness of others, their time, ect... and it was so awewsome to hear everything that the kids wanted to give to Jesus Christ this Christmas time! So Friday i left the activity on a Spiritual High forsure!

Then on Saturday I had interviews with President and the asistentes. When i was with the asistents Elder Da Silva bore his testimony on the time in the mission that really touched me! I have always know that the mission time is short but it really hit me in this interview with Elder Da Silva.

So then finally on Sunday we were in church and we have finally started singing Christmas Hyms! And seriously i have never felt so happy and so loved during a Sacrament Meeting. I am now looking at the mission with completly different eyes. I know that Jesus Christ loves me, suffered for me, and died for me. For that reason, I am here in the mission to serve him and my Heavenly Father. I know my time here is short and am so excited to serve for the next year and be able to feel this Spirit and love that I have been feeling! 

So basically what I learned once again this week is that Jesus Christ loves us. He loves us so much that he gave up everything for us! If we rely on him, he will help us, comfort us, and show us the way to be happy! I know that if we follow the comandments and the path that Jesus showed us, we will be happy! A happiness that is eternal. A happiness that is real. I love this gospel so very much and hope you all can feel the love of Jesus Christ too during this special season of Christmas!

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Con Amor,

Elder Zaugg