Week 9 pics

Week 9 First Area

wow time flies missions are awesome haha i love being here tons of missionaries just have bad attitudes and there just not happy its definitely rough sometimes and i have struggles but everyday if i wake up with a good attitude then I'm so happy everyday the key is serving others, me and elder best have been trying to look for more opportunities to serve cause that's when were the happiest i don't have that much to write about this week because this week was just pretty normal i went on changes with another elder elder Matthew's hes our district leader and he taught me a lot i talked alot in his lessons and i learned a lot i felt like i could feel the spirit more in his lessons then when me and elder best teach so we have been working harder on inviting the spirit to our lessons on Wednesday a quorum of the 70 is coming to have a conference with us his names elder walker every missionary has to prepare 10 minutes of teaching time and hes gonna call one elder to come up and teach for 10 minutes in front of like 90 missionaries i already prepared my talk but if he calls me I'm pretty much dead I'm gonna cry haha so i bought a guitar it was 40 bucks and its freaking sick elder best has been teaching me how to play so when i get home i can sing and play in a band  when i get home haha we have like 4 investigators that have baptismal dates for the 6th of julio but they have to come to church every week before that so we have been teaching alot and just trying to do our very best to teach and prepare so if they all come to church then we will have like 4 baptisms that day so that'd be cool haha

i don't know what these Mexicans are feeding me but it is not good i have been sick and had the churio/runs  for the past week haha its been rough 

last night we were teaching on of our investigators then after she fed us hot cakes and those were super good so i was pumped about that then after i saw like this little bicycler for like working out and i told her i was like after you fed me those hot cakes now I'm gonna get fat do you think i could have that bike for our house we don't have any work out equipment an she was like ya sure why not haha so we carried it to our house then i fixed it up it need some nuts and bolts and it was good so now I'm not gonna get fat so I'm pumped about that 

i love you all and I'm so grateful for all of you and for the great example you are to me keep emailing me and sending me letters 

xoxoxox

Elder Tams #quedachido

Week 8 pics

Ward Mission Leader in First Area that reminds Sam of Brad

How did my Jeep get here?

Graffiti is everywhere!

Week 8 area 1 Cerro De La Estrella

this week was super rough kind of haha its never that bad when your a missionary but we only taught like 20 lessons and were suppose to at least teach like 40 a week no one was home no one wanted to listen to us we had a appointment for like every hour of the day people just weren't home i was pretty darn home sick this week I'm over it now but there was a couple rough days where i just couldn't stop thinking about home and i didn't feel to good one of the mornings i think i just ate some nasty meet or something serving a mission is like  a big head game you have so much time to think and if your mind isn't focused on the mission then your not going to be a good missionary I'm super grateful for all of the hard times though mostly the hardest thing for me is just the espanol i feel like if i could talk then i could help my companion and help my investigators so much more everyone just keeps telling me it will come hahah but i just want it now I'm impatient i just want to help everyone right now and be able to talk to everyone its all about being obedient if your obedient then you will be a good missionary elder best is super obedient so that's good for me haha we have like 10 investigators but none of them are progressing they keep saying there going to read and pray then we come visit them and they haven't haha the main struggle for people here is they have to attend church for 5 weeks before they are baptized its hard enough to get the active people to church we have about 250 members in our ward and yesterday there was probably 20 people for the 1st 2 hours of church and then for the last hour there was probably 50 people for sacrament oh ya hahahahahahahahahahaha and i forgot to tell you last week our bishop is inactive he doesn't come to church the missionaries have asked him why and he just said that he doesn't have time so we haven't had a bishop for like 2 months and they said they cant call a new one because they call bishops through Revelation through god and he hasn't said its time yet for a new bishop so the 1st counselor does most of the stuff haha its super funny though overall its pretty cool here i bought a hat for like 3 dollars the other day a super nice one and everything is just so cheap here its cool there is tenges everywhere every day its just like little stores today we woke up at 630 cleaned the house did personal study for a hour then went to put a load of laundry in at a members house they have a washer but not a drier so we just hang our clothes on top of our house after we wash them then after i write I'm going to get a haircut then go to a members for lunch then shop at some tenges then take a nap probably cause I'm always super tired i love this gospel and I'm so grateful that i have the opportunity to serve and i miss all of you and i know you all will have lots of blessings in your life as you strive to be more like Christ

i still suck at espanol but its coming along kind of ahaha

ELDER TAMS much love always #staytruetothechurch 

BUENOS DIAS

XOXOXOXOXO

Sam's first companions letter home the first week they are together

From Elder Best mom...want to remember this sweet tender mercy of hearing that our son is still happy and funny!

I LOVED reading your son's letter!!  I learned a lot more than I do from my own son.  Here is his letter from this week, in its entirety: "My son (comp) is such a good missionary!

We get along super well, and he is out here for the right reasons! He still doesnt speak spanish, but i know he will learn fast. He makes me laugh so much! seriously the funiest kid i have ever met! I love having my comp as one of my best friends! the work is so much easier. D&C 123: last verse talk about doing ALL things with good cheer! haha is spanish is says we have to be excited, or we wont have success haha.

This week we have found a lot of new investagators! we found like 4 more familys to teach! and they are so prepared to hear the gospel! This week we are getting some more people married! im really excited.

WEll, i really dont got mch to say this week... i promise itll be longer next week! love you all!

Elder Best

Week 6 Mission Home

I'm here safe we woke up at 3 today and we have been with the president and his wife and the assistant to the president missionaries we are just writing write now and then we are going back to the mission home and sleeping there then tomorrow at 10 we find out who are companions are and what area and we go there i love you and I'm safe and i like it here we just walked to this little place that has computers and now were writing i love you 

my p day is on Monday's so i will write you next week i love you so much and just know even though i can understand most people here hahah I'm still happy that I'm here and serving the lord he is our Savior and the only person that can help us with anything we need i love him 

Week 7 Pictures