Hello Family!
Yes, last week sure was challenging...and so was this one.
After our little fight last week, I apologized and we made up for it by working harder then ever. Then our President came to visit the zone because there were other problems besides us that needed taken care of. MY NEW PRESIDENT IS SO COOL!! I’m so happy he is our president.
When I went in for my interview, I sit down and first thing he asks me is if I’m a District Leader and I told him no and then he said I should be. Ha-ha finally someone recognizes me. Then he asked me how much time I have left and guess what?! I HAVE been out almost 18 MONTHS- HOLY CRAP!!!!
Then he asked me to work as hard as I can and then asked me if there is anything that I need that he could help me with so I told him about my companion. He just suggested reading the scriptures every night and doing companionship prayer. Well it worked. I love my companion I know he is a good guy and all but I don’t understand why we disagree so much. I’m trying to do everything to keep sane and put up with all the stuff that goes on. He knows it, last week we had a companionship inventory after planning for the week and he tells me...I want to apologize for how I have been acting. You are one of the most patient caring companions I have had. You’re always right, you know what we are suppose to do and you do it. I wish I would have listened to you before....
After that we hugged and I told him "I’m always here buddy to help you out"...
Well we got in another mess; I have rarely been sick here in Leon. It has been raining like crazy and when it rains here it is cold, we get wet out walking and stay cold all the time so has made me sick again. Yesterday I tried doing everything I could to contact and work and it didn’t help me to feel any better. Last night our plans and visits were falling through and so were our backup plans. I was trying to find new people we could visit and teach but my companion wasn’t doing anything. I asked him "Why don’t you try finding investigators, it would help me out a lot"....and then he just flipped outs, has his bad attitude and started bossing me around telling me what to do. I obeyed and just took his crap LIKE ALWAYS until I couldn’t do it anymore.
We were walking and I told him "Man we can’t continue like this" and sat down on the sidewalk and he gave me an "I don’t give a dang" response and kept on walking. Well this time I didn’t get up and follow him....I just sat there. Then about 5 minutes later he came back and asked me why I didn’t follow him. I said "I’m sorry man I can’t be playing these stupid little games of yours". He got even madder so I said, “Just calm down, sit down for a minute”. He finally calmed down and I tried talking to him and it helped.....for a moment.
We got back to the house and he was still blowing steam but I remembered a scripture I read in Alma the other day and wanted to read that scripture with him. Well, he didn’t want to but he was already sitting down so I sat down next him and started to read Alma 31 about Alma and his brothers. If it didn’t help him, it helped me.....I was angry just cause he hadn’t apologized for flipping out, and I am trying to make this companionship work.
This morning (P-day) I woke up feeling sick at 6:30 am so I went back to bed. About an hour later he wakes me up and tells me to get out of bed that we are going to play soccer (I am so sick of soccer its the only sport we play down here) Then he says, “If you don’t feel good you can just sit there and watch me while I play and I was like "ha-ha - No". I fell back asleep so he left the apartment while I was asleep, in his mind he thinks it was okay because members live nearby. After he comes back and he starts saying, “I WANT to do this and this and this today".... but I told him "I’m sorry I don’t feel good today" then he got mad and stormed off again.
Later, I was feeling a little better so I asked him if he wanted to go and get our hair cut and he grabbed the keys to the house and just left without saying anything. We went and got our hair cut and came back to the house to take a shower (which made me feel even worse cuz the shower water is so cold). We got dressed in our mission clothes and got ready to leave again (I thought to go eat lunch) but then he takes off a different direction. I asked "Where are we going?" and he tells me we are going to the bank, which is far away. And I was like DUDE YOU DONT GET IT I AM SICK, I FEEL NAUCEOUS ALREADY! He just replied "I am going to the bank you can stay if you like". I was so mad I wanted to....to....walk away so that is what I did… I walked about 20 feet from him and sat down. SO WHAT DOES HE DO NEXT!? CALLS THE MISSION PRESIDENT AND TELLS HIM I RAN AWAY. grr......
Everything is okay for this moment, we at least walked with each other to the cyber place where we write our emails!
But I thank you for your letter and sorry for mine ha-ha. I love you all!
Elder Buck
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
New Pres, New Companion, New Fun
Hello Family!
This week has probably been one of the hardest weeks as far as a companionship.
First, I got to know the new president, President Arredondo. He is a really cool guy, I can tell he loves the missionaries and so does his wife. I’m really excited to be able to have the opportunity to have him as our President.
I feel bad for him, because even though this is the highest baptizing mission (almost in the world) there are a lot of crappy missionaries that fornicate, have girl friends, flirt and it makes me mad that someone could do that IN THE MISSION FIELD! We had a missionary go AWOL last week, so his first week as president has been pretty hard for him....
In a way, I contributed this week, as one of the reports of misbehaving missionaries.
Here is the story:
As missionaries we receive a certain amount of money for each month from the mission home. But this month we did not receive any money…new president…mix ups…who knows. We are living in an apartment that we pay for monthly and we have a dead line of when we need to pay which is on the 28th of each month. If we haven’t paid by the 3rd they start charging us interest. Its 90$ for the month and that is with out paying for electricity and water. The water and electricity bill usually adds up to about 10-12$ per month which is not too bad.
It is bad when you don’t have the money and the mission doesn’t send anything. The other problem is the bank is really far and we can’t afford to get some way of transportation to take us there so we have to walk.
Anyway our land lady came and told us if we don’t have the money for rent that they are going to cut the lights and water. So I decided to pay all that I had, from my personal money, which was around 98$. I had this personal money tucked away in case of an emergency. We only needed 2 dollars more to pay rent so I ask my companion for two dollars. He says NO, because he only has two dollars left, so I was like "look, we have to pay the money or they are going to shut the water and lights off". He’s said, "Im sorry but im not giving my money" (he was being a little stubborn). This kind of made me mad because the land lady was right there and also was telling us that she would kick us out if we didn’t pay. I didn’t know what to do.
The whole time my companion is staring at me from his bed, looking at me like im an idiot. I then did something that I regret now and it was pretty much out of desperation. I yanked the top mattress out from where he was laying (cause its a bunk bed) took him out of his bed and told him "YOU ARE GOING TO PAY THE MONEY". He told me "no" again, so I took the wallet out of his pocket and took out the two dollars to give it to our land lady. My companion then runs up and grabs the 98$ out of her hands and walks back into the bed room.
I follow him and try to grab the money out from his hands, then he grabs my neck and kind of starts choking me. (He is shorter than me but he is a buff little kid, I will send a picture of him ASAP and other photos). I got him into a headlock to calm him down but he broke free and starts swinging at me. All I could think was, "OH YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!?!" The Land lady is yelling at us to stop and then we finally stop. He ends up giving her the money back and she ends up telling us that we are not servants of God! She wasn’t even a member so I felt pretty bad.
After the land lady leaves my companion starts to lock all the doors and windows so I can’t escape because he said he was going to punch my teeth out or something stupid like that....My companion he was just super mad (he gets mad real easy, always wants to fight, and his whole family is in the army even his mom). He made a lot of threats to me but nothing else happened.
I repented for what I did and called my zone leaders as soon as possible to tell them what just happened. I just went back to doing what I was doing before which was studying the book of Mormon and that calmed me down pretty quick. That fight was something I totally regret but I got to say if that hadn’t happened our relationship would probably be worse off. When I talked to the zone leaders I arranged for them to come over so could have a companionship inventory and talk about things and what we are going to do better and how. After that we set some new goals as companions so now we are doing AWESOME!
But I just feel bad because now the whole mission knows what happened and even the president. I wanted to show a good reputation for the new president…
Hmmm...Im not sure but I think Elder Buck will have a few dental problems when he gets back because some days there isn’t even water to brush our teeth let alone toothpaste. I was thinking about becoming a Dentist....
That’s about it for now we had one baptism this week but I didn’t even know the guy...I hope this is a better week.
I love you all!
Elder Buck
This week has probably been one of the hardest weeks as far as a companionship.
First, I got to know the new president, President Arredondo. He is a really cool guy, I can tell he loves the missionaries and so does his wife. I’m really excited to be able to have the opportunity to have him as our President.
I feel bad for him, because even though this is the highest baptizing mission (almost in the world) there are a lot of crappy missionaries that fornicate, have girl friends, flirt and it makes me mad that someone could do that IN THE MISSION FIELD! We had a missionary go AWOL last week, so his first week as president has been pretty hard for him....
In a way, I contributed this week, as one of the reports of misbehaving missionaries.
Here is the story:
As missionaries we receive a certain amount of money for each month from the mission home. But this month we did not receive any money…new president…mix ups…who knows. We are living in an apartment that we pay for monthly and we have a dead line of when we need to pay which is on the 28th of each month. If we haven’t paid by the 3rd they start charging us interest. Its 90$ for the month and that is with out paying for electricity and water. The water and electricity bill usually adds up to about 10-12$ per month which is not too bad.
It is bad when you don’t have the money and the mission doesn’t send anything. The other problem is the bank is really far and we can’t afford to get some way of transportation to take us there so we have to walk.
Anyway our land lady came and told us if we don’t have the money for rent that they are going to cut the lights and water. So I decided to pay all that I had, from my personal money, which was around 98$. I had this personal money tucked away in case of an emergency. We only needed 2 dollars more to pay rent so I ask my companion for two dollars. He says NO, because he only has two dollars left, so I was like "look, we have to pay the money or they are going to shut the water and lights off". He’s said, "Im sorry but im not giving my money" (he was being a little stubborn). This kind of made me mad because the land lady was right there and also was telling us that she would kick us out if we didn’t pay. I didn’t know what to do.
The whole time my companion is staring at me from his bed, looking at me like im an idiot. I then did something that I regret now and it was pretty much out of desperation. I yanked the top mattress out from where he was laying (cause its a bunk bed) took him out of his bed and told him "YOU ARE GOING TO PAY THE MONEY". He told me "no" again, so I took the wallet out of his pocket and took out the two dollars to give it to our land lady. My companion then runs up and grabs the 98$ out of her hands and walks back into the bed room.
I follow him and try to grab the money out from his hands, then he grabs my neck and kind of starts choking me. (He is shorter than me but he is a buff little kid, I will send a picture of him ASAP and other photos). I got him into a headlock to calm him down but he broke free and starts swinging at me. All I could think was, "OH YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!?!" The Land lady is yelling at us to stop and then we finally stop. He ends up giving her the money back and she ends up telling us that we are not servants of God! She wasn’t even a member so I felt pretty bad.
After the land lady leaves my companion starts to lock all the doors and windows so I can’t escape because he said he was going to punch my teeth out or something stupid like that....My companion he was just super mad (he gets mad real easy, always wants to fight, and his whole family is in the army even his mom). He made a lot of threats to me but nothing else happened.
I repented for what I did and called my zone leaders as soon as possible to tell them what just happened. I just went back to doing what I was doing before which was studying the book of Mormon and that calmed me down pretty quick. That fight was something I totally regret but I got to say if that hadn’t happened our relationship would probably be worse off. When I talked to the zone leaders I arranged for them to come over so could have a companionship inventory and talk about things and what we are going to do better and how. After that we set some new goals as companions so now we are doing AWESOME!
But I just feel bad because now the whole mission knows what happened and even the president. I wanted to show a good reputation for the new president…
Hmmm...Im not sure but I think Elder Buck will have a few dental problems when he gets back because some days there isn’t even water to brush our teeth let alone toothpaste. I was thinking about becoming a Dentist....
That’s about it for now we had one baptism this week but I didn’t even know the guy...I hope this is a better week.
I love you all!
Elder Buck
Monday, July 5, 2010
Monday, July 5th
Hey Family!
So it’s hot in Arizona....that’s new. It’s hot here in Leon also. Yeah it sounds like Tanner and Emily had a good time. HAPPY 29th ANNIVERSARY MOM AND DAD!! I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!!
Sounds like every one had fun with the 4th of July stuff!
I AM SO GLAD TO BE AN AMERICAN!!!!!
I know this is the true church of Jesus Christ that he established and was later established by a true prophet of God. I know that we have the fullness of the gospel, because we have the Book of Mormon. I know that Jesus Christ lives because he guides and directs his saints in these latter days through our loving Prophets and apostles.
And if you want to feel HIS love LIVE AND APPLY THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
• Share your testimony (as a family)
• read the scriptures (as a family)
• pray together (as a family)
• have real family home evenings (as a family)
"When we truly understand what it means to love as Jesus Christ loves us, the confusion clears and our priorities align. Our walk as Disciples of Christ becomes more joyful. Our lives take on new meaning. Our relationship with our Heavenly Father (and our family) becomes more profound. Obedience becomes a joy rather than a burden"
Dad....one of the things I cant wait to do when I get back is talk about the gospel with you and learn about it and all the things you know.
Mom....one of the things that I want to do when I get back with you is learn to cook ha-ha and talk with you.
Carly...one of the things that I want to do with you is just talk, really get to know my sister, what she likes or doesn’t like or who she likes....im sorry for being such a butt head and for picking on you. You can thank also your older brothers for that.
Love Elder Buck
So it’s hot in Arizona....that’s new. It’s hot here in Leon also. Yeah it sounds like Tanner and Emily had a good time. HAPPY 29th ANNIVERSARY MOM AND DAD!! I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!!
Sounds like every one had fun with the 4th of July stuff!
I AM SO GLAD TO BE AN AMERICAN!!!!!
I know this is the true church of Jesus Christ that he established and was later established by a true prophet of God. I know that we have the fullness of the gospel, because we have the Book of Mormon. I know that Jesus Christ lives because he guides and directs his saints in these latter days through our loving Prophets and apostles.
And if you want to feel HIS love LIVE AND APPLY THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
• Share your testimony (as a family)
• read the scriptures (as a family)
• pray together (as a family)
• have real family home evenings (as a family)
"When we truly understand what it means to love as Jesus Christ loves us, the confusion clears and our priorities align. Our walk as Disciples of Christ becomes more joyful. Our lives take on new meaning. Our relationship with our Heavenly Father (and our family) becomes more profound. Obedience becomes a joy rather than a burden"
Dad....one of the things I cant wait to do when I get back is talk about the gospel with you and learn about it and all the things you know.
Mom....one of the things that I want to do when I get back with you is learn to cook ha-ha and talk with you.
Carly...one of the things that I want to do with you is just talk, really get to know my sister, what she likes or doesn’t like or who she likes....im sorry for being such a butt head and for picking on you. You can thank also your older brothers for that.
Love Elder Buck
Monday, June 28th
Hey Family!
I still have a little bit of a cough that comes and goes every now and then, but for the most part I am healed from the sickness crap!!
Leon is AWESOME!!! I love this place it reminds me a lot of Jinotepe! The People are SO NICE!!! Im so happy because I hate dealing with angry people. It’s a pretty big place my area LAS VILLAS is very huge the other day we walked out to the edge of my area and it almost took two hours to walk there.
It has its rich and poor parts like always but the buildings here are so cool it’s really similar to Jinotepe but like where I live is literally an apartment and we live on the second floor it’s so cool!
It’s really hot here it’s even hotter then it was in Managua, but I LOVE TEACHING!! I thought I would just say that I have found so many new people here and I am able to help EVERY SINGLE ONE! I LOVE IT! I finally know how to talk to people with being shy or afraid or feel stupid like I did before the mission. MCCOY HAS COME OUT OF HIS SHELL FINALLY!!
Like on Sundays I teach the class, and I got people coming to my class that aren’t suppose cause they say "Elder Bucks class isn’t boring" ha-ha that made me laugh. But I have a really effective way of helping people. Practically every person I have met after I finish teaching and we clear up all the doubts they have I ask them "will you follow the teachings of Jesus Christ in the restored Gospel and be baptized AND THEY ALL SAY YES!! And do you know why? Because they know its true!! Because I ask them and they say they know it is true, they can feel it!
I also memorized a scripture to help me not be boastful and to remember who it is that makes these miracles happen . Alma 62:12
12 Yea, I know that I am anothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will bnot boast of myself, but I will cboast of my God, for in his dstrength I can do all ethings; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever.
My area has a ward but we have some difficulties with the Bishop. He is a really cool guy but a total slacker he comes to church at 8:30am when church starts at 8am so we almost have barely enough time to listen to one speaker. Oh, I also played the piano in sacrament meeting ha-ha that needed someone desperately.
I’m sorry that’s all I got the time for now!
Tell Carver and Rachelle I got their messages and thank them for them.
I love you all
Elder Buck
I still have a little bit of a cough that comes and goes every now and then, but for the most part I am healed from the sickness crap!!
Leon is AWESOME!!! I love this place it reminds me a lot of Jinotepe! The People are SO NICE!!! Im so happy because I hate dealing with angry people. It’s a pretty big place my area LAS VILLAS is very huge the other day we walked out to the edge of my area and it almost took two hours to walk there.
It has its rich and poor parts like always but the buildings here are so cool it’s really similar to Jinotepe but like where I live is literally an apartment and we live on the second floor it’s so cool!
It’s really hot here it’s even hotter then it was in Managua, but I LOVE TEACHING!! I thought I would just say that I have found so many new people here and I am able to help EVERY SINGLE ONE! I LOVE IT! I finally know how to talk to people with being shy or afraid or feel stupid like I did before the mission. MCCOY HAS COME OUT OF HIS SHELL FINALLY!!
Like on Sundays I teach the class, and I got people coming to my class that aren’t suppose cause they say "Elder Bucks class isn’t boring" ha-ha that made me laugh. But I have a really effective way of helping people. Practically every person I have met after I finish teaching and we clear up all the doubts they have I ask them "will you follow the teachings of Jesus Christ in the restored Gospel and be baptized AND THEY ALL SAY YES!! And do you know why? Because they know its true!! Because I ask them and they say they know it is true, they can feel it!
I also memorized a scripture to help me not be boastful and to remember who it is that makes these miracles happen . Alma 62:12
12 Yea, I know that I am anothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will bnot boast of myself, but I will cboast of my God, for in his dstrength I can do all ethings; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever.
My area has a ward but we have some difficulties with the Bishop. He is a really cool guy but a total slacker he comes to church at 8:30am when church starts at 8am so we almost have barely enough time to listen to one speaker. Oh, I also played the piano in sacrament meeting ha-ha that needed someone desperately.
I’m sorry that’s all I got the time for now!
Tell Carver and Rachelle I got their messages and thank them for them.
I love you all
Elder Buck
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