Family,

The eggs from one of the member families. They got it from some farm I think. But anywaysss. hows life at home? Everyones STILL sick? Woww must be a pretty nasty bug. Yes, I have my debit card, and yes i would like to have a little extra cash, for souvenirs and stuff (; So if you could figure that out, thatd be great. Things are going okay here. Frustrating as ever, trying to get people to come to church. Its the same story as always, but I'm just getting tired. I've been doing this for a longggg timeee. All I want to do is end my mission well. I hope God will help me do that. Time's FLYING! Other than that, everythings well here. The weather is gorgeous, fall starts the 21st of march. Ha so that means it'll be super hot again when i get back. But, we have AIR CONDITIONING!!!! =D I've also been practicing my Portuguese with those discs you sent me. I've basically got the pronunciation down, i just need to learn more grammar and vocab. I'm thinking about doing Rosetta stone or something when i get back to learn it better. Well, I'm gonna send a ton of pictures. I love y'all!

E' Bentz

OWLZ!!!! 

I named him Clifford the big black dog.
He's seriously HUGE! But he's super nice

the beauty of campo...

this guy was teaching me the accordion
AND was going to get baptized, but he moved )))))))))):

Family,

So, here we are at the beginning of another of the few weeks i have left. In my email this morning, i had to fill out a paper describing the details of my flight home. Man......... that sure felt like a bag of bricks falling on me when i saw that in my inbox! It just makes it seems all the more real... time is short, short, short. And here I am, still trying to make the most out of it that I can. This week was pretty good for us. We found a lot of people, but it looks like most of them aren't going to be able to progress very well. Church this Sunday was.... weird. First off, it was raining like crazy the hour it was supposed to start. So, not a SINGLE person showed up until 11:15!!! By that time, there were only 45 minutes left of church. Including us four missionaries, there were only NINE people in church!!! It was so crazy. And my companion was sick Saturday so we couldn't work all day. Hopefully this week will be better than the last. I've only got a few of them left... Have a good week! I love you all!

E' Bentz

its an ostrich egg! one of these equals 12 regular chicken eggs

Family,

Well, this week has gone MUCH better. It seems like I've been snapped out of the down i was in. Thank goodness, because the way i was going, it wouldn'tve  ended well. But president talked to me about it, and helped me a lot. And he basically told me that I will end my mission here. I want to end it well. I just realized that I have 14 more Sundays to get people to go to church and to help the group. Tick-tock.... not much time left. But anyways I hope you all are having a good week.  Oh, and just so you know, i wont be able to write home until the beginning of march. Just three weeks. Some things happened with my companion and now we are both paying the consequences. Sooo, talk to you in three weeks. I love you all!

E' Bentz

Well this week was full of ups and downs just like any other. But, we're finally starting to find some people with good baptism possibilities. That's exactly what this group needs, new families, and good ones. We have a LONG way to go, but we'll do what we can. We've had some more crazy problems and stuff happening this week, so I'm exhausted. But, I'm doing better than I was, thankfully. I think this week will be even better. There's also been a bunch of crazy storms coming though, and it was actually cool this week, which was really nice. Ha, we've also been preaching to all our neighbors. Our neighbors love us here! Well, nothing really else to talk about. Hope you all have a good week. I love you, Chao!

e' Bentz

Family,

Well, this week was probably just as hard as the last. At one point, everything just built up and couldn't really take it anymore. I'd say i went through my own personal gethsemane. I'm just having a hard time. I am feeling better after my little breakdown though. But still... Im only 20 years old!!!! And to top it all off, this morning we found out that a for-sure baptism we had for this weekend isnt going to happen. I'm trying so hard to be positive and to have faith. But it's difficult. Anyways, I hope everyone had a good week and that you're all doing good. I love you all

E' bentz

Authentic Argentine Toms :)

Epic!

Family,

Ugh I wish that were the case. Unfortunately, this has been a very very bad week as far as the group goes. A lot of very ugly things have happened here with our main family which basically makes up most of the group. And thats on top of all the other problems we already have. It's been hard. Really hard. It's very difficult for me to focus on the work with all these other issues on my plate. I think that's why we haven't been finding good investigators lately. I've reached my breaking point various times this week. I can't talk about details but all I can say is that I'm worried about this group. I don't know how much longer it's going to last if things like this keep happening. But, there is some good news: E' Nacimento and I are staying together another transfer! Which is awesome because we get along great. I hope this transfer goes a lot better than the last. I want to end my mission well. This area's going to push me even farther than loma grande did I think. It already is. Well, I hope everyone has a good week. Till later. Love you all!

E' Bentz

Family.

Well. What a week. So, here's the story. My companion sprained his ankle monday evening playing futbol with some kids (he stepped in a pit), soooo we were basically unable to work until saturday and sunday. I think I almost went crazy being inside so long. Luckily, he can walk now, so everything's fine. But, yeah. Not too much to talk about for this week, haha. I'll send a bunch of pics instead. Oh, and I seriously can't remember what i wanted. Oh wel. Guess it wasn't too important. Ha, not like i have that much time left anyway. Well I hope yall have a great week. I love you! Chao!

E' bentz

just kidding the computer wont let me send pics