Jan 2, 2012

Hey how are you guys!?

Im doing great, you know just enjoying the holidays :) haha yeeaa well it was a pretty fun week for me :) you know just trying to teach the gospel to the whole little pueblo de las matas. though

here when it comes time for holidays, its just one GIant excuse to drink and drink some

more.and las matas, everyone as they grow up leaves las matas becuase theres not really much here, but EVERYONE ocomes back for the holidays, so the populations been like double or triple the past week or two. and they all just come down here to drink and party.

new years eve was just crazy, they started newyears eve morning and ended 48 hours laterish, midnight of the 1st they ended. it was just crazyness they tore the town APART!

and because everyone was wasted we had no one to talk too. so we were forced to just visit members the whole day, we contacted for like 1 hour and talked to 3 people its better to just

wait for after.

so for new years we made a traditional haitian soup

becuase elder Cilus said he wasnt about to leave that traditio. so it was supe rfun i had to peel everyything. but wow... that man knows how to cook!

oh and he made me peel some demon vegitibal, its like som eroot thingy, but you can hold it in tyour hand right but when you peel it the sticky stuck on the other side of the, you know how a root is it doesnt have bark but its has a harder thing there kind of like a carrot but harder, on the other side of that is some sticky gooy stuff and that stuff ITCHES like crazy its like a stingy itch, it hurts. so you have to were plastic baggies on your hands when peeliong and cleaning it, i thought he was just joking that i had to were plastic bags, but as ai was peeling it a little bit got on my ring finger and dang!!! that stuff hurts... haha demon root! haha

but that soup was SUPER good ! and he made a lasanga he always makes for the first day of the year and WOW ! I just cant get enough of that lasanga, hes going to teach me and whenhe finaly makes it states side hell make that for us and this haitian dumpling thing he makes and a few others.

also exciting news for this week , deborah and DAvi got baptisted!!

deborah is the cousin of richard and davi his next door nieghbor, now richard is bring two other cousins of his to churhc... richards jsut studly. just bringing in people left and right!

yea theyre cvool... but were having alittle trouble finding more people now, but life goes on. oh my visa... hah so Hma ford called me a couple weeks back to send in my visa photos so they can renue my visa, so i sent them in a couple days after at the zone confernce, gave them to the ZLS them i the browns came and i saw the ZL give it to them, so they should have been there with in a couple days. but she called me up a couple days ago and said hey ELder Z I need youre photos

still, i told her what happened and she said oh well they havnt givin me anything yet, so she said shed talk to them, and today i talked to her and she told me still hasnt recevied them. so im

going to have to take some photos soon but if we dont get them in soon imma have to finish my mission somewhere else;) maybe puerto rico ;D or florida;) but na im sure i wont get kicked out of the country.:D

but yea everythings going good here,

Love you all

ELder ZElasko

oh yes i got the package from the relief socity and From Oma and Opa,

Im writing THem back with a thanks you letter, the YOung women also sent a letter, THats super cool that ones native language is spanish, where she from that he 1st language is that? im pretty sure her spnaish is WAY better then mine.... makes sense though right.

but yea it was sweet getting those packages, feeling the love:)

yea some more photos, of cooking,

and one of the baptismal font, thats why you dont drink the water here... its nasty: )

Dec 26, 2011

Skyping with the family day after Christmas

My comp and I Christmas day

Christmas eve PJ's

Christmas dinner

More christmas dinner

Christmas dinner

DEC 19, 2011

ok first one is us at branch christmas party second, umm.... thats what happens when you eat too much rice,

thats the area were working in.

and some members and sorry idont remeber which i put down.....

So yea this week was GReat You know just taking names and all that jazz.. working hard.... we jjust got done contacting los cartones so now were contacting some other area in town so its a bit more modern and the people arnt nearly as nice, its wierd... not everyone is comign up to be like mi amgio! and all that. its wierd..
oh you wanted a spiritual message or something right.... um.... what could i say...

umm a cool experience... well i was working in the capital, and well a cultural difference is here no one gets married at all, one for culture and the other is its expensive so not many people are willing to try and make the sacrifice to save up many, because most people have told me , ¨its not like there we cant save up money there's no such thing like that, you work that day and then you use that money the same day to feed your family¨¨ and an other factor is that most people are to afraid to get commented to someone there afraid the other will leave so there like its cheaper if he deiced to leave me, because most men here do have at least 3 or 4 women the have children with. so its a SUPER hard challenge to get people married, but i had a 2 families in Los Alcorrizos and at first the husband wanted to get married something super rare, but the wife wasn't in to it, and in the other family the Wife was dead set on getting married, but the husband, not really at all . so we jut kept sharing with them and eventually we couldn't figure out what to do wit either family... because the other was just too stubborn... so we started carefully planning for them every night and well prayed hard about it too. and finally we felt we just had to talk super hard to both of the families. so we shared a message with both that well was probably super hard o hear, but it WORKED! partly, we got the both of other sides to admit they loved the other and that they'll try to get married, but the big problem was the $ so we told them you just have to pray and really work hard and rely on the lord and it'll all work out. so yea. we kept working and slowly they both found more small places where they could save a little here a little there. we were getting super close to the date we set, and miraculously they were both getting super close to the $ they needed. unfortunately i got transferred out but just last week i Received a letter from the families and !! they´re was a photo with 9 AMAZING people In WHITE! all getting baptised, after working hard with them for 4 months they got baptised! it was super cool to see how through prayer and hard work while trusting in God something that seemed impossible to them like saving up that money. could be over come. it was super cool and dang ill admit i was SUPER happy when i saw that photo and read about how much they were loving church and super happy that we stuck with them. its the same with what ever problem we have in life, just trust in God and work hard and pray harder and sooner then you know it you'll be Having a blast a gain.

but yea that's my story there probably better but i cant think of it right now id have to have more time to think.
but yea my two families got baptised!!!!!! and maria!!!!! all the people i was working with in los alcs GOT baptised!!!!! I'm defiantly counting that as my baptisms i worked with them from contacting them all the way up till a week before they got baptised! always going to keep in contact with those two AWESOME families!! love em to death.
and you all two love you bye!
Elder Z

Dec 5, 2011

Well... waht can i say... I Did just make some boss mac and cheese today... so i guess you could say im the best at mixing that powder in with some milk and buttery noodles ;) though its definatly not the same as state side mac. dont know why but its not.

As far as the nativity i dont know how possible that is going to be. i asked a couple families about it and a couple have said they dont sell them here but there imported from state side. but others have told me theres a place down a street to the left up dark ally and to the right on street ¨x¨,

So i dont know the Investigation will have to wait till next pday. And as far as Sis Leftwich and Sis Porter wanting them, thats no problem at all and depending on how cheap they are i could probly jsut buy them and send them as a christmas gift wether its this year or the next :)
speaking of which i need to get you all a small christmas package going on. oh wait.... i dont remeber was that box for christmas or thanksgiving? I feel i didnt get you all anything for christmas... hmmm .... well you can never have to many mini christmas boxes going on right ;)
umm.... OH photos let me get those started i got some to send on over :D
Ok back to what i was saying.... this week was pretty awesome, you know just working hard out here in the ¨vineyard ¨ haha i just said that haha... but yea it was a really good week.
oh so me and my comp we jsut got fired from a couple appointments and we were already full for tomorrow so we couldnt contact and all the members were out of town on a temple trip, speaking of which, NEXT week Im NOT writing you all. were going to the capitail and well were one of the farthest areas out here so were leaving sunday night for San Juan then spend the night there then heading to the capitail for a mission confrence christmas dinner thing:D then well probably get to San Juan again at like 8 at night so well probably spend the night there because were about 40 mins from San Juan. haha its going to be a blast! going from one end of the mission and back. (darn i still forgot to get them photos goiong :)now for sure)
um... yea so ..this week was great.
so you all are going to stay in the apartment for an other year! that means ill be there to see it! woh! pool access ;) havnt done that in a while..oh guess what tomorrow i will complete 14months in the mission! wow time flys eh? only ten more! got to work harder!

oh photos... the toilete one is Yoeli hes the convert i had a month ago.. thats one high quality convert! look at him go cleaning that toilet! hahah and hes there EVERY week with out fault cleaning em! since like 2 months before he was baptised! stud!

what other photos are there oh my tree! i defiantly saved it for a whole year! wow time flies. felt like yesterday i was pulling it out of a box lie what in the shoe shining world is this?

what other photos are there... no clue :D um the bapstism yea.. a bunch are from the baptism.

then theres thanksgiving! that was a blast!
then family home evening at maria´s house.

all fun here in the mission:) of course some hard work too :)

this photo for now is the closest thing i have for a nativity i dont remeber if i sent it or not but thats it. so :)

oh didi i tell you how much i love the package i got! it was pretty sweet:) espesically the photos with the memories super sweet. lot of people it was super cool to see a photo of them:) or hear from em:) oh para que sepan im pumped for that call :D should be blast :)

Oh and Loves you all :)

Elder Zelasko
pero ya. remeber im not writing next week so ¨dont worry, be happy¨

Nov 28, 2011

Hey Hey!
how are you all!! Well this week was by far one of the best weeks Ive had on my mission. It was Loads Of fun! But unfortunately.... I forgot to bring my camera for you all to see how great it was..:( haha but better part you all get the explanation! woot! haha but yea.
ok so first off woh! So was Jim Happy that you were all there to support him? So You wont tell me whats going on with that unless they get divorced? thats pretty extreme. Hopefully you all made it a happier thanksgiving for him.
that's SOOOO legit you got to see the salt lake temple!!!! and when its all decorated!! I ´m soooo jealous. thats on my top 5 of places i want to go when i get home! soo jealous. and wow it looks cold there! though I'm not jealous of that. its starting to get SUPER cold here in the mornings and night! wow Ive even seen my breath in the morning a couple times. mostly when theres a lot of fog. unfortunately most of us don't have jackets. but luckily i had a mum at home telling me to take this giant blanket that i thought i would never ever use and thought she was silly but luckily for me i followed that advice, and I've now served in two of the coldest areas in the mission, during the coldest time of the year for the both.... hmmm.... maybe i should listen more often;) oh and the MTC wowza it even snowed there super super cold! has Colorado gotten snow yet? it doesn't look that cold as far as that photo goes.
hahahaha I love that Photo of dad yall sent :D haha I'm sure he loves that photo. haha hes face.... oh man.
so our thanksgiving was LEGIT! we made a Giant PLATE OF


oops caps attack and accidentally send.... hmm well i bet you re super curious of what that giant plate was.... it was..... our you full of suspense now? ahah well we made a giant plate of MASHED POTATOES! So good! and then turkey was way to expensive so we made a bunch of fried chicken and lots of gravy! so good!
then we also had an intercambio with the ZLs it was fun...got some work done.
and oh yea.. crismelin and Richard GOT baptised!!! so sweet! both super studs both in it from the beginning! they were awesome. Tito baptised Crismelin and i baptised Richard. I love the both of them. they´re legit studs. so after the baptisms we went to richards house after a meeting we had and we showed up and right as we were showing up Yoeli and a bunch of other members kids were showing up with giant speakers some pop ad crackers and they threw him a party! so awesome! they all told him congrats and all that jazz. super cool.
well there was a few other things that happened...
I lost a wrestle match today.... but the guy had a bit of an advantage. elder Durrant, hes like 6.4 and weighs like 220... though i had him pinned once :) but most of the time it was me just trying to run;) hahah hes a big man... though he said it was kind of tough at times, other times dang.... lol but yea Pdays right.... haha but wow I'm so jealous you got to see salt lake temple...
but yea um... what more... oh wish catie luck for me. tell her shell have blast, it ll be the best 18 months of her life, well... not the best theres for sure more fun times after, but the most... challenging, no I'm sure kids are tough, um just Tell her shell have lots of fun and shell grow a lot : )
did you all meet david?
welp love you all lots and well talk to you all in like... what 30 days?
love ,
Elder Zelasko

Nov 21, 2011

Ok... so i had a nice Huge letter, super well written, then my computer turned off and because this is an old comp it didnt have autosave stuff. so it didnt save the draft..... so Super sorry but i do no feel like re writting that again.
ill give you the sum of it;)
- Super pumped for thanksgiving, were making a big dinner
- I sent a package, it basically only has food that you allready have, so open it before you go tto utah,
- Wow youre going to utah!! super cool!
- Sasafrass! now you can be sassy y frassy! always a great excuse to get you sas and frass on.
- you´re moving! thatd be so cool! have a place of your own! wich means i wont see the new place....
- save a pie for me;)
- Crismelin and Richard are getting baptised next week!!!
- A family named there baby after me, Jeremy :D
- Work is going SUPER well here.
- My comp is cool. likes to work hard.
- Love you all and cant wait for dec 25 to call.
- ELder Selasco.
- P.s. TIme Moves FLYS I only have 10 months left, need to work harder :)
-P.S.S make sure ou give the missionaries at home some great references, talk to your friends about the gospel.
- Have fun!:), and again i love you all.
- :D

ok so i have a little more time so imma do expansion on the stuff :)
i bet you all are pumped for thanksgiving! I m pumped for it! were going to make a huge one with turkey and all, if they dont have turkey well find a ham or something, weve been saving and stuff.
this week richards getting baptised! as well as crismelin! Im Super pumped! there both studs! both into it since the beggining! im almost positive that richard will be general authority one day so keep your eyes open for him! hes a stud!
so with he package i sent, where im at anything that is realtivy souvnier like is expensive soo... i figure ill jsut wait till i go home and just buy something for all the fam and it sounds like the porters too since you all are unseperable now;) I´m accutally super pumped to see the new place, and if you all are buying a house thatd be AWESOME! super good investment i think. just will take a while to get off well. well i got some business plans that should set me off well young so ill help you all once im good :) though thatll stink that we wont have the pool and work out place when i get home iw as looking forward to getting super fit for college;) oh well guess ill jsut have to start now:) time is shortl. but wow the work is progressing super super well here! I love the mission! by far the best investment of time ive done im learning soo much for sure.
Lifes great and welp ill tlak to you soonon christmas! wait youll be in utah!! that means i could maybe talk with all that family! wow ! so cool. oh but the package i didnt realize youd be in utah so i didnt get anything for them so.. you should open that before hand. though share the dulce with them if you want, if it holds till then, if not enjoy and share with family and studs a like ;) hey but happy thanks giving!!! tell me all something youre gratefull for next later and ill do the same!!
Elder Zelasko
loves you all!

Nov. 14, 2011

hey hey hows everything going? life's pretty good here. I'm loving it, ¨every day every hour every second¨the mission is awesome. especially when you have some great progressing investigators, we have a few scheduled for the 26th. my new comp reminds me a lot of Gram marge, he ahas a lot of the same mannerisms. we for sure are going to get a lot of work down together. he loves to work hard, and well I'm personally not opposed to it now;) before the mission that may have been a different story;) na I'm actually still pretty lazy :P everyday learning something new and learning to grow. Love the mission. its awesome.

but hows things at home? Hows school, hows Braille , hows the new house, well i guess it isn't new but i for sure cant wait to see what its like, where do we live again? over by the library? oh I'm planning on sending a package soon, unfortunately i still haven't found a nativity set, though i still have about 10 months to find it. weird time flies here. haha flies meant to say flys. though still what 15 days till i have 14 months no 21 days... but I'm sure it ll be here before i want it to be here. oh so you all know i may not write you in 4 weeks. on the 12 of DEC that day. because we are having a misison wide dinner!!!!!!!! for Christmas!! mission wide!!! Ive never had that before!!!, but because were so far out by haiti, well have to stay the night over in azua, then we go over to the capital have a conference , Christmas lunch then well head back over to the las matas. arrive super late i cant wait but because its going to happen pday i wont be able to write you all. just a heads up,
but hey love ou all
good luck:)
Elder Zelasko