Week 22

okay I have a big hair cut right now!! i just decided to shave my head hahah actually just buzz it!! i mean i look good but not as good as people except me to be! but it is alright cause if there is one thing i have learned from the valuable life lesson of high school musical, is i gotta go my own way and to drop the status quo and be who i am!!!

but with this hair cut every night and time i see my pentions kids they ask to pet my head hahah i don't care i kinda like it!! hahaha 

so one day i was waiting at the church for a lesson with Alexander and i went onto lds.org and started watching Mormon messages and then i saw there was this series called 2 brother 2 on lds.org about a lds family and one episode was about this one elder on his mission and it was a video diary and everything he was saying i felt right then!! it really helped me to understand i am not the only person who has ever felt like this!!

hahah a menos activo man named Antonio is so funny and cool!  he is a super old farmer dude and just so cool to talk too!! hahha but he always studies from the Book of Mormon the bible and...... the pamphlets of the Jehovah's witness hahhaha he is super funny!! 

how was everyone's Halloween?? 

oh that good that great!! hahha

so this week two investigators accepted dates to be baptized Alexander and Jared!! they are both young men one is 14 one is 9 and they are my best friends they are both so cool and already super strong in the church!! they are great people!! 

okay what is Shea grateful for!!

college, whole wheat bread, holy ghost, JACK FREAKIN HARRELL, sharing my testimony, ideas, the people in Pachacutec, learning from people and keeping the good and not dong the bad, acting like myself, prayer pouring out your heart to father, happiness, i only have 17 more days till the change, mutual, picarones, nice people, my father and his great example for me, jared umparo, Halloween, mason baumer, william baumer, My little sister Aisha who is So beautiful

okay PAZ!! 

Week 21

Oh hey yall!!!!  - I'm from Texas eh eh hahah 

so for last p day we went to papa john and i was so happy cause we don't go there to much and i made sure i didn't eat a lot so i could have it through out the week!! so i saved half the pizza and then we went to a park with my zone and played sports. i played basketball and i still got my skillzzz!!! you hear that addy boy and timmy!! I STILL GET BUCKETS hahah not really though but after playing i went to pick up my box of pizza and ants were all over it...... not cool man!! 

oh and on Tuesday i ran a mile in 5:30 minutes and oh buddy i am out of shape!!!!

this week we went to the menos active rosa and while we were there i wasn't really feeling like speaking so i was kinda quite the whole lesson then when i wanted to speak i spoke the worst Spanish in my life!! it made me think that this life is based on my wants but the wants of the Lord and when we decide to choose our wants over the Lord we aren't entitled to the blessing of the Lord!! but when we do we are blessed so so much!!

hahah okay a funny but kinda gross story so if you aren't over the age 14 skip this part (sorry Aisha) but this last week my stomach hasn't been feeling to well ( I know great way to start a story hahah) (lets find out were this takes us) so after a lesson we had with this little 12 year old boy we were walking and boom bang something was in my stomach that shouldn't be and yearned to get out!! so i was frantic and turn to Elder Olsen and said we need get to hermana nati house quick!! (she lived by) and so i hurry over and knocked and knocked and she wasn't there.... oh buddy i was going to die!! so i looked around and there was a wall and on the other side was a field of flocks so i said i going there and ran over and yeah you know the rest of the story and for those who are worried about "He doesn't have toilet paper" yes i did i am always packing hahah okay story over!!

oh and Friday i went to the mission home and had lunch with Prez me and him!! nahh it was a lunch with all the new elders and sisters so yeah that was super fun!! but yeah i love this work with all my heart and it is the great work ever!! and i might not say it is the funnest 2 years of my years but they are the best 2 years for my life!! okay

what am i grateful for??

mike gonzales, my sister mary, my brother nate, being in shape, paquetes, sleep, wake-up calls, sweating, starbursts, toilet paper, nuchemisionals, the lords way and not mine, banana bread, doing good for goods sake and not for praise, famila seramos, my loving Heavenly Father, my mamas chicken noodle soup, my mission, self control, this book, handwriting.

okay that's all folks good do something good today!

Week 20

okay so story time!! ]

all my time here in Pachacutec there has been a small mutt dog that follows us everywhere and i mean everywhere!! sometimes we try to loose it but it frantically freaks out and runs and finds us and it also sleeps right out side our window and barks and howls in the night.... not a fan of this dog at all. oh it is also a female so every single male dog wants to be with it so at times you see 2 greengos and then 6 dogs hahah! funny but also annoying and yes not going to lie i have thrown a couple of rocks at it to try to get it to stop pursuing us!! but this last Tuesday we were walking down a pretty busy street and then the dog was messing around with these other two dogs and i looked at it and thought " I really don't like you dog" and then it jump backwards into the street and BAMM!! Dogs dead!! got smacked HARD by a bus and my first thought was this is how the dog died... i was sad... but i havent missed it at all!! we took it out of the road and went and buried it and i even put flowers on its grave! that dog has been following Elders in Pachacutec for over a year now!!! but yeah story time over! 

we moved back into our old room and it feels good not to be sleeping on the ground anymore!! 

 IT WAS MY HANDSOME LITTLE SOBRINO´S BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK!! happy happy happy birthday AMES!!! he is a big 2 years old and i love him so so much!! 

so i feel like Andy Bernard right now!! we had service this week with the ward missionary, Pepe, one of my favorite people in the ward and i got huge blisters!! no joke i have 6 right now!! hahha this is exactly how i feel!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWvQtI6Fx64

so this last Saturday we had a day of walking!! 32340 steps that day which equals 16.13 miles!! no one was home and all our lessons fell through!! we had just to keep walking to see if anyone would listen to us but no one would i was feeling a little down and very tired at the end of the day and there was this huge hill and i just looked at it and was like dannnnnnnnnng  then i had the thought run up it!! so i turned to my comp and said meet you at the top and i took off! and it felt wonderful!! i like to think in life sometimes life will be hard you wont have success and you may feel like there is no more point of working but that is when you need to sprint up that hill!! our Savior will help you! you just got to keep working harder!! 

okay things i am grateful for!!

life, cereal mi español, bridge jumping, funny stories, the gym, jazzy cakes, bonfires, "do it anyways", the cutest sobrino ever!! , expression, Ames, being able to go to school for a year with my sister jazzy, the appreciation of RIVER SANDERSON of being on my thankful list!, funny people like my brother Rhett and myself and not jasmyn, walking, U of A BEARDOWN, cereal, familia torreblanca, young mens, my young mens leaders!

okay byebye

Week 19

so if anyone wants to look on google maps where i live the address is 
AV los incas 818 pachacutec arequipa peru

okay my week my week!!

so our area split into two this last week and we got two other elders who are cool..... lets just say i wish they would care about the work more than they do!! but it is cool that we aren't walking all over and we can make more meetings with people!! 

I love love these people!! they are so so nice!! like i cant believe how much i have learned from these humble and kind people!! they make me want to be a better person!! 

so since we got other elders we had to find a room for them and the room we found isn't going to be ready until this week so we thought lets be nice and give them our room and wait for this other room and so we have been living in this little tiny shack and sleeping on the floor!! and MAMA i am loving it hahah not really but good memories!! 

we had service at 5 in the morning moving huge volcano rocks and a lot of people were suppose to show up but 4 people did us and the bishop and the 1st counselor!! haha the worst thing was waking up!! oh and they had a lot of heavy things in their yard and i wanted to see if i was still strong so i tried lifting these huge pillar and yes i lifted it up felt like Hercules at the end of the movie when that thing lands on Meg!!

oh this week i wore the same white shirt for 6 days!! that was fun!! haha

and one of my favorite people Felix Luque was baptized this week by his son!! it was a sight to see having a son baptize his father into the church!! i love this work!!

okay love you guys and its time for!!!

WHAT SHEA IS GRATEFUL FOOOOORRRR (Theme music for a game show)

talking, Christmas, my rhino tie, ponderizing, self control, the scriptures, my beautiful lil sister aisha, my sheep picture, pepe, felix and his grand decision, peanut butter honey jam sandwiches, friendship, birthdays, families, my lil sis keeping track of songs and movies.... right??, reading, stories, el libro de mormon, weather, songs, the sabbath,
 

well that is all folks 

Week 18

General conference is wonderful!! and it is my half birthday!! 

hahah man i hope you guys watched and loved this last GC cause it was awesome!! some of my favorite talks were JEFFERY R HOLLAND!! oh my goodness Harry that talk was great!! Gosh we are all blessed with such great mothers in our lives!! but i got the best one in mine!! and i also really liked Larry R. Lawrence and Devin G Durrant!! if you didn't hear those ones i suggest you just watch all of conference again cause all of it was good and you can receive inspiration from anyone of those wonderful talks!! 

oh and i also made muffins Thursday night for conference and they turned out wonderful!! i will send pictures next week cause i forgot my camera today cause today is change and everything is so so crazy in my area we are getting two new elder and i am so excited for them to get here!! but yeah back to dem muffins I'M A BAKER!! and those muffins were good!! hahah 

we have a baptism this week!! and i am so excited!! his name is Felix and he is 70ish and he is having his son baptism him!! what could be better for my third baptism is having a son baptism his father!! it is amazing this work!! 

i just want to tell everyone be thankful for our lives because we are all so so blessed!! and look for the small things in life that make it so wonderful!! like this week i played with a very cute baby in the seat in front of me and it made me so happy!!

okay thing i am grateful for!! 

change, mason will river and brock, the help the lord gives me, math, healthy food, honey, being nice, jack my son harrell, my new toothbrush, little kids, refrigerators, sweats, disney channel original movies, muffins, laughing, GC, tacos, speaking only kind words, our beloved prophet Thomas S Monson, holy ghost, my mom!!

Alrighty have a great week!! 

Week 17

Man I am to gosh darn excited for this Saturday!! Every morning I listen to one GC talk in the shower...... yes i know it is sad that Elder Olsen doesn't get to hear me sing in the shower but the Gospel comes first hahahha but yes I am too pumped!! 

okay and this goes without saying, everyone and their dog mom and idk should watch conference so yeah...

Okay umm last week for pday we went on a hike and i felt like i was back in good ole Southern Utah!! yeeeeee haaaa!! But yeah it was amazing i love hiking so much and it was so so pretty. Man our Heavenly Father blesses us with a beautiful earth!! And man i love to explore it!! 

okay what more!! Oh last week i forget to tell how i had a dance party these two little kids because Shania Twain (idk how to spell her name) "I Feel like a Women" came on and I just gotta dance to that song hahah it was a grand ole time!! 

Oh last monday at a ndh i got told i had a lovely singing voice!! hahah made me feel good!! Because i always sing loud and proud with this family and i guess they got a fever and the only prescription is MORE SHEA SINGING VOICE hahha but yeaahhhh

Okay so Elder and i always walk through these chacras and and the end is this dead dog and for the last few weeks we have been examining it and it is so nasty! NASTY NASTY NASTY!! 

Okay so everyday around 4ish it is the most uncomfortable and painful time of the day because I ALWAYS HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM!! Because lunch is at 2 and i always try to go after but i cant then after walking for one hour it hits me and it stinks so badly i hate it!! haha !

Okay i know this has been a kinda goofy email so far but on Saturday i had a big experience! so the lady who cooks for us is name Pamela and her husband is named Jonathan! Super cool people i talk to them like 3 hours each day and i am super close with them! but they are both menos activos and Jonathan sometimes on the weekend goes out and drinks with his friends and this Saturday we saw him on the road barely walking and it just broke my heart so we got him and brought him home and when we got there his son Santiago said Dad are you drunk again.... that killed me when i heard that. And Pamela and her family were leaving and they asked us if we could watch him so we did and just talked to him the rest of the night about how to better his life. Times are going to get hard! Don't try to hide them take them face forward and when you cant use any more strength the lord will pick you and and go through the rest! This gospel is true! 

okay weell LOVE you guys!! sorry i forgot my grateful journal at home..... oopsy pòopsy!!

PAZ!!