First real letter from ELDER PRECIADO!

It was so exciting to receive his first letter this morning! You can tell he has a lot to share and not enough time as they all seem to say :) Sure grateful for him!

Howsigoing?! That's so funny addy dressed as a minion, lol. Nice recycle of costume too lol. Miss you guys! The first 4 or 5 days or so were a little tough but it wasn't a tough i couldn't handle at all, so papi dont freak out. lol. We had an opportunity to go to a devotional last night by a member of the seventy named Carlos Godoy, FUNNIEST dude ever. Made us laugh the whole time, he talked all about his conversion story, why its important to teach everyone and not judge them especially by appearance cause when he was baptized he had hair past his shoulders! He was awesome though because he had fun with his whole story and also brought the spirit and doctrine along with it, which i think is sometimes hard to do when you want to have fun, or don't know how to express it i guess...

Anyways! My district is growing on me, my district leader reminds me EXACTLY of Forrest, its crazy...he dresses like him, acts like him and a few of the same mannerisms he had, but i know he has changed much more since his mission, so Forrest is probably much better but, hes had a hard time last week because his companion was a little "cocky" if you will? not to speak bad or anything but he was just a little too confident in what he knew, because he actually ended up moving districts because he got pushed up to the intermediate group for Spanish because he knew so much, so we lost our translator haha..

 Sadly a lot of them are like ignorant in their ways... real stubborn, selfish to an EXTENT but not that bad at all.... but still frustrating cause their opinion is gold to them.... so it makes it a little tough when trying to share ideas about what to teach or whatever..but i read through the whole book grandma pat gave me called how to be an extraordinary missionary, and its AWESOME....a lot of things in there teach you how to be effective, remember why you are here and all that. one of them is instead of answering a question with "i think its...." or "its probably this because..."  its better to say "i don't know....." or "let me see if i can find out..." i know you see the difference in it, as far as being humble and meek, because everyone in the district acts like they are the teacher.....so that's probably the toughest thing if id have to say...yeah, i know, so its all going good and  i'm lovin it!!! Oh yeah and I noticed that whenever i feel the spirit my eyes water and I always think about papi...i'm like danggit, why'd i have to get the cry gene! lol

 I'm getting better with conversations, and am about to give a 4th lesson to a "acting" investigator, its pretty fun to get the real experience but kinda crazy cause they act so well! haha, but now my district leader is in a trio with me and my companion! Its been going pretty good but I know how it can get when you want to all share your idea and have something good to say but we might not all agree....we'll figure it out i guess....a lot of the district worries on things they could do better worrying, but i know they will learn! I KNOW the lord is saying i need patience....lol....There's also an Elder Nelson in my group from Prescott Arizona, who literally is a SPITTIN image of Spencer Preciado, err I mean Elder Preciado. Evvverything from his humor to his looks, I swear hes my long lost cousin haha....they're startin to enjoy my nacho a little bit too lol... there's one Elder that's super dope, hes not in my district though, hes elder woodcock, hes 21 too, super awesome guy elder woodcock he  isn't going to Argentina lol...so bummer but its okay.....aanywayss..I'm lovin it!! Im really surprised with how much I've learned in just ONE week, it feels like 3 weeks!! but send me treats!! haha, the food here is good and i'm pretty sure i gained some weight already cause the pants i wore before the mission are a little tight on me when i put em on today haha....but it REALLY makes me miss your cooking! like a lot...nothin compares at all....i try not to brag about it because i don't wanna be "that guy" but Its hard when I get a meal, that you've made that is ten times better :p but i guess we have the best chef in all the mtc's here in provo, so i guess that's good! I'm in the Wyview campus by the way too! (West Campus, according to main MTC) which is the old married student housing, some students are on the other half of the complex, but we mainly just sleep there, and spend like 15 hours a day in a classroom at the former Raintree Apartments, if you know where that is.... right next to burger Supreme!! so we are heading there for lunch today :p  

So ya! if you want me to know what to say in my emails, by the way, just write me through dear elder so i can read it during lunch or dinner and Ill be prepared for when P day comes to know what to write! oh and thank Michelle Daniels for the cookies!! they were sooooo bomb, i loved gettin the package. but YES send me stuff!! treats, cd's whatever! do you got any monies? i needa buy a laundry bag, and stuff....OH and even though they don't really share, soooo i probably wont share, but i'm always offering..you know me..lol but there is NO caffeine available here...its weird for me haha, i dont need that though...but just surprise me! you said you know me! :p but yeah anything is fine with me! ..its just awesome to look forward to mail or packages! Tell grandma i miss her! Whats her email? Is she still with you guys? Well, I GOTTA GO 

LOVE YOU MUCHO!!!

Love,

Elder Preciado

Cordoba, Argentina

10/23/13 - 10/23/15

Hello Everyone!

This is a quick update to let you know that Jordan was dropped off at the MTC on Wednesday October 23, 2013 by my good friends Myles Lulla, Jamison Weeks and Cole Roberts. He already forgot his vaccine medicine at his sisters so he was able to send me a quick note to let me know he needed it dropped off, and that he had already said the prayer in Spanish as well as taught 2 people in Spanish! He is the oldest one there in his group, but doesn't care :) He let us know that he is LOVING it and so far LOVES Sundays! (of course today was his first one :)

His  "P" days are on Wednesdays, so we will hear from him then. If you want to get a message or note to him sooner you can sign up through www.dearelder.com and send him a note while he is in the MTC and they will print it out for him to get instead of waiting a week to read emails. His email again is jordan.preciado@myldsmail.net.  He can also receive your mail or packages here as well.   

Elder Jordan Andrew Preciado
DEC03  ARG-COR
2023 N 900 E Unit 824
Provo UT 84602

Adios for now!