Jaren's Mission

So here is Jaren Phil on his mission in Argentina. This boy just loves his mission. We are all wondering when he has a bad day what it will be like. He gives just great letters to us and they are long ones as well. It is getting into summer over there. It is going to be really hot around Christmas time. And they don't have air conditioners like we do here. But he is tuff he is used to the heat. Its really wonderful in his first area that he has had the opportunity to have a few baptisms. He is going to have one this weekend. Right now he is companions with a Elder who is from Washington, I don't know exactly where. But he is in a band called The Scene Aesthetic. Its really a nice group. Jaren just loves his companion because he knew of this band before he left. And he knew that one of the singers was LDS and serving a mission in Argentina. Well what a small world for him he is serving with this young man. Jaren's dream. They do really well with each other to. His companion will go home in 6 weeks. So Jaren has had him through 2 transfers. But i do want to say a few things about Jaren's first companion who was the first to train him. His name is Tyson Huggans. What a wonderful wonderful young man! He is from Gilbert Az and we had the opportunity to take him to lunch and visit with him and go to his homecoming. What a humble person who served well. Jaren was really fortunate to have Tyson be his first trainer. Him and Jaren got along really well. Jaren mentioned in one of his letters that it was hard to let him go. He learned so much from him. You always pray that they get a great companion to train them right when they get there to their mission. Well our prayers were answered. I know that Jaren is going to have many more companions to learn from. He will have his ultimate favorites and then the ones you tolerate for what time you have with them. Its natural you don't get along with EVERYBODY! But I'm proud of Jaren for preparing himself to serve the lord for 2yrs. in a foreign country. He has a strong testimony of the gospel and our Heavenly Father. I look forward to June 2010 to go and pick him up







This is the family with the 8yr. old getting baptized


This is the family Jaren has talked about in his
letters, Carlos and Susana, and family



Elder Bowley, the one in the band

A family that feeds them every Saturday night

This is what happens when you eat to much

berries.

They pic these berries off the trees and eat them

all day. Elder Huggans says they are sooo good.

The berries

This is Argentina. Jaren was on a roof taking

thees pictures. The city he is in is Rafaela

More Pic's of Argentina

Ok I found this to be very funny! Hey at least

its girls from the Ensign.

Elder Huggans and Jaren in Argentina

You figure it out!

Jaren's apt

Jaren and Elder Huggans