Querido Familia,
I'm
glad to hear you're all doing well. Matthew and Craig I hope you're
feeling better!! Being sick is never fun:/ Today I don't have tons of
time since we're going to a museum in Trelew and then a shopping center.
We'll be back in Rawson in plenty of time to make sure we get in a good
game of futbol and basketball though for sure:) Kimmers, keep working
on the personal history!! It's a big project, but it's so fun to look
back on when you've finished it!
I was so sad to hear about Aunt Ann! I even cried a bit in the
cyber. She was always so loving and kind and made me feel special. So
many memories of family reunions and silver dollars...the good news is
we know that families are forever and that we'll all see each other
again! In fact, Nani Velazquez (the Hermano who served with Tyler in
Brasil) introduced us to his nephew and niece yesterday and we taught an
awesome lesson about the plan of salvation. The spirit was so strong
and both the nephew and the niece started to cry at different points. So
special. What an incredible blessing it is to have all the knowledge
and understanding that we do!
This week was good. We had 27 lessons in total!! (13 with
members!) The people in the south of Argentina are fairly...difficult to
teach. They all have a religion and most aren't open to listen to our
message despite our efforts to persuade. BUT, the Lord is working along
side us in his vineyard just like we learn in Jacob 5. This week I
started the Book of Mormon over again. I'm about to finish 2 Nephi. I
came to reallly appreciate the prophet Nefi this time around. He is such
a solid example of faith and obedience. Just what every missionary
needs! In 1 Nefi 17 when the Lord commands Nefi to build a ship, Nefi's
response is not what one would expect. He doesn't say "I don't know how
to build a ship!" He doesn't say, "That's way too hard! Are you sure,
Lord?" Instead, he responds by asking the Lord where he should go in
order to obtain material and tools. Que capo. What a stud. I decided
this week that I'm gonna be more like Nefi. I will go and do...
This week so many hilarious things happened. First, one day we
entered a house of a referral to teach a lady, and they were having a
Brittney Spears dance party in the back. SO FUNNY. Of course, none of
them know the words of the song, but I knew most of them. They were all
of her first songs that she released. The temptations to sing along and
join the party were almost too much to handle. It made concentrating on
the lady EXTREMELY hard. It's always hard to concentrate and listen in
Spanish when the TV or radio is speaking in English. Haha. BUT! It was
okay. Oops I did it again... hahahhaa
Next, Hermana Delfina Carcamo. The old lady I think I told you
about? No teeth, approximately 5 feet tall? Adorable? Well, we were
supposed to eat lunch with her one day this week, so we called the night
before to confirm. She answered the phone, but unfortunately has a hard
time hearing. She couldn't hear us talking to her and hung up. Round
two. We called again and the same thing happened. So what did we do? Try
again. By this point my companion is SCREAMING into the phone. No luck.
She hung up on us again. After 4 times, she stopped answering. Welp,
the next morning, we called again and somehow she could hear us, but of
course, was not prepared to feed us lunch. So, the next day, we went to
visit her and apologize for not calling sooner in advance. We showed up
around lunch time, bad timing on our part, and nearly gave her a heart
attack. She thought we had shown up to eat lunch with her without
advising. Anyway, we assured her we were only there to apologize and
asked if we could eat lunch there the next day. She agreed and we
laughed about the whole situation. She's so endearing. It kills me. As
we were leaving we softly reminded her that we don't eat a lot. The next
day we showed up to eat lunch and she had prepared a HUGE lunch. Only
we didn't know that because she only brought half of it out at first. We
were proud when we had managed to eat all the food between the two of
us since Delfina can hardly eat anything. It was only a little bit more
than a normal serving size. Then she brought out the rest. Lets just
say, we snuck out several servings of meet, french fries, and our
dessert in napkins. Oh well. She's adorable. I seriously love her.
morning the Elders helped us sacar el juju (weed) the lawn of an
investigator. Hermana Cortes got the easy job of ironing clothes and
chatting with Isabel. I was left to labor outside in the hot sun with
Elder Verges and Elder Acuña. It looked like a mini forest...no joke.
We were cutting all the plants/weeds out and burning them in the fire
place in the shed. Lots of green which equals lots of smoke. Luckily
most exits through the chimney, but at one point there was so much
smoke in the shed that we had to step outside for a bit. So, the three
of us emerged from the shed with tears streaming down our faces. Sooo
funny. Hermano Chemin came around the corner, looked at us, and turned
around went back to work shaking his head. Haha... I love him. Elder
Verges broke out into a chorus of "Don't cry for me Argentina."
Priceless. We all had a good laugh and then went back to work. We still
have more to do so we're gonna go back again
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