Well I am almost finished with my second transfer in the misión. We have changes next Sunday or something so either me or Elder Batman will be leaving Monterrico. Or maybe both of us, but I am not sure. It will be sad to not be around Batman all the time anymore. We have become pretty good friends. But I am kind of hoping to have a latino companion next so I can really get the whole Spanish immersion thing going because I have my whole life to live with gringos. Not much to really share this week either. We are still working with investigators but there is not much progress, so we started to look for more new people. It is pretty interesting when you do that because you really meet some crazy people. Some cool ones too but some crazy ones.
We did have a trio one day with one of the Assitants because he wanted to visit Monterrico and that was cool. We worked super hard with him. But also we had a trio of three white dudes walking around South America so I was surprised that anyone would really talk with us haha. But they did and it was good. Oh boy, on Thursday, I just about died. I woke up and threw up twice among other occurrences and felt pretty awful the whole day so we did not get to work at all Thursday. It felt kind of like my stomach was trying to twist itself out of existence. Definitely interesting. But I lived and will continue to.
On Saturday we did some service with the members in the morning. We cleaned up a park. Throwback am I right_ But yeah we cleaned up this park which had garbage in all the grass and bottles everywhere and everything. I have now officially swept the dirt with the people of Argentina, how about that_ Yeah so that was fun. We had a nice lunch with some members in Perico on Saturday too. They really love the elders. There are sister missionaries in Perico, but I think the family just has a heart for the elders. They make really good food too, so bonus. But they said something during our spiritual thought that really hit me because thus far in my mission it has seemed like people like missionaries and all but that is about it. They said that they will always want us to come back and visit, maybe even after we are married and stuff. But the way they said it was just so powerful for me individually, I don´t know it was awesome. On Sunday, we had Stake Conference. No one in our branch told us we had a bus in the morning that would take us there, so we missed that bus and arrived a little late to conference. We also missed the ride back because they were some people who wanted us to take pictures and talk with us, so 0 for 2 on free bus rides. But because of that, we did get to go eat lunch with some awesome members and with some other missionaries, so it all worked out pretty well. It was definitely more fun than a bus ride back. For Pday we went to a dam because I guess people think that that is fun… but it was pretty fun. I am going to miss this district. It has really been quite the party with them. We are probably too good of friends haha, but it is awesome.
Anyways, let´s see what am I learning... Well there is a lot of difficulty here haha I have never been one of those missionaries to just say everything is great, because sometimes things just are not great, but at those times it is really interesting because no matter how many times I make mistakes in speaking or how many people laugh at me or whatever goes wrong there is always some comfort from the Savior. And I will tell you haha I make a lot of mistakes. Like that is life though, we are not perfect. No matter what happens though I do know that I want to finish this whole mission. I have seen a lot of changes in myself and also learning Spanish is fun. It has helped to have a few uncles in the back of my mind that I will get to say some fun things to when I return haha. But learning all this stuff has really helped me learn the importance of the family. It is really key to the plan God has for us. Also mistakes. Mistakes help us learn more than anything else, they also help other people learn too. And it is a lot easier if we just listen to God haha He knows what he is doing. But yeah Argentina is interesting. I don´t know if I love it yet. I love parts of it, and other parts of it can leave me throwing up in the bathroom, but for the most part it has been good. I´ll miss Elder Batman, but I am also excited for what comes next.
Sabe que? Hay muchos dificuldades en esta vida. Se que estoy viviendo en un lugar mas pobre que mi hogar. Por eso estoy aprendiendo mucho tambien. No necesitamos muchas cosas que tenemos porque aca no existen. esta bien, pero estoy agradecido para mi familia y para mi pais. Y mas, se que Jesucristo esta caminando con nosotros. Se que podemos tener felicidad imenso si seguimos su plan y si confiamos en El. Si Jesucristo nos salvara. En serio ya estamos salvado, pero para tener mas gozo tenemos que seguir los mandamientos y mejorar cada dia. Se que podemos lograr esta meta. En el nombre de Jesucristo Amen.
There are some photos here. I got my scripture folders. They are pretty cool. And there are some pictures from Stake Conference. Also I am trying and praying pretty hard to roll my r's, which would be awesome. Yup that is about it. Love you guys! Hope you all have a great and vomit free week!
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