Hi everyone
The conclusion
of last week is that later that night we had
to go to Alejandro Korn and wait in
line to get money. We heard the train coming so we
started bookin it as fast as we could and there was no pavement directly to
the train so we had to run on the tracks. (Don’t worry ma, I looked both ways
just to make sure that I couldn’t see one.) So both of us were booking it, with
our bikes, books, and being in this panic I kept going with it super super close to my body and the
pedal caught my pants, I tried taking another step, and I ate it... hard... I
said some of the most unchrist like words I have ever said as I scrambled to
pick up my stuff off of the train tracks and then try and catch up to my
companion. I am pretty sure that I left some pamphlets and free English
classes fliers for the train tracks to read as I was storming off. I cut my hand and my leg a little bit but the thing that I was most mad
about is that my favorite pants that I had cleaned the day before were now
dirty and had a little hole... NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! My companion didn’t know what to say and when I
told him that he has now seen me mad he told me that my mad side is scary...
haha dang right its scary.
Anyways we got back and we started out for our
English classes, and there was a fair going on. So being the curious cat
that I am, I asked my comp if we could go look through. So we went in and we heard somebody say
"elderes!" We saw a mom and her kids waving to
us. We had no clue who they were but when we went over and talked to them
we found out that she hadn’t been to the church for a while and wanted to start
going but she wasn’t sure when it started or where it was. So we gave her
the address and all the deets and she ended up coming to church on Sunday. Anyways we went to classes of English and
there was a turn out of 3 people. We had a good lesson of English with the
woman and then after that a good lesson of the Word. That night we
went to sleep just like normal until at 1 am all of these fireworks started
going off. There was like a 30 minute show of fireworks and they were so
dang loud that all of us decided to get up and watch them. We had no other
choice... Haha. I thought it was a great day as slowly faded away in my nice
warm bed and the party outside played Sweet
Dreams by Eurhythmics.
The week of 12/02/13 Monday we played and ate some lunch and then
at 4 we decided to go write the family. So we went to the Civer to write
and while we were there the lights started flickering—literally the first 3
minutes we were there. Then all of the sudden everything just shut
off. So we waited for a little and they
came back on for about 30 seconds and then everything shut off again, for good
this time. So we decided to go grab our bikes at the church and see what
is up. When we walked outside we realized that the sky was full of
clouds, and not just any clouds, some good ol green clouds. I had never
seen anything like it before. We booked it to the church when it started
to get real windy and then when we were safe inside all, of the lights shut
off—all of them. It was pitch black in the kinda creepy church. As
soon as the lights went out all of these doors and windows started slamming
because the wind was picking up and there were a bunch of open windows in the
church. And then it started pouring rain, so as we were all screaming
like little kids at Christmas the rain started coming into the building.
So we ran around shutting all of the windows and then it started to
lightning and thunder every 2 seconds. So we figured it was probably
better if we just didn’t leave for a little bit. So we watched the storm
around us as tree branches broke off and the wind was just crazy for about 45
minutes to an hour. Then the storm started to calm down and the sky
opened up. We went outside and there were all sorts of tree debris and
other people’s roof on top of the church and all of that good stuff. So
we cleaned up the church for about an hour and then we went back to the
pension. As Elder Gomez and I were walking back to the pension we decided
to go through the park. (The other 2 had bikes that worked so they rode to the
pension, and we were left to walk.) As we were walking through, there were
complete trees that had fallen down and broken off. So we hurried and
took some pictures of the scene. We got back to the pension and we
got a text saying that we couldn’t leave because there were no lights in our
zone (which we later found out is because the storm produced several tornadoes,
One was across the street from our pension, which means that I have now been in
my first tornado!!!!) Anyways there were no lights so we had to stay indoors
for the night...until we received a text from a member of the other elders that
live with us that she is stuck about 3 hours away, because the trains and buses
weren’t running, and that her super old grandma was stuck in the house and she
asked us if we could go check up on her. So we all dressed up in street
clothes, not to draw attention and then went out in the dead of the night.
I felt like a shark or a jet from the west side story snapping in unison
as we went to a gang fight as the 4 of us walked in a pack in the streets of
Argentina but we didn’t get into a fight or do any snapping in unison.
But we went and checked on the grandma and everything was good with her,
just a little worried for her granddaughter and the missionaries and then we
walked another 20 minutes back to the pension.
The next day we had no water, no lights, no
power, no nada. So we didn’t shower or get ready cause there was no water.
So we went to our reunion, and then to lunch, and then out to teach.
We went with Alex out to teach Marivel and then after that we went around
to all of the people in the ward to make sure that everything was ok. We
found out by talking to everybody that they were all in the same situation as
we were, no lights, no water, no power. But there was one family that is
less active that had their whole roof cave in. So after we checked up on
everyone we decided to go over to their house. So we went to Barbis and
asked them what we could help them with. We talked for a bit and then
gave them a lesson and they told us that we can come back later to work with
them. So we went back to the pension because the lights were out and
studied for a little bit and then when all of the other Elders came back we
talked to them about the need of water. Without any power, there were no
stores open... So, we couldn’t buy any water anywhere... So we all were
thinking, "where can we go to get some water...?" And I
thought... Lets go to the church! They will have some running water! So we got
on our bikes, but there was only one problem, there were only 3 bikes, and 4 of
us.... So of course, like usual I had to double up on the bike with another
elder. I sat on the handlebars with the new Elder Delgado, driving us.
He has a lot of laugh attacks so it was pretty funny and chaotic as he
tried steering us at the beginning, but after that it was smooth sailing. We
got to the church without dying, and then we filled up the bottles and headed
back to the Pension. When we got to the Pension we drank that water like
pirates drink rum.
Then next morning we woke up super early to go
shower at the apartment of some Elders who got some their water back. So we
showered and studied and ate some breakfast, and then we went on our merry way.
When we went to lunch I wasn’t feeling too hot. We ate and then I
told my companion that I wasn’t feeling good and that I needed to lay down.
I was to the point of about to puke over the toilet for 30 minutes while
my companion was teaching the lesson. After that my companion told me
that he was feeling the same way. So we went and taught a little bit more and
then we got a text from our leaders that was saying that there are a bunch of
people getting together to go raid a bunch of stores so we had to return to the
pension. When we got there we found out that the other Elders were
already there and that they were feeling the same way. We pieced together
that the church filter works only with power and without the filter we were
just drinking bad water and now we are all sick... CURSE YOU BAD WATER!!!
The next day my comp woke up and had a fever of
40 which is about 102 degrees haha so we stayed inside. Later that night he was
getting a bit worse so I gave him a blessing and he calmed down a bit which I
thought was sweet.
The next day we went out for a bit but then he
was feeling the same so we ended up going back and just talking about faith and
what it means and how he was converted.
It was a pretty interesting talk. He told me that his dad was a
minister of the Adventist church and that when he found that my comp was baptized
he broke his keys to his house, took away his car, kicked him
out of the house, and didn’t talk to him for a year and now after praying a
bunch and talking with his dad for the past year his dad is going to be
baptized haha. Crazy how big of a change took place in one year.
Haha anyways, that is why we had so much chaos
last week. I love you guys and I hope everything is well.
Love,
Andy
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