10/21/13
Hey there everyone.
Last Monday we didn’t
really do too much my comp had hurt his leg a couple weeks back so when the
other Elders went to go do stuff we just sat in the pension. So he
studied the alphabet while I wrote in my journal and some letters and whatnot.
Later we were getting a bit hungry so he called around and we mooched
lunch off of some members. I was freakin starving when we got there so I
was stoked to see that they had way good meat and some mashed potatoes for us.
After that we went to the places with computers but all of them were
closed cause it was a holiday so we strolled around looking for a place to write
some letters and ended up in the church writing emails. After that we
went to an investigator’s house for a night at home where we played a game and related
a lesson to it. It was real great.
On Tuesday we didn’t
really do too much, a lot of our lessons dropped us and were busy and whatnot
so we were looking for something good to do. We did have a lesson that
day with a couple that reminds me a bunch of Dan and Katy. They love the
outdoors and have a couple of dogs and a bunch of birds and they built their
own house. While I was there Maxi (the Guy) caught, with his bare hands,
a snake, a frog, and 2, count em, 2 flies with his bare hands! Haha I didn’t
think that it was possible! Haha it was so crazy. I felt like I was
watching a magic show the whole time. I had my jaw dropped the whole
time, gaping in amazement as he caught all of this stuff and then let me touch
it. After that we went and taught a lesson to a guy who had drug problems
and a bit of schizophrenia. It is super interesting but he is trying to
do his best to overcome his problems. After that we went to a super good
investigator who is living with a family. This family had one of their
kids pass away last week from an accident in the house so everybody is pretty
shaken up. We taught them a little bit and tried to give them a bit of
comfort. After that they asked us if we could give them a blessing of
health because they were worried for the kids who were there during the
accident. My companion blessed the house and 2 people and then I got to
bless 2 of the kids. I was a little shaky but I think I did half decent
and I hope it helped them.
The next day we did our
usual Wednesday schedule. Study, fruit and veggie market, and then to a
danky lunch with the Guarachis. They are super super generous and were
giving us all of these Peruvian candies and then we had a good lunch with them.
In our pension we have a map. And on this map there is an area that
looks like a bomb of red went off. The red is menos activos (less actives.)
So our bishop asked us to go there for the day and see who we can try and
bring back to church. We went and clapped at a bunch of houses but not too
many were there. We were biking down a street and a random guy called out
to us Elders ‘come in come in.’ I was all for it and started to head in but my
companion scolded me and told me that we have no clue who this guy is or what he
wants or if he is crazy.... which he was a tiny bit. We chatted with him
for a bit and he had us for juice and cookies and then we were on our merry
way. This week was mother’s day so the mothers were having an activity at
the church. And where there is an activity with all mothers, there is an
activity with food. Haha jk we went to go talk to the friends and family
of the mothers who weren’t members... and for the food. But that was a
super successful night. We had a bunch of investigators show up and were
making friends with the members and all that good stuff.
The next day was great.
We went and taught that family that had the accident in their house and
the dad had been reading about the after life and he told us that he was happy
to know where his son was. We taught a super danky lesson and then we
went and taught the friend. The mom of that family was sick too so we
gave another blessing to her for health. Then after that we went to our
investigators house, the Guaratchis because it was the dads (Victor) birthday.
We went and helped them set up the things for dinner and had chicken and
cow heart shiskabobs again. So dang good. They were slow roasted
over coals with potatoes. I’m gonna learn how to make it for when I get
home. But he ate and relaxed and bought him a hat for his birthday.
I’m a fan of the Jazz, and being a fan of the Jazz, I hate the Lakers.
When we were buying the hat my companion bought a Lakers hat and we couldn’t
return it so I had to give one of my investigators a hat with a team that I despise
on it. But as long as he doesn’t know the significance of it I guess it’s
alright.
On Friday we planned and
had a lesson with Fernanda, Bruno, and Santiago (the family that reminds me of
John and I) and then after that I’m not really to sure what we did, sorry
everyone. I’m pretty sure we went to the church to get stuff ready for
mothers day but don’t quote me on that.
On Saturday we woke up
and studied. We realized that our presents for the mothers weren’t ready
so we made them cookies as fast as possible. Ma, thanks for training
me for years cause I made those bad boys in 10 minutes flat. They turned
out super good so I was stoked and then we printed out pictures of the 2 of us
that said Feliz dia de Madre on them and gave them to a select few of the
mothers in our ward. We went to Maxi and Macarenas and
taught them a lesson about why we are here on the earth. After that we
had lunch and then we went on to Santiago the guy with mental challenges.
After that it was 6 and there was nothing for us to do. Everybody
was gone. And the people that were there didn’t have time. So we went to
the bishop’s house and had a meeting with him. And things went well.
I haven’t seen his wife for over a month and a half because she just had
a baby but when we were talking I could understand a good chunk so I was super
stoked and she even commented on how much more I can understand, woo!
Sunday was Mother’s Day
here in Argentina. We went and did the usual badness in church and then
during the 3rd section we went and helped prepare 25 pizzas for the mothers and
the families. We ran out of supplies so we had to go lean but it turned
out well and people didn’t eat all of the pizzas so we ended up with 5 pizzas.
After that my companion didn’t want to go out because he was worried that
there would be churros in the street because on holidays people get all drunk
and riled up. So he wanted to go back to the pension and study but it was 4 so
I told him I had some addresses and let’s go knocking. So we went out and
we met a bunch of the people and saw a bunch of the drunken people hanging out.
My companion hates doing this but I love it so I had a good day. When we
were trying to contact there are super super stong Catholics and they always
say no no no and are pretty crazy about the whole thing. Anyways we were
trying to get directions to a house and she just kept interrupting me. As
she was walking away into the sunset on the dusty road she said "Chau
Papi" to me. Haha I don’t know why I think that this is so funny.
I just never thought that I would see a 90 year old call me Papi.
It is making me chuckle right now as I sit here writing this email.
I found out this week
that Argentina has a day for everything. They love just taking the day
off and making it impossible to do anything. For example, I found out
this week that they have a day for your dog and cat. This isn’t the same
day. This is 2 different holidays. Haha crazy Argentines.
Some good news for this
week is that we got bikes again! I’m stoked because it is a bit more
exercise for us but sometimes it is so hot and I feel like the witch in the
wizard of oz but instead of water it is boiling lava on my skin.
Speaking of bikes this
week when we were stopping at an investigators house I was trying to get off my
bike, but the ground here is dirt and not even. There was a huge chunk of
dirt just completely missing, and when I say a huge chunk I mean a foot wide
and a foot deep just completely gone, and next to this missing chunk of ground
is a cactus like plant. I somehow planted my foot perfectly in this hole and
fell straight into the cacti plant. I got some pretty good battle scars.
But who cares? Chicks dig scars, right? They will just have
to wait another two years to see them...
Anyways this is all of
me for this week. I love you guys and I hope everything is going well.
Love,
Andy
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