Hola Everyone!
This has been another great week! Last weeks letter didnt go as planned haha. My keyboard stopped working and I didnt get to finish and edit what I wanted to say but oh well. We have seen a lot of miracles this week and I am learning and improving so much still! We have 4 investigators preparing to be baptized the 26 of September! And some others we are working and helping for October! We are really focusing on strengthening the branch here. There are so few active members here and we have a lot of work to do! But missionary work is amazing! The church is all over the world.
Fact of the Day!: Everyone drinks mate here, everyone! Its a drink thats basically almost boiling water with some sort of plant thing in it. Its in a cup with a straw that filters the grass stuff out. Everyone always shares it with each other. its very unsanitary and is made from tap water which makes us missionaries sick, thats why we dont drink it as missionaries. I get offered it a lot during the day. It doesnt break the word of wisdom. But as missionaries we drink mate cocido which is basically the same thing but with just purified water with the grass stuff filtered out. So it tastes basically the same just not as strong. We put sugar and milk in it. I actually like it pretty well.
Scripture of the Week: In my 6 week Book of Mormon challenge I was reading in Alma and one chapter that I particularly liked is Alma 5! I have decided that its one of my favorites! It talks about a lot of different things that I would love to study more but mostly about how we can gain our salvation. I would definitely suggest you read it, I learned and got a lot out of it.
Funny Thing of the Week!: So this week after we went to a zone meeting for a day in another city, we had divisions with one of the zone leaders, who is awesome and funny by the way. He came to our area for 2 days and we had a trio. His companion went to another city. So we only had two bikes and I had to ride on the handlebars of Elder Lindquist for 2 days haha. Pictures three elders riding with helmets,(nobody wears helmets here) and me struggling to hold on while sitting on the handlebars haha! Some people would yell-laugh at us(they like doing that here). A lot of roads we go on are dirt roads too haha. I definitely got a work out and was sore the whole week haha.
Hey look! I did take a picture of something! We teach english on saturdays and this is our flyers!
What do you do on p-days?
Pdays for me are pretty stressful and I dont really like them besides writing home of course:) We usually write first and then go buy our food for the week. Then we make and eat lunch. And then we clean the apartment and then it just depends on what we need to do that week. This week we are giving each other haircuts aahh! I'm definitely scared for that. But my companion has done it a lot he said, so hopefully it will work out.
My companion actual cut his own hair this morning hah! He does it all the time and it looks pretty good...ish haha no it does.
How many emails do you read and send each p-day?
I read anywhere from 10 to 20 depends its so stressful managing my time on here. I only have an hour and I try to read everything but I usually can respond. But I read them I promise. Maybe in the future I will figure it out. But you are just going to have to get used to emails like this :(
Do you get along well with your companion? Was he in the 25 de Mayo area before you got there? Can you print off emails to read later?
I get a long with my companion really well! He helps me be included and pushes me a long with my spanish we try to talk as much as we can in the streets. I have a small notebook that I right words or phrases that I dont know that he says or that other says which helps a lot. He was in this area for 6 weeks before me so he knows it pretty well. When he leaves I will be leading the area so he is trying to teach me where to go. and I have to lead us to investigators houses which is super hard! You know that my sense of direction is horrible now think of it in another country in another language haha! I can print off emails but it costs some money and I dont know how to. I just ask my comp and I will start doing that and during the night I will wright a response and then type it out next week. But I want to be focused on the work so just know it will be difficult for me.
What time do you wake up? We wake up at 620 in the morning which I dont like, I need that 10 minutes haha! We get up and pray as a companion and then personal prayers and then exercise.
How far do you live from the church? How long does it take to get there?
Its not that far on bike takes about 7 minutes. Its about 8 streets over and 3 to the left i think? We bike aloooot of miles in the day though haha.
Yes! I am very happy! I love missionary work. It is hard, but I am doing so much better than I ever thought I could. The Lord truly does make our weaknesses strengths. I am talking in the language to people and being as outgoing as I can.
President Robertson,
Another great week here in 25 de Mayo. I am still learning a lot and improving in the language, the lessons, and my knowledge of the gospel. This week in 12 semanas we were learning teach people, not lessons. This is definitely something I can do better on, because while I am speaking a lot better and improving in that area, my comprohention is progressing slower. At times I am thinking of what I can say to answer and ask questions and how I can participate more in the conversation side of the lessons we teach. I have been focusing this week on listening to the people and to the Spirit, understanding their needs so I know how to teach them. I has been a struggle but I have improved so much in these short weeks here. I have recently made a language study plan so I can better listen, talk, and communicate. This is helping a lot! Setting goals and constantly reviewing them is something that I have learned this week and how important it is. For personal, companion, weekly, daily, and monthly goals. In our zone meeting last tuesday they talked about goals a lot.
I have noticed a big changed in my prayers and in my personal study this week. I wanted to make my prayers more sincere and ask for what the Lord would want me to ask for. I have been listening and studing more intently in my prayers and scripture study. I have gotten a lot more out of it in and have recieve more revelation on how I can improve and how I can help my investigators more.
This week we were able to set and also have four baptisms for the 26 of September! The first is Carmen. She is the most prepared and most progressing investigator we have for this date. She found her about 2 and a half weeks ago. She is so accepting and prepared for the Gospel. She has come to church every Sunday since we talked to her(2 times). She is definitely gaining a testimony. Then there is Sara and Marcelo. Sara has been our investigator for awhile now, but she is finally realizing that she needs to make some changes in her life. We are helping her to quit smoking and she really desires to stop. She is reading and praying everyday. The only problem with here is that she needs to come to church. She wasnt able to make it yesterday and today we are going to teach her the importance of coming. We are praying that she will be ready for the 26 of September. Her son, Marcelo, has a mental disorder and is a little slower at learning and understanding but he is doing well. If Sara is progresing well so is he. Our last investigator for the 26 is Milagros. She has been to church a lot but still needs to find out for herself that the church is true. She likes to study and so she likes studying in the Book of Mormon which is great. She comes to church when her uncle I think, Facundo, comes. Facundo is a recent convert. We are helping Milagros to prepare and help her progress for the 26 of September. Facundo is in an important time right now and is struggling with work. He is working on Sundays and needs to realize the importance and be more dedicated to strengthening his conversion to the Lord. We are trying to help him and find time to teach him when he is not working.
We have definitely seen a lot of miracles this week with the possibility of 4 baptisms for the 26! We are working hard for all of them and also in helping the branch here.
Thank you for all you do,
Another great week here in 25 de Mayo. I am still learning a lot and improving in the language, the lessons, and my knowledge of the gospel. This week in 12 semanas we were learning teach people, not lessons. This is definitely something I can do better on, because while I am speaking a lot better and improving in that area, my comprohention is progressing slower. At times I am thinking of what I can say to answer and ask questions and how I can participate more in the conversation side of the lessons we teach. I have been focusing this week on listening to the people and to the Spirit, understanding their needs so I know how to teach them. I has been a struggle but I have improved so much in these short weeks here. I have recently made a language study plan so I can better listen, talk, and communicate. This is helping a lot! Setting goals and constantly reviewing them is something that I have learned this week and how important it is. For personal, companion, weekly, daily, and monthly goals. In our zone meeting last tuesday they talked about goals a lot.
I have noticed a big changed in my prayers and in my personal study this week. I wanted to make my prayers more sincere and ask for what the Lord would want me to ask for. I have been listening and studing more intently in my prayers and scripture study. I have gotten a lot more out of it in and have recieve more revelation on how I can improve and how I can help my investigators more.
This week we were able to set and also have four baptisms for the 26 of September! The first is Carmen. She is the most prepared and most progressing investigator we have for this date. She found her about 2 and a half weeks ago. She is so accepting and prepared for the Gospel. She has come to church every Sunday since we talked to her(2 times). She is definitely gaining a testimony. Then there is Sara and Marcelo. Sara has been our investigator for awhile now, but she is finally realizing that she needs to make some changes in her life. We are helping her to quit smoking and she really desires to stop. She is reading and praying everyday. The only problem with here is that she needs to come to church. She wasnt able to make it yesterday and today we are going to teach her the importance of coming. We are praying that she will be ready for the 26 of September. Her son, Marcelo, has a mental disorder and is a little slower at learning and understanding but he is doing well. If Sara is progresing well so is he. Our last investigator for the 26 is Milagros. She has been to church a lot but still needs to find out for herself that the church is true. She likes to study and so she likes studying in the Book of Mormon which is great. She comes to church when her uncle I think, Facundo, comes. Facundo is a recent convert. We are helping Milagros to prepare and help her progress for the 26 of September. Facundo is in an important time right now and is struggling with work. He is working on Sundays and needs to realize the importance and be more dedicated to strengthening his conversion to the Lord. We are trying to help him and find time to teach him when he is not working.
We have definitely seen a lot of miracles this week with the possibility of 4 baptisms for the 26! We are working hard for all of them and also in helping the branch here.
Thank you for all you do,
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