Hola Everyone!
This week was great! I have been improving with my Castellano(Spanish) so much already! As a companionship, we practice in the mornings and then go out and apply it! Its great!
One thing that we are doing is reading the Book of Mormon as a mission in one transfer or 6 weeks! This has been great and I have learned so much from the scriptures of how I can improve and how I can help my investigators. I usually go in to my personally studies with a question or to find out how I can improve on something and think about it while I read-study the assigned reading for that day. Personal Revelation is real! I have learned so much! I want to challenge all of you to read to Book of Mormon in 6 weeks or what ever set time you want and do the same. Come in with questions and think of it throughout the reading each day. I know that we will learn what the Lord would have us do through our diligent study of the Book of Mormon. I know the Book of Mormon is true and I have realized recently how much it has bless my life and how I can tell others how it can bless theirs.
Spiritual Moment: As a companionship for this month we had the goal of 2 baptisms and 1 other baptism that had the potential to get the priesthood. We have been trying to pray and ask for things the Lord wants us to ask for instead of what we do. SO we felt we should change it because a few investigators wouldnt be able to progress in time for their scheduled baptisms. WE only have one secure baptism for this month. Her name is Carmen and she is soo accepting to the Gospel. We prayed and both received revelation that our goal should be 2 baptisms still but with no male baptism. It didnt make sense to use because our investigators have to come to church several times before they can be. But we trusted in the Lord with his or our goal. He was abled to help us softened the heart of an investigator that didnt have the desire to be baptized but had gone to church many times before. Her name is Milagros which means Miracles in spanish. She was definitely a miracle and now she wants to be baptized! The Lord blesses us for sure when we follow is guidance!
Funny moment: So here in Argentina, they greet with a handshake and a kiss on the cheek. As missionaries we only do it with the men. But the woman here dont know that for us haha. The first time it happened to me, A woman came up to me and shook my hand but then went in for the cheek kiss I didnt know what to say and she was just standing there with her head outstretched close to mine. And I was like uh ah uuh. Luckily my companion bailed me out with his Spanish. Next time I remembered to say Solo por la mano! (Greeting Only by the hand)
Our living room. We live in a nice apartment for this area.
Our bathroom. going to take some getting used to
An awesome investigador named Carmen likes to give us food :)
We dont ask what it is, but it was good. Some kind of bread thing
OUr beds! I sleep in my sleeping bag. Thank you again for that its the best!
Sorry I dont have any photos of me! whoops i just realize that haha.
Making some lunch! SOmetimes we make noodles with tomato sauce with vegetables and ground beef in it. Dont worry I am actually trying to make foods that are healthy! We are trying to think and make lunches that are healthy with all food groups, tell grandma this haha.
We have gotten meals from some member like pizza is big here, also gizo which is basically a chicken leg and thigh and then with rice. the rice here is amazing! They put oil, cheese, and some other stuff in it but it justs looks like white rice. mmmhh!
Also some other stuff that i dont know what it is. WE have had about 3 or 4 member meals. Usually they just give it to use in a container and we come back to our apartment and eat it
we try and mixed it up with like chicken patty slash hamburger things we buy and other vegetables and fruits and rice and lots of bread. Ya we drink a lot of milk, its whole milk, which I have grown to like already didnt at first. WE have a water purifier to the left in one of the pics. Also we drink mate cocita which is super common here. except ours is different becuase were not allowed to drink mate. Its basically hot water with flavored grassed stuff and we had milk and sugar. Takes interesting but I like it. Sometimes we get offered mate but we cant have it because its unsanitary and we will get sick. But when we make it ourselves its okay. We also get offered a lot of soda like coke. its super popular here to. we can drink this.
OUr masterpiece lunch!
one of our bigger meals, but when you are exercising every morning and on a bike all day, I need more food! ahaha
This is our street we live on. Its in the nicer part of the town. There is actually two areas in this town that other elders have and they have more of the business of the town and we have more small businesses and houses on streets like this and houses on dirt roads that look a lot worse and sketchy than this, a lot.
This is where we study in the mornings!
I actually love this time to learn and practice what we will be doing that day!
I feel healthy just have lost a lot of weight. They just dont eat as much as we do in the states. We have pancakes or eggs for breakfast and a bigger lunch but no dinner. We have actually now gotten a few meals from members! The argentine food is pretty good, but they dont give us enought haha! We exercise in the mornnigs like sometimes we will go and run to the park because it is safe here we can run. or othertimes we will stay in the apartment and do body workouts because it is cold. (it is the end of winter here and the startish of spring so its still pretty cold. I didnt really come prepared for winter here. But my comp has loan me warm stuff. somedays its really nice spring weather and I wear short sleeves other days not so much.) Ya I havnt been tired during the day really just hard to get up some days but after I exercise I feel great.
From last week,
President Robertson,
I am excited to finally be here in Argentina! I already love my area of 25 de Mayo. Everything is a lot different than Im used to, but the people here are very kind. Also my companion Elder Lindquist! He is a great example and has taught me so much already. It has been quite a big change for me these past few days. I am trying to learn as much as I can about the area, the members, investigators, and people here. I know it will take some adjusting to get used to it, but I am doing well. Change is sometimes difficult for me. There have been some tough moments, but I know its so I can grow. A couple of things I am focusing on is having exact obedience and also forgetting myself and going to work. Its quite an adjustment to make. Im doing self evaluations and trying to focus on the work and not about how hard it is for me. I have a huge desire to do this and to focus on how I can help the people here. I am lost most of the time of what is going on and what people are saying, but Im not too worried about it. I know that if I go to work and practice the language will come. I actually really enjoy practicing! I have realized that its very important to be constantly practicing with my investigators in mind. This week in the 12 week program, we have been doing the practicing sections and doing role plays. They have helped a lot! I have been able to give our investigators the baptismal commitments. Im growing to love personal study time, and I love that we are reading the Book of Mormon in a transfer. We were teaching an inactive member, Sebastian, about the importance of reading the Book of Mormon and how it will bless his life. Elder Lindquist asked me to share how it has blessed my life. And it took me a minute to think. I realized, I need to recognize how the Book of Mormon has blessed my life and how it can bless my life more. I need to strengthen my testimony and conversion. We decided as a companionship to focus on that during our reading during personal study. It was awesome. I was able to recieve answers and personal revelation of how much studying the Book of Mormon can bless everyones lifes and why we need to study it. We have seen miracles already! We have 5 investigators with fechas. The first full day here for me in 25 de Mayo, we found an older woman named Carmen. She is definitely a miracle! She was so accepting of our message and she accepted a fecha for the 26 of September. She is progressing well! Another investigator we have is Ester. She is looking for change in her life and wants to improve her life. She has a lot of struggles, but I think she is realizing that this Gospel will help her to be better and get better. Roger is another investigator we have who accepted a fecha. His sister is a member and was able to sit in with us. Having members there is much needed! There are so few members here, its hard to have members present in our lessons, but when we do their testimonies help so much. I am still trying to get to know our investigators and will explain a little bit more about them next letter.
Sorry i am not very good at expressing how Im feeling and remembering what happened during the week. I hope I was able to share what is going on with me and how our area is doing well. That is something I will work on for sure.
Thank you for all that you do!
Elder Trent
I am excited to finally be here in Argentina! I already love my area of 25 de Mayo. Everything is a lot different than Im used to, but the people here are very kind. Also my companion Elder Lindquist! He is a great example and has taught me so much already. It has been quite a big change for me these past few days. I am trying to learn as much as I can about the area, the members, investigators, and people here. I know it will take some adjusting to get used to it, but I am doing well. Change is sometimes difficult for me. There have been some tough moments, but I know its so I can grow. A couple of things I am focusing on is having exact obedience and also forgetting myself and going to work. Its quite an adjustment to make. Im doing self evaluations and trying to focus on the work and not about how hard it is for me. I have a huge desire to do this and to focus on how I can help the people here. I am lost most of the time of what is going on and what people are saying, but Im not too worried about it. I know that if I go to work and practice the language will come. I actually really enjoy practicing! I have realized that its very important to be constantly practicing with my investigators in mind. This week in the 12 week program, we have been doing the practicing sections and doing role plays. They have helped a lot! I have been able to give our investigators the baptismal commitments. Im growing to love personal study time, and I love that we are reading the Book of Mormon in a transfer. We were teaching an inactive member, Sebastian, about the importance of reading the Book of Mormon and how it will bless his life. Elder Lindquist asked me to share how it has blessed my life. And it took me a minute to think. I realized, I need to recognize how the Book of Mormon has blessed my life and how it can bless my life more. I need to strengthen my testimony and conversion. We decided as a companionship to focus on that during our reading during personal study. It was awesome. I was able to recieve answers and personal revelation of how much studying the Book of Mormon can bless everyones lifes and why we need to study it. We have seen miracles already! We have 5 investigators with fechas. The first full day here for me in 25 de Mayo, we found an older woman named Carmen. She is definitely a miracle! She was so accepting of our message and she accepted a fecha for the 26 of September. She is progressing well! Another investigator we have is Ester. She is looking for change in her life and wants to improve her life. She has a lot of struggles, but I think she is realizing that this Gospel will help her to be better and get better. Roger is another investigator we have who accepted a fecha. His sister is a member and was able to sit in with us. Having members there is much needed! There are so few members here, its hard to have members present in our lessons, but when we do their testimonies help so much. I am still trying to get to know our investigators and will explain a little bit more about them next letter.
Sorry i am not very good at expressing how Im feeling and remembering what happened during the week. I hope I was able to share what is going on with me and how our area is doing well. That is something I will work on for sure.
Thank you for all that you do!
Elder Trent
02 Sep 2015
President Robertson
Elder Trent,
Your letter was great. I am excited that you guys have several progressing to baptism. I know it is hard right now and at times it seems like you will never understand, but you will. It somehow clicks and you begin to understand more. I know the Lord will bless you for your efforts.
Un abrazo,
Pte. Robertson
Your letter was great. I am excited that you guys have several progressing to baptism. I know it is hard right now and at times it seems like you will never understand, but you will. It somehow clicks and you begin to understand more. I know the Lord will bless you for your efforts.
Un abrazo,
Pte. Robertson
From today,
President Robertson,
A lot of great things happened this week! I am doing even better than last week and have started saying more and more in our conversations. I dont think I have any problems concerns right now for you. Elder Lindquist is a great example and continues to help me and push me along with all aspects of missionary work. This week as a companionship we have been trying to work in unity more, because he knows a lot more Spansish, he tends to carry the conversation. Which is good, but we have been trying to involve me and practicing a lot with contacts and lessons of what I can say andor ask. I have noticed a big difference this week since we have been practicing this in the mornings. We get along great as a companionship and we are seeing miracles with investigators and inactives. Another thing I have noticed that could help strengthen 25 de Mayo branch is to work on less actives more. We have been able to teach a few families and help them realize enduring to the end. I love missionary work! The Lord definitely blesses us and we prosper in the land when we keep his commandments. I love the Book of Mormon Challenge, we have been able to better explain the importance to investigators of reading the Book of Mormon and how it will bless their lives.
This month, as a companionship, we had the goal of 2 baptisms and 1 priesthood. But a few thngs happened and we only had 1 solid investigator that we were pretty positive will get baptised the 26 of September. Her name is Carmen. We have more fechas but they were unable to come to church this Sunday so they will have to be baptised in October. As a companionship we felt that the Lord wanted us to change it to 2 baptisms for this month. We didnt know who the second would be and how that made sense, but He helped us know what to say to an investigator named Milagros who has come to church a lot but didnt want to be baptized. The Lord softened her heart and now she wants to be baptized! She is definitely a miracle.
We are doing well here and trying to improve each day.
Thank you for all that you do.
Elder Trent
A lot of great things happened this week! I am doing even better than last week and have started saying more and more in our conversations. I dont think I have any problems concerns right now for you. Elder Lindquist is a great example and continues to help me and push me along with all aspects of missionary work. This week as a companionship we have been trying to work in unity more, because he knows a lot more Spansish, he tends to carry the conversation. Which is good, but we have been trying to involve me and practicing a lot with contacts and lessons of what I can say andor ask. I have noticed a big difference this week since we have been practicing this in the mornings. We get along great as a companionship and we are seeing miracles with investigators and inactives. Another thing I have noticed that could help strengthen 25 de Mayo branch is to work on less actives more. We have been able to teach a few families and help them realize enduring to the end. I love missionary work! The Lord definitely blesses us and we prosper in the land when we keep his commandments. I love the Book of Mormon Challenge, we have been able to better explain the importance to investigators of reading the Book of Mormon and how it will bless their lives.
This month, as a companionship, we had the goal of 2 baptisms and 1 priesthood. But a few thngs happened and we only had 1 solid investigator that we were pretty positive will get baptised the 26 of September. Her name is Carmen. We have more fechas but they were unable to come to church this Sunday so they will have to be baptised in October. As a companionship we felt that the Lord wanted us to change it to 2 baptisms for this month. We didnt know who the second would be and how that made sense, but He helped us know what to say to an investigator named Milagros who has come to church a lot but didnt want to be baptized. The Lord softened her heart and now she wants to be baptized! She is definitely a miracle.
We are doing well here and trying to improve each day.
Thank you for all that you do.
Elder Trent
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