¡Hola todos!
Wow, I hope everyone enjoyed conference! It was full of great truth, advice, counsel, and more. I was able to learn a lot and feel the Spirit so strong as always when the Prophet and other General Authorities speak. We had to travel for almost an hour to go to a chapel in the city of Moron to watch it. So we stayed there for the sessions on Saturday and then came back on Sunday. Since none of our investigators were able to come, we got to watch the Sundays sessions in English which was nice.
Anyways, a lot of changes happened this week! I was transfered to a new area with a new companion! I am now in the zone of Castelar in the area of Rivadavia. First, my companion is from San Diego, California and as a little under 6 months on the mission. Before the mission, he enjoyed photography and is a fun loving happy guy. Im excited to work with him more. The zone of Castelar is one of the richer zones in the mission with a lof of city and nice homes in the neighborhoods. Except for Rivadavia haha. Its a little bit more on the outerskirts and I think its on the border of the South mission. Its pretty comparable to my last area with a lot of dirt roads, but its little bit nicer. With nicer homes and more variety of stores. The apartment we live in is definitely a downgrade from my last house I was living in. Its a two story rectangle. Only a little bigger than the playhouse that is in the backyard of my house back home haha. But we fit in there nice as cozy and have all the necisities we need, everything is just old, but I adapted quickly. The ward here is made up of about 60 to 70 active members(I still havent met a lot because we didnt have church due to conference). But the members that I have member are really great. The work here in the past as been pretty slow, but will change quickly after this transfer:) Im very excited to be hear and to be able to start fresh again. I hope to work even harder and continually improving as I always want.
From now on I will be changing a little bit how I do the group emails, as I have gotten tired of the old way and have run out of things to say in a few of the categories. And I want to focus my emails more on the progress of my investigators and how the work is here and less about me.
Miracle of the Week: My miracle of the week story is a little bit different today than it normally will be but I wanted to share it anyways. So last Friday there was a good rainstorm all day long. During the night visibility was not very good. We had just got done teaching an investigator at about 8 oclock and started walking towards a less active families house. We then see a guy with a hood over his head walking towards us. I get a bad feeling and start walking in a different direction. He gets closer starts walking faster towards us and says come, give me bag! He gets about 2 feet away from us and then suddenly me and my comp step into a sanja and cross the other side. (a sanja is like a gutter here but way nastier with a ton of garbage and who knows what else.) Apparently he didnt want to follow us into that because we were able to lose him. It was quite the experience, I had a ton of adrenaline pumping, but we´re all good! Good thing as missionaries we only carry Books of Mormon and pamphlets anyways haha.
Scripture of the Week: I wanted to keep this category as I enjoy finding good scriptures to share with you all. Mosiah 3:13 is the scripture I liked a lot this week as it had to do a little bit with conference. Its really amazing and a blessing that we have the opportunity to listen to the words of the prophets testifying of Christ and as if Christ was actually speaking as well. Being able to hear present revelation that able to all of us.
New Investigator of the Week: For this category, I will share a story of a new investigator we found and how the lesson went. One new investigator that we were able to find this week was from a referral of somebody that Elder McDonald taught. His name is Carlos. At first, he didnt want to let us in saying he was mad. And then after a little bit of talking he let us in "to chat". So we go in and he starts talking to us about his problems and how he wants to change from all his bad habits and knows he can through God, but that he wont because he is not patient and wants to change ya, or now. And things like that. Eventually, he was softened enough to listen to the message of the Restauration. And it wasnt necesarrily that he took it bad. But had a few disagreements. But he agreed to read the Book of Mormon. It was a pretty difficult lesson to teach, but I feel like we did well for the circunstances that were there. I think what really helped him the most was that we showed we cared about him and we were there to help.
Investigator Progress Update: In this category, I will share about our investigators and their progress.
Right now we dont have a lot of investigators. But we are working right now with an investigator who is 14 years old who is awesome. He has come to church for the past month and wants to be baptized. He is very smart and mature for his age. I thought he was 17 or 18 when I first saw him and heard him. He is reading the Book of Mormon and was even able to watch conference at his home! The only challenge right now is the parents. At first, they didnt want him to be baptized, then they said he could in a year and now its two months. So we are seeing a lot of good progress with them and hope to see Geronimo a member soon!
Love you all, Happy April!
