Lion, Tigers and elephants Oh my!

¡Hola Todos!
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> This week was great! We had a few really great miracles! To start, we had the baptisms of Mariela and her son Santiago! But they werent the only ones that got baptized that day! On Tuesday, we went to the members house that we go to to have the lessons with Mariela. The members brother isnt a member, but had listened to all the missionary lessons and had known the missionaries for 2 years. But he never wanted to get baptized until we came on Tuesday and talked with Mariela, reviewing what would happened in her baptism interview. Guillermo, his name, said that now he felt like he should be baptized and wanted to be baptized with Mariela and Santiago! We werent sure if he would be able to so soon but we said we would talk with our leaders. The zone leaders said that yes if he had the attendance at church and all the missionary lessons. So when they came to give the baptism interview to Mariela and Santiago, they did it for Guillermo as well, and he passed! So this saturday we had three miracle baptisms!
> Other than that our other investigators are doing good too. Right now we´re in the search as we havent been able to find for awhile a few of them. Ruben wasnt able to make it to church this week, as he went out of town. We´ll continue working with him to see if he is willing to complete with the law of chastity so he can get baptized as he already has the attendances. We also had our investigator Belén come to church for the first time this past Sunday. She is 14 years old, but really smart and with a ton of desires to do the right! She was able to go to a dance with all the young men and women of the stake and loved it! So she made the effort to come to church this week and enjoyed it as well!
> And today we finished off the week by rewarding ourselves to the zoo for our pday today. This zoo would be so illegal in the States haha, as we were able to touch almost all the animals, even tigers, lions, and elephants. So it was a really cool experience. So a really satisfying week for sure!
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> Have a good one!
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baptisms of Mariela and her son Santiago!

and Guillermo!

At the zoo

District at the zoo!

It was a small zoo and they only had a few animals. But its a different zoo because you can touch almost all the animals. I got to touch tigers, lions, elefants, camels, goat, parrot, snake, iguana, and a few others. so it was super cool! We went all the district, the four elders and the two sisters.

hola! im here, sorry for writing so late, i went to the zoo this morning! I am at a computer that doesnt send pictures unfortunately so you´ll have to wait another week to receive them.  But there are a ton! (my comps computer sends photos so here is a sneak peak for what the other photos of next week.)

Ya it was really fun! we were able to stay for about 2 and a half hours.

was it scary?

no not really, theyre like pet dogs. they are born in a zoo so they are super chill and tame. it was a little freaky when the lion roared though, it was so loud!

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> Elder Trent

short and sweet

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This week was short and sweet! We went to the temple on Wednesday all day, leaving Tuesday in the afternoon, and then we attended the baptism of the sisters so we didnt have much time to work this week. But the time we did went very well! The temple was a great experience as always! We went in different groups during the week so there werent a ton of missionaries at once in the temple. The spirit and peace that is felt in the temple cant be beat! It really helped rejuvenate me to keep working hard. 

We continue doing really well here in Mercedes, I love it here! The ward is awesome and the city itself is super cool. This saturday we will have the baptism of our investigator Mariela and her son Santiago. Not much more to say for this week!

I promise a better email next week, love you all!

Me and Elder Lopez at the temple.

Another St. Georgian in the mission. Elder Lincoln Frei. He went to my high school and has a year more than me. We played rugby together and actually went rock climbing once together too. So it was cool to see him here in this mission.

Miracles in Mercedes

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This week was super greeaat! It was full of miracles! We were able to have the baptism of Maxi this past saturday that went nice and smooth thankfully. We also had the huge miracles of 5 investigators coming to church. Thats the most Ive had in a long time! Right now we are working with Mariela and her son Santiago who is nine for the 27 of August. She is a friend of a member that recently got reactived and is now helping the missionaries a ton! We are also working with Rubén who has been to church twice now and could also be baptized the 27 of August, but for now is scheduled for the 3rd of September. We also had the great miracle of Emmanuel, a 15 year old kid with desires to find the truth. He was recieved warmly by the young mens this Sunday as well. We are also working with Alejandro and Gonzalo who havent come to church yet, but will soon!

So our area of Mercedes is poppin´ right now and Elder Lopez and I are being super blessed here. The Lord is having a huge hand in our sucess. We are finding great people that are prepared to accept the Gospel. It just really is amazing me all the miracles and blessing we are recieving. I couldnt be happier! 

Also, this wednsday, we have the opportunity to go to the temple! Another great blessing!

Thats about it for this week! Love you all!

Elder Trent

Maxi got baptized!

I made pasta with guiltless alfredo sauce and squash for veggies:) mmmm delicious...

We have lunch with members every day but two, so i take advantage and good something new! I made tacos! they were sooo good:)

taking the old fashiion train to the zone meeting last tuesday!

More pictures in the train, brisk, bright and early.

Fun fact: Tren means train here and since they dont pronounce the t at the end of trent, Im Elder Train haha.

Ya..we ride bikes

Mercedes

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Transfers came and now Im in Mercedes with Elder Lopez! He is from Guatemala and has 3 months on his missions. He is pretty chill. He works hard and wants to make sure he is doing things right. We get along really well and Im excited to work with him! Finally Spanish 24/7! haha he is latin but is learning English as all missionaries do. He already speaks super well. Anyways, this first week here with him has been great! We have seen a ton of miracles! Im stoked to be here and full of a lot of excitement for what we can do here as its got a lot of potencial. So here in Mercedes its campo so we ride on bikes and everything and everyone are more chill. Nothing compared to the city life like Im used to from my other areas. Mercedes is a really pretty city! Its very European and has some pretty sweet castle looking churches. I live in an apartment of four and I am the District Leader of them two and two other Hermanas. So there are six of us in one ward here. One of the Elders here in my apartment is Elder Wihongi from my MTC group! He is the one from New Zealand that plays rugby so its cool to be back again with him. The ward here is great there are about 65 active members. 

I apparently came here at a great time as the branch here was recently made into a ward. So everyones pretty pumped to fulfill their callings and such. Our area right now is popping as well. This saturday we have the baptisms of Maxi, a fifteen year old of a recent convert. We also we able to help to other investigators arrive to church the first time this week! Ruben and Mariela. So I feel super blessed to be here and hope we can continue having success in this great work of the Lord! 

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Elder Trent

My new companion is Elder Lopez from Guatemala City, Guatemala! He has three months on the mission

last district photo, off to Mercedes.

Saying goodbye to Geronimo and Sergio. It was a great area and hope to return someday!

This is my new pench. its a pench of four missionaries so its pretty big, i like it.

Transfer

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Goodbye Rivadavia:/ I got the news that I will be leaving my area tomorrow for this next transfer. I will be heading to Mercedes (Elder Huber tells me that the ward mission leader is a little crazy haha. He is from Germany and talks funny apparently.) which is an area in the countryside, so im going back to farmland looks like. Almost a year ago I was in the countryside in 25 de Mayo! I have mixed emotions about leaving but Im definitely excited to start a new chapter in my mission! I had great success in a lot of different ways here, with my companion, personal growth, the members, and baptisms. I feel that I will be leaving this area better than I found it for sure. So it will be missed. 

One fun thing we did this week here was we did what is called a "Capilla Abierta" or Open Chapel of the church here. We have been passing out invitations for awhile to invite people to a tour of the chapel. It turned out really great with all the members helping out and making stands for their organizacions with food and everything. It was a great production. Sadly not very many people came in, but the ones that did really enjoyed it and want to learn more! More than anything the activity helped strengthen the members and get them excited about missionary work, so all and all it was a success.

I dont have much more to say for this week, but I´ll let you all know next week how I´m settling into my new area! Wish me luck!

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Elder Trent

me-Do you know who your new companion is?

Tyler-I know his name. Its Elder Lopez. so Im going to get a latin wahoo!! for the first time. I dont know him, but I think he has like 3-4 months on the mission. And I will be district leader over there as well. Elder Huber actually came from that area to then be with me so I pretty much know everything about the area already. everyone says its a pretty city. I will be on a bike again! Its also close to Lujan which is a pretty touristy place that I will be able to go to on Pdays.

Last District meeting the hermana rodriguez made us peruvian food again whaoo!! its called lomo saltado, its soo good.

When you go to peru you have to try it. also try arroz chaufa and there are a few other things but I dont remember what they are called, all good though.

divisions with Elder Motta from Brazil! I am pretty much fluent in portegues now haha no jk. But I was learning while I was with him that day. It pretty easy if you know English and Spanish so I learned quite a bit.

Elder Huber is goofy like that and put his scarf on his head like an arabic. then i decided to join in and take a picture haha.

Dont ask haha.

Peruvian food

Geronimo, one other preist from the ward and Sergio who is a return missionary that we are good friends with. You said hi to sergio because that is the house i skyped you from.

saying goodbye...

here is a picture of me:)

Im leaving Rivadavia!! Group photo of the ward. Its not the whole ward as a lot already left after church, but I wanted to take a picture just in case yesterday if i was leaving, and I am:/