Hey!
Sorry I don’t have a ton of time. Things are great! We got
into Buenos Aires about 7 in the morning! Then we met the Mission President and
his wife. There was 22 of us in this mission. We got to go around and take a
little tour of the City. Took pictures at the Temple. And saw some of the main
sites like the Pink house which is basically like the White house but the
President doesn’t actually live there. Yes I met Elder Chriss. He was on the
Plane with me. And a couple other Elders and sisters said hey my mom talks to your
mom on missionary moms. Haha! It was funny. So after the site seeing we were
dropped off at the mission Home. We ate Empanadas, got our Credit cards and had
interviews. There was a little training on how things work here in Buenos Aires.
And it is way different. Here they work SOLELY through the members. We don’t go
tracting. We don’t knock doors. We don’t do any of that. We spend all of our
time with members. And it is really strange. Because in Salt Lake, we got in
trouble if we are spending all our time with members. So it is a weird change
of pace but it is okay. Then we had pizza in the mission Home and then we given
our assignments for the week. Because transfers were today and so vie just been
waiting in a different area. So I and one of the Elders from the MTC hopped in
a taxi. They sent us off to our area. When we got there it was literally a
small little shack! And we have to fit 4 Elders in there. Me, my old companion
from the MTC, Elder Johnson, and 2 others. The next morning they said that I am
not in that area so I packed back up to move to the area I would be working in.
Lopez Camelo. It was awesome. My companions were Elder Loza from Buenos Aires
waiting for his visa to Venezuela, and Elder Vidal from Chile. They were
awesome! Elder Vidal knows a little bit of English. He gets by but he still has
a long way to go. And Elder Loza knows nothing of English. But it was a lot of
fun, and I got to sleep on a mattress on the floor again. Haha. But now I am
with Elder Estrada in an area called Villa Lugano. He is from Mexico and he doesn’t
speak English and so this is going to be a fun transfer. All we have done is
put my stuff away and come straight here so I don’t know him. So here we get
900 peso a month. And the exchange rate is about 1:5.8. So 900 pesos is about
160 bucks. so that’s pretty cool.- I’ve been with out money because you have to
go take money out of the ATM and the only opportunity I had to do it my Companions
didn’t tell me that we were passing by the ATM. Also it takes 35 pesos every
time I need to take money out. I don’t need money. I’m good cuz I got some
yesterday. But if I need some from my account I will let you know. Don’t have
much time. Life is good! Had 3 baptisms this past week and everything! Way cool
and a lot of fun! There is this kid named Dario. He is a boss. He was baptized
a month a go. And has gotten 2 of his friends baptized already. He would go
around with us and help us teach and basically he would do all the teaching,
and me. Haha. He’s only 14. Straight up boss! Oh yeah! I saw a kid from
HIGHLAND he is in the mission and I didn’t even know until I saw him. His name
is Troy Hicks. His older brother Brenan Hicks would drive me to LIGHT. So that
was pretty cool! I have tons of pics. I don’t know which to send because I don’t
have time!
Love you be safe bye.
At the Airport
22 New Missionaries - Buenos Aires Temple 1st Day
The Pink House - Same as the White House
1st Baptism
Bike Riding in the Church?
Connor's New Buddies. Doesn't take him long to make friends.
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