Hey! Happy thanksgiving!
Well now we start December. 17 months since i have been a
missionary and servant of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are working here in Tortuguitas.
Well let’s see. On Tuesday it was kind of a crazy day. My
comp thought that he needed to get his wisdom teeth out and so we went to the
dentist and set it all up. When he got there he was going to just take out the
top on because it was hurting him. Then when he got there the top 2 on bottom
were hurting him. But the 2 on bottom were going to cost a lot more because
with those he would need surgery. So he called the mission President and told
us that one of the couple missionaries is a dentist. He asked that we take X
rays and that we take them to him. So we took the x rays and we take them to
the mission office. Now the dentist that we were at told us that we needed to
take them out. But when we talked to the dentist in the mission he said that
they didn’t need to come out and that he should be fine for the rest of his
mission. But the x rays are pretty crazy! His teeth are literally sideways!!! Haha!
But he said there shouldn’t be problems and the other dentist just wanted the
money. So we wasted ALL day traveling and talking to dentists. I had fun
because im still thinking about becoming a dentist and i got to ask a couple
questions- Here in Argentina schooling is free. But i realized that if i did my
schooling here i would just have to go back to the US and retake everything to
be able to work in the US. And even if i have to pay, the schooling will be
better in the US. But anyways that’s what we did on Tuesday. Wednesday we did
divisions with Elder DaSilva and Elder Erickson. Elder Da Silva is from Cancun Mexico.
And speaks fluent English. So it was fun talking to him and goofing around and
stuff. Then on Thursday was thanksgiving! Our elder’s quorum president invited
us to lunch. They made asado with meat, chicken and chorizo, with Potatoes and
gravy, and carrots, and salad. It wasn’t very traditional. But it was okay :)
they didn’t even have rolls!!! Haha! It was still good. Then we went to work
and we got told by a member in a different ward to pass by his sister’s house
that lives in our ward. We passed by and they explained something that is
happening in their family that is kind of sad. The son in law was killed and
they are looking for the body. And then for some reason the son is now
threatening to kill the mom......... they had an undercover cop over there. It
was a strange situation. But the night ended fine. We had Arroz Choafa and it
was super good!!! =D
On Saturday it started raining really bad! It was flooded
everywhere and we were like swimming through water and mud! It was horrible! I
got out my waterproof boots and they filled up with water from above and the
water stayed inside and made them really heavy. Haha! It was interesting day. And
then it kept raining all Sunday and so no one made it to church! It was the
lowest attendance we have had since I’ve been here! Horrible! but a less active
came to church and we were talking to her about the temple and she got all
excited about going and talked to the bishop about getting a temple recommend
and everything! It brought me so much peace when i was teaching her that, that
i was actually helping someone and if she makes it to the temple to do the work
for her family than that would be just so many people that i helped by helping
her get to church! =D I love the temple and the blessings that it gives to us!
So here in Tortuguitas we haven’t been having a lot of
success. And i feel like we need to work with the members to help them
understand the importance of missionary work! We are going to help them make a
ward mission plan and to help the families make family mission plans. In the
ward mission plan is a plan of what the ward is going to do in a certain amount
of time. Like baptisms, activities, reactivations, family home evening, temple
trips. And they are specific goals with specific dates. And we are applying
this with the family to help them work harder in missionary work! The Bishop is
really fun and is really great! We had a member come home from his mission in
Peru! Should be a lot of fun to talk to him! Love you all! I’m grateful for you
all and sorry there aren’t pictures. The computer isn’t working right. But I
took a lot haha! Love you bye!
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