Spies Like Us

We should have a baptism this coming Saturday if all goes well with Ana. She is the cousin of one of the members here and wants to get baptized and went to church this week! That has been our biggest struggle is getting people to actually go to church. Right now our investigators are doing well in everything but that. The spirit is critical and without it we couldn´t do anything. We couldn´t find those who are ready, we couldn´t teach them, and we definitely couldn´t help them to know baptism is what they should do without the help of the spirit.

I have been studying the life of Christ lately. It is really interesting how much I didn´t know even though I had a general idea of all of what he did. Think about this, Christ while the son of God grew up and was a normal person like us. All his wisdom and learning he had to learn on his own through studying the scriptures, prayer, and things like that. Those things weren´t just given to him. I never had thought about that and I think I just assumed that those things were just given to him. Also a weird thought, he owned a house here on this earth... weird huh?

We were at the bishop’s house and he said his camera was broken so he got it out and the lens was stuck. It was in a position that was halfway in and didn´t go either direction. I then turned it on and it tried to open the lens all the way but was jammed so I turned it off and turned it on and swung the camera so the lens would extend and it works perfectly now. It is a camera similar to my canon but an off brand I don´t remember. I also tried to fix Hno Fleytas computer but the motherboard is fried.

The souvenirs I hope to buy before I leave this area are Matte cups, Argentina jersey, Jacare (alligator) and other material like that in a really cool wallet, and some covers for my scriptures that they make out of leather.

This last week has been cold and I have been wearing both of my jackets at the same time, haha but it should be warming back up soon.



I have shared lots of stuff from my package with my companion. It is kind of the rule that you have to share stuff you get in packages with your companion. If it is something special no but thing like little candies and stuff yes and we have been using the delicious seasonings on lots of stuff! If you end up sending another package make sure and include the chick fil a sauce it was delicious! Now my companion wants to try chick fil a because of how highly I talked of it, ha ha also dr pepper, things like Cholula sauce, peanut butter, more of those delicious seasonings, ha ha I don´t know how easy it would be to fit things like that but all those things are things that I miss. Ooh and I really have been craving rumbies with the peanut sauce but I don´t think that would send very well, haha

To answer Aunt Tammy´s questions

We shop at el Galpon (the warehouse) and things are pretty much similar to in the states but everything here comes in plastic bags not in plastic bottles from milk, to mayo. For the full animals you buy from the people who hunt them in the feild. That is another popular way of buying here.

People here wear normal clothes but there aren´t any trends or name brands like in the states.

To answer your question about the house I will answer with this:

You might be an Argentine if your little house with two rooms and dirt floors has the biggest and most expensive stereo system available.

Here they don´t buy big TVs but huge stereo systems, haha

For the dirty shoes I have just had to develop a new standard for cleanliness for my time here

We don´t ever have time to play with the kids but they all play futbol and marbles. Those are the two common things

I probably stick out considering everyone else here is short, dark hair, dark skinned, and wears normal clothes, haha

The people here think that we are spies. This is more than anything because their loca president said that we are. So people ask if Obama sent me or if I have come to steal their food recipes... haha yep and now I know the secret just add oil and it´s Argentine, haha

Tell Devin that yes I did find a snake and it sleeps in my bed with me every night! haha

 I swear you guys waited to do lots of crazy and fun thing until I left :P Pickle mutinies, mini car tracks, new boats, lots of vacationing, Emily and Nathan really getting into polo! I can´t wait until I can do those things with you guys again!

 I love you guys so much and I can´t wait to hear from you again next week!

 Disclaimer! I want Dad to read the last of this email before you do mom! Please trust me and have him read it first! Promise me!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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To read this next part you have to promise not to worry about me because nothing bad happened. Someone robbed our cell phone and no one got hurt and anything so don´t worry.

On the more crazy side of things, haha we were robbed yesterday. As we were going to gather our investigators for church we were waiting for one to change and come with us and a man passed by and went into a house across from where we were. A little while later he walks back up and heads straight for us with his bottle of beer in hand. I knew this would be trouble so I was looking for ways to go around him but with no avail. He then started asking us for money and had none and told him that. He then told us to give him our cell phone or he was going to kill us both with his pistol. So at that point there was nothing to do but give him the phone and as I gave it to him I took out the sim card and battery. Unfortunately he wasn´t quite drunk enough to not realize he needed the battery but he left with that and I still have the sim card, haha

I am only sending this because you said before I left you wouldn´t worry and wanted to hear about things like this and nothing happened so don´t worry!

There was a member that lived close by so we got him and he saw who it was and is going to get the phone back for us. So I guess we both with be catching the thieves this week, haha

Love you guys so much!!



My 1/4 of the way ice cream

I finished the whole thing