We Baptizen Everyone Out Here Antoine Dodson style :)

My new companion Elder Fiabane

I have big news! I received my first hijo!!! I was super surprised when we got the call Tuesday night and they told Elder Santoro that he was leaving then I was sad because I didn´t want him to go and to have another trainer. Then he said that I was going not to be trained but training! So Wednesday I went to Resistencia to pick up my hijo! His name is Elder Fiabane, he is an awesome missionary! He is from Baiha Blanca Argentina (cera de Buenos Aires). He only has two weeks in the mission and just has got out of the Buenos Aires ccm. We have been working here in our area for the last few days now! It is really weird to be M1 (senior companion). I am used to my companion deciding where we are going and just following him there but it is a nice change. I am sad that Elder Santoro had to leave and I miss him but I am glad to have my hijo and we will have a great time as well! I am the only gringo from my group that is training, even the others that completed doce semana in their other missions. All the others are still finishing their doce semanas. There are some Latinos that are from my group that are training as well but they like me completed the doce semana in another mission.

For zone conference this week Elder Zeballos came. He is the area seventy. He talked about the importance of learning another language specifically English because it is the language of the restoration and the language of the world. He told us that if you can speak both English and Spanish you can talk to 80% of the members of the church and if you add Portuguese you can talk to 90%. His wife also talked and talked about the importance of having love for those around us specifically our investigators. It was a really good conference and I learned a lot. It also answered the question that I was wondering of is the Book of Mormon more true in English, yes because it was translated by the power of god to English then by man to Spanish.

I did not get transferred am still here in Circunvalación II and Elder Santoro went to mipu (my poo, yes that is how it is said) Corrientes.

Things that I do every day. We wake up at 6:30 every morning and have a half hour of exercise. (That usually consists of rolling over in my bed and sleeping another half hour because no one wants to exercise when you walk everywhere all day. Then we take turns showering. We then have an hour of personal study, then one hour of companionship study, then one hour of doce semana, then an hour of language study. Then we depending on the day have lunch with a member or in the pensh. After that we leave and work until about 8 then we try to find some dinner or go to a member’s home. We go back to the pensh 9 to 9:30. We then have our nightly planning. After that we update the area book and if I have time write in my journal. The zone leaders call every night for their verifications. And that is a normal day in the life.

When we were walking down the street headed to an investigator a woman on the street started talking to us. She said that some time ago there were some missionaries like us who used to stop by and teach here but for some unknown reason they stopped going. So we asked her if we could stop by and teach her and she said yes and we set up an appointment for the next day. When talking to her we found out that she had gone to church several times in the past but stop going a while after the missionaries stopped coming by. She told us that most of her kids are Mormons and married in the temple. We then talked to her about the book of Mormon and about getting baptized. She agreed to work towards the date of the 20th to be baptized! She wants to be baptized and her granddaughter and husband. It was so awesome to have met this very prepared family!

Right now we have a few investigators who are getting close to baptism. Diego is ready we just need to get his papers signed by his mom tonight for him to get baptized this Saturday, hopefully all goes well. Estefana and her family are getting close (that was the story that I shared in the last one). We also have an investigator named Johana that we have recently have started teaching and she accepted a baptismal date for the 27th!

Unfortunately I have to go now but I can´t wait to hear from you guys next week! Love you soo much! Hasta luego!