Are you a Resistencia Missionary?!?

1.      We have a question that we keep forgetting to ask. Do you think in English or Spanish now?

Well, that depends on the moment. But for the most part I think in Castellano. I speak Castellano all day and so I don`t really even have anything to do with English for pretty much the whole day. Sometimes I talk to my companion in English and it has been more and more recently because he is getting a lot better but for the most part I just think and speak in Castellano.

2.      When do you find out about transfers? Not until Wednesday when you actually transfer or Tuesday night? How does that work does someone call you or do you get an email?

For transfers we get a phone call Tuesday night from our Zone Leaders saying who will be staying and who is going. We don`t know anything until then. If all goes like it normally does then I will leave and Elder Fiabane will stay with someone else. We also have a tradition in Circ

2 that every transfer eve we go to the house of Barbara and we are there when they call at 8ish. That night is when and where we find out. We have been there every transfer eve that I have been in Argentina.

3.      How deep of mud have you been in? Any crazy incidents with mud?

The mud hasn`t been bad lately it has hardly rained this transfer. The wet season was when I first arrived and during that time I only used boots for two weeks strait. It has only rained one or two times this transfer. When it did rain there was a bull dozer that was in the street and it couldn`t move. It was stuck peeling out in the mud. I thought it was going to slide into the sanja but we didn`t get to stick around to see. It can get to ankle deep at times depending on the street and how long it was raining.

New Floor

4.       The pictures of your floor in the pension look all torn up still… what kind of floor was put in and why did you need a new one?

Oops, that is because I didn`t get all the pictures on the week before. They are there now and you can see the lindo new floor. We have enjoyed it for this week and now I will probably be going, but we`ll see.

5.      Have you been sick very often? Uncle Bryan says you’re not a true missionary until you have pooped your pants. GROSS!!

Not too often. I would say once every month or every other month I am a little sick but usually nothing bad. And I would have to agree. Sometimes the food just doesn`t agree with you and hasta ahora, I haven`t had a log in my pants and hopefully it won`t happen but I could easily see one day eating something that will kill my stomach and not having anywhere to go to take care of business. One of my Zone Leaders said that you aren`t a Resistencia missionary until you have been bit by a dog, fallen in the sanja, and crapped your pants.

6.    Do you have any good Argentine recipes for us?

As far as Argentine recipes there aren`t a whole lots, jaja We eat Milonesa (What Rob ate), marinera (similar to milonesa but with different breading), Guiso (noodles or rice with either chicken or beef on top), salchicha (hotdog), empanada, pizza (Only difference is different cheese and something other than pepperoni because they don`t have anything remotely spicy here), tarta (tortilla with cheese in the middle), and sometimes tortellini. Basically if you just add more oil it`s Argentine :P The food is good just a little repetitive and too much oil. If you want recipes ask for the specific food and I will give it to you.

Mini Elder Pickle

I had a great opportunity recently when I went on exchanges with my new zone leader. He is at the end of his mission and knows a lot about teaching a being a missionary. I learned a ton from him! Right now I feel like I really didn`t know how to teach or find people in my mission before that exchange. He first of all taught me that we always need to be looking for new people and talk to everyone that we see in the street and ask every person for references. Even if we don`t have time to stay for a lesson take their name and address and phone number and write it in the future investigators section to put as a backup plan for other days. We need to always have something to do. Then to begin talking with someone you need to ask a ton of questions about them to find out things that will help you know what is there need and obstacle. Three really great questions that he told me I will share with you and if you want more just ask. but ones like, Do you live here with your family? How many are there? If, one day, we invite you to come to church with us would you attend? Those questions whether they answer yes or no you learn things about them that will help you know what they need to be taught.

Que vamos a hacer cuando regreso? A veces parece como estoy perdiendo mi Ingles. Y cuando es tiempo para regresar a casa capas no voy a recordar ningùn Ingles. Por eso de cierto de cierto os digo, aprendìd Castellano y hablais conmigo cuando regreso :P chiste no hablamos en vosotros pero es chistoso a hablar asi. Y a insultar gente en maneras lo que Cristo hizo, jaja Pero ojala todo esta bein y que uds van a entender todo estes palabras porque a veces son diferente entre los paises. Y a quien esta tranduciendo este carta vos podes entender cuando hablo con vos? Porque me gusta usar vos y no podemos por la mayoria del tiempo porque tenemos que usar ud con la gente solo podemos usar vos entre compañerismo y con los niños. Pero asi es che!

Vaya con Dios!

I love you all so much and I can`t wait to hear from you next week!