#IHeardYouLikeTashHashing

The week has been good. It has been a little slow on lessons but other than that everything good. We do have a few who are progressing right now though! With the Argentina games we have to stay in our pensh from when it starts until three hours later because people run out though the streets throwing fireworks, shooting, and other stuff, haha So we had to stay in almost all Tuesday. We have been able to listen to the game over the radio because our phone has that option but we haven´t had any way to watch the Argentina games really. I have only seen parts of a few of the Argentina games because we have to go back to our pensh but I did see the first half of the Argentina vs Iran and a little bit of some other random games I see here and there. It depends on the families that we visit for lunch. Sometimes they have the games playing others don´t. But I always put on my Argentina jersey and shorts in the pensh when they play and we usually listen to the game over the radio. If our neighbor is home this next game then we might be able to watch it. The problem is that our neighbors leave to watch it with their friends so we are usually there alone, haha What did the people say about his jersey, did they like it or no? haha And that is funny that Emily wore hers the next day, haha but don´t worry tomorrow she can redeem it and wear in on time. Plus tomorrow is octavos (eights?) and it is even more important. But everyone here is disappointed in how Argentina is playing and disappointed in Messi because he isn´t as good as Maradona. I did hear though that they played better in their last game against Nigeria. There are a lot of people who sing songs and stuff saying how Messi will never be as good as Diego (Maradona). It is crazy how much people love futbol here. It is more rooted in them than football in the states. The world cup here makes the superbowl look really weak, haha
It has been really rainy and cold recently and winter is starting to really kick in. Luckily today is a little warmer but these past few days have been downpours and freezing cold. I am probably going to have to buy another blanket soon. 

We are mostly teaching Graciela, Jeramias, Sixta, and the family Centurion. We just met Graciela this last week and she is really awesome. We went to her house for our appointment and she had just gone outside to move some bricks inside. We helped her move the huge pile then we had a small lesson afterward. She was really grateful for the help. She is an ancient investigator that has gone to church twice in the past but just stopped going. She is really nice and like the church. During the week we taught her again and taught the restoration and set a baptismal date for the 19th but I think that it can happen sooner if we can help her get over the word of wisdom soon. Then Saturday when it was super rainy and cold we stopped by to make sure that she was going to church the next day and she committed to going even if there was rain. Then the next day there she was in the church when we got there! It was great! We are going to be visiting her tomorrow and talking about the word of wisdom and get her ready so she could be baptized the 12th and have one more baptism this transfer that we weren´t expecting! 

Jeramias we have been teaching for a while now and he is really cool. He was an evangelist and a missionary for them and would go out and knock door to door but then everyone found out that their pastor was a fake and that he was using them for money and women so everyone left that church and he started doubting if God exists. We started talking to him and he still wants to believe in God but that was a really bad experience for him but while listening to the restoration he got a renewed faith. He accepted a fecha from the beginning but has been having troubles going to church. He always says that he is going to go but then had different things that come up and isn´t there Sunday in the morning even when we talk to him Saturday night. We will see what happens with him. He even started to quit smoking when we started talking to him without us even talking about the word of wisdom. He used to smoke two to three packs a day and now only smokes around two cigarettes a day. 

Sixta is really awesome as well. we found her a couple weeks back and have been teaching her as much as possible but she is very busy with her family and work, so we pretty much only can go Mondays and Wednesdays. She really likes listening to the gospel and is starting to recognize her answers. Before she was looking for dreams and stuff like that but is starting to realize that it will be though feelings. She wants to go to church but things have come up for her as well. Like this last week she was going to go but her family got up early and left her alone in the house while they went to the big race that was going on. She couldn´t leave the house alone because they live in a slightly dangerous neighborhood so she had to stay. I don´t know why she wasn´t able to go this week though.... maybe because of the mud :/ #ArgentineProblems

I am not even a cook. I just make a few meals following the recipes that you guys give me.I think anyone can do that. I did make the donuts grandma Peterson sent me! But no, no one stops by to sample food, but if they were then they would have to leave their areas so they had better not be :P well except the other elders in Alberdi and yes we usually give them some food too.


I liked the video that you put on! It made me really want to go to Lava really bad. It looked like the rapids were even better this time of year. I don´t know if there was audio but this computer doesn´t have it, haha if there is I will have to watch it again another time.

Emily:
I definitely remember going on the Atlantis ride, haha we totally saved the world a billion times but we aren´t only heroes of Atlantis but rather of the whole world as well, if you recall we saved the world from Megatron a few times by keeping the all spark out of his hands, haha I miss you too and I can´t wait to save to world again with you! But what else is going to happen when magic head unites with his psychic detective? #WORLD SAVING!!! That kind of sucks that the one girl was being a pain, but at least you had fun! Write soon!

Nathan:
haha, I am sorry that you lost your wager; good thing that it wasn’t too much considering you went to lava, haha. You will just have to look for those attractive girls elsewhere, haha I don´t quite know what to say in response to your letter about the nonsensical happenings in the trailer, haha but I still don´t understand this birdie G thing... I miss you and I can´t wait until I get back and we can hang out all the time. Write soon! #IHeardYouLikeTashHashing