Rob Ryan emailed me the info about his converts while he was on his mission
here in Santa Fe and I am trying to find out more about them. I have to check
the other branch`s MLS because I didn`t find it in ours. Hopefully soon.
I have been wearing my hair a little longer. I thought that I would try it
out since I never have before. We will see how it goes with the calic and all.
They are considering starting a branch here. Really it sounds like it is
more likely that we could have what they call a group here in Avellaneda. If I
understand right that is where all of the weeks but one (I am assuming fast Sunday)
that we will have church in Avellaneda and then the one week we have to go to
Reconquista. It would really help out a ton for all of the members and investigators
here. They are all pretty humble and often times it is very difficult for them
to find eight pesos a person to go to church each week. If they only had to
once a month like that it would make everything so much easier.
My companion and I both have meetings that are in Reconquista and then on
top of that we have to go there to do interviews for the people that are in our
district. That is what throws it over the top with us traveling to Reconquista.
This week we had a multi zone conference with Sans Peña and that is 6 hours
of travel from here... needless to say it was a long and all day adventure. We
had a colectivo that was rented for the zone and it was fun. The problem was
that it was just about impossible to sleep. If you are on a bus of 21
missionaries at 3:30 in the morning you will find out. Even on the way home I
think I only slept about a half hour, needless to say I was very tired for the
rest of the week. We did get to sleep today though.
At the conference we pretty much just reviewed everything that we learned
during zone conference. It was the exact same teachings but this time we got
them straight from President and Hermana Franco.
This Sunday we had a 70 come to our branch named Elder Romero. After church
we had a mini branch council and he taught the leaders what they should do
during branch council meeting, which is review our progress reports that we
give them. He said that each one should be reviewed and that there in the
meeting that the leaders should be given their tasks and have to report on them
in the following meeting. He was a boss and started to smash their petty
problems that they always come up with, it was funny. If this actually gets
applied then I think that we will have a lot more success here in the
branch.
We had a pretty bad Saturday. It was really windy and the day was killed
because we had to go do interviews for the zone leaders and go to the baptism
that night so we had about three hours of working on the most important day.
Then when we were out there it was super-hot and windy and we were really
thirsty and no one was answering their doors. Of course it was the ciesta so
there weren`t any stores open either. So we sat down and prayed and it really was
a cool experience. I was really kind of angry and just worn out and wanted to
not do anything at all. After the prayer I had an entire change I was ready to
go and everything just seemed so much better. We found a kiosco that was open
and bought a drink and it was a lot better. Then we went to a member’s house
and they had a friend there and we taught a lesson. It was a really awesome
experience and I know that God really answers our prayers, we just need to talk
to him and ask him for help when we need it. .
I love you guys and can`t wait to hear from you next week!