Thanks for the beefy email, I loved all of the info! I can't believe James is
going on a mission! I'm so excited for him! I'm still in La Consulta, but I got
a new comp. Elder Chamberlain is from Gilbert AZ, and he is super muscly,
and he is having me do workouts with him, so when I get back, get ready
for a new buff son. Anyway, I cant believe it is almost summer there, it is
only really cold here. I haven't seen the sun in two weeks, and there is a
constant misty drizzle in the air, so we get wet and cold super fast outside.
We are getting a lot more done here with Elder Chamberlain, he is an
awesome missionary (he's almost done with his mission). Ana Polla is the
wife of our branch president, and she is really cool. She told me she
friended you, and she said you look really pretty... This week I learned how
to make milenasa (chicken fried steak) and we are making more asado this
p-day. Also, apparently siesta gets longer and more extreme in the winters
here, only the missionaries are not allowed to do it, so we just walk around
for like two hours talking to anyone who isn't asleep. Usually there are only
about one or two people doing anything besides sleeping during siesta now...
Friday, April 29, 2016
This week was one of the most rewarding on the mission so far! We got a really inactive family to all
come to church again! They are literally the funnest family to talk with, and we have a family home
evening planned with them tonight (where I am going to make eggnog, so cool). When you guys
come to pick me up, for sure we have to stop by to visit them on your tour of Argentina. We also
taught a huge family who live on a plantation. They love listening to us (even though my Spanish
isn't perfect) and they make it a huge event when we visit. We got just about everyone in the family
to want to be baptized, but they are all moving to another part of Argentina in a week, so we won't
get to do it here. Ah well, at least we got them started on the great and awesome path to celestial
glory! Hopefully the missionaries in the other mission can find where they live and help them along.
Elder Chamberlain and I had a weird experience last night: in the house of a menos activo, we got
talking about why he doesn't come to church, and this guy started talking really weird. He eventually
told us that he had tried to kill someone with a machete, but he played it off like it was nothing. then
his son said it too. So apparently, this guy gets annoyed easily, and when someone is particularly
annoying to him, he gets a little bit murderous. So yeah we will not try to get on his bad side... I love
his family, they are really cool members, they make literally everything in their house from scratch,
and they absolutely love doing service with other members. So anyway, we are trying to reactivate
them and others, and we are making some real progress here in Consulta. Wish us luck here!
Monday, March 14, 2016
Hey Mother! I finally got your Dear Elder letter! So good news, Dear Elder works (with a two
month delay)! Sorry I haven't written much these past few weeks--my P days have been loco.
Last P day, we went toAconcagua, the highest mountain in the world (outside of the Andes).
It was really fun, and I got to spend a little of my 60 American dollars I brought with me to
Argentina (they took us dollars there because there are tons of tourists who visit the mountain).
I'm sorry I write with so many (of these), I like them. Anyway, the day I got your Dear Elder, I
used the scripture you sent me to help out a menos activo! She was really into music, so when
we read this scripture, she almost started crying. In the end, she didn't come to church, but
hey! She is that much closer to being active again. I have some pictures from Aconcaqua,
I'll try to attach them. Also, the matrimonio couple here just went home, so I guess I'm not
going to be speaking Engles for a while (they were my only American friends in Consulta).
Because they were leaving, they gave us all of their food, I'll send a picture, its hard to describe.
To put it simply, Elder Vega and I do not have to buy food for the next month. Also, we have
more butter than we will ever use, but hey! Butter is food too! We had a talent show in our barrio
two weeks back, I don't know if I wrote about it, but Elder Vega and I performed a song from
Nacho Libre! It was terrible, but fun.
going to be speaking Engles for a while (they were my only American friends in Consulta).
Because they were leaving, they gave us all of their food, I'll send a picture, its hard to describe.
To put it simply, Elder Vega and I do not have to buy food for the next month. Also, we have
more butter than we will ever use, but hey! Butter is food too! We had a talent show in our barrio
two weeks back, I don't know if I wrote about it, but Elder Vega and I performed a song from
Nacho Libre! It was terrible, but fun.
I have a fun story to tell! Here it goes wooooooo!
Last night Elder Vega and I were walking down the infiniroad to one of our member's house. She
actually isn't a member yet, but she has been waiting to be baptized for two years, she comes to
church weekly, and doeseverything a member does, so yeah she's a member. This road is usually
really tranquilo, meaning no one has died on it. We walk down this 5 kilometer road close to 3
times every week, and almost always it gets dark when we are walking back. This time was
different--it was already dark when we started down the road. Well anyway, we were walking
along, when we heard gunshots in the house ahead of us. Following the gunshots, a car flew out
from the road to the house and rocketed past us at like a thousand miles an hour. Elder Vega took
note to memorize the license plate. After the car came past us, it slid to a stop, and started to
come towards us again. This time, it veered off the road when it got to us, and a man jumped out
with a huge revolver. I was scared out of my mind... Anyway, the man got out of the car with his
massive gun, and ran past us into the plantation at the side of the road. Elder Vega and I were
literally frozen where we were standing (because of fear and stuff). Next, a woman got out of the
car, and Elder Vega said, "Is there anything we can help you with?". His question seemed so
strange at the time, but the woman answered, "No thanks, we had a man try to rob our house, so
we are trying to kill him, but thanks for asking." With that, we continued on our way down the
infiniroad. When we had to pass by the house again (on the return trip down the road), the woman
was outside her house with the gun and a huge flashlight. She gave us a little wave (with the gun)
actually isn't a member yet, but she has been waiting to be baptized for two years, she comes to
church weekly, and doeseverything a member does, so yeah she's a member. This road is usually
really tranquilo, meaning no one has died on it. We walk down this 5 kilometer road close to 3
times every week, and almost always it gets dark when we are walking back. This time was
different--it was already dark when we started down the road. Well anyway, we were walking
along, when we heard gunshots in the house ahead of us. Following the gunshots, a car flew out
from the road to the house and rocketed past us at like a thousand miles an hour. Elder Vega took
note to memorize the license plate. After the car came past us, it slid to a stop, and started to
come towards us again. This time, it veered off the road when it got to us, and a man jumped out
with a huge revolver. I was scared out of my mind... Anyway, the man got out of the car with his
massive gun, and ran past us into the plantation at the side of the road. Elder Vega and I were
literally frozen where we were standing (because of fear and stuff). Next, a woman got out of the
car, and Elder Vega said, "Is there anything we can help you with?". His question seemed so
strange at the time, but the woman answered, "No thanks, we had a man try to rob our house, so
we are trying to kill him, but thanks for asking." With that, we continued on our way down the
infiniroad. When we had to pass by the house again (on the return trip down the road), the woman
was outside her house with the gun and a huge flashlight. She gave us a little wave (with the gun)
and we waved back and all was well.
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