Hola!
I
had another busy and exhausting week down here in Villa Mercedes. A local
member told us that it was just above 100° this week and it made me miss the
breeze I had while riding my bike in Salto. LOL! First, P-days are a lot
different here in Villa Mercedes because there are only two other missionaries
in the city. So, we get all the youth who are members and all of our youth
investigators and ball out on the soccer field behind the chapel. When I am the
only gringo on the court I get exposed! You wouldn't believe the feet on the
14-year-old kids! Today we went to a little
lake and had a lot of fun. So, P-days are actually very sick because we get the
youth involved with our investigators and everything goes well.
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| Elder Roderick with Pedro Sanchez |
The
first thing that we did this week was some service for a less active family. We
scraped off a bunch of rust from their window shutters and then repainted them.
I'm not gonna lie, when we finished they looked so fresh! One night this week
we had a Family Home Evening with one of our members which included their less
active daughter and their son’s family. Her son is without work right now and
and he has three boys, ages 16, 14 and 11-years old, so they are really looking
for something good in their life. Their situation is actually provides an opportunity
for us because we can teach them to look up to our loving Heavenly Father for
help in a time like this. The boys always play soccer with us on our P-days and
they have already turned into some of my best homies.
On
Wednesday, we headed to San Luis for the worldwide missionary devotional and it
was my first time being in the city. It's huge! I got to meet the rest of the
zone and it's always fun to be around the other missionaries. The devotional
was way cool. During the whole thing I was thinking that I had friends all over
the world who were watching the same thing that I was. That was the coolest, most reassuring
feeling. The devotional helped answer a ton of questions that all missionaries
have and there is no better advice than that of apostles, right? We also learned
about some changes in our daily schedule, which include extending our P-Days by
a few hours. So, that was exciting.
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| P-Day lunch in the park |
We
have also been teaching a young kid named Uriel and he has become one of my
best friends. He is one of the few kids who plays basketball here in Argentina,
so I love balling out with him! Uriel’s mom is the lady who cuts our hair and
we have been getting their whole family involved in our lessons. It’s been a
little crazy trying to teach the whole family because there are always new people
in the lessons! They don’t have the most religious background but slowly, we
are gaining their trust. They are getting really interested in our message because
they haven’t had a resource for all of their questions. So lately, we’ve been
answering a lot of their questions.
We are also teaching the Familia Cejas who is
a family of 4 with two little boys. The 3-year-old had an accident with one of
the killer dogs that almost took off my hand last week. He’s had multiple surgeries all over his body
and he has a big scar on the side of his head. Due to this tragedy, the Familia
Cejas has spent hours in the hospital and they have seen miracles. We have
taught them twice they have soooo many questions about everything. This
actually such a good thing because this shows they are interested in our
message. This family has a pretty special spirit with them because they have
seen the hand of the Lord in their lives and they are looking for something more.
There
is a family in our ward who got baptized a year ago and they were just sealed
in the temple a few weeks ago! They have grown children who are out of the
house now and we have started to teach them. Their daughter, Silivina, is living
with her boyfriend and they are planning to get married soon. We are trying to use
her parents as much as possible to show them the best way to get married, which
we know is for eternity, in the temple! It has been really cool to see the
whole family rally together in this time and to see them in Sacrament Meeting
together as a whole family. It is sooo cool!
Overall, it was a good week and I’m
really looking forward to seeing the progress of our investigators and
especially that of the special families we are teaching.
Also, I received a
calling in the ward to be the music director and it’s safe to say that I am taking
Ls every time a hymn is played. When the words are different, it totally throws
me off. But, I’m trying to get out of my calling by playing the piano instead.
So, we’ll see where that goes. Ha ha!
I
love you all so much!
Elder
Roderick
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