Sunday, November 26, 2017

Service Work and Gratitude

¡Hola!                                                                                                           

First off, “Happy Thanksgiving” to my family and loved ones. Sadly, Argentina doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving so I’ll have to celebrate by finding a chicken asado for myself. Even so, I feel so grateful during this time of year for all of the loved ones I have who are cheering me on from back at home.  I’m also grateful for my ARG family and all they’ve done to help make the last fifteen months so unforgettable.
Again, the past week was super busy for us.  We gave a ton of lessons and met new people to teach, which was exciting. The best part of the week was Saturday. Our entire Stake went to a town called, Zanjita, to help with a service project. As part of the service work, the missionaries took the youth to go proselyting in the streets. Zanjita has a population of only 100 people so we were able to talk with nearly everyone in the town and pass out a lot of information pamphlets. There aren’t any members in this little town so it was fun to preach some new ideas to the people.  The coolest part of our work was watching the youth preach the Gospel and share their beliefs. When we approached someone, the missionaries would present ourselves and set up the conversation.  Then, the youth would take it away and share the good word!  It was so cool to see all of the work we accomplished during the day. The Stake donated a ton of clothes and food and painted a huge house. Our work reminded me of Mosiah 2:17:

“And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye
may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are
only in the service of your God.”
           

While knocking on doors this week we found some people from Ecuador who are in Argentina to study.  They were so excited to see other foreigners, so they immediately let us in to chat about life in Argentina.

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