HOLA AMIGOS
It was another great week in Salto! At the beginning of the week there
were some crazyyy winds that knocked out the power for a few days and the town
looked exactly like a ghost town that you might see in a movie. It was freaking
me out! Apparently, during the power outage there was a little jail break in a
nearby town and twenty prisoners escaped to Salto where they hid in the fields.
Fortunately, all of them were eventually caught. This event made an exciting
start to the week!
This week was probably our best week of missionary work so far! We
were able to go out with the two members who were called to help us and “Wow!”
it was amazing to see how much of difference their participation made. We were
able to teach Francisco with both of them present and it was so great because
the three of them are such good friends. They helped us explain to him the steps
he needs to take in order to be baptized. Having two of his good friends
explain certain things, instead of two missionaries, made a great difference.
Francisco knows all of the lessons and he has a great understanding of Church
principles, but he really just struggles with attending church. So, it becomes
tough for us when we don’t have a ton to teach him. Now it’s just up to him to
make the conscious decision about whether or not he wants to be baptized.
Wednesday night was probably the most rewarding day so far here in the
mission. We taught Daniel again, along with his wife and kids. Luis accompanied
us to this lesson and it went so smoothly. The Plan of Salvation is always a
little tough to teach because of the unique vocabulary and the complexity of the
whole thing but, with the help of Luis, we were able to explain it clearly for
them. Because they are a family with two young kids they loved the eternal
family aspect of it all and it seemed like they were engaged during the whole
lesson! We connected with them so well and it felt like we were all just a
bunch of friends talking and discussing, rather than us two missionaries just
lecturing. At the end of the lesson, we felt prompted to extend a baptismal invitation
and they accepted!! We explained how we do it differently and they loved the
concept. The Spirit was so strong during the lesson too and it was just so
great; the best feeling ever for me. Nights and lessons like this one with
Daniel and his family always make the long days of not talking to anyone so
worth it. I’m so excited to help them start preparing for their baptisms!!
The rest of the week went really well and we found a couple of new
people who want to talk to us and they also have families. “Yay” for eternal families!
We went back to the “hidden neighborhood” to find an investigator and we got
extreme responses from the people we approached while trying to find him. Every
other person was either super nice and tried to help us find him or, they
wouldn’t even let us get a word out because they knew we are missionaries. I
was so confused. This neighborhood is technically the most dangerous one we
have in Salto, so walking around in it always makes things more interesting!
We had another big zone meeting this week and it was such a great
feeling to see another missionary who has less time than me in the mission! Oh
man! I’m not the youngest anymore. What a great feeling that is. I’m still the
water boy in the mission, but at least I have a back-up!
This week I really just tried to have as much fun as possible. Even
with my poor Spanish, I tried to talk to everyone I could. I probably butchered
half of the conversations, but like my momma used to say on the ski hill, “If
you´re not falling, You´re not trying!”
As the work is starting to pick up here in Salto, so is the heat! Oh
man! There have been a couple of really long hot days here and there is never a
way to escape the heat, but we are all good! There were lots of miles covered
on the bikes, which is always a good thing and there will be plenty more
covered this coming week!
¡LES AMO!
Elder Roderick
P.S.
The one-year anniversary of the “Miracle on 17th”was yesterday.
#GORAMS (even though they lost)
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