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| The Elders of Villa Mercedes |
The
big news of the week is that we had transfers again! It literally feels like I
just arrived in 25 de Mayo. I'm going to be staying here for at least another
transfer and I will be with Elder Prestes from Uruguay. Another Latin! Yay for
the Spanish 24/7! Elder Prestes was Elder Fredrick's companion and Elder
Fredrick loved him so I'm very excited. Of course, I'm stoked to stay here in
25 de Mayo as well. I'm a little bummed to see Elder Martinez go because we
were working so well together but everything will work out.
We
had a bit of an interesting week. On Thursday night, we received a text from
President Goates saying that we needed to be in Mendoza ASAP. To be honest,
this freaked me out! I literally had no idea what had happened and I freaked
myself out by thinking of all the possibilities. I always get so worried about
that kind of stuff. I even took an Ambien on Thursday night so I
could sleep! So, we headed to Mendoza on Friday and the bus ride was almost six
hours long so we didn't get to Mendoza in time to talk to President that night.
We had to wait until the morning. We were finally able to talk to
him on Saturday morning and basically what happened was someone in Villa
Mercedes was spreading a rumor about Elder Martinez and President Goates heard
about it and called us in to talk about it. It ended up not being a
big deal and we were able to work out everything. After the
interview, we had a few hours to kill in Mendoza before our bus ride back to
Villa Mercedes so Elder Martinez and I were tourists for a couple of hours. Later
that night we headed back to Villa Mercedes, another 5 1/2 hours in the bus.
The
bad part about our trip to Mendoza is that we lost the really important days of
the week. It was frustrating to have to cancel all of the appointments we had
planned. But, we'll be alright!
This
week we were able to catch up with our friend, Luis, who is engaged to one of
the members of our ward. As soon as they were engaged we were at their door,
ready to teach Luis. They are awesome people and I made a really quick to
connection with his fiancé
with the piano. S/O to Kimberly Baker Music Studio! We've been teaching Luis
for a while but he can't really progress because they are living together right
now. When we are teaching him, it really just feels
like we are talking to a member because he is so knowledgeable about the Church
and he's so receptive to our message. The good thing is, they will
be married in April and then they're taking a long honeymoon trip to Hong Kong,
China. Yes! An Argentine couple in China! It's interesting, but
pretty cool.
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One
night this week we had a short Family Home Evening with the Family Sanchez. We
have to plan everything out with them very well in advance so we can get their
entire family involved. They are still going through a rough patch in life
right now because the dad is still looking for work and the parents are
frustrated with Pedro and their other kids because of their failure to study in
the summer. We talked a lot with them about how they can resolve this problem.
We are praying that this weekend we can get Pedro and his younger brother,
Francisco, in the waters of baptism but we are going to have to work with their
parents. They are very supportive of us being with their kids and we
have a good relationship with them but when we brought up the subject of
baptism, they were a little hesitant. So, this week we will be working with the
parents to help them understand that the Church can benefit their kids. It
might be a little tough, but everything will work out.
Earlier
in the week we did some "Opening the Mouth" but instead of just
knocking doors we talked to a lot of people in the bread shops and little
kiosks because it's easier to make a connection that way. It ended
up being really fun and I even found a couple of English speakers along the
way!
The
work was a little slower this week but it was still a great week and we are
seeing some great progress! I'm praying we get Pedro and Francisco
in the water this weekend, so please put them in your prayers as well.
Have a great week!
Elder Roderick
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