Hola familia y amigos!
It is so weird to hear about all the summer things and end of
school!...because it is just starting to get cool here i just see
everyone raking their leaves. I literally do live in a totally different
world.
Ok, first of all I have survived another week in Argentina! Let´s
just say...good thing I have a year to love the people and country. I
feel like I am in Italy. Or Germany. Or some old person nursing home
full of grouchy people. Let´s just say...I haven´t met the nicest people
here. One day we were contacting (we have to knock a ton of doors,
because we started out with no investigators. And we need to find lots
of people) It was my turn to talk, and the lady said, "
if you are going
to be in this country you better learn the language. Where did you even
come from?" Haha, can you say rude?! (there goes your
salvation!.......kidding) Thing is, her neighbor said about the same
thing. Good grief we are just really trying to find nice people, who can
at least give us 60 seconds to listen. For how much people sleep here,
they sure should be nicer! (Santa Fe providence, specifically this city, is known for having very private, cold people. Even the members
who live here say that! lucky us!)
Good thing there are some nice members! We had lunch
with an American family. I just love Americans:) Also, their is a great Argentine family. But this is the
best family, they feed us twice a week, and love the missionaries.
Basically if something could go wrong this week, it could.
Let´s just say I am learning the lesson of enduring patiently. But
really. One day everrrry single appointment and plan fell through. Like
we were to plan Z. And the next day, everything fell through. No one was
home, members didn´t show up, etc etc. Oh, and I can´t speak stinkin Castillano. We have eaten a lot of alfajores and ice cream this week. Oh
and they love their oreos here, which is good! One day we walked at
least 115 cuadros (blocks), which is 7.14 miles. Ok ok....I know the
pioneers walked more. haha. We just need some miracles to find people
who want to go to the celestial kingdom:)
We have a few investigators that are progressing, but of
course there are always difficulties like them going out of town for
long periods of time, or one who always is working, or they don´t show
up for church.
Other things this week include braving a ride in a
remis (taxi...I literally do not understand how more people do not die
in these streets!), going to a birthday party (they lit the candle,
which was actually like firework thing that exploded sparks everywhere, I
thought the entire table was going to catch on fire...it was hilarious,
everyone was freaking out), we went to a baptism for some elders (yep,
they needed me to play the piano), me and my companion made china food!
(seasoning packet from america, i love flavor!).
Yesterday Elder Walter Gonzalez came to our sacrament! It was so
good, he talked about centering everything we teach in our family on
Christ, and being converted. There are 2 ramas(branches) in our building, so it
was combined. This district is going to be made a stake, not sure when,
but i think he is making the rounds before that happens. (He is area
president). The classes were combined too, it felt like Utah to be in a Sunday school class so big! haha. And in RS there were even handouts and
pics taped all over and quotes! haha.
We also had intrevistas with president Guiliani, which were
really good. It´s only the second time I have really talked to him...but
he is such a good man.
.
Thanks for all the updates.
2 weeks until mothers day!!
love you all!
hermana andrews
p.s. Mom, the pastries are better than what we tried. mmmmmmmm. Guess you will just have to come here to try one.
p.p.s. We ate the last of the peanut butter that was in our
apartment...it´s hard to find here. But they LOVE their dulce de leche.
Like the grocery stores seem to have a lot less variety here...but
there´s a whole aisle for dulce de leche. (and of course one for mayo,
one for matte, and one for pasta)
No comments:
Post a Comment