Hey fam and friends :) this week was really crazy, and by crazy I mean not much happened. Tuesday, we had a zone meeting in Lujan. It was great and I got to see Elder Schoonover again!! After the zone meeting we did a division... which means I switched companions for a day! I was with Hermana Alvarez from Columbia, and she was actually in the CCM with Dallin which was kinda funny! haha but yeah, she didn´t speak english, and that was a little terrifying at first. BUT - I managed to get us home on the collectivo AND tell her about our investigators and stuff and that was a pretty huge confidence boost :) I directed the aread too, and I didn´t even get us lost!! We didn´t have much time to work, but we found this reference from a member... i thought he was an old investigator. He was really welcoming and we taught him a lesson on the book of mormon.. and he was like "oh I totally have all your church books!" and brings out the Bible, Libro de Mormon, doctrine and covenants, pearl of great price, and principios del evangelio!! We were like WHAT ON EARTH! THIS GUY IS GOLDEN! and I sacked a CPV with him and I was so excited! We had english classes that night too and those are always fun because all the ladies like to take selfies with us americans to put on facebook.... it´s pretty hilarious! The next morning, we got on the bus to Lujan which was another miracle because I had never done the bus by myself before, and hermana alvarez didn´t know how to do it from here in mercedes. So when I saw my comp again, I told her all about this new investigator and she was just laughing. I asked her why and she was like "hermana... he´s a less active! He´s a member of the church, that´s why he has all the books!" I just sat there in shock and then started laughing too. My life....
Thursday we were in the pench
all day because my comp was really really sick. I studied for about 4
or 5 hours and wow, I never knew reading the scriptures and conference
talks for that long could be fun!!
Friday and Saturday, we had
an activity of the branch where we all invited as many nonmembers as
possible to watch "conozca a los mormones" (meet the mormons) on a
projector in the capilla. It ended up being a really nice activity even
though not too many people showed up :)
Sunday was just..... weird. Good weird. but weird. Here´s why:
1:
it was super rainy. Like... really wet. Everywhere. So we get a call
from the branch president inviting us to ride to church in a remis
(taxi) with them. THAT NEVER HAPPENS! So that is a real good indicator
that we´re on good terms with our presidente del rama :)
2: we
were just chillin in class, and I look out the window and who do I see?
Our mission president. No biggie. I guess he just randomly decided to
visit OUR branch that day for church! My comp thought I was nuts when I
leaned over and said that I just saw president. She didn´t think I was
nuts when we walked outside and he was standing there! Haha but yeah,
and then president drove us home. So that was weird also, because we
went to church and returned in a vehicle... which never happens.
3:
a herd of 7 or 8 dogs walked up to us in the street while we were
standing at a door knocking... normally, this isn´t that weird for
argentina, but then they tried to hide under us and our bici´s.... and
we aren´t very big people, so it was a pretty funny sight!!
3:
we were at the home of a less active family, and they were fixing us
maté and torta fritas and just chatting before the lesson... when the
ELDERS came to do home teaching. What great timing... haha so the 4 of
us were just sitting there and under my breath I said to one "we were
here first, whatcha gonna do?" We ended up teaching a lesson with them,
which was weird. real weird. But it was a great lesson so I can´t
complain!
Overall, this week was pretty good
:) saw a friend from the mtc, talking more and more in the language, and
overall a lot of growth!
Love you all :)
-Hermanaita Reeve-ita (this is what my comp calls me... haha)
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