So Monday night, we got a call from our lunch for the next day, telling us that she had to cancel. So that night I called a bunch of people, and I was able to understand everything they said. I thought that was pretty neat. Then S. Campos asked me to ´´tutor´´ her daughter in english, since she wasn´t doing very good in that subject in school. So that was half an hour
of service! That night I also found out that we had divisions the next day as well...
Tuesday - We were told to be at District Meeting 10 minutes early for some reason or another... and we got there, and sat there for 40 minutes, waiting for it to start. Fun! Right after district meeting we started divisions. I went with a Canadian (yuck haha) who was 25 years old. He had been out a transfer longer than me... and he did not speak very good spanish. So I did most of the teaching that day.
We received a referral from the buenos aires south mission that day as well. it said they were awaiting visits and wanted a book of mormon. when we went to the address, some lady came to the door and said they dont live there, but i didn´t believe her. so we are going to go back sometime this week. Then I talked to a guy that didn´t have everything in the head, and he really liked to touch my face. That was a bit strange. So I ended that lesson as quick as I could, hah. Then at night we were supposed to have our executive committee meeting, and after we had been waiting for 40 minutes, they told us they werent going to have it. what a waste of time...
Wednesday - We were supposed to end divisions in the morning, so we went to our normal meeting place. Then we get a phone call asking where we are. We were supposed to meet at a train station in between our 2 areas. The other 2 missionaries had gone past our meeting spot, all the way through our area, and to the train station in central moron. In the complete opposite direction. So we wasted a ton of coins going back and forth... that was annoying. Then we went to a glasses store, since my companion couldnt see very well. 2 comps in a row who bought glasses. Lets see how long I can keep this up! Then I began to cut my hair that night. I took out my clean laundry and found these messages on my clothes, from the Campos Family.
´´Lo queremos mucho´´ is just an easy way of saying we love you, and then the other one says ´´were going to miss you´´ which i assume means when I leave... but thats not for another 4 weeks or so, at least. From what S. Campos told me, I´m the first one that her kids have done that for. :)
Thursday - We went to our normal lunch at a family named Espindola, the dad is an inactive member. there were people there this time that werent normally. and so naturally we got on the topic of mormons and things. we talked a lot about temples, and if i didn´t know better, I would have said that the mom was a member. She knew a ton about the church and temples and things. And they said that they would be there next week too for lunch again, so another lesson! That night, before we did our normal weekly lesson with Silvia, recent convert, S. Campos had me translate a TON of stuff for her that her friends had put on facebook and things. It was all political stuff, and I dont know the words for political things, so it was somewhat difficult, but she understood. Then we taught Silvia about patriarchal blessings. She really liked last weeks lesson about temples, and she wants to go when she reaches her 1 year mark.
Friday - Well, I am a little behind in writing in journal right now, and hence I have not written friday saturday or sundays yet. Yeah... I need to catch up tonight. Friday, from what I remember, not much happened. There was a party for an Elder who had served here in this area, he and his family were visiting. They went to Canary Islands, and Chile, then here. He had 2 sisters and his parents. the sisters spoke spanish (both served missions in south america) but the parents didnt speak a thing. so while the rest of the family was talking with the members and things, the members that wanted to talk to the parents used me as a translator. I have been translating a lot this week...
oh and one more thing. that night when the district leader called us for our data and things, he told us that we were given permission to watch the ARGENTINA GAME TOMORROW!
Saturday - ARGENTINA VERSUS GERMANY (I think Alemania is Germany in spanish, at least...). Too bad we got beat. After the game, there weren´t very many people in the street, I think they were all drinking inside their houses or something. But it seems to be fairly normal again.
Sunday - We (my companion and I) decided that we are going to get Mario baptized (the one who wasnt married, and then when he was married didnt want to get baptized...). They were at church again. 3 times in the past month, and for my first 3 months here they didnt attend once. Good sign, in my opinion. Then after church we visited a couple inactive members who hadn´t met my new companion yet.
Okay... so it has actually gotten hot here again. Its been hot for the past 3 or 4 days now, as in we actually sweat just walking in the street. That hasn´t happened since my first 2 weeks here. Today though (Monday) it is very cloudy, VERY windy, and it is definitely cooler. During the night last night, I had to get up and take off a bunch of layers because I was so hot.
We spend today in Morón ´´shopping´´, when we really couldnt find hardly anything that we were looking for.
We took this picture of a cockroach on the wall. Hope all of you enjoy.
I found out today that we have our zone conference tomorrow. Which we did not know about. For every zone conference everybody has to prepare a talk. And I still havent prepared mine. Woohoo for a one day preparation...
I find myself liking the members in this area more and more. I dont want to leave after this transfer, which is a possibility.
Someone asked me if it was hard getting in to teach people. Depends on the people. Some people are really nice and will just always open the door to you, even if theyre not interested. Others will make all sorts of excuses and things to not let you in. We end up teaching the majority of our lessons to people that are sitting outside their houses enjoying the day or
cleaning their yard or something. Yesterday, we me a J-Dub (jehovahs witness). She was the nicest jdub i have ever met. and she was actually interested in what we said too. We taught her a quick lesson about the restoration, and we have a return appointment with her for the end of the week.
Thanks for all the songs that everybody has sent me. They are really good :)
And I think thats about it for this week.... we´ll see if i come up with anything after i send this letter.
-Collin
One more thing...
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY! I didnt know it was 4th of july until i was sitting in church and the Campos´ told me it was independence day in the states. hah.
One more thing .. hah.
Silvia, recent convert, received a church calling this week! She is now the
second counselor in relief society. Hooray!
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