I'll start off by saying that this week has been relatively hot considering that it was still winter. Where I am has reached 25 degrees Celsius a couple of days, and downtown buenos aires reached 30 a day or two. In Fahrenheit I think that 30 is about 85. One of the nights we got attacked by Mosquitos so we didn't sleep too well that night. But after that we used mosquito repellant and fans to blow the Mosquitos away. So after that we slept pretty good.
Last Wednesday was marias birthday, and so she invited us to spend some time at her house that night. During the day on Thursday we were walking along a plaza and it was pretty hot so my comp suggested that we walk in the shade. I kept walking straight a little bit but he turned instantly to walk in the shade. He decided to walk on some concrete that had some muddy spots on it, and the moment he put his foot down he slipped. It was pretty funny. He had mud completely covering his side and some of it was yellow and green. He even had some mud in his ear. So needless to say we had to go back to the apartment so that he could change before we went to lunch that day. We taught silvia our weekly lesson. This week we taught about ...honorability? I don't know. It's honradez in Spanish. It was the upcoming gospel principles lesson and the teacher asked her to talk for a few minutes at the beginning of the class. We also talked about the war in the preexistence and then she asked us about the Moronis that are on most of the temples.
During the week our neighbors (who have the same address as us) came and asked us if we had paid their gas bill this month because they went to pay it and they were told that it had already been paid. But we don't think we paid it so that was pretty weird.
I cut my hair this past week as well. Turned out pretty well. It was going to rain Sunday and today but it never rained.
As far as teaching lessons go, I am getting a lot better. We've taught a lot of lessons in the streets but not so many to solid investigators. The investigators that we do have haven't gone to church in a pretty long time so it's fairly frustrating.
We have our zone conference tomorrow and I still haven't written my talk haha, so that's something I've got to do today. I only have about 3 weeks left in this area.
I can't really think of other things to put right now. So I guess that will be about it. Until next week?
Monday, August 23, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
August 2, 2010
So another week goes by. Today marks the start of the new transfer. This transfer went by incredibly quick, it feels like just yesterday I was getting my new companion... and now its 6 weeks later! Yet again I forgot anything to give me ideas to write about... so anything I say is totally from memory. Sorry if some days are short and things...
Last Monday - We had our zone activity after I had emailed. We went to the church building in which we have our district meetings, but like every zone activity, nothing was really ´´planned´´. Just do something and have fun.... So as it turns out, since soccer is such a big influence down here, we ended up playing soccer for a few hours. Then we had a bunch of facturas (sweet bread things) delivered, and once that was finished we left for the day. We got back to our area at about 6:45, still had to shower, so by the time we got outside it was pretty late
for the day.
Tuesday - Had our district meeting in the morning. Last district meeting of the transfer. Nothing special really. Lunch at Marias, like every Tuesday. Not really sure what else happened... we did our normal gig, when people didn´t answer the doors we just walked the streets and taught lessons to the people who were standing outside.
Wednesday - In the morning we tried to go to a couple peoples houses that we hadn´t been to in a while, but we actually taught a lot of lessons with people we had never met before, so we never ended up getting to anybodys house. Lunch at Salinas, like every Wednesday. Afterwards we tried visiting a new investigator that we had, who hadn´t shown up to church the last week, but he wasn´t home.
Thursday - Had lunch at Espindolas, like every Thursday. Then did some more service at Marias house. The last week we painted her wall, this week we helped dig a hole. Want to know what the hole is for? She´s adding a second bathroom, and the bathrooms here use holes underneath the houses to hold all of the junk. So yeah, we helped dig a dung hole. It was pretty fun I guess. Got a few pictures of it.
The middle of it S. Campos showed up to talk to Maria, so we convinced her to climb into the hole, so I got some pictures of that too.
Friday - It was raining today. In the morning we were supposed to have a lesson with Silvia, since S. Campos couldn´t have it last night. The lesson was supposed to be at noon, but she couldn´t show up, so we postponed it until 6 later that night. She showed up at 6, and we talked a lot about how Jehovah is Jesus, not God. It rained basically the entire day too.
Saturday - The Stake youth had an activity, some sort of theater show something or other. Anywho, they needed props and things, so we helped make a boat really quick in the morning, and then headed over to the family Wilte for lunch, who we have lunch with every 4th Saturday. There were a couple people there that I had never met before, so I got to know them. Afterwards we went over to a members house whose sister and family are not members. Taught them a little bit. Reminded others to go to church the next morning. At night we were finally given the news that neither of us would be getting transferred out of the area this transfer. Which means I will have my full 4 transfers in my area (almost 6 months), and then I will be getting moved. Nobody has more than
Sunday - In the morning, we went to church. We do that every Sunday morning ;). My companion taught the Gospel Principles lesson over service, I think it was. After church, the Campos family found out that they locked their keys in the car (the ex bishop did, haha) and they didn´t have a spare set of keys (they didnt know where they were in the house). So basically the whole ward went outside to try and help get the car unlocked. For some reason everybody tried sticking a hanger through the top of the window and pulling up on the lock. Well, if anybody has seen any decent movie within the past 10 years, everybody knows to go right above the keyhole, against the window and the black thingy that protects the window. So I suggested it. Yeah nobody really listened to the dumb missionary haha. So the bishop comes out, and he takes my advice. After 30 minutes of the ward trying to open the car, the bishop gets it using my way in about 3 minutes. Movies are useful after all! Who knew? Went back to the pench to change, had lunch with the family Pérez. Visited the family Araya. We're going to have a family home evening with them this Wednesday.
Monday - today. We had to wake up at 6, to get to the offices at 7:50. Transfer meeting!! Nothing particularly special. We both stayed, obviously. Basically NOBODY in our entire zone got moved. A lot of other zones each had like 4 or 5 new missionaries though. Good luck with that!
My spanish has really kicked up this week. I´ve been talking with everybody pretty fluently, and most of the time I dont even think of it in english before it comes out in spanish. A few members have commented (in just this past week) how much better I have been talking, and how easily it seems to be coming. So thats good news.
We haven´t had a ton of new investigators recently, but we have still been teaching lessons to everybody that we can in the streets. Thanks for all the letters that have been written, I enjoy reading them.
Wow my ldsmail is terrible today. I tried sending that letter for the past 30 minutes.
Other than that I think my letter was pretty much finished. Until next
week...
-Collin
Last Monday - We had our zone activity after I had emailed. We went to the church building in which we have our district meetings, but like every zone activity, nothing was really ´´planned´´. Just do something and have fun.... So as it turns out, since soccer is such a big influence down here, we ended up playing soccer for a few hours. Then we had a bunch of facturas (sweet bread things) delivered, and once that was finished we left for the day. We got back to our area at about 6:45, still had to shower, so by the time we got outside it was pretty late
for the day.
Tuesday - Had our district meeting in the morning. Last district meeting of the transfer. Nothing special really. Lunch at Marias, like every Tuesday. Not really sure what else happened... we did our normal gig, when people didn´t answer the doors we just walked the streets and taught lessons to the people who were standing outside.
Wednesday - In the morning we tried to go to a couple peoples houses that we hadn´t been to in a while, but we actually taught a lot of lessons with people we had never met before, so we never ended up getting to anybodys house. Lunch at Salinas, like every Wednesday. Afterwards we tried visiting a new investigator that we had, who hadn´t shown up to church the last week, but he wasn´t home.
Thursday - Had lunch at Espindolas, like every Thursday. Then did some more service at Marias house. The last week we painted her wall, this week we helped dig a hole. Want to know what the hole is for? She´s adding a second bathroom, and the bathrooms here use holes underneath the houses to hold all of the junk. So yeah, we helped dig a dung hole. It was pretty fun I guess. Got a few pictures of it.
Friday - It was raining today. In the morning we were supposed to have a lesson with Silvia, since S. Campos couldn´t have it last night. The lesson was supposed to be at noon, but she couldn´t show up, so we postponed it until 6 later that night. She showed up at 6, and we talked a lot about how Jehovah is Jesus, not God. It rained basically the entire day too.
Saturday - The Stake youth had an activity, some sort of theater show something or other. Anywho, they needed props and things, so we helped make a boat really quick in the morning, and then headed over to the family Wilte for lunch, who we have lunch with every 4th Saturday. There were a couple people there that I had never met before, so I got to know them. Afterwards we went over to a members house whose sister and family are not members. Taught them a little bit. Reminded others to go to church the next morning. At night we were finally given the news that neither of us would be getting transferred out of the area this transfer. Which means I will have my full 4 transfers in my area (almost 6 months), and then I will be getting moved. Nobody has more than
Sunday - In the morning, we went to church. We do that every Sunday morning ;). My companion taught the Gospel Principles lesson over service, I think it was. After church, the Campos family found out that they locked their keys in the car (the ex bishop did, haha) and they didn´t have a spare set of keys (they didnt know where they were in the house). So basically the whole ward went outside to try and help get the car unlocked. For some reason everybody tried sticking a hanger through the top of the window and pulling up on the lock. Well, if anybody has seen any decent movie within the past 10 years, everybody knows to go right above the keyhole, against the window and the black thingy that protects the window. So I suggested it. Yeah nobody really listened to the dumb missionary haha. So the bishop comes out, and he takes my advice. After 30 minutes of the ward trying to open the car, the bishop gets it using my way in about 3 minutes. Movies are useful after all! Who knew? Went back to the pench to change, had lunch with the family Pérez. Visited the family Araya. We're going to have a family home evening with them this Wednesday.
Monday - today. We had to wake up at 6, to get to the offices at 7:50. Transfer meeting!! Nothing particularly special. We both stayed, obviously. Basically NOBODY in our entire zone got moved. A lot of other zones each had like 4 or 5 new missionaries though. Good luck with that!
My spanish has really kicked up this week. I´ve been talking with everybody pretty fluently, and most of the time I dont even think of it in english before it comes out in spanish. A few members have commented (in just this past week) how much better I have been talking, and how easily it seems to be coming. So thats good news.
We haven´t had a ton of new investigators recently, but we have still been teaching lessons to everybody that we can in the streets. Thanks for all the letters that have been written, I enjoy reading them.
Wow my ldsmail is terrible today. I tried sending that letter for the past 30 minutes.
Other than that I think my letter was pretty much finished. Until next
week...
-Collin
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