Week 51: Crepes and fun!

Hellooooo!! World!!

This week has been incredible, sorry I couldn't write last week, we had to run to our zone activity and their wasn't much time, but I'll update you all real quick on the week!

So! Investigators, well, we are teaching right now, not a ton like I'd like to be doing, but we've got a few investigators. First we are working with Alexis, he's the son of a family of members, he's really awesome, he loves to come to church and he knows it's really important to come to church and everything, but he's having a hard time because he can't stop smoking, so we're helping him out with that. 

We're also teaching a family, their names are Hector and Cynthia, they are awesome, they have 2 daughters and have been together fro 10 years! But like the mayority here in Argentina, they aren't married. But they are so awesome, they read all of the pamphlets that we leave with them and when we get back they essentially teach us the lesson! haha!

As well, we are working with a little girl and her family, her name is sharon and she is 10 years old, she is a little shy and her family was less active, but now they come to church and she is going to be baptized with her siblings in november or december, because her brother and sister are 7. But they are super fun to teach, it's always fun teaching little kids.

And we are teaching another little kid, his name is Luciano, his family is still a little less active, but we are working with them so that they can come back.

And we are also teaching another family, their names are Camila and Matias, they aren't married either, but Matias is a member already, but he was less active for awhile, but now they have a marriage date and everything! But it's in January, but that's alright! they are both awesome!

And those are the mayority of the people we are teaching right now, we are still looking to teach a lot more people and I'm sure we'll find some more this week!!

On Monday we had our zone activity, we played this Football game with questions from Preach my Gospel, where they had to answer to advance! Whoo! that was super fun too!! 

Also another fun thing we did this week, the ward had a talent show activity!! The missionaries couldn't participate, but it was awesome to see some crazy dancing and as well, some did some classic dancing from argentina, and a young man even sang in English! Wow! It was super incredible! (and he sang really well!)

This week I've been learning a lot about the importance of being kind, Elder Gonzalez and I, we are great together, but we've had a few little problems here and there. (What can you expect being together 24/7 haha!) But I've found it is really important to look and find the good in others, and then tell them! So that's one of the things that I'm trying to do right now. 

As well, I'm trying to always remember to pray, to pray in every moment, it's so important to have the help of God, in lessons in the street, in every  moment, so I am trying to remember to always always pray!

Whoo! Thanks for all of your support! I love you all! I'm at a year this Friday! WHOO!!  Love you all!

-Elder Slack

P.S. Photos from the week! I learned to make crepes a while ago and I love to make them always, and one of them looks like a buffalo. 

Week 31: The week of everything!

Hello! Still here in Argentina!

I've been having a great time in my new area with my new companion Elder Cordeiro, he's a stud! We've been working really hard and we're really dedicated to the work, so we're hoping to see success by the end of this transfer. 

This week has been full of so many different things. Really though. so full. It's been so exciting to serve here in villegas. The members here are amazing, so loving and caring for the missionaries, It's such a blessing to have a ward where everyone wants to preach the gospel!

Well, what did we do this week, well, first off. THE MIRACLE OF THE WEEK: Yesterday, well, for the whole week me and my companion we were really really focused on our goal to find new investigators, we put the goal to find 15 new investigators during the whole week, it was a really good week, all was going well, but when yesterday came, we had only found 5 new investigators for the week. So, what do we do?? We decided, we have to find 10 investigators, we just have to! It was incredible, we were able to work the whole day, we had like 10 extra minutes before lunch, so we're like "Let's go!" And we bopped around really quick and we stumbled upon this family that were all sitting outside their house cooking up their asado for the sunday, and BAM! We slid right in their and taught them, BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM 6 new investigators in 1 lesson!! That's what I'm talking about! Then later that day, we're bopping around some more looking for some gold references we received from one of our other investigators and we pass by this group of guys playing futbol on the street. BAM! We slide right on over and talk them up a bit, BAM BAM! 2 more new investigators!! We're on a good run! We now have surpassed the amount we had the week before. And then, we pass on by the house of a member to use the bathroom real quick, they give us some diamond references of their neighbors who heard the missionaries before. Then as we are leaving, the hermana comments that this kid who is posted up on a car about 20 feet away needs a little help as well. Well, one can't simply resist that no? We slide right on over, we teach him standing in the sidewalk, BAM! We only need 1 more investigator!!! We're soooooo close, and we still have 2 and a half hours!! We go on a hunt, looking high and low! There has to be someone else who is in need of missionaries at this hour! We searched without success for 2 hours, we've got 30 minutes left! We're looking and looking! And then.... Who comes to mind?? None other than willey! Who's willey you might ask? Well, we had talked with him the other day, he's an old investigator, his wife is member but less-active. Well, we pass by his house... and.... BAM, actually he's super drunk, we enter in his house and teach something, but we didn't count it as a new investigator because, I don't think this morning he remembers any of the things that we taught him. Haha! But yeah. That's the miracle of the week! As we search in faith we can find!

As well, just a quick fun fact, here in my area of Villegas A, there are a ton of paraguayos, or people from paraguay, they are super great, and make some delicious food. I tried this soy coffee this week, from a member.  It's not coffee, it's just called that, it doesn't have caffeine or anything, super duper delicious. 

Anyways. I hope you are all great! I love you guys!!

-Elder Slack