225 Days to go....

> ¡hey familia!
> my package arrived! actually it made it last monday, but after i wrote
> to you guys. it arrived fast from rawson... jajaja
> but MUCHAS GRACIAS! i loved the dulces and the t-shirt. last week, i
> was able to go to bambu with my district, elder colombres and
> castillo! they just kind of showed up and it was really fun. we ate
> really good too. colombres is training right now and it was cool
> meeting his new comp. he told me that the missionary i trained is in
> his zone in roca, and he isn´t the happiest... that made me sad, but
> i´m going to try to talk to him somehow.
> daylight savings? sounds fun springing forward. jajaja. nobody does
> that here. i remember last winter when the sun didn´t come out until
> 9 in the morning. it makes me happy that dad enjoyed his
> birthday-week. 7-0 avs? but there weren´t any fist fights on the ice?
> those are fun to watch too.
> this week went very well. the only downer is that grecia, brenda, and
> daniel, and sandra weren´t able to make it. grecia´s baby was sick in
> the morning and the day was kind of foggy and rainy so she decided it
> was a bad idea to go. the bishop´s wife passed by her house to bring
> her to church but grecia is really excited to go next week. she is
> very sincere and we love teaching her.
> the others are kids that really want to go to church but their moms
> don´t support them, and won´t bring them, even though they are members
> of the church. we passed by the house of sandra, and her mom told us
> that she couldn´t go because she is sleeping. it was almost 9 and we
> asked her to wake her up but she wouldn´t do it. she said that she is
> going to sleep until 12 (but church ends at 12). we told her we will
> pass by at 10:30 so she can be ready, but then they didn´t answer the
> door. i was pretty upset with that woman... but other than that,
> things went pretty well. we had 3 investigators in church and we are
> preparing them for the 24th. things are looking good from here. in
> church, we doubled the attendance in the reunión sacramental! we had
> 42 in church, and last week we had 18! we found some awesome families
> that are ready to start over and come to church every week. we are
> trying to inspire the members of the church to rededicate themselves
> to the gospel and invite all that they can to strengthen the ward in
> cinco saltos. i really liked that quote that dad wrote me this week-
> it´s not the hours you put in your work that count, it´s the work in
> the hours. we are having a lot of success because we are planning
> really well and we are cumpliendo! it´s makes me feel really good!
> this friday, the elders in centenario are going to have a baptism at 7
> in the afternoon. it was going to happen on saturday and i already
> had the interview with the girl this week, but the bishop was a punk
> about it and said she needs another day in church to get to know her
> better. she has been attending for a while... but this friday it
> should happen for sure, and now they can prepare a little better. the
> hermanas in centenario are struggling a little right now because
> nobody is really progressing for them. i interviewed both of them
> last tuesday before the district meeting to see what i can do to help
> them better and it went very well. they are preparing a woman with
> her grandson to be baptized on the 24th as well.
> my district is staying busy and we have a lot to do. that is the
> beautiful thing about cinco saltos and centenario :) .
> i sent pictures of the french fries and hamburger that i made this
> week for me and my comp. yummy, no? i love home made french fries! i
> will make some with you guys later. i sent some good fotos for your
> new desktop pictures! jajaja, es un chiste. i messed up my foot, but
> now it healed.
> we saw a lot of miracles this week. put some new fechas bautismales,
> brought a lot of people to church again, we were able to heal a dying
> woman with the priesthood. a lot of really special experiences that i
> will never forget.
> right now, i am studying the old testament. in levítico, it is really
> interesting how it describes all of the sacrifices that they had to
> do. that was part of the law of moses for an atonement of their sins.
> i´m grateful that all of that stuff isn´t necessary anymore! as
> elder zarceño and i prepared the sacrament this week in church, and it
> made me think a lot about how it would be as a priest in moses´ time.
> really bloody... but it made me a lot more grateful for the atonement
> that was made for us. i now have a new understanding of alma 34:10
> and i´m grateful for that infinite sacrifice that the savior was able
> to make. now i´m reading in the book of numeros of the bible, and it
> is very interesting as well.
> i have now made it to the point that if i talk on the phone, people
> think i am latino. it makes me so happy. and! i can pass as an
> argentino if i wear normal clothes without a nametag. i haven´t done
> that, but that´s what they say... just a happy thought.
> well, i love you guys! please keep sending the fotos and keep us in
> your prayers. la obra sigue!
> con mucho amor y ánimo,
> elder summers