Monday, December 16, 2013
So I will start off with my week.
Monday: That morning we went and
played soccer with some youth. Some of Claudias kids, a few members, and
friends. It was a lot of fun. I am okay at soccer. All the kids can do tricks
and stuff but I cant. I still can do enough to be able to score some goals! It
was a lot of fun and it was hot too. Afterwards we went to a Members house and
had lunch. Empenadas! So good! I think it is my favorite food so far! I am
going to make them all the time when I get home! Then later we went to the
church and did emails, later bought our groceries and finished washing clothes!
That night was slow. We had two lessons. One with an investigator, and one was
a RC/LA lesson.
Tuesday was good. We had 5
lessons with investigators. We found a couple new people to teach, received
some referrals and all.
Wednesday we traveled to
Santiago for the conference with Presidente Levrino, Sis. Levrino, and Elder
Ferreira from the 70 with Sis Ferreira! It was an awesome conference! We
learned a lot about the Atonement of Jesus Christ, also of the role of the Holy
Ghost. A lot of why recent converts are so important, just different things
that we can do to help accelerate the work in our zone… members, church
attendance, a lot. It was a great experience. Elder Ferreira was the first AP
in the Salta mission and he also served in Santiago.
Thursday we had weekly planning
morning and half of the afternoon, and that night we had 3 lessons with a
member present. We hadnt been able to have a member come with us until this
day.
Friday and Saturday were
also days with not a whole lots of lessons. We were able to go by a few more RC [recent converts] and LA [less active] members. Some were home and some were not which left us with a whole lot
of walking. Contacted a lot of our referrals and received some more. They
weren´t way bad days.
Sunday we had some lessons in
the morning and committed them to church in the afternoon. We have church
at 7pm now instead of 6 pm. Its a little bit better because
everybody complains that its so hot and people come late most of the time
anyway. There is literally like no one in the streets, and if they dont have to,
people would rather not leave their houses. At church we had 31 people in
Sacrament meeting. We had 3 investigators there. It was a pretty good
meeting.
And then now it is today and I am
writing you. Now I will answer your questions.
We are making sure this week that the
members have skype. But if not and I wont be able to use it I will be able to
contact you one way or another. Our PDay will be on Christmas next week. I would
have to just be able to send you an email to let you know about when.
So the package, the APs sent out an
email talking about packages that are sent through DHL and all, and I thought
that they probably sent it because of mom and dad. Then I read your email and
Dad had called them. hahaha But I am sure he told you guys the same things he
said in the email. That it is safer to send packages through normal mail.
It sounds like you guys have had a
pretty good week. I hope your Christmas program goes well!
Its just going to be getting even more hotter. I hear that the province of Santiago is one of the hottest in Argentina, and I am going to be here all Summer long. Well for you all winter.
Its just going to be getting even more hotter. I hear that the province of Santiago is one of the hottest in Argentina, and I am going to be here all Summer long. Well for you all winter.
Anyway it is time for me to go now! I
hope that you have an awesome week! I love you guys!
Merry early Christmas!!!
Elder Dawson
