Monday, January 6, 2014
So this week has been pretty nuts. Monday we
had Pday and transfers. Elder Moreno and I left Frias at about 5:30 AM and
arrived in Santiago at about 8 AM. He
then left with some other missionaries. He is now in Tucuman as a Zone Leader,
his first leadership calling in the mission besides Senior Comp. Then from
there I stayed with Elder Trinidad for the day. He is one of the ZL´s (his
companion left too). We went to his apartment and stayed there until about 4
PM when we returned to the Bus Station and our companions arrived. My Companion
came from Salta and so it was a 7 hour bus ride.
Elder Ramirez is my companion and he
is from Mexico. He lives about 30 minutes from the border beneath Arizona. He
knows a good bit of English. I really like him a lot. He has 13 months in his
mission . . . 5 months older than I.
After they arrived we then hurried to
some computers in the Bus Station to write you guys. Then at about 4:30 PM we
left on our bus back to Frias. It was a common bus which means they have
stopping points. The direct bus doesnt go around in the afternoon. It was a 3
hour ride back. It was hot, hot air, and full of people. We arrived at about 7:30
PM or so. Then from there to the apartment and then we worked.
Tuesday and Wednesday there was rain
storms. Everything in Frias was fine. A little rain, cool wind, cloudy skies;
but in Santiago they had tornados. Super bad rain, wind, and hail. But there
was nothing in Frias.
But this week we have worked pretty
hard. We are teaching a family named the Zingales Family (Parents and 3 little
kids - two over 8 yrs), and one day we left them the pamphlet for Lesson 1 of
the Restoration to read and also the introduction to the Book of Mormon. When
we came back he showed us a power point that he made of what they had learned
and read. He pretty much taught us the complete lesson. Talked about
everything, including the testimonies of the three witnesses and the eight
witnesses. It was super awesome. They also came to church last night! Pretty
awesome week.
I read and copied your letter to
print so that I could read it again later. I will talk to you guys again next
week. I love you!!
Elder
Dawson
