Today is the first time we have had p-day on Tuesday. Its really weird because everything had become a routine, so yesterday it was strange working a normal day. But its also kind of nice to have a break in the middle of the week. Honestly it doesn't really matter because if we stay here in Arroyito there is nothing to do anyway. Our new president is changing all the rules. We can't even watch Disney movies on p-day anymore haha...oh well.
So last Monday we were in San Francisco, and we stayed the night there for the meetings on Tuesday. Thankfully we didn't have to sleep on the floor again because we realized that we could sleep in the abandoned apartment of sister missionaries there in the city. They took the sisters out last month. So we slept there and their apartment is sooo much nicer than all the elders apartments. Its crazy how much more comfortable the beds were. I slept great.
On Tuesday we had the meetings of our zone. Its was our zone leader Elder Valdez's last meeting, he's Mexican and he's probably home by now. He's about 300 lbs. and he's really funny. He told us that his uncle is "el chapo" a famous Mexican drug Lord and some of the Hermanas in our district actually believed him. In the evening we came back to Arroyito in time to eat dinner with some members. We ate ñokies, it's this kinda pasta stuff, its probably my favorite food here. And we watched the Uruguay-Paraguay match, Uruguay won so my companion was super happy.
On Wednesday we taught some people. Our main investigators are named Valeria and Alicia. Valeria has been an investigator for years and years..she has a son who was baptized, his names Leo but he hates the church now and ever time he sees me he curses in English cause he thinks its the funniest thing ever. Valeria was going to get baptized 2 years ago but they all stopped going to church because some sister missionary offended them or something. They have a big long story about it haha, but now we really have the trust of her and she is making really good progress. She's come to church twice, and she wants to get baptized but she wants to get baptized together with her husband. He's the real delay, he doesn't believe in God because one of his brothers died as a baby. However, today we were able to read him portions of Moroni chapter 8...
Verse 19 Little children cannot repent; wherefore, it is awful wickedness to deny the pure mercies of God unto them, for they are all alive in him because of his mercy.
22 For behold that all little children are alive in Christ, and also all they that are without the law. For the power of redemption cometh on all them that have no law; wherefore, he that is not condemned, or he that is under no condemnation, cannot repent; and unto such baptism availeth nothing.
So we were able to explain that all little children who die, are saved, because they are pure and innocent and they cannot sin. Also all persons who don't know right from wrong. So hopefully, that will help him be able to get back on track.
Our other main investigator Alicia wasn't able to do her reading. It hurts her eyes so we are going to help her download the audio app of the BOM next time we go.
On Thursday it got really hot and it was a day of failure basically we couldn't get anything done. No one was home. We ran into bishop in the street he said that he pulled a muscle playing soccer with us the other day haha. Before we went home at the end of the day, we went to a fruit store they had watermelons. I was super excited to buy it because I love watermelon and I haven't eaten it for 7 months. They were imported from Brazil the Lady told me so I bought one and we ate part of it that night. It was warm inside, and me and my comp both got sick, but he was way worse than me. He threw up in the night 3 times, I never did but I felt like it. So the whole next day he was in bed dying and we couldn't go outside. Its so depressing being inside all day long in the mission I can't express how awful it is. You read for about 4 hours but after that there is just nothing to do but think and that doesn't end well, at least not for me because I think about home. I felt like I was back in my first area with my "sick" companion. So anyways that's probably the last time I'll buy watermelon here.
By Saturday he felt good enough to work. We helped set up a birthday party for a little girl in the ward who turned 8. Her mom makes all these balloon decorations, she does it really well. She does it at weddings and stuff too. Saturday was also the day where we found out the transfers for the next 6 weeks. Me and my companion are both staying here.
Sunday was the first ever ward conference of Arroyito. A bunch of people from the stake came, and also a ton of less a active members came for the conference so it was great to have the church full. It was my best Sunday here by far, but not because of the stake people, but the normal members from our ward did a really good job with the classes and it was really spiritual. Bishop Carranza gave a great talk and he talked about how choices determine our destiny. Our destiny isn't predetermined, we can choose who we want to become, who we want to be. The choices we make have eternal consequences... In one of the classes we talked about sacrifice. We were told to imagine how Abraham felt when he was about to have to sacrifice his son Isaac. And then imagine how God felt when he actually had to sacrifice his only son, for us.
On Monday it was just a normal day, we taught Valeria and we taught the law of chastity. Our favorite thing to teach! Not. But we found out that she's actually married, we thought she wasn't for some reason. So that's a big obstacle gone. So this week we will be teaching her how to stop smoking then hopefully shell get baptized!
That's about it!
Happy birthday McCauley!
Love, Elder Christensen
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