Wednesday was probably our best day of the week, we had lunch with the Rengifo family, it was our first time going to their house for lunch because they usually just drop it off at our house. It was fun getting to know them a little bit better. They told us about how the dad had served his mission here in cordoba, and that where he lives right now was his favorite area. He had baptized his current next door neighbors while he was on his mission. His next door neighbors son has also robbed their house in the past, stealing a tv, thousands and thousands of pesos, and lots of other stuff. They knew it was him, and he eventually apologized but never gave the stuff back. Nice. That night we visited claudio, he is the son of the ward mission leader but is living with his girlfriend. Claudio is really great, we have previously had some spiritual experiences in his home, and we had another one that night. We went in there planning to read alma 34 with them, but the spirit kinda guided us a lot and we didn't even end up reading any of that, we just read a lot of scriptures that we felt they needed to hear, and asked some inspired questions as well. I asked his girl friend if she had ever had an answer from God in her life, and she started crying a ton and told about how they had wanted a baby for a long time but they never could, so she prayed and then got pregnant. It was a really special experience for her. The lesson was really good, we are excited for them.
On thursday we knocked a lot of doors, not a lot of success, in the evening we had English class like always. We only had 3 students but it was fun! After we were supposed to have our meeting with our ward mission leader, but we invited him to help us teach the word of wisdom to Kenti (one of our investigators/english students) who was supposed to be getting baptized on Easter. The lesson went really well, she accepted everything. But right after the lesson, brother contreras (the ward mission leader) got a crazy pain in his side and asked us to give him a blessing, then went to the hospital. (He is okay now though).
On friday we taught kenti the law of chastity, she said she thinks it will be hard but that she will try her best to keep it. We told her that God knows we aren't perfect, but that he blesses us and helps us if we try to do our best. After that we taught Gimena, the girl that speaks english. Its one of the first times that Ive actually taught a full lesson in english, it was easier in some ways but also hard because I kept slipping into spanish! Im just so used to talking about these topics in spanish.
Saturday was supposed to be a big day, we had 2 baptismal interviews set up. A brazillian elder came to do the interviews. The first one was for a 10 year old girl named malanie, that ended in disappointment though because she wasn't even home, but her mom was, and told us that malanie would not be allowed to be baptized. Her reason was that she (the mom) had had a bad experience in the church and didn't want malanie to have one, and also said that she didn't have faith that malanie could continue in the path after baptism. The second interview was with Kenti, she passed, supposedly it was complicated but she had everything set up for sunday.
Annnnd she didn't come to church on sunday, so now her baptismal date will have to be changed from this saturday to this sunday. Gimena came to church though! It was her second sunday in a row, she seems to be liking it a lot! We had lunch with her and her family after, none of them are members but it was a fun time. It was nice of them to invite us on Easter, its not really as big of a holiday as it is in America, but they still celebrate a little and they eat chocolate eggs and stuff!
Yesterday we had to go to cordoba to do some paperwork for my companion elder Mooneyham to receive his argentine ID and become legal in the country. It was just a bunch of waiting in a police building, but it was fun to see lots of the younger guys in the mission who are just starting. They always have a bunch of funny stories from their first days in the mission, and its also crazy to realize how far I've come in the mission. This could be my second to last area, and I might only have 2 or 3 more companions...but you never know.
I like these scriptures in 2 Nephi 22:
2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation.
3 Therefore, with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Life is hard, but we just have to trust in God. Salvation is for anyone, we just have to go to the well and draw out water...we have to go to him.
Im out of time! Love you all, hope your easter was great and that everyone is doing well.
Love, Elder Christensen
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