October 20, 2014
Buen Día!!!!!
Okay, so this week the letter is not going to be all the
great because I don’t have much time like at all to write. I’ve been
downloading music from the church website pretty much the whole time because
the other day I bought a pen-drive from some guy in the street. It’s a cute
little minion from Despicable Me! :) Hopefully it’s not a rip off. It was 180
pesos and it’s 16 GB which is super cheap here for so much storage. I guess we’ll
see. Wow, I have no idea why I just explained so much about my pen-drive. Meh,
oh well.
So to start, Happy Mother’s Day in Argentina all
you mothers out there! Yep that’s right, yesterday was Mother’s Day here in Argentina!!
Everybody asked us if we got to talk to our moms...jaja no, I wish!! Oh well,
just two more months ‘til Christmas, so it’s cool.
So there is an Elder in my ward from South
Jordan so we decided it would be super fun if we did a Halloween
party in the ward kind of like Trunk or Treat where everyone can dress up and
get candy, but instead of cars do it in the classrooms in the church because
hardly anyone has cars here. So yeah, we planned the whole thing with our ward
mission leader, Elder Walton made fliers and everything and we started inviting
investigators. Well, yesterday at church we had a meeting with the Bishop and
he told us that people were complaining about the activity because they thought
it had to do with Satan or something like that. Umm....OKAY. The bishop told us
he was all for the idea, but we just wouldn’t have successful because the
members didn’t feel comfortable with the whole dressing up thing and what not.
So now we’re going to have a talent show sometime in November. I’m pretty
bummed. Cultural differences are real. That’s all. Hopefully we’ll have success
in November with the Talent Show...
So we have this little old investigator named Norma. She’s
the cutest. I think I already wrote about her and how she only has half her
teeth. Well, she went to church yesterday and stayed for almost all of it! It
was great! Between our time teaching her and the time before when the
missionaries were teaching her she has like 8 church attendances which is a
ton! Usually we baptize with 3 attendances. The thing with her is that she doesn’t
have all the lessons because we can’t see her very much since she’s so busy.
Just keep her in your prayers so that we can teach her and she can get baptized
this week!
So I’ve been reading the New Testament for a little while to
be able to know how Jesus taught and how I can apply it into my own teaching. I
absolutely LOVE it!! It is so beautiful and I have learned so much! His
perfection amazes me more and more each day (some how that’s possible). Also, 2
days ago I decided I want to read the Old Testament too. I don’t have much time
in my personal study in the morning so I’m reading it at night after our
planning session. I just decided I wanted to understand the stories, history,
and doctrines in the Bible better. Let me tell you, it is fascinating! I love
it! I just love reading the scriptures so much and I can always feel of the
truthfulness of them as I read them, whether it be the Bible or the Book of
Mormon! It’s the greatest!
Well, that’s all the time I have today! Sorry I couldn’t
write more about my week! :/ Maybe next week’s letter will be better... Love
you all! Thank you for your prayers and your support! They mean the world to
me! Have a great week! Remember, when we love the way the Savior does, miracles
happen. And of course, Stay Anxiously Engaged!! :)
xoxo,
Hermana Van
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