Its me down here in Argentina again haha....
This week was very interesting, and a lot happened haha.
First, on Monday, we had a lesson with Abril y Milagros, who have a baptismal date, and their friend Anderson, who is so awesome. When we arrived, they told us that they had another friend there, and we were super stoked since we love getting new investigators. We walked in and he told us how important the scriptures were to him. We gave the first lesson, and the spirit was super strong. We bore testimony, and it was super good. We invited the friend to read the Libro de Mormón, and then the gloves came off......he pulled out his Bible and railed us. Really destroyed everything. It stunk, and we arent here to fight so we just bore testimony, but everything was swamped. Super Awkward.
Fast forward 3 days.....We return to teach the same girls.....and he´s there again....and I have to admit that when I came around the corner and saw him, I let out a little groan. Then, Elder Ribeiro was talking to Abril y Milagros, and I was left one on one with Esteban. Rah-Roh....the kid speaks a million miles per hour. We were talking about just random stuff and the conversation turned to the mission, and the scriptures, and to the Book of Mormon. I shared a personal experience about the Book of Mormon, and felt that I should invite him to read 3 Nephi 11, when Christ visits the Americas. AND HE ACCEPTED!!! It was so cool and the spirit was super strong. The gift of tongues is so real, especially in the moments when the Lord knows that someone needs it.
We did exchanges again this week, and it was me and another new gringo, Elder Healy. We did some serious work. It was raining hard, and we talked to like 20-25 people on the street on knocking doors.....it felt really good, and we even got a new investigator and gave the first lesson....so cool!
While we were doing exchanges, Elder Healy and I were walking, and passed a woman who was at someone´s house. We crossed the street and were walking when we heard, ¨Chicos!¨ We turned around and she motioned for us. We walked over and she asked us if we were the ¨Mormones¨ and then started to pour her soul out to us and tell us about how she has had depression for 8 years and someone killed her husband and how she has suicidal thoughts...and plead for our help. She gave us her phone number and we bore testimony of the love and the plan that God has for her, it was so cool! The Lord truly guides us and puts us in the path of the people that we need to talk to.
Anyways, Sergio y Ines, our GOLDEN investigators have a baptismal date! It was a powerful lesson and they said they want to be baptized without hesitation, they are scheduled for December 5th. They also came to Stake Conference this week, which is like an hour from their house...they are comitted!
Funny:
It was raining hard for a few days this week so it was cold and there were a ton of puddles, so Elder Ribeiro and I were trying to push eachother into the big puddles, I got him when he wasnt paying attention and it was a huge puddle hahahaha
In stake conference one man gave a talk, and then sat down....a few minutes later his phone went off....and it was a chipmunk ringtone....he took off out of the room and it was super funny and everyone was laughing...poor guy haha
This morning we got on the bus and I missed the step, and everyone was watching and I just looked dumb...pretty funny, but lame
To answer your questions:
1) The buses are insane, dont get in front because they probably wont stop haha....a lot of times there are so many people in them that you cant really move...super fun though....most of the cars are super run down from like the 60´s and a ton of smog and half the time something is dragging under the car....the occasional horse-drawn wagon is quite common as well.
2) My comp is from Manaus Brazil, and he is a good missionary! He talk super fast, so i think i understand like 40% of what he says, but its getting better.
3) No they dont have good american food like pizza, cookies, hamburgers, etc. They have all those foods, but they arent anywhere near the same....kinda disappointing hahaha
Overall the week was good, challenging, meaningful, uplifting, and basically every other adjective you can think of. The mission is so hard, but so powerful and rewarding. This is the Lord´s work and we are his servants. Im so blessed to be able to serve him for two years!
Con amor,
Elder Conover
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