Thank you all so much for the birthday emails. I wish that I could respond to every single one of you one by one, but the time just doesn't permit that. But I love you all and I can feel the support of each and every one of you!
This week was great, and we definitely saw a lot of miracles and the Power of the Atonement in the lives of the people.
First off, on Pday, we had a super tranquilo day. We bought food, did Ciber, and then we went and slept. It was awesome haha.
Anyways, this week we had a lot happen, and we got to speak on the Radio again! The church this year is doing a Christmas Program ¨Ilumina El Mundo,¨ and we got to speak about it to about 30,000 people! Then a member in our branch told us that someone told him that they heard ¨The Mormons¨ speaking on the radio! So, we are starting to look for radio stations to speak on! We should be speaking on a different radio station on Thursday as well!
This week we saw a lot of miracles with Silvia! She is still reading the Book of Mormon, and progressing like crazy. We got to teach her with an amazing couple in our branch this week, and we talked about the Word of Wisdom. She told us that she smokes (smoked) 20 per day. However, she committed to stop, and we went over a plan with her to stop smoking, bought her some stuff, and she hasn´t smoked in 5 days! She is now sharing the Christmas video with her friends, and she and her daughter Maria came to church yesterday, and Silvia was crying in Sacrament Meeting. It was such an amazing blessing to see!
This week, we also found more new investigators than I have in any other week in my whole mission! We found 11 News! It was amazing!
Finally, I had a really amazing, uplifting experience this week.
First off, my first few transfers, I always felt super intimidated by everything in the mission. The rules, language, the expectations, everything. I often looked at the older missionaries, just feeling so insignificant, feeling so inadequate.
I got to do interchanges with a new missionary, Elder Skonnard. It went well, and I really enjoyed it. At the end, I sat down with him, and we had a little ¨review¨ of the intercambio. He told me how much he wishes he could be like me, and that he thinks that he never will be able to.
It was such a blessing to be able to realize that not only do I have the time of the missionary role models when I was new, but that the Lord has molded me and shaped me to be the kind of missinary that can lift and help others. I am so grateful for the atonement.
Funny (It was a good week)
We were talking to an investigator, and she asked us if we believe in birth control. As you can imagine, those words are not usually in the missionary vocabulary, but we managed. She gave us examples of a few types of birth control, and she mentioned ¨Pastillas,¨ which means ¨Pills.¨ However, Elder Mulliner forgot that, and he thought she was talking about ¨Pastels.¨ He said that he got super confused, and he thought, ¨Why the heck are you talking about crayons?¨
This week, we were teaching a family, and the grandpa was kinda awkardly sitting near us, and not really helping the conversation (he was interrupting a lot haha). He stopped me at one point, and asked me if I was Argentine. Well, that made me feel great, since that would mean my accent is way good......but then I found out that he is almost deaf. Dang it.
I Love You All So Much!
Elder Conover
The District
Silvia and Maria! She is drinking a TON of grapefruit juice
since it helps people stop smoking.
A beautiful sunset!
The Mission Curve
Ex-comp selfie
This is a Catholic Santo Shrine.
This one is called ¨Gauchito Gil¨
The District
Silvia and Maria! She is drinking a TON of grapefruit juice
since it helps people stop smoking.
A beautiful sunset!
The Mission Curve
Ex-comp selfie
This is a Catholic Santo Shrine.
This one is called ¨Gauchito Gil¨
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