Week 38~

Elder Knight shined my shoes- que capo!

This one is going to be a little bit shorter this week because I am trying to send a bunch of pictures, but pictures are worth a thousand words so I sent like 9000 words.. But this week was so great as always. We had another week of craziness. As leaders theres always something every day that happens that makes it so we don't get to just work all day in our area and visit all of the people we have planned, but it keeps things interesting so I love it! This week we did divisions with the assistants so I went to Rosario for a day and worked there with one of my best friends in the mission Elder Holloway. We lived together in my last area and became super good friends so it was super cool to be with him for the day in Rosario. I learned a bunch from him and after divisions were over I had one of those moments again in the mission where I thought,¨what am I doing?¨ I need to step my game up. I have found that that happens fairly often to me on the mission. I get to a certain point or a certain level and just start to feel comfortable and limit my progress a little bit, but then I get a wake up call and realize I have so much to improve on and so many things to change! And I had one of those moments this week, I started feeling really bad about myself and about all of the things I need to work on. But I remembered a scripture in 2nd Corinthians 7:10 that talks about Godly sorrow and how sometimes we have to feel that sorrowness to help us remember to repent, and ultimately it brings salvation. I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to feel that desire to repent and be better. And there are lots of things that I am trying to do better so that I can help more of my brothers and sisters come unto Christ! This week we had interviews with President Zanni and he talked to Elder Knight and I together. He reminded us of how God is literally our Father, Jesus Christ is literally our brother and the Holy Ghost is also our Brother and all three of them are part of this great work that we are doing. We have the blessing of the Gift of the Holy Ghost which is truly the constant companionship of a God with us at all times. We have a Father that is willing to give us any blessing we ask if it be righteous and with faith. And we have a brother that knows exactly how we feel and is pleading to the Father for us when we do what he taught. President always reminds us of the importance of having faith and making goals remembering that its not just my companion and I working, but My companion, myself, and the Lord! I wish I could properly convey how awesome President Zanni is and how much he inspires me and how grateful for him I am, but its pretty hard to do. But I know that I am becoming such a better missionary than I was before, due in great part to his advice and inspiration. This week we have a baptism planned! Maria is the mom of a recent convert to the church named Nicolas who is such a stud! He is about to get his mission call. But we have been visiting maria since we got to the area and have had lots of very powerful experiences with her, we love her a lot and are super excited for this step of faith that she is making. Everything is going so great. I am so happy and so excited about the area that I am in and the people I have met here! Next week is transfers so hopefully I don't leave! I love Alma 37: 6-7 Its the little things we do day to day that lead to salvation. I know this is the only Church on the earth that has the Priesthood of God, the authority to baptize, to give the gift of the Holy Ghost, to seal families for the eternities in the Temple, to give blessings of health and comfort, and so many other blessings. I love Jesus Christ and all that he did and does for us. I love my Heavenly Father that blesses me so much more than I can ever deserve. And I love being a missionary and feeling the love that God has for His children in Argentina. I love you all, have a great week!

We found chips and Salsa in walmart.. yeah walmart is in my area

Week 28~

Well this week was super great! I am always remembering the motto that Elder Saez taught me, ``Patience and Love, Elder, Patience and Love`.. So it has been a good week! We have been working our butts off and seen lots of results. The mission is not about numbers, but I am pretty sure we had the best numbers in the zone and from week to week we are progressing a ton, so that has been great! We found a bunch of new investigators this week and are teaching this one couple that is so awesome! We went and visited them on saturday and had one of the most spiritual lessons I have had on the mission. It was a little birthday miracle. They are reading the Book of Mormon and praying to know if it is true and they are already feeling the spirit every time we come and I have no doubt that they will be baptized in the next month! Interesting note about the area I am in.. there hasn't been a baptism here in like a year or two.. Which honestly doesn't scare me or affect me at all. I know there are people being prepared for us in every area, all we have to do as missionaries is do our part and be obedient and good things will come. I truly believe that If I do all that I can the baptisms will come! And we are already seeing the truth of that here! For my birthday in the night we went to the Yufra Family`s house and they had made a cake for me and it had this sparkler candle in it so that was sweet! They are a super awesome family that is always helping the missionaries and I am already super tight with them! Alejandro just got back from his mission in Sau Paulo and he gave me a tie as a present so that was super nice. A little more about Elder Hokanson: He is from Ogden Utah, he has about 18 months in the mission,he is an awesome companion.. He cooks super well and is super chill and patient with me so I am grateful for him. He is also my district leader!We live in an apartment house thing with two floors and our zone leaders live above us! Elder Holloway from Meridian Idaho and Elder Esteban from Bahia Blanca Argentina! SO the four of us get to hang out and see each other a lot and cook good food sunday nights so its been fun!

Venado tuerto is really growing on me and I am starting to love it as well as the branch here! There is a huge grocery store here which is sweet! As opposed to basically a gas station convenience store was the only thing we had in Feliciano so I can actually buy food now! But I am really happy and doing great! I know that I am serving my Heavenly Father in the best way I can! I have truly come to love my Heavenly Father and have the desire to do His will, sometimes it is hard, but I know that through diligent prayer and a sincere desire to change I can do all that He asks of me! Love you guys a ton and am grateful for you! Les quiero muchismo! Hasta la proxima semana!