HOLA MIS AMIGOS
Woooooohoooo ya boy is in argentina and I could not be more excited oh my gosh. This has definitely been one of the craziest weeks of my life and I got a lot to tell you and I dont know how I'm gonna to fit this all but here we go.
I'll talk about leaving the CCM. I'm not gonna lié it was a lot harder than I thought. Leaving Jackson and Westwood was so sad. I miss them so much and not gonna lié I was crying like a little baby. I left the CCM before most people at like 1 AM and my flight left for Panamá City at 5:30 and then right after I hopped on another flight to Buenos Aires. The flight was eh but when we landed It just so happened thar elder Westwood and Jackson landed at the same time and I saw them and wanted to cry tears of joy. Great experience but let's talk about ARGENTINA!
So turns out my mission president, President Ferrizo, picked us up and it was love at first sight. I actually love that guy and we met some other New missionaries and they took us to some hotel for the night. Next morning we met the AP's and got our papers to live their done and it was awesome. I also saw Elder Springer and they fed us empenadas and holy crap they were bussin. I could get used to this. Then all the trainers pulled up and we met all them but then they do this thing like the nba draft to see who ur trainer is. So after everyone met with President Ferrizo we all gathered in 2 línes and they read ur ñame off like it was a mission call and assigned you to your area. My heart was pounding faster than when I actually got my mission call and I was assigned to labor in the Piñeyro A área with Elder Jones!
Elder Jones, my trainer, i freaking....... LOVE THAT GUY. He is such a stud. We get along so well and one thing this guy knows how to do is work. I got back to the apartment and he's like alright let's go do street contacting which is where you just try to strike up convos with people on the street. We got 3 people to meet with us again in like 30 minutes and my trainer was like bro thats unheard of. All to find out none of them were in our área so we had to pass them on. Cool experience tho. But this guy knows how to teach and listen to the spirit its awesome. So grateful I got this stud, a guy who knows who to work and crack a joke like cmonnnn!
We worked all day Saturday and we were street contacting and then we had Lunch with a member and there was 6 missionaries who are super close so we all go to Lunch together its awesome. But i dont think i realized how much they eat here oh my. Safe to say it was bussin but i didnt finish it and the member was like bruh you dont like it and im like you threw a whole cow at me. Safe to say i gotta expand my stomach. And they really only eat Lunch here so me and my comp have a Tiny breakfast and a big Lunch and thats about it. Also the food here is freaking bussin, yet to have something I didnt like i love it. I could get used to this. Haha funny story yesterday we ate with a member, little did i know this member had the nicest house i had ever seen. All the houses kind of look like a dump but the insides are usually nice. I would compare the inside of his house to Roc's it was nuts. Never judge a book by its cover.
Yesterday was probably the most special day of my life. I got my first baptism! My comp already had people on date, these 2 Kids who's mom we just got reactive. So we walked them to church, or took the bus with them to church, and after 2nd hour i baptized Alessandro José Cordova Alfaro. It was probably the coolest experience of my life and i will cherish this moment forever. And yes i got the words right soy el soy el soy el. Our mission president is all about finding and dunking (baptizing) familias, so we focus really heavy on teaching familias. But seeing how happy the mom was when she had her Kids baptized was amazing. This is the true church yuh!
If anyone was wondering, now i usually dont understand a lick of whats happening and its kind of annoying but my comp is him and just carries me. But the argentina spanish is basically like talking to Mario haha. Thats probably the best way I could put it its so funny and everytime i say a Word my comp is like dude ur such a gringo (White kid) hes like we dont say that here haha. Its so annoying and im getting used to it, but i got a dummy lit trainer a nutty mindset and the lds pump up theme song so whos gonna stop me.
Hehe email is ending here but gotta end it with a spiritual thought. Something a lot of people struggle with here is the commandments (Word of wisdom, chasity, etc) We all have our struggles, and some are harder than others. But you know who suffered all of that, Jesus Christ. He knows what you are struggling with, he will help you, guide you. I promise you that whatever you are struggling with, Christ will help you. Turn to him, use the greatest gift he gave us the atonement. I challenge you guys to use the atonement DAILY. One of the greatest blessings of our lives. You will find greater peace and joy.
I love you all so much. Thank you all so much for your prayers they have been felt. Also I am only allowed to email so if you want to talk to me shoot me and email. Love yall. Mucho amor.
1. Mi pensión
2.distrito 1H
3. Elder Jones yuh
4. Argentina sun sets yuh
5. Alessandro y Angel
6. Elder Jackson y Elder Westwood
7. Skyline
8. Post baptism
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