So, this was a pretty good week in Paso de los libres!
considering we actually spent the whole week here without much interrupting us
from working! But I don’t really have
much to fill you guys in on! It’s been
tranquilo here in the jungle with Elder Curtis! We are still getting pounded by
storms every weekend giving us a nice break from the heat!
Thanks, I made sure to mention this in my weekly email to
Presidente Franco, I will also see him tomorrow in Corrientes and I can let him
know!
 |
| That's not actually a river, that's a sewage system... |
 |
| After the big storm |
Hey fam
So, we actually had a pretty good week this week!
So, this week we did emergency divisions with Mercedes after a
weird chain of events, but it ended up blessing us more than anything, giving
Elder Curtis and I Wednesday to Sunday to work and focus on our area.
We had our district meeting in Mercedes on Tuesday and we have
an option of 2 buses to take, one at 11:45 and one at 12:45 (both by the same
company) we usually take the 12:45 bus so that we can work all morning long
then have a short lunch before the viaje. Well it turns out that, that day we
had to for sure take the 11:45 bus so that we could go, have the meeting, then
take a 4 o’clock bus out of Mercedes so that we could get to some important
charlas we had later that day. Well we get on the 11:45 bus and drive for about
3 minutes before we see that the other bus going towards Pasos (the 12:45 one)
broken down on the side of the road. So, we turned around, picked everyone up,
and went to Pasos again. After back tracking an hour it seemed like we were in
the clear until we got to Mercedes. Until the Gendarmaria stopped our bus (the
Gendo is basically like the drug control part of the military) they inspected
identification and started checking bags and things like that. It was the 2nd
time that I was stopped by the gendo and the first time it didn’t take too long
to do their thing. But this time they
took an HOUR AND A HALF! I got so restless sitting on the bus for so long. So, we finally got to Mercedes at around 4, a
2-hour ride turned into a 4-5-hour ride... it killed me.... So, we had no
choice but to take a 10 o’clock bus back to Pasos since there was nothing else
in the afternoon... So, we did divisions and it was fun for what it counts!
But with more time to work in our area we got some quality work
done (if you want to know in numbers, we had 8 lessons, 6 of them with a member
present... I know how you guys are about that...) But we are now waiting on 3
baptisms in these next 2 weeks! This week we hope to have 2 and the next week
another one! So, things have really been turning around here in Paso de los
Libres!
Other than that, it was a pretty good week! We got a new blender
in the pensions after our other one broke! My comp loves making frozen yogurt
shakes so I’m not ever mad! Elder Curtis also had his birthday today! he turned 20! We played ping pong to celebrate!
Thing in the capilla are finally getting fixed, we got all the
windows fixed (only to go back this morning and they had broken one of the brand-new
ones...) but things are looking up around here honestly! It was so dead and
depressing when I got here. But now the members are doing their visits, people
are coming back to church, and were just throwing people in the water these
next couple of weeks, so all the members have really turned their attitudes
around and we have been seeing some major changes!
But that’s it! Sounds like you guys are having a great time back
at home!
But have great week
su Hijo
No comments:
Post a Comment