This week was
another low key week here in Barranqueras and Puerto Vilelas. Nothing much new
has gone down when we do the same thing day in and day out and update of our
investigators. We will most likely not
be having a baptism this transfer do to various circumstances (mostly just
drama), but as for now we are going to be starting from square one in finding
people to teach and progress.
In other news, the
weather has been super crazy, I have heard about all the flooding in Oregon and
Washington, welcome to my life here in Chaco! Saturday was a really nice 105 degrees all day
long... scratch the nice... it was miserable... Especially when you’re in a
white shirt and tie. Then we wake up Sunday
morning and it was dumping rain... and it’s still going today! I know every week I say the same thing about
the weather but it just keeps getting hotter and the rain just keeps getting
harder!
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When its 105 outside, you get Ice cream
my flavor of choice (frutilla salvaje;))
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I have been
getting a lot of questions about things like food, so here’s just a brief rundown
of what I eat on a daily basis:
Bread
Milanesas (like
a giant chicken nugget) (they’re my favorite)
Rice
Potatoes
Pasta (just
spaghetti, only it tastes a thousand times better here)
Empanadas
Asado (Also a
favorite, Argentine Barbeque)
Ñioques (I don’t
know how its spelled or exactly what it is but it’s so bomb)
And all of this
is topped with Mayonnaise... (gross I know...)
It all sounds
unhealthy but I still continue to lose weight... I’ve lost about 15 pounds
since being here and my belts have become my best friend since my pants are too
big and now my shirts are looking a big baggy on me... I asked my ZL if it was
normal to lose all this weight and all he said in reply was "welcome to
the mission life"
But nothing new
this week really, no exciting tales of heroism or near death experiences! Just a lot of walking, dehydration, and now
rain. Hope all is well back home! You
won’t be hearing from me again until the 25th! (maybe) I will for sure be
Skyping my family this day but I will also have an hour of writing time which
probably won’t be until the 26th... It’s all up in the air at this point!! Have a great 2 weeks! Expect a nice Christmas
card next email!
With love
Elder Peters
#HaNacidoUnSalvador
Hope all is going
well back home. It has been the same here as well with flooding and rain
practically all day long. we might have to walk to some of our appointments
tonight because usually the buses shut down once it starts flooding, so we will
see, but everything is under water and the streets are abandoned. there is part
of our area called capellini all the way out on the far end our area, and in
this area there are just these small wooden houses (wooden houses mean you’re
super poor) and they’re just under water, literally people stranded in their
houses because of the flooding, but I’m curious to see it now because after 2 straight
days of rain it could be completely under water now. It started raining yesterday morning and
church attendance dropped down to 44 people, usually there are about 115, which
is the 2nd largest ward here. What also
is confusing is on Saturday it was about 105 degrees... 105!! I have gotten to
the point where having the AC set to 75 degrees is a bit chilly for me! The
weather has just been terrible and so inconsistent. But hey la vida la vida!
All of our scheduled
baptisms have fallen apart for whatsoever reason whether it be, church attendance,
permission issues, or other drama and such so we are mostly going to start from
square one and find new people to teach! we do have some hopefuls but this
transfer it might be kind of hard to get a baptism here, but if Elder Johnson
and I are together for at least one more we will at least have about 2. It’s
all up in the air as of this point so we will have to wait and see, but for now
our dreams of a white Christmas have been shattered.
We don’t really remember
much else that happened this week. We made banana bread (sorry mom) and some
pan cakes with Dulce de leche también.
I have gotten a lot
of letter from you guys yes. I don’t really know how long it takes but I just
know when I do get them they come in groups of 2 or 3 from the Zone leaders. So no sé but our ZL was saying it takes about
5 weeks which I think it’s actually been a bit faster.
In terms of the
temple we do not get to go to any temples. missionaries used to be able to go
to Buenos Aires before they fly home but so many missionaries had missed
flights home they had to shut that down. The members do however go quite often
I feel like, about once every 2 months to Paraguay. Its only about a 5-hour bus
ride there so they all just make day trips to go with some names and stuff.
There is also ward temple day in February and a recent convert family we talk
with often is getting to get their endowments then!
But all is well and
I’m staying safe, hope all is well back home?
With love
Elder Peters
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