Family!
Hey
hey. Its Monday once again and I’m so happy I get to hear and
write to you. I don’t have that much time but I’ll write you guys
something quick. Sorry I couldn’t get you the pics last week. I
found out the problem. A lot of the computers here have viruses and
my card got one that I can’t see the pics on my card. They are
still all there but they just don’t show up on the computer.
Strange. We’ll have to figure that one out on another day but just
not to stress, the pics are still there on the card!
This
week was great; full of nothin' but the good stuff. For lunch one day
this week we had mundungo (innards) empanadas. Which were actually
super good. I hate mundungo in any other form but dang, the empanadas
were impressive. They were highly complimented by the catholic
"3-king parades" which have been going nonstop around the
clock. You have to look it up but man! It was cool at first but
after the 9,000th time of trying to teach a lesson while having them
pass by with their drums, flutes, and dancing and playing for
blessings, I tell you what... It always seems to happen during the
spiritual high point of the lesson, that’s when it gets old.
I’m
glad the letters got there. I hope you enjoyed them. I got the
package you guys sent me with the chocolate orange and stuff. It was
much appreciated—tank ya', tank ya'! As another package request,
can you send me my sunglasses? I have a great need for them and now
we can use them. I had a pair that were perfect. They were in my car.
I’m not sure if they still are there.
I’m
back in Jujuy which means 5 billion times the sexual-harassmenty
snakes. They hoot and holler and sometimes, when you're trying to
talk to people on their doorsteps, they’ll call at you from the
street as they pass by. It’s not like it's wholly unpleasant or
anything while you’re trying to talk about the gospel. I’m gonna
file suit.
It’s
still at least 10,000 degrees here. Though the heat really doesn’t
get to me, it does sometimes. Elder Corrales and I were walking in
the desert part of our area yesterday almost dead. I think it was
somewhere around the area of 44 degrees Celsius (110° F) there the
other day.
So
I've got a year in the country now. It’s weird reading my journal
entries about being in the same place one year ago. I read about old
investigators and its giving me the ganas to go back and visit a
few—could be fun!
We
had a baptism this week. It was a kid named Julian. He’s 14 and his
friends are members so the other week I gave him a book of Mormon
then a few days ago he said he knew everything and wanted to get
baptized. So now he's all done and baptized—most excellent! Good
kid, that Julian. But other than that it’s just good times in
Aeroparque. I love my comps, I love Spanish, I love the food, the
people, the mission, the gospel, and all that good-timey stuff. Well,
onto questions...
- How does a mini mission work?
Its
kids in the mission boundaries that are of priest age that when there
is a shortage of missionaries they come in and fill the slot, they
become a mini missionary. We had "Elder" Frias for
example....but only for like 2 days cause they needed him in another
area.
- How much bigger is your area now than it was before?
Like
double the size. We have the communist "Tupac Amaru"
neighborhood as well. Which includes a neighborhood called "Che
Guevara"...the commie guy. But it’s good. It’s got
potential.
- Are they expecting to be getting new missionaries in the country?
Yes,
they got a group of like 15 or 30 coming in pretty soon. But that’s
just the word, ya know
- Have you learned to like eggs yet? Or at least hate them less?
I
can stand them. I don’t like them but I can stand them. I like them
with a nepolitana (my favorite dish here) I’ll send you a pic of
our lunch we had today that we picked up in Centro...You see it’s
got eggs on it....you like eggs?
- Any bugs in your house?
No,
not much. The few mosquitoes but really, it’s pretty chill
Well
well families I best get going. There’s gonna be a bunch of changes
by the time we chat again. So do pray that it will all be alright. I
know it will. I know if I just trust in the Lord and just go for it
then it’ll al be good. Though it is nerve racking. I’ll just try
to do my best to let the boat do all the work. I love you guys. I’m
so so thankful for your support. You are more than amazing! I hope
you guys have a great week. Keep on keeping on and just being great.
I love you, it's all good!
Con
Amor,
Russ
p.s.
The pics are of my tan, my lunch, and Elder Carrillo’s super-fake
counterfeit Pokémon cards he bought. I about busted a gussett
reading them. They are a good laugh. The other is Julian’s baptism.
In pic we have (left to right) Elder Carrillo, Hermano Erquicia,
Hermano Armella and his cute (reminds me of Molly) daughter named
Luz, Julian, Joaquin (he baptized Julian) he's a cool kid, he plays
guitar and we jam from time to time. Next we have Elder Valero who is
my zone leader and just about one of the greatest people on the
planet earth. Such a cool kid and one of my best best buds. I hope
he´s still here if I do the whole DL and kid thing 'cause he will
help me out a ton. Also the other zone leader is Elder Eve who is
also super and is my good bud. Oh, and I’m also in the picture, at
the very end...just saying.
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| Julian's Baptism |
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