Grimmlins,
Dang it all,
how goes it? Sorry about not writing to you last week but El Presidente said,
“No Señor”. Buts its cool. I hope you guys didn’t think I was dead.
Last week
was chill, it was St. Michael the archangel day (he’s the patron saint here) and
with that comes the biggest bash Yuto has ever seen! Yes, that included (but
was not limited to) gaucho parades, fruit salad, fancy drinks, and all ‘dem
skankity-dressed lady folk. It was almost forbidden to go out in public unless
you’re sporting fishnets, mega pumped heels, and spaghetti straps. Even if
you’re a size 15 you will wear a size one. Deal with it!! Despite all the mayhem
I managed to get some souvenirs (hence the money withdrawal) last p-day. I got
a bunch of cool stuff for you guys so just hold out for one more transfer and
it’ll all be yours.
The
festivities were great except one thing—IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO TEACH OR TO GET
ANYONE TO CHURCH THAT WEEK!!!!AHHHGEEERAHHH!!!! Even the members got sucked
into the "church vs. fun-party" dilemma. There were only about 7 or 9
in attendance for Elias’s farewell but he didn’t care. We had a good last lunch
with him. Pres. Levrino called to tell me of Elias’s plans. The boy left
early Tuesday morning for Salta
then onto Brasil. We had a last dinner at his house Monday night and said
goodbye to him there. I'm-a gonna miss that kid a ton but I know he’ll do great.
Those were pretty much the highlights of last week.
This week?
Not much to report on except conference was awesome. Man, I love Elder Ballard’s
talk a ton—so good!!! We took a Balut bus up there Saturday with Gabriela and
Gabriel (the recent converts) and Alicia. It was nice. We ate a ton (including
a hefty bag of sunflower seeds). We got back late on Saturday. Then on Sunday
we took a bus with the rama (branch) up to conference. We managed to get 3 investigadors
there (A GRAND FEAT!) and had a picnic with the branch there. We took a picture
for the Ensign magazine with all the conference attendees, so maybe that’ll
happen. All–in-all it was great. It was an awesome conference (last mission
conference) and I learned a lot. I really got the message of putting God first
and being wise with priorities both now and in the future. Man, I dig
conference a ton.
I got the
news that my buddy Elder Jara from Buenos Aries is gonna come open another part
of Ledesma so it will be Ledesma 1 and 2. I'm excited because he’ll be in my
district. It’ll be awesome to have him there for my last transfer. And speaking
of which, yes, today marks the beginning of my last transfer. I’m still in Yuto
so I’ll die here. Today the head honcho inspectors from the South
America area came and inspected the church house. They were really
nice guys (they all had apple products *gasp!*). I was talking with one and he
asked me about my time left. I told him I had a few more weeks. He then told me
something that really hit me. He said "Keep on working, even until the
very last minute!" Everyone says that but what he said after really got to me. He said, “Can you imagine what would have happened if
Christ didn’t work the last 24 hours of his life?"....Whoa! Kinda puts the
"enduring to the end" thing in a bigger perspective, no? I’m going to
keep working on and on until I pull the same move that guy does at the end of
the short favorite film of mine "THE PUMP". There’s still so much
work to do and still so much time. So many people waiting! Pray that we’ll find
them and we’ll have the energy and strength to do so. Well anyways, questions?
- Did you have a favorite conference talk?
YES! Like I
said I LOVED Elder Ballard’s talk about the missionary/member work. He
impressed a lot of things from the capacitation that we saw in June that I
really want to study and apply more. I also loved Dieter-Dieter’s talks a lot.
He’s a conference fav of mine as well as is Holland . And I loved the talk McConkie from
the Sunday school presidency gave. Lots of nuggety goodness there.
- Do you get the chance to do much service in your area?
HA! *The Mrs. Krabappel laugh* no, not really. People here are kinda like the
British guy the Griswold family nearly kills several times in European Vacation.
They could be bleeding in the street (I’m not kidding. that happened once with a
guy here) and they will politely say "No, no I’m totally fine! Thanks,
though!". A few months ago we
moved a fridge from one house to another...so there’s that.
- So, how do you feel about riding buses now? What is a typical bus ride like?
- Your branch president seems to be really doing a great job.
Well that’s
about it for the week. Have a smashing week as well. We are hoping upon hope to
baptize Ishmael this week so pray for him and that we can keep finding people
to teach. Thanks so much for all your love and prayers. Until next week,
homies. I love you. It’s all good!
Con Amor,
Russ
Rockettes |
With the branch at conference (and looking swell). |
Farewell to Elias |
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