This
week has been such a crazy week for me. Well, I got to say goodbye to my loving
father (Trainer) Elder Burgos. I probably won’t seem him again since he goes
home in three months.
I received my new companion! Elder Bayle from Sandy,
Utah. He has been on the mission for 10
½ months. He is such a chill guy, we get along so well and he has an awesome
sense of humor!
So, President Goates took the other pair of missionaries out of
our area and now the whole city of Unimev is all ours! We have a lot of work to do. A LOT OF WORK. This
is going to be pretty tough, especially since I just finished training and have
only been in Argentina for seven weeks, haha. But I am praying we can
accomplish great things in Unimev.
This
week we have been focusing a lot of work in the Unimev B (The former area of
the other Elders). Luckily we found five new investigators this week! Whoo hoo!
It is pretty sweet how we contacted them: We were walking on the street and we
past by this house. We knocked on the door and asked for some water. We were
welcomed into the house and the first thing I noticed was a DJ Controller on
the table. I got so excited and asked the guy to demonstrate his skills for us.
He did, and he played some EDM classics! And he let me give a go as well. It felt so good being able to DJ again for a
bit. We had a pretty good conversation about EDM music. And it just so happens
that our bishop is looking for a DJ to play at ward parties. So I am putting
these two in contact with each other. We then met his mom, and we took the time
to share with them a Christmas video from the Church. They loved and they want
us to drop by again and teach them more about the Plan of Salvation and such.
So that’s pretty sweet! I have a DJ investigator!
The
other investigators we found are so cool, too! We were walking in a neighborhood
really close to our pension, and walked by a house when we heard someone
playing the cello. This caught Elder Bayles’s attention, as he knew exactly
what song was being played. So we rang the doorbell and a 16-year old girl came
out and she noticed right away that we were Mormons. She was going send us
away, when we stopped her and asked her to play the Cello song again. It was so
beautiful hearing the cello. She played the "Cello Song" by the Piano
Guys (cover). We gave her a round of applause and I asked them if they had a
guitar. A guy of about 19-years old came out and brought me a guitar to play.
We asked if we could come in so I could play for them. At first, they were
hesitant, but then they let us in. When we entered we noticed that there were more
people in the house. Turns out they have a band! They played us some of their
music, which was so beautiful and unique. I thought of Melanie, because it
sounded like music she would play. Then they let me play and I played them one
of my favorite songs I had written. They loved it so much and asked me if I
wanted to play with them. Haha, I told that I couldn’t since I am missionary
and have to focus on the work. They then found out that were from the United
States. Turns out they all know English! WHOA! They are such nice people and we
will be passing by a lot more and teach them more about the gospel. They loved
having us over and had so many questions.
After
we left we went to the store where we ran
into another guy. He is around 55-years old. And it turns out he is from the
United States and has lived here for seven years! Also turns out he lives only
a block away from us! Like what are the
chances?? Haha! So basically half of our investigators can speak fluent English!
Sweet!
We
have been doing alot of working and walking. And because of this, we have
gotten a bit sick. Especially
I
was so happy to see Belen and Pia at church! What a lovely surprise! They are doing so great! It was so nice being
able to talk in Spanish with them. Thank
you so much for the packages! I love them so much! I got a ton of candy! Sweet!
I will pass it out to the kids in our ward :)
