June
16
Dear
Family,
Well
Hello! Today there were 20 or so Dear
Elder letters in the office so it will be fun to read through them this week.
I promise that I will get a letter for reunion in time. I am
thinking about writing about what an amazing experience it is to serve a
mission
This
week hasn’t had too many crazy happenings. We are still here, happy and
healthy in Concepciòn. The training of Elder Sellers is coming along, he
speaks good Spanish, has a testimony, knows the scriptures, and really likes to
participate in lessons, so that is just awesome.
Amadeo
is set to be baptized this Saturday. Please pray a lot for him, and that
he will be able to be an active member and faithful tithe payer. His
interview will probably be this Thursday, baptism on Saturday at 4:30, and
confirmation at 10 am Sunday morning in ward conference.
I
decided to write my MTC district for the first time, so I ran a little short on
time. Just know that I love you, I care about each and every one of you.
I
love you all, more than the number of kernels of popcorn it would take to make
a popcorn ball big enough to look like a fully grown apricot tree.
With
lots of love,
Elder
Withers
Dear
Family,
As
for life here in Argentina......its amazing. I LOVE my companion; it’s
amazing what a difference it makes to be around people who make you happy
instead of sad. I feel like I am my old self again and it feels good.
Ha...I think I wrote in my journal several times this week how awesome my
companion is, but she really is so fun to have around. The training is
going well, and she is actually ahead of schedule. She came into the
mission already knowing lots of things, now we are just working on learning how
to plan/use the agenda/teach lessons/contact...and so forth. It’s been
good, plus it’s been fun to watch her get to know Argentina. The only
thing that has been hard is that I have to explain things or remind her people’s
names or where we are going like 12,000 times. Her car accident has left
her with difficulties in memorizing things. But if I review things over
and over and over again, she gets it. So it’s working!
This
week has been really cold and rainy, and we had hot humidity for a few days. I
totally did not miss it, it felt like the beginnings of summer all over again
and it made me so grateful that its winter and that I don’t have to endure
another Argentine summer (like a month, but that’s it!).
And
in case you missed it, the world cup started. Everyone here has been
going crazy. There is lots of Argentine pride in their soccer teams and
everyone here is sure that they are going to win :) I have also never
seen so many Argentine flags in my life, all the houses and stores have one on display
right now.
The
other day we were walking down a dusty dirt road (like every day!) and we saw a
group of kids playing marbles in the street. My whole life I thought it
was a really old fashioned game that the pioneers played, but it still exists!
I’m not sure why, but here in this little town lots of kids like to play
marbles. And they are good too! Little 4 or 5 year old kids have
stellar aim and it’s fun to walk past them playing :)
Last
Saturday we combined together as a zone to work in one area to help out, and
this time it was Elder Hill and his companion’s area! Ha, it was fun to
work in his area, but I am also grateful that it isn’t mine. It is HUGE.
Seriously gigantic. They took us to our assigned sector (ha, of
course the part with all the rich people with fancy gates and buzzers with
speakers) and it took us 45 minutes to walk back. And we weren’t even as
far as you could go, there was much more. It went well though, we were
able to find some great people who were willing to have them stop by again.
In all honesty though, I really am so grateful for my area. We have
a great little branch here and the members are awesome. They are small in
numbers down here, but the little that we have is really strong.
This
Friday we are going to have a big talent show activity, with skits and songs,
jokes, music, balloons and treats. It’s going to be awesome and we are
excited! :) We have also been having lots of family home evenings with
the members to work on building up trust and confidence so that they give us
references and are willing to do visits with us. And so far it’s going
well! Roberto and Teresa are progressing and are going to be married in
July. We met a less active family this last week through an active
member, and they haven’t had a visit from anybody in years. It’s an older
man and his 2 grown children, and they are all blind. They have an
incredible story and for a living they make/repair shoes in their little house.
Out of all the experiences I have had on my mission, getting to know
people is by far my favorite and most worthwhile. I really have no
complaints about my life here, all is well (other than having to wash my
clothes by hand.....now that it is winter its COLD) but all is well :)
Thanks
for all your emails and for keeping me updated and for being awesome. I
love you all lotsssss!
Don’t
forget to be awesome and know that I love you more than all the waffle blocks
it would take to make a line from Argentina to Boise!
Hermana
Withers
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