Greetings!
This letter will act
as my summary for this week and last week, because I forgot to carry my journal
and forgot to write about some of the excitement.
Okay so first we will
start out with the Great Mosquito Massacre, Last week a big storm passed through
Baradero in the middle of the night, and our air conditioning stopped working
and just started beeping. I got up and tried turning it off, but the remote
couldn't turn it off, so I had to climb up a chair and turn off the thing (air
conditioning is weird here, I'll explain another day if you have interest).
But, in an effort to still have cool air circulating through the room, I opened
the window and let some of the cool stormy breeze in. Later that night I heard
buzzing around my head. and then again. and again. And I knew- it was mosquitos.
I ran downstairs and grabbed the mosquito killer spray we had and started
spraying it around the room. Unfortunately, it didn't work as well as hoped, or
perhaps it was too late and the damage was already done, because when I woke up
I had mosquito bites all over my arms and head and neck. It was horrible. I had
like 74 bites. And the little nasties were hiding all over the room, so I kept
the killer spray on hand (it worked really good for direct kills) and during
our morning studies I would stop every so often to kill the filthy creatures. They
were FILLED with blood. I have photo proof. The good news is that my companion
didn't wake up and had few bites, if any; I don't have dengue (yet); and I killed all
the mosquitos.
These two weeks we
have tried just about everything possible, I called almost every person in the
Area book, we called the people in our future investigator sheets, we contacted
around the church,
and we walked. Oh, did
we walk. I want to see how much I have walked here in Baradero. But Thursday
was an eventful day. For starters, we had six dogs follow us, and at one point
five of them at the same time! And then I found a hidden alley I hadn't even
seen before so we decided to enter and contact. I contacted a house and the man
that answered played the ''Look over there!'' game with us. Well, he got me to
look and closed the door when we weren't looking=) It was really classy.
Then later in the day
we knocked on a door and a lady came out. Our conversation went as follow:
Elder Hardcastle: ''Hi
we are from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...''
Lady: ''Okay, but I'm
''[other religion].''
Elder Hardcastle: ''So
wouldn't you like to learn more about Jesus?''
Lady: ''No, I'm going
to Church right now, that's how I'll learn.''
I had to hand it to
her for answering well. I like to throw in the ''Wouldn't you like to learn
about Jesus?'' question every so often, and you'd be surprised by how many
people say no! It makes me sad.
We also had a lesson
with a man who couldn't accept that the Book of Mormon could have the same
value as the Bible. Even though we
shared many things and testified, he kept talking in circles bringing up the
same excuses, Oh well. I had prepared WELL for the lesson, so if nothing more I
came out with a stronger testimony of the necessity of the Book of Mormon. Go
read 2 Nephi 29 if you have any questions.
Friday we had
another nice testimony of the importance of our studies. We met with a less
active family from Bolivia that stopped coming to church for a few problems in
the branch. Just that afternoon in companionship study we had discussed the
importance of going to church, so it was perfect. The Hermana also told us that
she likes singing and music, so I asked if I could sing for them Dónde
hallo el solaz? (Where Can I Turn for Peace?) which we had sung
that day as well! It was a nice visit and I hope they start coming to church
because they are really great!
That is a wrap for
this week. I love being a missionary! It is the greatest thing I have ever
done.
See you all soon
enough,
Elder Hardcastle
Pictures1 and 2-
Mosquito Massacre
3- Amores family
4- Hugo and Daniela
and Co.
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