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| The Zone in La Rioja, May 2015 |
Hey fam,
Another transfer come and gone. And a new companion...a
greenie fresh from the MTC! I am going to train here in Carlos Paz!
I will find out who my comp is and pick him up from the mission home on
Wednesday. I am looking forward to training, there is a 99% chance that
it is somebody from the states that doesn’t really speak the language, so that
will be a fun adjustment after 9 straight months living with Latinos and only
speaking Spanish.
This week, we had the biggest miracle of my mission happen. We
got a call on Wednesday night from the Bishop, who told us that the husband of
the primary president, Gonzalo Orozco, who isn't a member, has been coming to
church for the past 6 years, and this week he finally made the decision to get
baptized. He has had dozens of missionaries pass through his house trying
to teach him, and he made up his mind with us to get baptized. He is a
computer engineer for HP, and actually travels to Dallas for 10 days starting
tomorrow. When he gets back, he will be going for a little swim! He
is really excited, I asked him what changed and he told me that he finally
"read the book and prayed about it." He prayed 32 times, and got 3
answers, so he can’t deny that it is true. It was a really good way to
end the transfer, it definitely gave my comp some encouragement after his
nearly 3 months here without any visible success.
Other than that, a pretty normal week, we had a ward activity on
July 9th where we watched Meet the Mormons, which was really good, ate a ton of
food, and played some soccer. We had a really good turnout, probably 60
people or so, a lot better than the last activity we had, so we can see that
the things here in the ward are improving. Church was good, I didn’t have
to teach or anything, so it was good just to sit back and be a participant in
the class instead of the maestro. We talked a lot about Temples, and the
power of them, Chapter 13 in the Teachings of President Benson.
Definitely made me grateful that I have the opportunity now to go to the temple
once a transfer and participate in the blessings there.
My district is now me, the greenie, Hermana Carrasco from Peru,
and Hermana Morris from California. Carrasco ends her mission this next transfer,
and I am not sure how much time Sister Morris has left. Until Wednesday I
am with Elder Nelson, one of my buddies from the MTC who is going to train as
well, and we are going to be working here in Carlos Paz. In the zone there are 24 missionaries I think. We do have a cell phone here. It’s getting colder, and
today it was supposed to snow, but it didn't quite get cold enough. Lots
of rain though.
Sounds like y’all had a good, busy week. Glad to hear that
everybody is doing well and enjoying the summer. I loved the pictures of
the baby blessing and the beach!
Love you all! Have a great week!
Elder Mangum
The Book that Gonzalo Orozco read
For a free copy, click here
One of our families favorite songs:
"Glorious" by David Archuletta from
Meet the Mormons Movie
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