Hey
fam,
Todo bien down here
in Villa Carlos Paz. This week was good, no staying home
sick por lo menos. On Tuesday we set baptismal goals with a couple of
investigators, but they ended up not showing up to church on Sunday so we will
have to talk with them tomorrow. Wednesday we had district meeting, we
all got to know each other a little better and I gave a small training on the
power and authority of our calling as missionaries. Thursday we had missionary correlation
where we planned to have a Ward Talent show at the end of September, and Friday
we planned with the Elders Quorum a Mother’s Day activity in October.
Definitely an improvement from when I got here, when the ward hadn’t had
activities in months!
Saturday the "Obra Misional" got to clean the
chapel, so the 4 of us got to clean it all and at the end the Bishop showed up,
so we had a small meeting with him. He wants us to be a choir that he can
call on in any given moment to be able to sing in sacrament meetings, or
baptisms, or in any given circumstance. We were all down for it, whatever
it takes to gain his confidence! Sunday we had an Area Broadcast via
internet in our building for Stake Conference, Elder Gonzalez of the 70 spoke,
Sister Marriott of the YW General Presidency, and Elders Cook and Hales of the
Quorum of the 12. It went well, a couple of little hiccups on the way, we ended
up doing Skype with the stake president who was in the stake center to be able
to watch it. They talked a lot about the Sabbath Day and the importance of
serving a mission. They threw out a statistic that really blew my mind.
In the Area South America South, of the 33,000 priesthood holding men between
18-25 that could serve a mission, less than 900 are actually serving.
They gave a good reprimand to those who aren’t yet serving, and talked quite a
bit about the blessings that the mission brings, not just to our own lives, but
to the lives of our families and friends, which I know from experience is true.
I am back to feeling mas o menos normal, still a little
congested with a bit of a cough, but in this mission we don’t believe in
excuses. We are still feeling out the ward with the new Bishop, we had
ward council for the first time with him yesterday, and we are definitely going
to be quite a bit more organized. If we want to talk about something in
the meeting, we have to send it to the ward secretary via email before
Wednesday, otherwise we won't be talking about it come Sunday.
The best thing that happened this week was watching my
son (greenie) set the baptismal goals with the investigators. He looked
at me like "do I do it" and I gave him the nod "Heck yeah!"
and the look on his face when they accepted was priceless. The strangest
thing that happened this week was eating heart again...it is almost becoming a
weekly thing, but it is always in the same house. I made the mistake the
first time I went of saying I liked it, and since then...
Somebody interesting that I have come to know in my
area is one of the Young Men named Nico. He reminds me a lot of Andra. He
was baptized a year ago, and is the only member in his family. He comes
to church every week on his own, always finding a way to show up. The
sisters are teaching his mom and sister right now, but he is definitely a cool
kid. I started reading the Book of Mormon again this week. Today I
finished 1 Nephi 14. This week, if you all could pray for us to find new
people to teach, that would be great!
I Love you all, and I Love that Blue Bell is back (I
never knew that it had left...)
Elder Mangum
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