"He Brought Us to 11 of His Friends!"

Oct 28, 2019

Last week we were in a neighborhood of one of our friends and he came up behind us on his bike. After saying hi we asked him if he had any friends that lived nearby that we could go invite to hear about the gospel and come to church. (He is 11) He said, "No elder, no creo que vayan." (I don’t think they will go)  After a couple of "no's" from him, he said that he had one friend that lived close that we could visit. 

He called for his friend, and when he came he said, " Hey, what are you going to do Sunday morning?" "Nothing," replied his friend. "I wanted to invite you to the Church of Jesus Christ Sunday morning, do you want to come??" His friend said maybe!

We left the house after the short invitation and I gave him a high five and told him, "Nice job dude! That was awesome!" He was excited and felt the spirit of sharing the gospel! Over the course of 2 days, he brought us to 11 of his friends’ houses and we were able to invite them to come and see!! 

It’s scary at first, but just invite!!!! The Lord will fill your heart! 

Love you fam!!

"What Lack I Yet?"

Oct 21, 2019

We had an awesome week! We did a ton of divisions with other areas and I forgot to bring my camera when I went to the other areas, sorry.

The pics I sent last week are kind of, mas o menos, what a villa looks like inside. That wasn’t a villa.

I had a cool experience this week with our Father in Heaven. I was thinking a lot about what more I need to do to achieve what the Lord expects of me, so I asked him in prayer, "What can I do better Father?" The answer came much faster than expected. I said I need to refer to my friends as friends instead of "investigators". It was pretty clear. I talked to my companion and we decided to repent together and strive to use the word "friends" instead of "investigators." Through small and simple things, great things are done. I think this effort to say "friends" and be even more obedient we will help many more people to come to the Lord! 

Our Father in Heaven wants to help us be better; He knows we will be more happy if we are more righteous, and so if we ask him, just like it says in that one conference talk and the scripture, "what lack i yet?," He will tell us, if we are willing to repent and act!! The commandments are the BEST!! I loved reading my scriptures this week. I started reading the story of Joseph Smith, just as our Prophet instructed us, and I felt the spirit super strong.

One of our friends said she wanted to be a nun and she hopes that will help her get an answer, but after our last lesson, I think she is doubting the idea. We are working with another girl as well, and we are always looking for more people!

Mom, thank you for sending me packages, I am very appreciated. (that doesn’t make sense does it) Sorry for complaining last week about that. I love you a ton. I took out some money to get the hat and a thermos for mate and other stuff. Love you fam!!! Thanks for the pics and videos!

"Wasn't General Conference AMAZING!!"

Oct. 7, 2019

Hello family!!!

Wasn’t General Conference AMAZING!! Especially on Saturday, I felt like every talk was for me. We watched all the sessions in Spanish at the stake center, villa Ballester. It was awesome. There were a lot of messages about joy!! Also another theme that called my attention was having trust in the Lord. It was awesome! (Did I already say that?) I wonder what is gonna go down in April, should be amazing.

Last week we found a girl that has been trying to find friends that have good morals for a long time now and Heavenly Father has been preparing her heart to accept the restored gospel! She came to the stake center to watch the Sunday afternoon session of conference. Escogida (She is chosen)!!!

You know in the Hunger Games how there is District 12 that is like a different world than District 1? I kinda feel like that here sometimes and it’s pretty sad really. We live in an area pretty wealthy, but where we work and where our ward boundaries are is like another story. There are some people here living in extreme poverty and then 10 minutes down the highway there is one of the biggest malls in Buenos Aires where there are a ton of people dressed super nice, eating super expensive food and buying designer clothes. It’s kinda nuts. We went to the mall (it’s called unicenter) today because Elder Dubois wanted to check it out and I just felt uncomfortable there. Oh well.

We are allowed to drink mate now! I tried it for the first time today and it was really nuts!! It wasn’t that good at all at first, but after drinking for a few minutes, I started liking it a little more. It was just crazy to actually drink it, because I’ve seen people drinking it literally 24/7 for the past year, but I had never tried it.

Happy birthday mom! I love you!

The Zone

The District

New companion, Elder Dubois

Elder Dubois and Mate