So my first full week in argentina was pretty awesome. Although it has been a pretty rough week i have definitely learned a lot. Everyone has been telling me that my spanish is really good, but the only thing is that I have a hard time understanding. So I believe them when they say that I speak well , but understanding is a different story. But this week was pretty rough due to a lack of lessons that we had. We have been teaching this family and everyone is interested but their dad. but he told us that we could teach them. one of the most important focuses here in the mission is that we have daily contact with our investigators. then on tuesday we were at their house and Lautaro, the kid that I baptized was reading 1 nephi 1 vs 1 and it says about nephi being born of goodly parents, and in spanish goodly is said buenos and so he read it as "naci de buenos aires" it was super super funny. we were alughing for a good couple of minutes about it. but then after that we were walking out the door and the dad came in and he asked if he could talk to us. and he asked us if we were going to be at his house every day when he came home. and he got super mad and told us that we arent allowed to go by ev ery day anymore so we have been having a little bit of trouble with that. But we know that everything is still going to work out fine as long as we work our hardest.
Wednesday:
So right now since the temple is open for everyone a huge focus right now is passing out temple invitations to EVERYONE. so me and my companion were doing that and we gave one to a man and he said "hola huevos fritos! Mormones solamente son un secta!!" Which means hey fried eggs! Mormons are just a sect!... then he ripped up the flier and threw it in the air. It was kinda crazy because it was a little exciting to have someone recognize us....then he just tore us down haha. its a little sad to see that there are people liek that in the world today but there is always going to be opposition.
Thursday:
We had two refrences of people who went to the temple today and we had one at 3 and one at 4 and we were meeting them in the chapel. The one at 3 accepted a baptismal date, but then afterward we found out that he isnt in our area so we hgad to give his info to the other elders. then at 415 the other lady hadnt shown up so our member didnt come either and we were a little bummed. so we were just sitting there thinking what to do and the the buzzer to get into the building rang and we jumped up and ran to the door and it was her. so we had to have the lesson outside of the chapel since we didnt have a manb with us. Both me and my companion felt super lost during the lesson and afterwards she was telling us a ton of information and then we told her about priesthood blessings and we gave her one at the end. It was a super miracle too because a member of the ward came in and invited her to church in the middle of the lesson. so on sunday she came to church and we are meeting with her again some time this week. she is super solid and we´re excited to keep teaching her.
Friday:
Nothing happened really we just passed out a ton of temple invitations.... sorry.
Saturday:
Today we went to the templ again with some investigators.It was a little bit of a bummer because there were over 8000 people who went through the temple that day. and so it was a lot faster then the first time we went. and we didnt have much time to explain things this time. he liked the temple and everything but he says that he doesnt really want to be baptized right now so we arent really sure whats going to go on with him. and afterward we were riding the bus home and I wasnt efeeling so good and I threw up on a tree right on the side of a busy street. it was pretty embarrassing.
but the good news is that Yanina, one of our recent converts is pregnant and she went to the hospital today and found out that she is going to actually be having twins. So that was super exciting.
Sunday:
Sunday was a rough day. we went to lautaro´s house to wake him up for chuch so he could come and get confirmed and no on answered their door or phones. so after class we walked back to his hosue at 10:30 and we called and knocked and knocked liek crazy and finally got him up and we ran back to church and we walked in right at the start of the opening prayer and right after the prayer they anounced that they were going to do the confirmation. it was super scary but thanks to a lot of praying we made it just in time haha.
Other than that there isnt too much, I did remember during the week that I forgot to wish mom a happy birthday last monday. So happy birthday mom :) hahah. oh and we also found out that we are going to be participating in the temple celabration and rededication stuff so im super excited for that. and also PResident Eyering, elder ballard and Christofferson are coming for it and they are coming to our mission for a mission conference. So that is going to be super awesome.
Also my companion told me that the key to getting packages here safely is to not put everything that is in the box on the outside when you write it on there. he said just to put like missionary supplies and the a lower ammount of money than what everything is actually worth.
and to answer your questions my comp is from Idaho and that picture is a view from the apartment. sorry i didnt ssend any explanations I was out of time :)
today were going to a super cheap shopping place so hopefully I can find some things that IU can send home.
I love you! Thanks for the emails!
Love,
Elder Johnson
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