July 11, 2016
Hola Familia!
Thank you for your
support! I’m always grateful for you guys! I know I have a family of Gold!
(For context, we wrote to Jacob about our other kids picking up a bird that fell out of a tree, and getting all the kids to wash their hands before they touched their faces, ate anything, etc.) About the bird and the germs, at times I don’t know
how the kids here live because they play in the dirt and they always have their
hands in their mouth and they pick up things off the ground and put it in their
mouths. Haha. It’s a different culture,
and it makes me realize how clean my home was and I am humbled by the culture.
This week was a
rollercoaster. I was really stressed because it was really likely that elder
Guzman was going to go and that I was going to stay. I was learning all the
streets and I was trying to prepare myself but I knew I was lacking still and I
was prayed that the Lord would qualify me because I know he will. Anyway Elder
Guzman said by to a lot of families and I didn’t because I was expecting to
stay... but no. I got transferred and I am now in Salta Capital. My area is
Salta Independencia and my companion is Elder Ferreira de Buenos Aires!
I was sad that I had
to leave, but I am so excited to have this opportunity to work here. We are
really close to the mission offices and the Elders say that they play futbol
with Presidente, haha. Really different than Tucuman. They say that it’s the Tucuman
curse that if you started in Tucuman you are likely to return so I hope I have
the chance to return!
We had our last baptism
of Ana Reinaga. This was a crazy day. It was a holiday in Argentina for one.
Ana’s parents are separated. The mom loves us and wants to come to church and
we never saw the dad until this day. Her dad didn’t want her to get baptized
because he is evangelical. We talked with him and explained what we had been
teaching her, but still no. But in the end he said that she could get baptized
if the mom was ok because the mom has custody of her. The mom was ok with it,
and as we were walking with Ana she said, “I want to be baptised.” It was a
testimony builder for me that she had this testimony. Also she was the little
girl that when we first met her she said, “Can you talk to my mom and tell her
your message?” The children here are a little crazy at times but they are so
faithful. This week I was reading the scripture of how we need to be like
children in order to enter in the kingdom of God, and the children always come
to church alone. They practically are their own family!
Not much more happened this week. I am trying
to remember but I am still a little shocked by the change... haha
Oriel Medrano! The Familia
Medrano feeds us each Monday.
My last Baptism in Victoria.
The baptism of Ana
Elder Guzman y yo
This is Hermana Pentucci.
She fed us every Sunday. She was one of our mission moms in Victoria.
(No caption given. None needed.)
My new companion is the
second to the left.
This is the family of Kadija
and another familia too!
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