May 29, 2017

May 29, 2017

This week was really fun! We had a ward activity because it was their revolution day here. That’s when we ate humita.

This week we have been working a lot with someone that has a really strong addiction to drugs. It’s been really hard but we were able to make a lot of goals for him and we felt the spirit really strong when we could kneel with him and say a prayer. It sometimes amazes me that the gospel has all the keys to be able to help us with any type of problem and we are the messengers. That fills me with so much happiness that we get to bring this message to the people here.

This week we also were able to have an activity with a family that has been less active. The Dad is going through some problems and was grateful that we could be there to have a little bit of fun. We also watched some Mormon messages.

Not to scare anyone or you guys but after church we were walking and we almost got robbed. Two guys started yelling a little and then he took out a gun and well started to wave it. The first thing I thought was that there is noooo way that I’m going to get robbed right now... I knew I wasn’t going to run and well, haha, I just kept walking and I thought well we can just talk to them. We started talking to them and they told us that it was more of a joke and that they like that we talk about god and they believe in god too. I ended up asking them where they were going with a gun and he just said that they are really caught up in drugs and that they just carry it with him.

Moral of the story is that we are always protected! We hear of someone that gets robbed on the daily, and it’s sad and scary at times, but I can’t tell you guys how much I believe in the protection of our Heavenly Father. Nothing ever happens to us and even when this happened we were able to talk and nothing happened. It’s not a coincidence that we have so much protection. Just know that we are all fine and that we trust in and know that the protection from the heavens is real.

We went to san Javier today and it was freezing but it was really fun! It’s a mountain that overlooks the city and it has a Christ statue

We also found about three new investigators this week that have accepted a baptism date. One of the family members got baptized a while ago and they remember the missionaries

That’s about all,

Love you all

Elder Wolf

This is a place called San Javier in Tucuman and we went today. It has a Christ statue.

   

  

These are pictures from an activity with a food called humita. It’s like a corn soup. Really Yummy!

  

  

We did a family home evening with the Salas family. We made a cake! The dad isn’t a member. It was really fun and I think they enjoyed it.

  

This is a soup that they make a lot here. It’s called locro and it has almost every part of the cow, pig and sometimes chicken. It’s got some weird cuts of meat but it’s really yummy too!

Here are some members of the ward. Both are returned missionaries.

Here is a bag that a family gave me because it said wolf.  Haha

We´re eating fine, but this picture was kind of a joke because we made hot dogs and we were toasting the bread with the heater.  Haha

May 22, 2017

May 22, 2017

Hey fam!

This week was good. There wasn’t something too huge that happened. 

Turns out that Albert, our golden investigator, had to go to Buenos Aires and doesn’t know if he will return. That was a little sad, buuuut it happens.

We have been filtering through the new people that we have found.  Seeing if they have some potential. We have a lot of hope for the people that we have found.

Pedro is doing really well. He got the priesthood and he is going to be a counselor in the young men. He got to learn more about why we don’t baptize people when they are born.  We explained it to him.  He then came with us to a lesson and just then the lady asked us about this principle and he was able to explain it a little bit to her. We helped him know that things like that happen a lot. When we study and gain knowledge, God helps us to be able to share it.

Other than that, we have been looking for a lot of people that would be willing to listen to us. We have been able to have lessons in other parts of the area. That helps us to feel like we are going to new places and finding out where the chosen people are! haha

Love you all! Have a great week!

Elder Wolf

Here are some pictures of the tortillas that we eat.

  

Here is a picture of Louise and his son Pablo. Pablo is our investigator.

Here is a picture of us with a member called Miguel.

And here are pictures of the area.

  

May 15, 2017

May 15, 2017

It was so fun to talk to you guys! I told Elder told that what we talked about didn't matter to me but just to be able to see you guys and laugh with you all, made it all worth it. I hope you all know how much I love you. :) 

Like I said, this week we were able to find a lot of people, and we are going to be working with Albert a lot. I would have sent a picture of the tortillas and facturas but we didn't buy any. I'll make sure to get some pictures!

Love you all!

May 8, 2017

May 8, 2017

This week, we focused a lot on finding new people. We had some success, and were able to have lessons with some new families. We also worked with some investigators that needed a frank talk.

We have been talking firmly with some people that aren’t progressing and one of the families took it really well. They said they could feel the difference when we stopped passing by their house and, well, they were able to go and get a marriage date, in preparation for their baptisms.

We have done that with a few people: express our purpose and how we can only help them so much.

Another example is of when we started talking about the restoration with a recent convert. We told here that this message is one of the most important messages. Not only for us as members, but really for the world. I think that as members we are extremely blessed to have access to sooo much knowledge. Of course there will be things that maybe we will never know, but with the basic and simple principles of the gospel we are so blessed to have clarity in these things.

We are working with a man named Pablo. He is really willing to get baptized. We talked to him about how he will need to get married and at first he sounded hesitant. We asked if his girlfriend would be ok with it and he told us, “Yeah, she has been wanting to get married for a while but it’s been me that has said no.”  We kind of laughed at the situation, and we were able to teach him why it’s important, and he got excited!

That’s about it for this week, Thank you for everything. I look forward to talking with you guys!

Love you

Elder Wolf!

Here is the church.  This is the steeple, open the doors and well... I think there was people... haha

Here was a part of our area, and us walking

  

Here is part of the big park that is in our area

May 1, 2017

May 1, 2017

This week was pretty awesome! We saw a lot of little miracles.

We just had transfers and I’m staying in 9 de Julio with Elder Told. I’m pretty happy about that. We get along really well and I need to learn the area a little more.

This week we were walking and we walked by a house and we heard someone say, “Elders!”  And so we stopped to talk to him. Turns out that he is a 60-year-old man and was really inactive. He invited us in and we got to know him. Real awesome guy. Then his son came in and we were able to talk to him and he liked what we taught. We were able to invite him to baptism and he accepted. He and his dad went to church this Sunday. It was a blessing and they really liked church.

We are still working with Tony and his family, but I think they have a lot of things to do for their family and so their progression is a little complicated.

This week I was reading Jesus the Christ and it was talking about when he left for the desert to be tempted after he was baptized. As I read about this part of his journey, I loved the answers that he gave Satan. If I’m not wrong I think it’s in Luke 4. But I’m not too sure. For example one of the temptations that called my attention is when Satan told him that if he was a son of God he could turn the rocks into bread so that he wouldn’t be hungry. In Jesus the Christ, it talks about how Satan used the word “if” to make him doubt. Jesus rapidly replied that man will not only live by bread but also from the words of God. But it made me think of how many times Satan tries to use that same word “if” to make us doubt. We go through many tests and trials here in our lives and sometimes Satan tries to make us think that we might not be sons and daughters of God or that God doesn’t care. I want to remind you all that we are all sons and daughters of God and that we all have a divine potential. 

That’s about it for this week. I’m doing good and enjoying the mission! :)

Elder Wolf

Here is a photo of our district.

A picture of the railroad that is close to our house.

This is a picture of some calzones that a sister gave us for lunch one day! They were bigger than our faces!

These are some pictures that the sister missionaries passed me. One from a P-day where we went to the Burger King here.

The other picture is from when I did exchanges with the leader of the zone, and we ended up helping out the sisters with asking the Elders if they had symptoms of a sickness. It was pretty awkward...haha

April 24, 2017

April 24, 2017

This week went by super fast. 

The whole week we were focused on preparing Pedro for his baptism and he really was willing and made the effort. I sometimes felt that he was such a perfect investigator that a lot of times, even though we taught him all the lessons, I thought, “Are we even doing anything?” Because it just seemed like God was guiding him so much. 

We were really grateful for this miracle and to be able to teach him. We were so excited for his baptism

We got to help out the family Castro with their house that they are building. That was really fun. Hard work but we got to experience it.

I have really enjoyed getting to know the Bible better, specifically, the New Testament, and I want to share something I learned...

This week we were watching a Bible video with Jesus Christ about the Bread of life. It’s found in John 6. I have seen it and heard it before and I was kind of zoned out but still listening and well some things caught my attention and I had to listen to it again and then look for the scriptures...

First, I heard about when Jesus talks about how the bread of live is what descended from the heavens and gave life to the world.  Here the people were still thinking about the manna from heaven.

At this point Jesus tells them that He is the Bread of Life and that he descended from the heavens to give not only life but life eternal.

A little bit later he says in the 51st verse that the bread that he gives us is his flesh and his sacrifice.

Now how do we remember his sacrifice? The Sacrament! In the verses 54 through 56 it talks about how we can have life eternal through remembering Jesus with the sacrament. It’s part of enduring to the end.

These are simple principles but it made the connection with me that the bread of life is Jesus, and we remember Jesus with the sacrament, Sooo taking the sacrament each week is how we partake of the bread of life.

I enjoyed studying that this week

That’s about all for this week.

My toe is doing a lot better. The doctor took out the stiches and everything.

Love Elder Wolf

We helped out a family put a concrete base for their house. They are our investigators. They are the Castro Family. They have 5 kids from the ages of 8 and under and the parents want to get baptized with their little boy Christian who has 8 years.  It was hard work to mix the cement and all, I have a lot of respect for the people who work in that almost every day. Afterwards, Tony, (the dad) wanted us to write our names in the concrete. It was an honor.

   

  

This is the motorcycle of Pedro when we were preparing for his baptism. He let us take a picture with it! haha

 

Here is a picture with Pedro

Other pictures with Pedro before the baptism.

  

April 17, 2017

April 17, 2017

Hey all!  I’m doing good here.

This week was amazing! We ended the week with 4 investigators in church, two of which have a baptism date. 

One of them is Pedro. He is a miracle, a real golden investigator. He showed up to church last week on his own. After that we taught him all this week, and he accepted a baptism date. He genuinely reads what we ask him too, and reads and studies more than what he has to. He is 32 years old and is working in engineering. He has accepted a date of this Saturday. He wants to be baptized and he asked us, is it possible for someone to get baptized this fast? And we told him, yes, and we explained the scripture in Alma 32:21 about faith, and how we don’t need to have a perfect knowledge. This Sunday, he came to church in our ward, and the members were able to know him and they are also excited for his baptism. He has really been a miracle, and I have gained a testimony that God prepares the people well, and we are just the messengers.

We also had a girl named Brisa come to church with us. She has a great family and finally was brave enough to try church.

Easter was fun, we got some kinder eggs, haha, and well that was our little surprise. But I have enjoyed sharing this message this week. I never really understood well Easter, and to be able to study it and share our testimonies was amazing.

I know Christ lives, because of how He has, and how He does help us. This was something that I loved about Easter is that we celebrate that He lives. We celebrate how we can feel of His love and how it’s something tangible. I know He has an infinite amount of grace for people like us and it’s something that we can see and feel in our lives if we choose to accept the things that He has done for us.

Love you all,

Elder Wolf

We saw some paintings on the wall of a neighborhood club, and so we took some pictures haha

  

Today we played on a turf soccer field.  This was with the zone.

Afterwards, a Brother invited us to eat with them. Really nice of them.

Here’s a night shot of some apartments that we contacted.

This week I went on divisions (splits) with our Leader of the District

And I also found a scorpion while I was in their apartment.

Elder Told and I took a selfie with the train.