Hello everyone! How are ya'll doin?? The weeks just go by so fast out here it just crazy!! Well I hope this email finds you all well back home! There have been quite a bit of things happening out here! So lets get started!
2 fechas!! (dates)
We now have two people on date to be baptized! Ones name is Benjamin Vega who went to the other Elders because he was found in their area. He is 17 and has a big desire to change and become better! So keep him in your prayers!
The second one is Camila Herrera who is 11 years old! Camila is a girl we have been working with ever since I first got here! It has been hard to get her on date because it is hard for her to come to church because her mom works everyday, so we went to go pick her up ourselves! She said she had a great experience in church and wants to come back next Sunday so keep her in your prayers too!
Zone Conference in La Rioja:
We had our zone conference in La Rioja which is 2 hours away from Catamarca! It went by really well and I learned a lot! We focused a lot on the missionaries in the scriptures, and the struggles that they went through. It was cool to be able to read that to understand that the best of the best went through some really hard times as well! We ate some good empanadas as well and I spilled on all over my shirt and the stain won't come out so I gave that shirt away hahaha!
Exchanges with the AP's:
We had the AP's come to Catamarca! Elder McArthur, Elder Duarte, and Elder Vazquez! Elder McArthur was with Elder Scott and I. It was such a great experience! They told us to pray about a question or a goal that we had that we wanted help working on! For me, I told Elder McArthur I want to get better at building up my confidence on talking to people. It was cool because we went on a Colectivo (which is a bus) and were on our way to a lesson in Valle Viejo which is about 45 minutes away. Elder McArthur was sitting by me and was talking about my goal. He said that is just something you just gotta do, then he stood up in front of the entire bus and started to preaching about the Restoration for all of them. We ended up finding a couple people that were interested so it was very good! After we got off the bus, the lesson fell through so we decided to go out and just start finding! We walked past this place that we thought was a funeral but come to find out it was another catholic church! Elder McArthur looked at me and told me to go over there and to open my mouth. So I said "Gimme a foleto!!" which is a little booklet that explained about the Restoration. After getting rejected three times the spirit told me to keep going. Ended up finding this guy who said he was in a bad time because his wife was sick. We prayed for her, and after that he said he wanted to learn more! So we got his contact information and are planning on seeing him soon!
Funny street moments:
Well being an american makes you stick out like sore thumb especially when you are in the missionary clothes! Elder Scott and I were walking down the street and some guy drove by listening to Still Dre and was just smiling at us so we gave him a little smirk back hahah. Another guy saw us and just said, Joseph Smith! So we talked to him for an hour hahah he was pretty cool! We gave him a copy of the book of mormon too so fingers crossed!
Bible bashing:
We got bible bashed! Hahah we were leaving the house and this guy saw us and told us he had some questions. He grabbed his bible and it just turned into him telling us how wrong we were. He asked me what I thought grace was, so I told him I think of the word mercy when I think of grace. He said YOURE WRONG! So we had to leave before I wanted to pop him in the mouth hahah but the missionary in me knew that was wrong haha.
English Class:
We have English Class every saturday and we had some new students who were there so they could learn for their jobs. One of them told me that, "Your God will pay you in heaven for helping me with my English" So I think he enjoyed it hahah!
Well that basically sums it up haha sorry for the long email! Anyways I love ya'll! I want you all to know that Christ lives and LOOOOVES YOU ALLLL SOOOO MUCH! Have a great week and don't forget about me!
Love, Elder Weese
Pictures:
1, 2. Service Project sanding & painting
3. On our way to Zone Conference
4. Zone Conference with the boyzzzz
5. Heading to the store on pday
6. Teaching Camila
7. The panaderìa (bakery)
8. Sunset in Catamarca
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