Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Week #13 ~Early Morning Run

Hola! 
I am feeling good itwasa very long week.  The space buttononmy computer doesntseem to workmost of the time. AHHH!! 

We havebeenwalking sofar this week! We just got a list of the members that are not onour map and we are trying to visit them and they are like anhour and a half walk out side ofthe little areawe have!!! We plan onvisitingthemand we canonly get to a few cause its sofarof a walk we donnothaveenough time to get there.

(I will edit this from here on to correct the non-working space button)

I have attached some pictures of my new creations I call one pankaeggs and the other is my version of egg drop soup. Lovin me some eggs and rice.  I am a little bit smaller than when I arrived, I can belt up everything pretty well but all my cloths are pretty loose the jeans are the worst.   I have them like folded in the back so the front looks fine!!!

It’s still cold here it is getting a little warmer and today is the warmest I have seen in a while! The storm last week was cool but not as cold as everyone made it out to be! People here made it sound crazy and told us it was dangerous, but it just blew some fences over and signs!

Good news, we fixed the blender-washing machine yesterday and the shower is not that bad its one of the nicest houses in the mission. I do have regular toilets and they are really low to the ground and we have the french side toilet thing called a bidet or something like that.  In our flat we have a bed and a fride but the beds are short so my feet hang off.  My Spanish is ok it still coming along but I am studying hard. 

Tomorrow I get to do splits with my zone leaders, which means….I am close to Walmart. It’s a little Walmart compared to the states but compared to the shacks where we buy stuff it’s a palace.   I have started wearing different slacks that do not have a hole in them with my suit jacket.  It is not exactly stylish but its all I have. I am perfectly happy with it currently.   I hope people think it’s a new american style, they may just start wearing mis matching suits here! Speaking of copy cats my comp copies everything I do and workout and I thought it was funny at first but now it’s crazy! I made up a really stupid one where you l lay on the ground and lift your arms up weird to see if he was really just copping me and I came out of the bath room and he was doing this stupid work out I made up!!!! hahahah

So on Wednesday morning or you could say Tuesday night we gota phone call at 1 in the morning and it was new missionaries at the bus terminal.   They were in  city and they were trying to find their house but the elder left his papers at their last stop. So they called me and my comp and we ran physically ran to the bus terminal at one in the morning! Quite a bit early then our normal run.  The terminal is about 3 or so miles from our house then we helped them take there bags to their house, then we went home! The rest of the day was just tracting all day and visiting members. 

Thursday we were out contacting and this crazy member that rides there bike around the city that some how all ways finds us.   Well they found us and decided to tag along as we go tracting. His name is Cheatsho and he his crazy! He is always telling me about when Argentina will become the biggest government and it will some day be the government of the world and that it's so good that I will be half Argentina and alive for this glories day to come! 

Friday we went on a visit to a less active members house but the best part is as we were walking down the super long road to his farm he drove by and have us a lift! It turns out that we weren't even close to his house at all! We whould have been walking for a lot longer then we planned! They are Goucho and they are the cowboys of Argentina and they dress like a vintage golfer would and I think it looks so cool!!!!! I will have that same out fit when I come home.  Just wait! 

Saturday 
We did service for a progressing investigator by cleaning up his back yard. It was really fun. He handed my an ax and pointed to a ton of wood! While him and my comp were sweeping the cement! It was crazy, but I really enjoyed the hard work and talking to them. We then visited more members in that area .

Sunday 
We confirmed the boy that we baptized last week in church.   I was so scared that the bishop would ask me to give the blessing! Right before he started he said Elder Vance will you pick who does it and I almost had a heart attack! After church we went and meet with some less-active members.

Tyson, I am glad someone is making use of my closet !  Are those my shoes you are wearing?  Just make sure they are put back when you are done! I  love it here! idk why you worry this is just as safe as Nebraska!
I have to go love you!

Elder Vance 


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