I´m writing a bit later than usual today because the ciber we use for emailing was full so we went and ate lunch and did our weekly planning and then came back. Also, a few minutes ago we got interupted by the power going out. I´m not sure if it´s related but while the power was out we heard a bunch of guys yelling really loud and then the ciber owner went to see what was going on and ran back in and called the cops. I guess there was a fight or something. Anyway, a few minutes later the power came back and now I´m writing this.
It´s been another week of meeting a lot of amazing people, hearing a lot of spanish, not understanding much, lots of walking, and unfortunately a lot of appointments that have fallen through. Schedules don´t really exist here so it can be hard to catch people at their house. Although, some good news: we got a baptismal date. It was probably the easiest baptismal date I´ll ever get, but I´ll take it. We visited this family that has been inactive for a long time and they have a 9 year old daughter that hasn´t been baptized. We went there to talk a little about baptism but before we could ask her anything she flat out told us that she wanted to be baptized. We were like, well that was pretty easy, and we set the date for the 9 of december. I might be the one doing the baptism so I´m pretty excited for that, although we still have to teach her a few of the lessons and it´s a little difficult because her parents have to be there and they work a lot.
We have a few investigators that have some obstacles to overcome before we can set a date with them. This one guy Alfredo is a total capo (capo basically means stud). He reads from the book of mormon everyday, we had to give him this giant copy because he had trouble seeing the small one. The only problem is his smoking. He smokes a ton each day and he hasn´t been able to quit. He´s cut his smoking down a lot ever since he got the word of wisdom lesson, but he hasn´t been able to fully quit. I hope we can help him to.
It´s crazy how fast your shoes get dirty here. I remember the first day I got to the area and saw all the shoes in our apartment I was like wow, these guys must be veterans. You could hardly tell what color the shoes were they had so much dirt on them. But after the first day of walking my shoes looked exactly the same haha. That reminds me, on wednesday it was really hot and there was a bunch of wind. Since all the roads are dirt and straight, the dust can get insane. We couldn´t see very far in front of us and it didn´t take long before we were covered in dirt. I definitely chose the wrong day to wear contacts, that´s for sure. It was pretty painful. Anyway, later that same day, clouds came out of nowhere and it dumped on us. I didn´t have my jacket or anything so I got soaked. All the dirt that was on me turned to mud, it was a mess haha. I´m glad it rained though because the temperature finally cooled off. The first part of the week was crazy hot. We were sweating the minute we left our apartment in the morning and didn´t stop until we came back at night and took off our clothes. I thought maybe I was just being a wimp but all the natives were dying of heat too so it must of have been hot. But ever since it rained it cooled down a lot and has actually been a little chilly. In fact it´s raining right now as I type this.
On P day I finally did some laundry. We fill up a bucket with hot water and put some detergent in it and wash our clothes in that. Then we hang them out back to dry, which takes forever. Not sure how good of a job I did, but my clothes smell good now at least.
Oh yeah I forgot to mention, I was able to pull my money out this time. We took the train into Merlo this time and pulled out money at some ATM´s there. I pulled out a bunch of personal money too.
Also, on friday we had to go into the capital for tramites, or paperwork. It was a bunch of waiting in lines, handing people papers, waiting in more lines. Kinda like the DMV. It took several hours but I think I´m finally legal now. While we waited for the train back to our area me and my comp had lunch at this pizza place. It was probably some of the best pizza I´ve ever eaten. We also got a glass of coke and that really hit the spot. Never thought I´d say this in a million years, but I have become a coke lover. It just tastes better down here for some reason.
Anyway, hope you guys have a great week. Sometimes the spanish can be rough, but I love it here. I don´t understand a lot of what they say to me but I know it will come with time. Right now I just try to say what I can and my comp helps out with the rest.
-Elder Shelton
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