29 abril 2019
Well I´m not sure I have much to report since the last time I talked to you. We had yet another rough sunday and didn´t get any investigators to church. Although we did get an inactive family to come to church yesterday, which felt pretty good. Also, we had tacos again with Tania and her family after church so that cheered me up. I don´t know if I´ve told you about Tania before but she is a recent convert and we are trying to get her parents married so they can get baptized. It´s a work in progress, but they are a really cool family.
We´re teaching this one lady named Valeria that is reading the book of mormon and wants to get baptized, but she needs to stop smoking. And it´s going to be pretty hard because her husband, her 18 year old daughter, and her 15 year old son all smoke. So we´re probably going to have to convince the whole family to stop smoking. Hopefully they can.
It´s somehow already the last week of the transfer. It went by really fast. So this saturday we´ll be getting the call. I would imagine that my comp is leaving and I´ll be staying, but I guess anything can happen, so we´ll see.
I can´t think of anything else to say so I guess that´ll do.
¡Chaucito!
-Elder Shelton
Monday, April 29, 2019
Monday, April 22, 2019
Nate's Letter Home - April 22, 2019
trio - 22 abril 2019
Well it was an interesting week.
Late tuesday night, we got a call from the APs that we would be recieving a new elder straight from the MTC. They told us he´d be with us for about 3 weeks (until the end of the transfer) while he waits for his visa so he can go to his mission in Mexico.
So then wednesday right after lunch we were all in the pensh studying and all of the sudden we get a phone call from an hermano telling us he´s right outside our pensh with the new elder. That was pretty surprising because we weren´t expecting him to show up so soon. So we were in a threesome until thursday night when Elder Mendez and I had to travel to Junín to do divisions with the asistentes viajantes on friday. They told us to just leave Elder Rodriguez with the other 2 elders, so thats what we did. So we did divisions with the elders in Junín, and then we missed our bus that left at 7:30 at night, and the next one wasn`t until 1 in the morning, so we had to stay another night there in Junìn and come back saturday morning. Also, friday night the APs called us again and told us that Elder Rodriguez was getting moved to Saladillo saturday morning, so our threesome was very short-lived.
So we got back to Chacabuco saturday morning. Then at mid-day we had to take Elder Rodriguez to the bus terminal and send him off to Saladillo.
It was another disappointing sunday since we didn`t get anyone to church. Hopefully next sunday will be different.
I think that´s about all folks.
Hasta el jueves
-Elder Shelton
Well it was an interesting week.
Late tuesday night, we got a call from the APs that we would be recieving a new elder straight from the MTC. They told us he´d be with us for about 3 weeks (until the end of the transfer) while he waits for his visa so he can go to his mission in Mexico.
So then wednesday right after lunch we were all in the pensh studying and all of the sudden we get a phone call from an hermano telling us he´s right outside our pensh with the new elder. That was pretty surprising because we weren´t expecting him to show up so soon. So we were in a threesome until thursday night when Elder Mendez and I had to travel to Junín to do divisions with the asistentes viajantes on friday. They told us to just leave Elder Rodriguez with the other 2 elders, so thats what we did. So we did divisions with the elders in Junín, and then we missed our bus that left at 7:30 at night, and the next one wasn`t until 1 in the morning, so we had to stay another night there in Junìn and come back saturday morning. Also, friday night the APs called us again and told us that Elder Rodriguez was getting moved to Saladillo saturday morning, so our threesome was very short-lived.
So we got back to Chacabuco saturday morning. Then at mid-day we had to take Elder Rodriguez to the bus terminal and send him off to Saladillo.
It was another disappointing sunday since we didn`t get anyone to church. Hopefully next sunday will be different.
I think that´s about all folks.
Hasta el jueves
-Elder Shelton
Monday, April 15, 2019
Nate's Letter Home - Apr 15, 2019
lavaropa - 15 abril 2019
Well a true unexpected miracle happened this week. We got a phone call from the elder who´s in charge of all the apartments in the mission, and he asked us if we had a washing machine. I said no. Then he was like, alright, we´re going to give you one. I was so surprised, I didn`t even know what to say. So saturday morning, un hermano came and installed a brand new washing machine in our apartment. We are all super hyped. In fact I was so hyped that I did a load of laundry last night just for the heck of it, even though I hardly had any dirty clothes. When I started the load we all sat around and watched it for like 10 minutes haha. That was my first time being able to do my own laundry since the MTC. A year and a half without one makes you realize that a washing machine is a very nice thing to have.
Teaching wise, things are kinda rough right now. Well, actually, the teaching part is going pretty well since we have quite a few investigators right now. But the church attendance part is pretty rough. And by pretty rough, I mean non-existant. We had a lot of people let us down and we didn`t get anyone to church yesterday. That is our biggest problem right now so we´re trying to figure out a way to change things up.
Yesterday we had lunch with a recent convert named Tania and her family. We had tacos and they were super good. On saturday Elder Mendez and I come up clutch and found this fruit stand run by some Bolivians and they had some hot peppers. And so we made some guacamole and pico de gallo and put a little bit of the hot peppers in. I convinced my comp not to put that much because Argentines are seriously the biggest wimps ever about spicy food. So anyway, we got there and started eating, and I was like dang, we should´ve put more peppers because this isn`t spicy at all. But not even 2 minutes after we started eating I looked around and realized that the entire family was basically dying. In fact, Tania´s older sister ran to the bathroom and started rinsing out her mouth. They were all like, what did you put in this? Elder Mendez and I just laughed. It was not spicy at all haha.
Anyway, I think that´s about all I got. Have a good week y´all.
-Elder Shelton
Well a true unexpected miracle happened this week. We got a phone call from the elder who´s in charge of all the apartments in the mission, and he asked us if we had a washing machine. I said no. Then he was like, alright, we´re going to give you one. I was so surprised, I didn`t even know what to say. So saturday morning, un hermano came and installed a brand new washing machine in our apartment. We are all super hyped. In fact I was so hyped that I did a load of laundry last night just for the heck of it, even though I hardly had any dirty clothes. When I started the load we all sat around and watched it for like 10 minutes haha. That was my first time being able to do my own laundry since the MTC. A year and a half without one makes you realize that a washing machine is a very nice thing to have.
Teaching wise, things are kinda rough right now. Well, actually, the teaching part is going pretty well since we have quite a few investigators right now. But the church attendance part is pretty rough. And by pretty rough, I mean non-existant. We had a lot of people let us down and we didn`t get anyone to church yesterday. That is our biggest problem right now so we´re trying to figure out a way to change things up.
Yesterday we had lunch with a recent convert named Tania and her family. We had tacos and they were super good. On saturday Elder Mendez and I come up clutch and found this fruit stand run by some Bolivians and they had some hot peppers. And so we made some guacamole and pico de gallo and put a little bit of the hot peppers in. I convinced my comp not to put that much because Argentines are seriously the biggest wimps ever about spicy food. So anyway, we got there and started eating, and I was like dang, we should´ve put more peppers because this isn`t spicy at all. But not even 2 minutes after we started eating I looked around and realized that the entire family was basically dying. In fact, Tania´s older sister ran to the bathroom and started rinsing out her mouth. They were all like, what did you put in this? Elder Mendez and I just laughed. It was not spicy at all haha.
Anyway, I think that´s about all I got. Have a good week y´all.
-Elder Shelton
Monday, April 8, 2019
Nate's Letter Home - April 8, 2019
¡Arrepentíos! - 8 abril 2019
Well General Conference was really good. We watched all the sessions in the church, so it was all in spanish. We watched the priesthood session too, so we didn`t get home until a little past 11. Although with our campo schedule we normally don´t get home until like 10:30, so there wasn´t much difference. The talks were really good. In Priesthood session, we got called to repentance. Quite literally haha. Does D. Todd Christofferson speak spanish? Because I´m 99% sure that the translation of his talk in spanish was a recording of him. It was totally his voice, but the other elders don´t believe me. Also, the internet stopped working during Elder Holland´s talk, so we weren´t able to hear it.
Unfortunately, we didn´t get any investigators to come to conference with us. We went and looked for people before every session, but we didn´t end up getting anyone. It was kinda rough. Malvina is kinda struggling because her husband doesn´t support her and I think they´ve had some arguments. She´s also really busy all the time, especially now that she´s started to take classes at night so she can finish school.
This week we found a young couple that are really cool. We taught the Restoration and they understood it really well and they´ve been reading in the book of mormon. We just need to get them married. And they usually work pretty late saturday nights, so we´ll have to convince them to come to church as well.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot. We had the mission party on tuesday. It was pretty dang sweet. We had Subway sandwiches and ice cream for lunch. And we got to watch Incredibles 2, which was a pretty great movie. I also got to play basketball for the first time since the MTC. Needless to say, I was pretty rusty.
Like always, I´m sure I´m forgetting something, but I guess that´s what Thursday is for.
¡Hasta Jueves!
-Elder Shelton
Well General Conference was really good. We watched all the sessions in the church, so it was all in spanish. We watched the priesthood session too, so we didn`t get home until a little past 11. Although with our campo schedule we normally don´t get home until like 10:30, so there wasn´t much difference. The talks were really good. In Priesthood session, we got called to repentance. Quite literally haha. Does D. Todd Christofferson speak spanish? Because I´m 99% sure that the translation of his talk in spanish was a recording of him. It was totally his voice, but the other elders don´t believe me. Also, the internet stopped working during Elder Holland´s talk, so we weren´t able to hear it.
Unfortunately, we didn´t get any investigators to come to conference with us. We went and looked for people before every session, but we didn´t end up getting anyone. It was kinda rough. Malvina is kinda struggling because her husband doesn´t support her and I think they´ve had some arguments. She´s also really busy all the time, especially now that she´s started to take classes at night so she can finish school.
This week we found a young couple that are really cool. We taught the Restoration and they understood it really well and they´ve been reading in the book of mormon. We just need to get them married. And they usually work pretty late saturday nights, so we´ll have to convince them to come to church as well.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot. We had the mission party on tuesday. It was pretty dang sweet. We had Subway sandwiches and ice cream for lunch. And we got to watch Incredibles 2, which was a pretty great movie. I also got to play basketball for the first time since the MTC. Needless to say, I was pretty rusty.
Like always, I´m sure I´m forgetting something, but I guess that´s what Thursday is for.
¡Hasta Jueves!
-Elder Shelton
Monday, April 1, 2019
Nate's Letter Home - April 1, 2019
arroz - 1 abril 2019
Well I´m not sure if I have much to say to be honest.
I guess the biggest news is that as a mission, we baptized 228 people in March. A long time ago, President promised us that once we baptized over 200 people in a month, we would have a huge party, and so that´s what we´re doing tomorrow. We have to leave today in the afternoon to travel to Ramos Mejía and we´re going to stay the night there so we can party tomorrow.
Probably the best part of the week was that Malvina passed her baptism interview on saturday. So she will most likely be baptized this saturday, in between sessions of Conference. The only thing is that she´s a little bit nervous about the fact that she´s the only one in her family that is going to church, and so it will probably be hard to keep all the commandments if her husband isn´t supporting her. But I´m pretty sure we´re going to be able to convince her that she can do it. She lives like 2 blocks from the branch president, so that should help her.
We found a ton of cool people this week, and we had a lot of people committed to come to church. But despite our best efforts, nobody came to church yesterday... :( (When I say nobody, I´m talking about investigators, luckily there were members there).
Oh yeah, I gave my talk yesterday, and I played the piano. My talk was about faith. It somehow ended up being almost 20 minutes long. I never would have thought I could talk for that long.
Well that´s about it. Have a great week! Enjoy Conference!
Will you be going to El Sol after priesthood session?
-Elder Shelton
Well I´m not sure if I have much to say to be honest.
I guess the biggest news is that as a mission, we baptized 228 people in March. A long time ago, President promised us that once we baptized over 200 people in a month, we would have a huge party, and so that´s what we´re doing tomorrow. We have to leave today in the afternoon to travel to Ramos Mejía and we´re going to stay the night there so we can party tomorrow.
Probably the best part of the week was that Malvina passed her baptism interview on saturday. So she will most likely be baptized this saturday, in between sessions of Conference. The only thing is that she´s a little bit nervous about the fact that she´s the only one in her family that is going to church, and so it will probably be hard to keep all the commandments if her husband isn´t supporting her. But I´m pretty sure we´re going to be able to convince her that she can do it. She lives like 2 blocks from the branch president, so that should help her.
We found a ton of cool people this week, and we had a lot of people committed to come to church. But despite our best efforts, nobody came to church yesterday... :( (When I say nobody, I´m talking about investigators, luckily there were members there).
Oh yeah, I gave my talk yesterday, and I played the piano. My talk was about faith. It somehow ended up being almost 20 minutes long. I never would have thought I could talk for that long.
Well that´s about it. Have a great week! Enjoy Conference!
Will you be going to El Sol after priesthood session?
-Elder Shelton
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