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October 31, 2023

Hey! What is going on y'all I will explain the title in a little bit because it's a pretty interesting story. This week was great!! We found 12 new people to teach, so that's really exciting! Also, I've been able to connect with my comp a little more, so now the transfer is going pretty well!! This week I was able to give a blessing in Spanish even though I had no clue what I was saying. My comp stood behind me and told me the words.

Anyways, what else happened this week? Oh ya, I made dinner and breakfast this week, and it was soon good. I mean I cooked with what I had, so to be honest, I could have made it so much better in America, but I'm not there rn, so I just did with what I had. I'll put pictures in to show you. Along with my own cooking, I also ate some really interesting things at a member's house. At the beginning of the lunch, they hand me this orange pepper and are like, "Go on, Elder. Eat it. Its soo good." So I ate it because you can't turn down food here because it's rude. Anyway, as I'm eating it, my mouth starts to burn like it's on fire, but it wasn't super, super bad, so I went at it again, but this time I dipped it in spicy sauce. I thought I was gonna die because my mouth first went a little numb and then it felt like I had a flame in my mouth and it lasted for like 40 minutes. It sucked, and that was just the appetizer. For lunch, we have this thing called Asado which is basically a barbecue with a bunch of meat. Well, I dig in because I'm like, "Sweet! Meat galore!" I finish my first meat thing and the member goes, "Elder, guess what you just ate." I'm thinking, uh oh. They said, "You just ate cow brain!!" At first, I didn't process what he said, but then I looked at the pile of meat on my plate. It turns out, I had all the parts of a cow. I don't know if I had tongue or not, but it was surprisingly really good! I also ate blood sausage, which is super interesting. We have another lunch with the same family on Tuesday. I wonder what they will serve us!

Another thing that happened was this Argentinian girl made a heart to me while I was waiting at the bus stop. When I got on the bus, I made a heart back. That's not that weird, but people are super flirty with the missionaries. A grandma at the grocery store said that my comp and I were smoking hot. That was kind of weird.

Well I, better get going, but I love you all, and I love all the emails I get from you guys! 

I hope you all have a good week! 

Elder Mergenthaler Out 

Ps: God and Jesus Christ love you 





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