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I LOST MY BUS

January 23, 2023

Hey everyone!! We're back at it again with the life of Elder Mergenthaler! 

 After p-day last week,  I was supposed to take a bus down to Bahía Blanca, but I got there at the wrong time, so I ended up doing missionary work with my district leader instead. As my new comp-for-the-day and I were heading back to my house, we talked to the taxi driver about the church. It turns out he's low-key interested in our church and in the USA, but, I mean, hey, you get what you get, hahaha. So when he drops us off, we get his Facebook and tell him we'll message him!! 😌

That same day we were able to contact a lady who we couldn't find for a while, and guess what--our miracle new* from last week-- that was his mom!!! Kind of weird, but also a miracle. After that, we went to dinner with this family and talked about life, the future, and everything in between, haha, but while I'm on this topic, I don't know if I've told you guys, but ever since I've been on a mission I've been really looking forward to when I can have kids of my own one day. To be honest, wanting kids might just be because I can't go up and give the kids on my missions the biggest Ricky hug ever. Just the rules. But literally, my desire to have a family has skyrocketed since I've been on the mission because families are pretty special.

On Wednesday, I got back with my real companion Elder Sellers, and we had a weird morning. To be honest, again, this whole week was weird, but que va hacer?? So on Wednesday, we have a lesson with one of our friends named Jorge, who is doing really great. Well, we get to his house, and the first thing we see is this big white dog literally trying to kill this black dog, so we just stand there because there's a gate in between us. The dog takes a break, but starts up again, so this little boy comes out with huge bricks and starts throwing them at the dog's head to get him distracted. Well, that doesn't work, so my companion starts to roar like Beast from Beauty and the Beast (don't ask me why). Finally, they get the dog in the cage, and the black dog escapes. After that, our lesson kind of went downhill because we tried to ask Jorge to be baptized, but he wasn't quite ready.

On Thursday, we helped this guy clean up grass clippings in his yard for like 2 hours, and then we taught the guy's wife. She's not a member, but the thing that's rough with her is that she's too comfortable in her life to make changes or to want to see for herself if this thing is really real, but we're working on it.

On Friday, I had divisions with our zone leaders, so that meant I went to another area!! During our divisions, I was able to see not only how to work hard, but what to do when nobody is in the street, so that was really helpful!! I also got Naruto stickers from the guy I was on splits with, so that was cool! But literally, that rest of the week was boring except for Sunday.

So, on Sunday, we're greeting all the members at the door when one of the Elders Quorum dudes comes up and asks me and my companion if we would bless the sacrament in Spanish. Obviously, we say yes but when I said yes, on the inside I was saying no only because it was in Spanish, but let me tell you, the Lord carried me through because I'm here now writing an email. Anyway, after that, we had a class with all the old dudes, and guess who was there? Jorge! And guess what our lesson was about? It was all about what we taught him on Wednesday! So that's also a little miracle for us.

I hope your week was good and that everyone was safe!! 

Love, 

Elder Mergenthaler ❤

* New - New person to teach











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