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TRANSFER WEEK

March 27, 2023

Hey, what's going on y'all!! It's transfer week, and I have transfer news!! Drum roll, please... I am staying again! For me, this is so weird because I will have been with Elder Sellers for three transfers. So you know what that means--more interesting stories to come!! 

Okay, on to the week! Monday, we cooked with our district for p-day and played card games, which was so fun. After p-day ended, we did paperwork and listened to scriptures.

On Tuesday, we had a chill morning because we had Consejo de zona (zone conference). At zone conference, I felt like a prideful freak because me and my comp were talking a lot about how much success our area has had and how it's been soo cool to see, but then we heard the other companionships' stories, and we realized we haven't really had all that much success. A final sting came when the zone leaders asked us for tips, but, I mean, maybe our ideas helped others. After zone conference, we got lunch, contacted for a while and went to bed.

On Wednesday, we did service with PATOS (ducks), which was so fun because they also have chickens, and one of them escaped, and the Hermana grabbed it by its feet and handed it to me, so I got to hold a chicken by its feet which was so weird, not gonna lie, but like it was cool. We cleaned and cleaned and ate empanadas with her after so that was super fun!! Then we contacted the rest of the day, and we also had a really good lesson with one of our friends so that was so hype!

Thursday was super fun. We start the day with contacts and we hit up one of our friends. He tells us he doesn't have time right now, so we're like, "That's OK." We walk along, and I see a dude planting plants, and I tap my comp, and I'm like, "Go get him." It turns out this dude believes the world is flat and that we aren't actually here. He thinks we're trapped on a different planet, and these are just like AI bodies. Bruh, this dude was like we are like The Avatar movie, haha! He then goes on to explain that his body's name is Facundo, hahaha, so we conclude our conversation with him. He wants to set a date for us to talk with him another time about the Plan of Salvation. I don't know how that's going to go, but we can give it a try.

Another huge thing that happened is that we got a text from a member about this girl who wants to learn about our church. I'm like, "Dope," so we text her, and it turns out her head has been messed with by a witch. She says she loves God and Jesus Christ but can't come outside or something like that--I don't completely remember, but ya, so we're gonna start teaching her, but we aren't gonna go to her house, cause, witch stuff is just wack.

 And now we're back to p-day living the dream!

 I love you all and miss you tons!! 

Good luck next week!! 

Elder 

Mergenthaler 

Out 





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