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We Had a Baptism Once Again

March 6, 2023

What is up, people of the United States? I'm back again with another email from Argentina 🇦🇷!! 

 

This week was kind of wild and went by super fast.


On Monday after preparation day, we start divisions where we break off in different partnerships. On our way back to our district leader's pension, his comp turns to him and is like, "Yo, you got the keys?" and my district leader goes, "No!" So me and the district leader head back to the other church to look for the keys. They weren't in the first place we checked, so we waited to get into the computer place to check there. No keys. We're in kind of hurry because we have to get to a dinner in my area, so we go back and look in one more spot, and BAM, keys!!! We ended up getting the keys, so that was all ok, but we had to cancel the dinner. 😪   

 

On Tuesday, I get up and do my normal routine--push-ups and sit-ups while I wait for my comp to take a shower. (BTW I haven't lost any of the muscle soo that's kind of a big +) Well, then I realize I'm not with my comp because we're on divisions, soo I take the shower first. When we're both ready to go out, we go contacting and literally no one opens up because it feels like the devil's oven with hot humidity. We want to give up, but we knock another door, and a man opens up and we're like, "What's up, Dude?" or in Spanish, que anda o que tal. Anyways, he's like, "Oh, hi!!" Well, we get to talking, and this guy tells us, "Dude, ya man. I don't do drugs at all. I don't even drink alcohol." I'm thinking this man's gold until he says, "But I do smoke Mary Jane, but it's not a drug because it comes from the earth and because I can smoke it in my house tranquilo aka chill."  Welp, that's when I thought, I guess we might have some work to do with him. We set up a time to come back for another visit.  

 

Wednesday was kind of boring, but Thursday was interesting. We had a lunch appointment way out from our house, so me and my companion mapped out a bunch of stops to check in with people we know. Right before we get to lunch, we met a gold person who wants to hear us and wants us to talk to her kids, so that's amazing!! Usually, I'm cool with any food, but this time we were fed this thing called gnocchi.  It's like noodles, but different. I do fine with the first plate, maybe a little full. But I still go ahead and eat this fruit jello thing. Little did I know, a second round of the noodle stuff is coming up. I conquer the second round of noodle stuff, we say our goodbyes, and that's where things get interesting. So, we live like an hour out from this house, walking because we don't have this thing you guys call a car. As we are walking, I get this heavy feeling. You know what I'm talking about? I'm thinking, does gnocchi have a lot of fiber?  I tell my comp we need to pick up the pace. So we book it home. Somehow, I kept the pipes backed up until we got back to our apartment, but can I tell you, the human body is insane!

 

FRIDAY WE HAD A BAPTISM of a guy who's been an amigo of the church for forever, so that was really special and cool to see. And now we're just waiting a week for him to baptize his daughter on the 18th, soo ya kind of crazy what the Lord has done with this family. And I'm really excited for them to eventually go to the temple together because it would be really cool for them to be sealed for eternity. (On this topic I feel like the wards I'm in are getting younger and younger. Families are having babies left and right. Baby fever?) 

 

Saturday was kind of boring until one of our contacts turned out to be an argumentative Catholic that didn't believe in an afterlife and also that women weren't important. The only woman that he considered important was Mary, mother of Jesus. Once he brought that up, I kicked my companion's shoe so hard, we were out of there before he could say anything else. I hope that guy ends up learning a little more from different people but he'll probably not talk with us again.

 

Anyway, that's a little about my week and some of the experiences I've had! I wish you all luck and miss you tons!! 

 

Elder Mergenthaler Out

















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