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 April 17, 2023

Hola!! Todos!! Espero que estén bien pero bueno! Yo estoy tomando mi mate y estoy  pensando en como milagros y ayunos son reales!! Porque este semana para mi fue muy duro pero con eso hay milagros entonces estoy felice jajaj 

 Okay, anyway, to be real with you, this week was really difficult for me and Elder Sellers because the weather is getting colder and that means the Argentines are colder too. 😒 I really have no clue why. For example, yesterday, Elder Sellers and I were walking along the street and this dude stops his bike sideways in the middle of the street. He's there for a while until this moto comes by honks for him to move so the moto can go by. Well, the guy moves and we cross the road and the guy says about the guy on the moto, "That dum dum really doesn't like you guys," and I'm thinking in my head, "Bro, it was you that was in the way." The same kind of thing happens again after a few minutes, so we found a different place to walk. We're always getting blamed for stuff.

I will say this, though, times like this give me the opportunity to rely on the Lord for help and really trust in Him, and guess what? He helped us in 4 ways!

First, we were able to have lots and lots of food this week, so we didn't have to pull out the noodles and rice which was good!!

Second, we were able to get more clarity on lots of the families in our ward that haven't been to church in a while, so I'm excited to get working on that next week. 

Third, He helped us find a new friend named Fede. Okay, so Elder Sellers and I were feeling kind of down because one of our really promising friends told us that she can't listen to us anymore and that The Book of Mormon was written by a man and doesn't compare to the Bible at all. So we were feeling rejected, but we keep on with the work because that's what missionaries do. We clap at this door for a fat minute and this guy walks up and is like, "Yo, what's up?" Turns out he lives there and he's talked to missionaries before, and he wants to keep learning, so we have a new friend to teach!! 

The fourth thing happened on the same day as Fede. After we meet Fede, we walk to pick up our dinner and go back to our house when I get this call from my old comp, Elder Curtis. We chat for a little bit and then he tells us that there are two little girls that want to get baptized with their friend that lives in his area, but the thing is that the girls live in MY AREA!! So we get to teach side by side again to help get this group of friends baptized on May 7th!!

God really does watch out for you! He's there for you and loves each and every one of you!! Have a good week!! 

Te amo mucho!! ♥️ 

Elder Mergenthaler 








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