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PASCUA (EASTER)

April 10, 2023

Hey, what is up? For me, this last week was full of remembering that Sunday was gonna be Easter, so we my comp and I adjusted our study to focus on the last week of the Savior's life. His resurrection is a wonderful gift. 

On Tuesday, we headed out to the forest to visit one of our friends. We didn't end up getting him, but we met his girlfriend or wife (we don't know). She is interested in learning more, so we set up a date to come back Saturday! After that we went and contacted some and then ate lunch, contacted more, and then we prepared for our splits with our ZLs (zone leaders). 

On Wednesday, I got to go on splits for the day with my old trainer so I was able to reconnect with him and learn about how I can be a better district leader. Also, we ate this thing called asado which is essentially a meat fest or like a Thanksgiving dinner but for lunch. As part of this asado, I tried cow stomach which was weird. Man, it was tough on the outside and then squishy and juicy on the inside. They also gave me this thing I love called blood sausage. It's soo good cold, warm or hot. It tastes like a greasy, meaty churro. 

On Thursday, I spent most of the day in leader's meetings talking about numbers and how we can improve and what we can change, which sucks, but it was helpful. 

On Friday, my companion and I  needed some food to keep us over until Monday, so we walk into a store, and when we are checking out, I see this almost 11-year-old kid buy a 2-pack of cigarettes like it was nothing. A couple of days later, dogs followed us into that same store. We didn't get in trouble, but it was weird.

I have to get going, but I'll leave you with this--miracles are real. We saw it Sunday. We thought we weren't gonna have any visitors at church when our friend, Ezequiel, came up to us and was like, "Yo, what's up dude?" That was super crazy. Even better was that he was taking notes!! So that made us super happy! Anyways I love you all and hope you have a great week!! 

Love 

Elder Mergenthaler








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