Yeah. This week was a little out of whack, but we still got
work done and looked for people to teach. Nevertheless, we didn’t have too many lessons this week. We have a lot
of people to visit, but literally no one was home. So that was pretty lame, but
after fasting yesterday, we have hope for this coming week.
Monday
After pday last week, at the very end of the day, we stopped
by our good friends Adrian and Liza. They noticed that my tooth was bothering
me, so, being the absolutely amazing people that they are, they looked up two
or three dentist offices and Adrian told us that the following day, he would go
in, personally, and set an appointment for me. They were absolute blessings for
us, especially me, this week.
Tuesday
In the morning, I was eating breakfast, still not having
showered yet, when we got a phone call from Adrian. He told us that a dentist
office had time to see me, but that we had to be in the office immediately. So
we hurried and got dressed and raced with Adrian to the dentist office. On the
way, he told us that he had told the office that he was my Uncle and that i am
his "sobrinito" and that he really needed me to get looked at because
I was in a lot of pain. So I got in, they looked at me, took an x-ray to look at my molars, and said that they
couldn’t really find anything wrong. They
did detect from a few tests that it was probably my far back molar on my upper
right side. But, they didn’t want to do
anything without knowing exactly what the problem was, so they set up another
appointment with a different office to get a full, 360 x-ray of my face. So that was the morning. For the afternoon, we
didn’t have much happen for us. We stopped
by one of our investigators, Patricia, but she wasn’t
home, but her granddaughter gave us some hugs and a painting for each of us.
Luz is the sweetest little girl I have ever
met. But at the very end of the day, we talked to Gabe,
the kid who was the exchange student in the USA. We bought some burgers with him from a place
called the Pájaro and then taught him a lesson in the Church. It was really
good and he absolutely felt the Spirit. He ended up committing to Read the Book
of Mormon and also pray to know if our message is true. He is a reallly awesome
guy and we have a lot of hopes for him.
Wednesday.
First thing in the morning, we got my full, 360, panarama x-ray that was pretty fun. It took less than 10
minutes to go in, do the picture, and leave. So it was pretty good. For the
morning, we went to 2 de Abril, but didn’t
have too much success. For lunch, we had ravioles with HNA Palota and also had a kind of Liver stew. It wasn’t too bad actually. Elder Robinson could barely
eat it though. For the rest of the day, we didnt have too much happen for us.
But, we did receive a text from Adrian that had some pretty big news. He told
us that the doctor looked at my pictures and decided that I needed to get a root canal! So that was pretty
crazy. The appointment was set for the following day because our “Uncle” Adrian
was really good with the secratary.
Thursday
We had my Root Canal Thursday morning. Right before, we said
a prayer with Adrian and, even though he still says that he doesn’t believe in God, we KNOW
he feels the Spirit. The operation went just fine and with out any problems. It
wasn’t as bad as people make root canals out
to be. Elder Robinson and Adrian had fun watching me as I got my face drilled into, but I
honestly don’t have anything bad to say
about my first, and hopefully last, root canal in Argentina.
Also, that morning, we woke up and we didn’t
have any hot water. So that we fun too. That night, we had dinner with HNA Soledad and her family for her birthday. She is now 71 years old and still has
time to go. We had some really good tuna salad, chicken with noodles, and for
dessert, flan.
Friday.
For the morning, we had
to get haircuts and that ended up taking all morning. We had a little time to
talk to people, but nothing really came out of it. For lunch, Elder Robinson
and I made some really good mac and cheese.
In the afternoon, we didn’t have much happen. We have a lot of referrals
from the other missionaries that we are trying to visit, but it seems that no
one is home when we pass by. That night, we had a noche de hogar that went
really good. Gabe was able to come and had a good experience. Afterwards, in the plaza, he did some parkour for us. Sadly,
I forgot my camera.
Saturday.
In the morning, we went to 2 de Abril, but no one would
answer us because the Argentina World Cup game
was on for the Mundial. The only people we talked to were old people that didn’t have TV’s,
but it was still really funny and cool to see how everyone watches the games.
We knew that Argentina scored a goal because we heard what sounded like canons
and a lot of car horns go off. We are not allowed to watch the games but it is
fun to see that literally EVERYONE tries to watch it. GO ARGENTINA!
For the afternoon, we visited a few members and recent
converts. Emiliano is still doing really good and we hope that he can start
school soon. And to end the night, because I
guess that hadn’t done enough for us
already, Adrian and Liza made dinner for us.
It was awesome to spend sometime with them and pray and share fun stories and
experiences. They are really great people.
Sunday.
We gave talks in church
yesterday and it went really well. I spoke on Love and Charity and Elder Robinson spoke on
Service: they worked pretty well together and it was a good meeting overall. We visited HNA Soledad
again and taught her about the Sabbath Day because she hasn’t
been to church in a while. She usually blames it on the cold, but we are trying
to help her understand that we should do everything in our power to get to the
church on Sundays. And, during the entire
day, we were fasting. We fasted to have more success in general and that we can
have the courage to talk to people and share the gospel with them.
I can’t wait to share all
the great things that happen this week with you all next week. We are trying
our hardest to find the Lord´s elect and help them receive more blessings.
Tonight we head to Santa Fe for a huge missionary party to
send off President and Hermana Perez. It’s
going to be awesome to have all the missionaries
in one place and see the guys from the MTC.
Pictures: I like food.
Love you all
Ciao
Elder Haley
Cheesecake with Adrian and Liza
Homemade Mac & Cheese with Bacon
Noquis
Sweet treats
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