Elder Morley Haley Santa Fe Argentina Mission: We saw blessings!

Yes! It was a good week. We saw the fruits of our labors a little and found a bunch of new people to teach.

Wednesday. In the morning on Wednesday, we had a lesson with HNO Ariel. It was good because we haven’t really been able to meet with him for a while. During this lesson, we helped him better understand the Atonement of Jesus Christ. And later, we talked a little bit about the Priesthood, because he has been a member for a while, he just needs to start working with our Branch President to get an interview set up. Afterward, we were just visiting a few resent converts and less active members to invite them to the noche de hogar at the church building on Friday. In the afternoon, we taught a really good lesson to a couple named Larena y Jose. They are super great people and have three little kids are super crazy, but fun. We taught them the Gospel of Jesus Christ and had a lot of good discussion and helped them answer a few questions they had. We invited them to read and pray about our message and are going to meet with them again tomorrow in the afternoon. Later that night, we taught a lesson to a recent convert, Matius, and his younger brother, Gabii. Yes, with two I´s. They were awesome. They are about 8 and 7 years old, so we taught the Plan of Salvation, drew it out on paper, and colored it in a little bit. It was super fun and they learned a lot.

Thursday in the morning, we had a choque de fuerza for the Hermanas. A choque de fuerza is when all the missionaries from the district work in one area. So we worked in the Hermana´s area to help them find more people to teach. So Elder Robinson and I contacted a bunch of people and then passed the references to the hermanas. Also, the hermanas are now in a trio companionship. You have Hermana Ceron, Hermana Logan, and now, Hermana Hundewadt. Hermana Hundewudt is brand new and is being trained in a trio companionship. Pretty crazy! Then in the afternoon, we were on divisions with the Zone Leaders and I want with Elder Duval. We were going to visit a few people, but actually just ended up talking to a bunch of people in the streets and got a few really good contacts. Then we had English Class and the only person that showed up was Adrian, the super awesome and cool guy that let us use his computer on Mother’s Day. Since he already knows a bunch of English, we didn’t really have anything to teach him. So we just talked in English for an hour and half or so. It was really cool. We ended up talking a lot about the Plan of salvation and temples and he was really interested. So hopefully we can teach him a little more about that.

Friday. In the morning, we went all over the place, looking for antiguos investigadores and older contacts to invite them all to the activity that night. It was all good and at the same time, we contacted a lot of really good people that are going to end up being really good investigadores. The whole morning, it was like we couldn’t even walk a few steps without finding someone else to talk to about the Gospel. Everyone was super nice and super interested! Then in the afternoon, after ending the Divisions, we visited HNA Soledad and taught her the Plan of Salvation again which she always loves. Then we had the Noche de Hogar. It was going to be really good! We had invited a bunch of members, investigatores, and other people and they all told us they were going to come. We also planned a really cool Spiritual Thought thing where we would all take a copy of the Book of Mormon and write our testimonies in the front cover. Then, afterwards, as missionaries, we would pass out and give the Book of Mormons to people we taught. But only 2 members ended up showing up. But that didn’t stop us from doing the spiritual thought anyways! So it honestly wasn’t too bad, we were just a little dissappointed that only 2 member made it.

Saturday in the morning, we taught Ariel about the Priesthood after giving him some homework. He learned a lot told us that he just needs a little more time to prepare to receive such a great and big blessing and responsibility. Then, afterwards, He and the Familia Fernandez were gracious enough to feed us some ASADO! It was amazing. This time, we had kidney, intestines, ribs, steak, and chorizo. It was some good stuff. Then in the afternoon, we walked around a lot and tried visiting a few people. Sadly, almost all of them weren’t home, but we did end up teaching one lesson. It was to a really old couple named Amelia and MaxiEmiliano. It was alright, except for the fact that they couldn’t remember a single thing that we were saying. It was kind of frustrating, but we know that they still appreciated it.

Sunday. We both gave talks in Sacrament Meeting. I gave mine on the Fast because it has been on my mind a lot this week. We fasted last Sunday and we saw a lot of blessing and success in the work this week. It was really cool actually! Then Elder Robinson absolutely rocked his talk on the Repentance. Then the classes were really good too. We learned about Work Ethic and Attitude in Principios del Evangelio and more about Ministering during Elders Quorum. But the highlight of the night was a really, really, REALLY good lesson that we had with a lady named Patricia. It was just absolutely perfect. She was super interested and had a lot of good comments and even helped us with our Spanish. One thing that she said that I liked a lot is that when hard things are happening in her life, she asks God "Para qué?" not "Por qué?" which is like saying “For what” and “not why”. So that was really cool and I’m trying to apply that to my life.

So yeah! It has been a really good week. We saw a lot of blessings in the form of more contacts, better lessons, and more success in general, all due to our prayers and fast from last Sunday. It was a true answer to our prayers!

I hope all things are good back home. Love you all!

Elder Haley