Elder Morley Haley Santa Fe Argentina Mission: Moving, 4th of July, and Zone Conference

Holy cow. This week kinda kicked me in the rear! It was super busy, but we sadly had barely any time to work because we were all over the place doing things for our old pench and moving into our new one. I’ll get the details in, but lets just say this: I’m tired.

Tuesday

In the morning, we went out and talked to a bunch of people and actually had a really good and successful few hours. We talked to one kid that has a bit of potential, and now that all the schools and kids are on vacations, its going to be easier to find people in the streets and at their houses. We ended up finding a few good future investigators. Then in the afternoon, we did just about the same exact thing. We made a bunch of plans and just went out looking for people. It was actually a really good afternoon. We had a lesson with a guy who has been really inactive for a few years, but just recently, came to our Elders Quorum President and is wanting to reactivate himself. So we met with him and had a good time. His name is Christian and he has two jobs. One is at a factory of some kind for clothes or something, and the other is as a hired DJ for parties and big gatherings. So he is super fun, but still really intersted in the church and scriptures and things like that. Then, afterward, we had a lesson/dinner with Matias, Gabii and their mom. It was really fun and we were able to share some time talking about baptism and the sctiptures. Then, when we got home, we had to pack our pench and clean a lot so we could move out the following morning. It was a pretty good day.

Wednesday.

Well, Wednesday was nuts. In the morning, we hired a moving crew and helped them move out our pench and get the things into our new one. The new pench is a lot better, cleaner, bigger, and right in front of the church. It is also the same complejo de apartamentos that the ZLs are in, so we are neighbors with them just down the hall. The move took all morning and it wasn’t too bad, except that we had to do that all morning long and didn’t have any time to leave and do some work. Luckily, we were still able to make it to HNA Palotas house for lunch after the move. Then we got our haircuts done at a new barber shop just under our pench. The guy is super funny and cool, but also kinda crazy and out of his mind. He shared with us all of his crazy theories of why the earth is flat and how NASA is all a lie and we never actually made it to the moon. In the afternoon, we had to leave and go to the Rent place to take care of things for the Old and New pench for a few reasons. But the biggest is that in our new pench, we didn’t have any light, power, or gas. So yeah. Actually, we still don’t, but hopefully we can get it all sorted out tomorrow. Don’t worry mom, everything is okay. We have been showering and cooking at the Zone Leader’s pench until ours gets figured out. But between that and getting things all settled in our old pench, we didn’t have much time to work, so not too fun of a day. But, at the end of the night, we were still able to celebrate the 4th of July a little bit and make some burgers and get ice cream to celebrate America.

Thursday.

In the morning, we had to go with the people and get the pench looked at. So that took just about all morning, so yet again, not a good morning because we couldn’t go out and work. And in the afternoon, we had a choque de fuerza in the Hermana´s area. We had the elders and hermanas in town for the afternoon so they could be here for the zone conference the following day. So it was yet another day outside of our area. I was in divisions with Elder Gomez for the afternoon and we did a whole bunch of walking in the hermana´s area to help them find new investigadors. We did get some contacts, but other than that, not much happened for us.

Friday

Zone Conference!! It was a great time, especially to finally meet Presidente and Hermana Westover. They are super amazing and have a real spirit and an amazing story. So what happened is that they were already in the MTC preparing to leave on a mission to Spain. But they got a call and they were told to come into the Church Offices and Head Quarters. The husband wife who were called to be our mission president: Presidente Hientz, had some really big health problems, President and Hermana Westover were called in an emergency. They talked to Elder Anderson, and later to President Oaks himself. They were told that because of complications, they were going to be called to be the Mission President and wife of our mission. So, instead of serving a year and a half in Spain, they are going to be here for 3 years. So that’s crazy. But, we are absolutely happy they were able to come here instead. They are wonderful and I can’t wait to learn and get to know them even better. Then, in the afternoon, we did another choque de fuerza and I was with elder Vergas, who only has about 3 months left, but doesn’t let that keep him from being a great missionary and teaching me things. He is actually 25 and is a great missionary. I also forgot to get a picture with Presidente and Hermana Westover.

Saturday and Sunday.

Not much else happened for us these days. We looked for people and had a few good contacts, but not too much other than that. We are trying to activate a few menos activos, but aren’t having too much success in the search for new investigadores. But, we are going to hit this week with new spirits and really get down to business. I can’t stress enough how important and welcomed all of your prayers are. I know that I wouldn’t be able to do any of the things I’m doing here in Argentina without the love and support of all of you back home, or where ever you are. Thank you so much and keep up the good work and all that you do.

We finally found a good, fast cyber station. And I get to use the tv screen computer for today!

Update: Gabe is not doing too well, but Adrian is still his crazy self. We visited him last week and shared the “Because of Him” videos, but they still don’t want to accept the Gospel. What we have basically decided is that they are really amazing people and will be baptized, just maybe not right now. But, we are still going to keep the friendship and contact, but not focus on them as much. Thank you for the letter for Adrian and Liza, I will get it to them as soon as possible. But thank you even more for the prayers and fast. It really does help, even if not in the big, great ways that we may expect.

Con Amor,

Ciao

Elder Haley