This week has been a really, really hard week! But, we have
been working hard and having some good times and experiences. If had to
describe the week in one word, I would have to say crazy. From the weather to
the amount of walking that we did all the way to the fact that I’m writing this
email in Santa Fe right now, this week has been crazy.
Alright, to start off, let me draw out the weather for you
guys. This last week has been really, and I mean REALLY hot. Like 90+ weather
all the week. We even hit 102 one day. Then on Saturday night everything got
really, really bad. At like 11:30 at night our power shut down. We were already
sleeping by that time and had left the air conditioning and fan on because it
was so hot. So we wake up at like 11:45 and we are sweating in our beds. It
turns out that all of San Cristobal and other cities around the area were all
without power. And let me tell you, the heat we so bad that we couldn’t even be
in the bedroom, let alone fall asleep. So we went up on our balcony and sat
outside for a while in the cooler air as we waited for our power to turn back
on. We ended up waiting for a good 2 hours or so and never got power back on.
So we decided to just try sleeping outside. I set up my hammock, Elder Smith
pulled a mattress outside, and we fell asleep. Then, at about 5 in the morning,
our power came back on and we decided to go back to sleep in our actual beds.
So, a pretty rest less night... Hahaha good times in Argentina.
But then, after that night, the weather changed completely.
The blazing heat that we had turned into rainy cold and we ended up trading our
short sleeved shirts and sweating all day for long sleeved shirts and sweaters
and being cold instead. Quite the change.
And now, we are currently in Santa Fe. This week we have a
few things going on, first of all will be our Zone Council that we have
tomorrow. For some reason, we are having ours here in Santa Fe instead of in
Rafaela, so we are hoping for some kind of big announcements or something. It’s
weird, but I’m enjoying what could be my last trip to Santa Fe.... Not to
mention that tomorrow I will have the opportunity to give my testimony during
the Zone Council. Crazy to think that it’s my turn now.... Hopefully they have
tissues for me Hahaha but honestly I can’t believe that its getting so close...
BUT ANYWAYS!! Enough of that!!
This coming week we will also have Tramites on Wednesday, so
we are going to be sticking around here in Santa Fe for another day.
This week we were able to do a lot of contacting, which was
good because we were working hard to find new people, but bad because it wasn’t
as effective as we hoped and because the heat killed us, and the rest of San
Cristobal pretty badly. But, we were able to find a few really cool people and
have a few citas set up for this week. We are trying our hardest to find the
people that the Lord has prepared for us in San Cristobal. It’s a bit tough at
times, but we know that through our work and by God´s will, we will be able to
find the people that will really progress and accept the Gospel the best. We
are having a bit of a rough patch, but we are trying our hardest to bust
through and get some investigadores. At the same time, we are working to get
more and more less actives to come back to the church. We are having a bit of
luck with a few people, but it’s a bit tough to help them get over the reasons
that they stopped going to church. Despite the difficulties, we know that as we
help them to feel the Spirit and desire more blessings in their lives, they
will take the steps by themselves to accept the Gospel and return to activity.
Don’t forget the Book of Mormon video from this week!!
I would like to share with you all my testimony of holding
firm to the Iron Rod. I know that, as the hymn says, "the iron rod is the
word of God." I know that as we hold fast to the word of God and apply the
things that we learn that we will by guided in our actions and we will, in the
end, reach the Tree of Life. I like how in the video, even with the dark and
shaded view of the Darkness, those who really wanted to reached the Tree of
Life were able to do so. Or, in other words, even with the evil and temptation
that is so evident in the world these days, we can be saved and gain Exaltation.
It’s not easy, but believe me, it’s completely possible. All we have to do is
hold fast to the rod. I share these things with you all in the name of Jesus
Christ, amen.
As always, thank you for the love and support. I really
appreciate it all!!
Chau
Elder Haley
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