September 29, 2014
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!!!
Hello there!
I hope everyone is doing well and that Dad is partying it up
for his 23rd birthday. That's cool about your new temple job mom, I'm sure you'll
be great at it!
No, we didn´t see any [church women's] broadcast, didn't
even know about it.
Well if there´s something important I learned this week, it's
that an alfajor (or factura) [gingerbread:)] a day keeps the blues away.
Please remind me if I get married when I'm 65 that I will only marry someone
who owns an Argentine panaderia [bread shop/bakery].
This week was still pretty hard, we still didn´t find anyone
new to teach, but my attitude was a lot better. It helps that my comp is very
positive. Sometimes it´s rell funny...for example, some lady wagged her finger
at us through her window and then disappeared, and we waited for a minute
because... I don´t really know why... and Hna Platino said that maybe she was
just getting us cookies and soda. Also someone asked through the door who
was there and after we answered, she locked the door, but Hna P said "I
think she's still trying to open it..." I don´t know if those stories make
sense but they were funny to me, haha.
One cool experience we had this week was working well as a
team to receive revelation. We were walking home one night and Hna P said, "We
need to go back and talk to that boy," so we did. We ere talking to him
and it turned out he and his family were already members of the church and
attend a different ward. We were about to leave when I knew I needed to ask him
how old he was to segue into the topic of going on a mission. He said he was 21
and so we talked with him about going on a mission. He said he just didn´t have
desires to go, and I hope we were able to help, and that maybe us talking to
him was just what he needed to decide to go, who knows!
We´ve been focused on giving out libros de mormon with the
goal of 2 a day... We have had some pretty cool experiences so far but pretty much
every good contact we make is with someone who just happens to be in our area
but doesn´t live there. But there are lots of other missionaries who owe us a
thank you. :)
I am officially legal in Argentina [she has her visa!], so
that´s the good news. Also I think my hair is growing fast. Also we made
empanadas for the 1st time yesterday. They were very good even though they were
filled with hot dogs and pizza sauce, because that's what we found in our
fridge, haha. Also good news, we had 3 investigators at church yesterday,
including Bro and Sis Aguero! [Thanks for your prayers, everyone!] Their
daughter gave a talk too that was very good.
Starting the week after general conference, we will start
meeting our little group with a ward in a neighboring town, Ciudad de Milagros.
I think it will be good to have more people, but now there are different
problems. For example, one new convert will not be able to come to church now
because she works in the mornings and our church met in the evening, but now we
will be meeting in the morning. So we need to figure out what to do about that.
I guess these are the highlights of the week! Also, Salta has the most
beautiful sunsets every day!!! I learned how to say sunset, la puesta del sol. Anyways, hope
you are all doing well, I LOVE YOU!
Hna Hooke
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