The events of this week aren´t all that great. To be honest, it was just one of those weeks filled with a lot of hard work, but not very many cool stories. On Friday we decided we were going to venture off the trodden path and go to a place called Villa Tuel. It is about 35 kilometers from the city and the missionaries have never stepped foot there. When we got off the bus, the very first person we met was an old member. He was about 23 and was with his girlfriend on a bicycle. He was completely inactive, with zero desires of having anything to do with the church. He asked us if we had mistakenly gotten off the bus and were lost. We told him that we were exactly where we wanted to be and he started laughing. He told us that we were going to waste the whole afternoon by working there. He said that nobody would want to listen to us and that everyone would be sleeping. Let´s just make a long story short and say that we got in to all the houses that we knocked. It is seriously like zion out there. We met an elderly couple that are seriously angels. Their names are Maria and Hercules. Hercules is paralyzed, yeah I know it is pretty contradictory to the name, but he is still a stud. Maria is just legit. It would be hard for me to say that I have ever felt the spirit stonger in a charla. It was just awesome. After the lesson they both asked us for blessing of health. They both ended up in tears and Hercules, yes the paralyzed guy, gave us each a good old man hug. It was a miracle. Then as we were leaving, Maria showed up with a bag just full of stuff. She gave us 2 mate cups, a straw, crackers, peanuts, and 11 pesos to buy the bus ticket back. She now considers us here grandchildren. They are absolutely incredible. All the other people that we got the chance to meet have hearts of gold. It is seriously a piece of paradise here in Argentina. That´s about the only cool thing that happened though. I wish I could write and tell you that we saw someone get healed from the dead, or that we healed the blind, but that is what this week is for. We´ll see what happens.
As for the family... First of all Heather and Shea in Hawaii... I swear they just barely went? Then Ben and Olivia going to DC? That is about the tightest news I have ever heard. Now I will have a niece/nephew from both coasts... That´s cool. Then Adam and Ashley going to Ohio or Texas?? Didn´t see that one coming. Eli will be a great tractor driver though, that´s for sure. And to top it all off, Mom and Dad going to Hawaii...... AGAIN? It seems to me like they are running out of things to do. At times a create the scene in my head of how the house is Friday night... It goes like this, ¨Bry will you come with me to get a Diet Coke? Sure honey, Just let me finishing vacuuming the office. Twenty minutes later... NAT Let´s go!!! Long silence... Mom realizes that she wasted an entire trip walking into the laundry room downstairs, only to find it empty. Then a 5 minute trip to the junction turns into a 3 hour night after eating at The Melting Pot and going to see a movie. I think I might send you guys the stuff so you can drink some Mate to pass the time. I´m sure you will love it!
Anyways that´s all I got for now. I love you all. I hope you have a great week. Keep smiling!
Elder Burr
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