This week has definitely been one of those weeks when you wonder if it is ever going to end. Elder Barra and I decided that we were going to study Patience, as the Christ like attribute of the week, and let´s just say it might have been inspired. It was definitely a week that tried the patience that I have acquired here on the mission. It seemed like everything we had going for us fell through, but for that very reason God has given us another week that is going to be full of miracles. Just a quick little story of how interesting the mission can get:
So Friday was just one of those days, you know, those days that is just one of those days. Not incredible, but also not terrible. I was doing divisions with one of the district leaders and we were doing baptismal interviews for some people in our area. The afternoon went by super quick and before we knew it, it was time to be in the last interview. It was with Olga, the mother of Nahuel. We entered and to our surprise she looked pretty distrought. She told us that she didn´t feel ready to be baptized. The felt that it was a very sacred decision that she was going to take and she wanted to be more than sure about it. that´s ok.. We like that as missionaries. I decided that it would help her if we retaught her the plan of salvation and it was an awesome charla. So, filled with the Spirit, we left her house to finish the labors of the day. It was dark and we had about 45 minutes before we had to be in the pench. We turned the corner and to our surprise we found 2 men, dressed well, in pin striped suits, standing out back of the casino. We thought they would be great candidates for an open the mouth. We opened the mouth with them and they seemed pretty nice. Very educated and very formal. As we were sharing a little about the church one of them asked us if we wanted un laboro. We told him we were ok and kept talking. Then the other dude, you know, the fat short guy that always follows around the tall skinny guy, told us that they were working. I asked them what they were doing and he told us selling girls... I almost laughed, but then realized that he was serious. We met the pimps of Alvear. Ha ha these two men are the most corrupt men I have ever seen and I hope to never talk to them again.
So pretty cool story huh? Yeah that is just a little taste of one of the crazy things that can happen in 3 minutes in the life of a missionary. I love it though and it makes me happy to know that every day I get to share the Gospel with someone that really needs it. I love you all back there and hope you have a great conference weekend. Thanks for the package mom. It was legit and the ties are incredible. I love them. And I already ate all the popcorn... Oops. Anyway have a great day!
Elder Burr
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