This week was just a great one. We started out by sending off some of the old guys which was great. It is awkward, however, sitting with all of them in the house of President and his family as they all eat their last dinner and share their final testimonies here in Argentina. It's..... different, but it makes me want to work just that much harder for the time that I have here. I don't know if I have told you, but the two assistants that I am with are both leaving at the end of this transfer so I pretty much have to figure out all this business before they pack up their bags and head out. There is a lot to learn, but it all comes by grabbing the bull by the horns. This week I also had the awesome opportunity to go for a drive with President Avila and show him nascar moves. I was more nervous for that drive than I was for my test flight with that wonderfull FAA woman, but President gave me the ok which means that I can now drive here in Argentina. It's going to be different because nobody here has ever learned how to drive and they all do whatever they want, but we will see how it all goes. Good thing the seat belts work good right?
This weekend was awesome. Elder Harvey and I were out looking up inactive members with the ward list and we came across a family that hadn't been to church in a really long time. At first they didn't want to let us in, but after some salesman technique, they finally let us in and we saw why they were so reluctant. On the table they had a huge bottle of beer and cigarrettes were littering the floor. It really was an aweful sight to see what they had done with the covenant that they had made with God at baptism, but for that reason Jesus suffered all they he did, so that we could be forgiven of our mistakes. We left them with a little message and said we were going to pass by on saturday again to meet the kids that aren't baptized. We showed up on Saturday and had a great lesson with all of them then committed ourselves to bringing waffles yesterday morning to help them come to church. We showed up at 8 with the waffles and they were all waiting for us, ready to eat some fantastic waffles! It was seriously a little miracle that we were able to see. We showed up to church and met up with some other great investigators that we had there and it turned out to be a great meeting, which is always a sigh of relief. So despite all the added responsibility, I just want to say that all is going well and the work hasn't stopped. I love this work. I think I have become addicted to knocking doors and being in awkward situations, but it's a great addiction right?
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