This week was just jammed packed with important events. On Monday we had all the zone leaders up in Mendoza so that we were able to have a Pday together. They all got here in the morning and we played some basketball and soccer all morning then we had a great spiritual discussion on miracles and what precedes them and after that we sent them out to work and were left to plan all of the consejo that we had with them on Tuesday. After we finished with the consejo I was able to go out pretty much all day on Wednesday with Elder Wheeler and we had an amazing day. We went to contact a man that we had talked to a while back and when we got to his house we noticed that he had one of those handy little intercom doorbell deals on his wall. Those things are not very missionary friendly, but we pushed it anyway and noticed that a girl had attended us. We asked for her dad and she cut the line. About 2 minutes later we heard somebody fuddling around with the keys at the door and in no time we found ourselves talking with the same girl that had attended us. She is amazing. As we were talking with her we noticed the mom in the background sweeping and we began to talk to her as well. We were at the door conversing when the girl, Vanina, asked us if we had eaten anything all afternoon. We told her we had not and so she invited us in for a cake deal. We passed and started talking a little bit more in depth with Vanina about God and about the church. She began telling us how she doubts that the Catholic church is true and she was saying that if there is only one God, there should be only one church. Just as we were about to start with the Restoration, her mom said that the cake thing was done. Vanina left and came back with a platter full of cake and two cups of.... Tea... We quickly refused the tea and told her how God has law of health and then she offered us the cake. We each grabbed a little piece and began eyeing it a little bit. She then informed us that the cake was made with red wine.... OH MAN I was just speechless. She then promised us that the alcohol had all evaporated out and that all was left was grape juice. Let´s just hope she was right! The lesson we had with her was incredible though and she is reading the Book of Mormon like a champ. She´s great and I hope all works out well with her. On Thursday we had the old new missionaries with their trainers in and we had another training meeting with them. Yesterday we had a new missionary in that we had to get all oriented with his companion and all that and then today was just great. In Mendoza there is this holiday called Vendimia. It is basically to be able to celebrate the grape harvest and the wine in Mendoza. The main act is the parade though. Just imagine the provo 4th of July parade, but instead of child themed floats, a beauty pageant. It was really a cool experience to see. Mendoza has the coolest culture. The beauty queens of each department in Mendoza each had their own float and they all threw out fruits. They threw grapes, peaches, watermelons, melon dew, plums, just the whole cornicopia. It was amazing BUT obviously as missionaries dressed in white shirts we stood out like big fat sore thumbs which was a huge benefit because these beauty queens always threw us everything. It was great. Plus we were able to spend the entire day with the Ávila family, which always makes for an incredible day. I will attach some pictures so don´t worry!
Other than that not much is going on. My two homeboys got confirmed on Sunday which always makes me happy. This week I´m going all out. On Wednesday we have a training meeting with the new district leaders, we have a lot to teach to Elder Jacobs and we also have to help with transfers but bring it on! It´s going to be an amazing week. On Saturday elder Menocal and I are heading up to Chimbas with President because we have a few converts receiving the Melchezidek Priesthood in Stake conference so that is going to be awesome. Other than that, nothing is new. I am still just living the dream. I have no doubt that this is the only true and living Gospel over the entire earth and it is the only Gospel that will bring us exaltation if we apply it everyday in our lives. I love my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I am so grateful for him and for his sacrifice on my behalf. I love you all and wish you all a great week!!
Elder Burr
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