2019-01-14 Raining, but things are sunny.

01/08/19, Tuesday: So today was good. We walked the street after our district meeting and we had a lot of citas fall through.  So me and my comp had a lot of time to walk around and then we talked about life and the mission and things after and it showed me how much the mission helps with everything that will come in life. The mission president before said that the mission was a school of life and it truly is. I have only been here for almost 6 months and the amount of marriage, school and other types off advice I have received is amazing. I am always learning and preparing. My comp elder Moote told me the teachings from the presidents books are really good and they help a lot.



01/09/19, Wednesday: Today, it rained a lot and the dirt streets suck when it rains. Not too many people are outside but we tried our best to find people. Too bad the Argentine people don’t like the rain and water so we went back to the house and made some torta fritas and then we put queso cremoso with jam inside them so it was really good. Then we went to visit H and E and it was good. We made pizzas with them.   They are evangelicos and they are all about the youtube videos and "Prophets".  It was different seeing the videos of their prophets because they don’t really know much, they talk about nonsense and the gospel subjects are just extended simple subjects for the people who do not want to read the gospel and to understand the deep doctrines. And then they speak in “tongues" jaja it is weird. We hope they can come to church and find that our church is so much better. Elijah the prophet did not find the voice in the lightning, the earthquakes or in loud places, but it was in the quiet places with reverence that you can find revelations. 



01/10/19, Thursday: We found a lot of Testigos de Jehovah in the past 2 days. We found 3 just clapping at their houses jaja but we met one today and he was crazy.  It was a normal conversation, no fighting or anything and it was nice, but when they squeeze in at the end right before you say bye, they say "hope you find the truth" but we need to love them all, jaja It is interesting talking with them though because it helps you to learn where they come from and it just strengthens your testimony about our church because you realize our church really is the true church of Jesus and it is nice to know that we have the promises and blessings of this gospel. We met a guy named A and he told us he talked with the missionaries before but he couldn’t get baptize because he could not say Joseph Smith was a prophet so he started to say things but just reading saints, it has strengthened my testimony of Joseph Smith. It helps me to know yes, prophets are not perfect, like us they have faults too but it does not mean that they are not called of god. When we receive callings, we are called to serve and even if we do not fulfill everyone's needs or mess up on one thing, it does not mean we were not called to serve in that capacity. 



01/11/19, Friday: So today, one of the Testigos asked us to return and talk with her about our beliefs.  It was a nice, calm conversation and it was good.  We talked with her and it just continued to build my testimony. My comp asked her "We do not really know your church or its origins but where does your authority come from, because we know where ours does" and the Testigos can’t answer it.  It is nice to learn about that to combat them... jaja nah we do not fight or argue with them.

We tried to find a referral and the address we got apparently live in a house where someone just died.  Silvina told us that the guy there just died a week ago but we passed by and I remembered the house. We thought the person who gave the reference did not know their dad or whoever it was died but we called the person and asked and we told them maybe he is at the store because no one is here but she told us he was with her so its good he is not dead.



01/12/19, Saturday: We did not do much. We cleaned the chapel and then it was raining so not very many people were outside.



01/13/19, Sunday: Church was good.   Tried to find people but not very many people were out. It’s hard living in a beach town because when things are nice, no one is out in the streets.