Missionary Monday

July 19, 2010

"Nothing too exciting happened this week, but we have started to make more and more progress with Rufino. We had some investigators attend church yesterday which was a very good sight because this seems to be the hardest thing to get them to do. I'm not sure if I've told you about this before, but we ahve started the past couple weeks to try and get one of the six male members to go out with us one a day for a couple hours to get into more houses and make friends with the people. We went a couple of times this week and are trying to excite all of them about the work  It was good to see normal people that live here breaking the ice and helping the others to see that we are normal people too!"

"Well one of our investigators caught an armodillo and kept it in this abandoned house until they wanted to cook it...so I stuck my hand in and petted it!! haha!  It was wierd, but I can mark it off my bucket list!"

 "Well one lady has  made up her 

mind about us I guess... because we clapped her house.. she was sitting watching tv.. she looks up sees us.. opens the door just enough to let her freaking attack dog go after us and then slams it shut... haha.. I ain't scared.... Brad might be aware of this.. but all you have to do is bend down and act like you're picking up a rock and they stop in their tracks.  I changed my mind about all the dogs here...I decided just to love them all and pet them all and play with them! Although I may be at more of a risk of getting fleas and other diseases.  They are for the most part, underneath their filth...pretty nice...and they will stop barking more so when you just pet them instead of try to ignore them.. haha"

"Well...Theres a reason why everyone refers to our mission as "The Kansas of Argentina!" haha...The closest I get to riding on a hill is a bump in the road.."