This has been a really good week. It was pretty eventful all in all. I was able to do divisions with one of the Zone Leaders in our area on Tuesday, which was a lot of fun since I was able to fully guide the area just by myself for the first time. I was also able to learn a lot from him, which was really awesome.
On Thursday then we had interviews with our mission president and I got the exciting news that I will more than likely be training a new missionary this coming transfer. We are getting a large group of new missionaries coming in, and he said that he would like me to be able to be able to train one of them. It gets me excited because the time that I spent training Elder Dosdall was a lot of fun. It's really cool seeing a new missionary learn and grow, as well as seeing how much excitement and energy they have to work.
Friday then was a very interesting day in and of itself too then. As we were walking down the street we came across a member whose grandfather had recently passed away. I don't know if you all remember when we helped lay a concrete walkway for a family a few weeks ago, but I included a picture of an old man in a wheelchair sitting there by a fire watching (I'll include it again). It was him that passed away. It was super crazy because we had personally seen and spoken with him as little as two weeks ago, but it was a pretty hard hit for the family. We'll be passing by this week though to see how they are doing.
We also had a very interesting contact that same day - when we knocked on a door, there was a little old lady that came out who had a pretty amusing conversation with us:
Lady: "If it's for religion, I'm not interested."
Us: "Are you sure? We're only here to help; not to fight over beliefs or anything."
Lady: "No, my husband passed away 5 months ago. It has been really difficult and my faith has helped me out already." (At this point she started sobbing)
Us: "Ooh, that's really really difficult. Could we at least say a prayer with you so that you can be okay?"
Lady: (Through sobs) "No, my food is getting cold..." (she was eating lunch)
On Sunday night then, we were able to find a family where we taught a mom and her two kids about the Restoration and when we asked them how they felt afterwards, the mom said that she felt so full of good fullings that she felt like she was going to burst/couldn't contain it and the son said that he felt anguished (the word he used) to know more. It was a really cool testiment from them about how they felt. We invited them to be baptized mid-October and they accepted and so we hope to see how that goes.
One more small tidbit from the week then is that Ulises made it to church for the first time on Sunday, arriving for the last 30 minutes. We were super happy to see him there and everyone recieved him great.
Other than that though not much else new to share for this week and so I hope that you all have a great week!
Love,
Elder McCollum
photos:
2106 - Flares have made it back to Argentina - this is not an isolated case. Sometimes we get to feel like we are in the 70s just for fun.
2107 - A bread store with a genius name. (Pan = bread in spanish). Well played Argentina.
2109 - A GIANT spider we saw in a hole in a wall, capturing an ant in it's web. For size comparison, the little black thing that you see hanging down from the front of it's body is the ant.
2115 - A very complex looking house that we saw. I'm not sure the designer could make up their mind on what they wanted.
2117 - Graffiti of the soccer player that wears the number 10 jersey. (Messi - from Argentina and a super famous soccer player worldwide). (dios = god, so d10s is a play with the lettering. It says: The force of god --- a national and a popular hero).
2118 - In Argentina, every municipality has it's own little logo and slogan. In Hurlingham, it's "Hurlingham is my place".
2119 - Some motivational decorations in the window of an office supply store.
Hno Rosales - The grandpa that passed away. He was a pretty cool person.
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