Tuesday, November 5, 2024 7:03pm
QUE TAL MI GENTE!?! No, I'm not dead, we just had a conference yesterday, so Pday got moved to today. Fun right?
Anyways, it was a pretty exciting week this last one, so lemme describirla
So first off, transfer week arrived! Elder Senador left me at about two in the morning on Halloween, so I stayed with the other Elders in Azul for the day while we waited for our new companions, who would be getting here at about THREE in the morning (I have not slept a lot this week haha), so we all walked around together and did some work until it got dark and everyone started asking us for candy, so we went home and napped until we had to pick up the new guys. Everyone got here safe and sound, albeit tired, and me and my new comp, Elder Roundy from Utah, went home to sleep a bit before starting the day.
Being with Elder Roundy is pretty cool, I'm his second comp outside of his trainer, so I'm helping him learn a lot of things, mostly Spanish. Luckily he already speaks pretty well, a lot better than he thinks he does, so he'll be doing some great stuff soon enough. He's definitely one of the quieter comps I have, which is not a problem, I could definitely stand to learn from his example and be paying more attention to the things around me and especially to the Spirit.
The Elders of Azul 2 had a baptism this week! Well, technically 2 baptisms, but one of the kids was 8, so she doesn't count as a baptism for us, but regardless! It was a pretty awesome experience and it got a few inactive members to come out of their hidey holes, which is always nice to see. To my surprise, they also asked me to confirm one of the two kids, which of course I did! But yeah, I'm happy for the kids and glad that Elder Castillo doesn't have to stress about the baptism anymore, poor guy.
On Sunday, we had to travel to Olavarria for a conference on Monday, and we made it fine and safe to the apartment to stay the night, but it ended up raining quite fuerte and the building lost power around midnight. That wouldn't have really been a a problem, but some other Elders were coming to the apartment at about 2 in the morning, and I had to let them in. Now, the apartment is about ten stories up, which is fine because there's elevators, but when the power's out...yeah, I had to spend a sec getting down ten flights of stairs while the poor Elders were waiting outside in the rain. Felt kinda bad, but oh well, that happens you know.
So, Monday was conference, a bit more of a special conference this time though because there was a Seventy there, Elder Gavarret. Unfortunately, he could only be in Bahía so we watched everything over Zoom. It was still a pretty good conference, there's a lot of things I'd like to apply to my work involving prayer and a lot of the challenges/commitments we extend as missionaries. Once we find good people, we should be getting them to progress pretty quickly I'd assume.
So yeah, that's pretty much been my week! A little sleep deprived and exhausting, but quite fulfilling, to be truthful. This transfer is looking like it's going to be pretty fun as well as busy, which for a missionary is a great thing. So yeah, vayan por la sombra, anden con suerte, todas las cosas, los amo un montón!!
Ciao for now!!
Elder Montgomery
Argentines don't know how to top pizzas smh. It does taste good tho
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