Monday, January 6, 2025 9:22pm
Hi yall, buenas noches!
Start of a new year again, how wild, no?
I know, I know, it's late, I just got home from a Consejo de Zona in Mar Del Plata, so I'll make this quick.
Firstly, our baptismal date Aquiles has been calling us every day asking us for conference talks to read and has been progressing a lot. We were able to teach him about the Ten and Two commandments last time we passed by and he's got a great grasp on everything. He wasn't able to show up to church yesterday, but I'm sure he'll make it the next couple weeks. He better make it the 19th, that's the day he gets baptized lol.
We spent New Years night with our bishop and his family, and it was great. They served us the classic pancake and deli meat tower, some cow tongue, and an entire grilled pig. Pretty great food if I do say so myself. They also brought out the karaoke, which of course we had to participate in, and I gotta say, I love seeing missionaries perform songs from Frozen, always puts a smile on my face.
We had to be home before eleven, so ended the night at our house eating twelve grapes just before 12 as part of a tradition from my comps family and got some wonderful alcohol free cider to share. I guess it was pretty much how I expected my last new years in the mish to go, but that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it, it was an absolute blast, mucho fuego as no one says in Spanish.
Over the course of the next few days after that, we locked in and tried our best to find some news and help our friends progress. One lady named Silvia made a lot of progress this week after having what sounds like one of the worst weeks of her life. I won't go into details, but getting stranded in Mar Del Plata isn't all that fun I'd imagine. We've said a few prayers with her and thus far she's seen quite a few miracles, which is great, but she's still pretty adamant that she won't come to church until she sees a sign to, which I mean like are we not enough of a sign? Whatever, it's fine, she'll get there.
Had a bit of a funny experience in the lesson with her though. I was trying to ask her if she'd tried praying before and she looked at me weird and was like 'what does that have to do with anything?' until Elder Blalock reiterated the question and she understood better. Apparently I roll my Rs a bit too hard sometimes, which means a word like 'orar' (pray) begins to sound like 'ahorrar' (save money). Yes, even I with all my time in Argentina, am not perfect, surprising I know, but thanks to Elder Blalock I'm that much closer to perfection now. Kinda.
We had a lot of people show up to church! We were especially surprised when a less active family with a few unbaptized and recently baptized kids showed up, so now our numbers look really good on paper lol. It is a great sign of progression though, that family is great but has a hard time getting to church because they have a lot of kids, but hey, if anyone understands, I do, so we'll help them out.
Well, I think that's all from me for now! Hope yall have a great new year! Wild to think I'll be in the States again before it's over! Love you all, stay safe, stay healthy, stay faithful!!
-Elder Montgomery
We made it
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