Buenas!! How is everyone?? It was a good week! We had transfers but Hermana Ovando and I both stayed here! I´m so glad I am still here in Centenario!! I am almost sure I will finish my mission here. I also heard from President about my release date... I asked him about it in my email and he said to call him, so I called and he basically told me he didn´t have time to talk but that he put my date as December and I will be leaving with the group in the December transfer! I was a little bit shocked, but I guess those were my original plans anyway so all is well! It´s weird knowing my for sure date... I feel super focused and not thinking about going home but the time is seriously FLYING and it´s becoming a reality that I am going home soon. It´s... well... just a weird feeling. Haha. Anyway! News from this week... We found some great new people this week! It felt like we were in a totally different area. We found some great families! Por fin!! The only problem is getting them to church. It is weird.. in my first area sometimes we had up to 7 or 8 people in church, and here every week it has been no one, or 1 person if we´re lucky. It´s kind of discouraging working hard all week and wanting SO
badly for these people to progress, but they can only go so far without going to
church. We are working with the drunk guy we found last week.. haha. He has
tattoos head to toe and is an ex-convict, but is ok with the law now. He´s about
30 and really just plays soccer all day and drinks on the weekends with his friends.
His name is Cesar. He has SO much potential!! He said he has never prayed
before because he doesn´t know how. We are working with him and we will
hopefully be able to help him come to church and maybe help some of his friends too. Last night we met a lady named Beatriz. Some of the people here just have some very interesting beliefs, haha. She is ¨catholic¨, and told us that she believes that God has all control and that we have no agency.. so we really can´t ever really say that we´re going to do anything without saying ´si Dios quiere!´ (if God wants!) afterwards.. which is one of the most popular phrases here in Argentina. I think a lot of people don´t really just how much agency we have over ourselves.. which is really sad because they don´t really ever progress because they believe that the obstacles are signs from God that we shouldn´t go to church and that we should sit outside our houses and drink mate instead, etc. She also explained to us that the world bibla (bible) comes from biblioteca because the bible is just the compilation of all different books from all different religions, haha. She says she reads the bible... but I´m kinda doubting a little bit! She also asked us a really weird question... she was talking about how Christ always wore tunics and stuff when he was here on earth, but now that he´s not here, does he have to wear clothes? We were both like... uhh....... why does that matter?? Haha. Ohh the people you meet on the mission! J Well, all is well! Yesterday was my companion´s 28th birthday so we celebrated a little bit with the other hermanas. I am loving the mission and staying focused... learning a lot, and growing everyday. I hope all is well at home! Thanks everyone who wrote me and sent me pictures this week! Keep ´em coming!! It´s so good hearing from everyone. Que tengan una semana maravillosaaaaaa! --Hermanita Hunt p.s. fotos 1) me with an armadillo! Well... the bones of one. Haha. Lots of people have them here (I have no idea why! I think because some people eat them..) and they hang them on their trees. Can you see the head?? :S 2) feliz cumple Hermana Ovando! W/ hermanas Lao (she goes home with me) and Martinez 3) me with a GIANT dog that looks like a bear!! Ok you can´t really tell in this picture... but he is huge!!! haha
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