Hola familiars and
amigos…
Another week gone, and
I officially completed 18 months in the mission and still going strong!! I don´t think it will hit me really
until the Hermanas from my MTC District leave at the beginning of Sept., that this crazy journey is leading full circle back to Amercia and home, I must admit it saddens me although I rejoice in seeing my family, I feel apart of them will be left behind here!
I have to start this email
off by saying how proud I am of my best friend in the entire world, Sister Brelynn
Bromley for serving a Mission! She leaves this week for New Zealand and she is
just going to kill it out there, and look super classy at the same time. I know
that she is just going to have the most amazing experience ever out there and
change so many lives, she did mine, and she is just the BEST!!! To know her is to her love her as she is the definition of just that LOVE as expressed in her expressions and acts!
Oh mom, so we have a dog
now that’s great and he is cute but no thanks no extra College roommate for me, I have
at least one and don’t need the added responsibility, but he is cute. How is Binkz doing with that, I imagine it
can get interesting but remember if all doesn’t work out between the two, Binkz
was there first, but it sounds like a few more weeks and the transition will be
all god, Best of Luck there!
Just realized Lyndsey's
Bday is on the 23rd of Sept. so I will try and get a card off to her, how does
she like being a Freshman? She looks
awesome, grew up while I have been gone she should wear a shirt to Stake dances
though that says “BACK OFF I’M ONLY 14 TILL SEPT 23 THEN REMAIN YOUR
DISTANCE! LOL
So this week was pretty
darn good! First off Carlos our investigator is doing absolutely wonderful! He is progressing so well, everything that we
leave him with, he reads, like right after our lesson, and then prays about it
and really focuses on his feelings and what the spirit tells him... can I just
say GOLDEN!
We are also teaching Luciana
and Graciela, they are mother and daughter, and Luciana is the girlfriend of one
of the Hornos boys. The husband/father passed away recently, and they both lack
allot of faith, so we are going to work with them especially about FAITH, that
they can have more faith. Our past
lesson was one of the most difficult ever for me filled with so much negativisms,
probably the hardest one I have participated in, but that’s ok, because they
are super nice and willing to listen, so there is hope and hope is faith right!
=)
Also “Bill” Zarate, my
dear friend here in Hurlingham turned 18 this past week! We went to his
birthday party and that was super fun! I bought him a tie, and he absolutely
loved it, it just happened to be the colors of San Lorenzo his favorite futbol
team. The birthday celebration did not stop there! I cooked for his family Milanesa napolitana
and noodles, they just absolutely loved devoured it in like 20 minutes they were
so very so grateful!
So my little Companero
lacks a wee bit of confidence in his teaching skills but he is trying like heck to gain
more of it., so we have been doing a ton of practices to help him boost it when
he teaches. I have seen some progression but we still need to tweek it a bit, as
we a have a little room for improvement, but I just love how he never gives up and is so willing to keep at it with little discouragement.
He is such a great example to me and I love being able to help him grow
as my time here is winding down, his is actually taking form. He reminds me so much of my first few months
and it keeps me humble to be in his presence!
Another wonderful part of
my week was that we helped one of our investigators, Luciano to stop drinking wine,
he has been sober for like 6 days now!!!! So everyone throw in an extra few
words to your prayers that he keeps it up not an easy ask for some of these
folks here in Argentina as it is so heavily embedded into the culture!!!!
But yesterday was just
wonderful, we had lunch with the familia Hornos and we ate some really good
pork and beef, and finished it off with a cup of herbal tea and facturas! Yes herbal
is the key mom so pick yourself up off the floor and get on with this email!
Their oldest daughter
Agustina is soooo smooth with her pink hair and all, she is a wonderful person and
pretty smart. After our lesson and over those herb, don’t want you falling twice
mom don’t need that Med Alert necklace do ya? LOL. We had an amazing conversation about the
arts; dance, painting, film, fashion, everything, probably one of the most
intellectual conversations that I have had here in Argentina she in very
talented in many areas it will fun to see where her future leads her both with
the gospel and in life in general!
Well, looking forward to
another wonderful, amazing, fantastic week here in Hurlingham, happiness seems
to be around every corner here for me and I feel very loved an connected to the
people here in this areas, couldn’t have prayed for a more perfect place to be
a this time. Hope everyone else has an absolutely is as happy as I am and will
have an amazing week, Words of advice
foe this week however stay in school have been introduces to many here recently
that have not and life is hard without knowledge!
LOVE YA´LL and as always Stay??? Classy right!
A la misma hora todos, la proxima semana (Same time nest week all!)
Amor,
anciano feliz (Elder Happy)Elder Wade Draper
PS: (We have been told
that you will receive all our travel plans before we do so be looking for that
anytime. I should also get my camera
pack tomorrow as it is Zone Conference)
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