Well Hey! So I am still hanging in here doing good! Yesterday
ended the transfer with 6 weeks here in Virrey Del Pino and we are working
super hard! We are going to have a
baptism this Saturday! This Hermana of a member is getting baptized and she is
just great! She is progressing super well and understands the Plan of Salvation
and everything, most important she is super excited to get baptized!
So ‘NEWS FLASH” kido’s, in 11 days “
I WILL HAVE BEEN ON MY MISSION FOR 1 YEAR!!!!!Whaatttt!!!! How crazy is that!!!! 1 more and I will be home!!!!! YAY! But not really YAY, gonna miss the MISH!!! haha
Well this past week was uneventful,.
nothing really exciting happened except there was one crazy event that occurred
when we were walking with a member family, who was taking us out to eat. This creepy
guy stopped us in the road and asked us what we had for him, I was so confused.He would not talk to Elder Bustamante or the
family, he kept saying, “ I only trust the American”, and he kept asking for my
address and all this stuff.After about
the third request I plainly told him, “If
you want to find me you can find me in
the Church on Sunday at 9 am, I’ll save you a seat” LOL. It was a super creepy
and weird experience though.
On the other hand a really cool
experience I had this week was teaching a lady named Betty.She has a problem with smoking so we taught
her the Word of Wisdom and we set goals with her! So the day after we went to visit her and she
had only smoked 3 cigarettes from her usual 20 cigarette a day vice! That was
so cool yet I am sure it was hard for her, very exciting for her and us!
Also in Church on Sunday we had the opportunity to hear from
the Temple President and his Wife.They
came to our ward and gave some amazing talks about the Temple and the
importance of why we need to go to the Temple. We are so blessed in Utah to
have so many Temples available to us! For the past few weeks Alina has been
practicing with the Priesthood Holders and as a choir we sang that day for the President and I was moved
as I glanced out at the ward and the amazing members here. Also the haircut
that Alina gave me is looking pretty darn good compared to some of the past
ones!
A funny little story, yesterday
after church, the relief society president was just cooking up a storm in the
kitchen of the church, and we were starving so we kind of just waited around
the kitchen and she gave us a plate of what looked like beef with soy sauce, it
smelt so good. I asked her what it was
and she told me to eat it and she would tell me after, so I did and it was
delicious little did I know it was cow heart, fresh... haha!
Well this week is Valentines day if
I am correct, and so I hope everyone has
a great Day of Love! We should share God’s love daily though right!So in my absence GIVE LOTS OF KISSES AND HUGS
FOR ME TO ALL AND LOOK FOR OPPORTUINITIES TO PASS THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST ON !
Thanks for keeping me “Dear To The Heart: Mom, in your mini midweek emails,
they jump start my Pdays and mean a lot!Well I LUV YOU ALL SO MUCH so go and have a good one now!!
ITS YOUR FAVORITE TIME OF THE WEEK, THE WEEKLY
LETTER FROM ELDER WADE DRAPER!!!!! (yaayyy)
Well in this weeks edition, "Heat From
Hatii's Storms Courtesy of Virrey del Pino"! OMG(osh)! The heat here these
past few days has been terrible, I have been so nauseated while treking! Seriously
you cannot imagine how hot it is and we have been doing allot of walking!
Despite the heat we did have a decently good week!
ELDER SCHMEIL
Well my gramps (Elder Schmeil) died last week
(Returned With Honor) rand is now home in Brazil studying at some big university
in Brazil, so wishing him well always and forever he is "The
Pinnacle" of a Missionary!
WELCOME HIM HOME BRAZIL
Gonna miss ya bud you have been the BOMB!!
Well as of right now we have 4 people with
baptismal dates. They are progressing pretty well, 2 of them in particular!
Leo, who I wrote about awhile back, has been coming to Church, but it is super
hard to find a time to teach him. We taught him yesterday afternoon and he
accepted a date for the 23 of February! Karen the second of the two, is a
sister of a member and just had a baby like 2 weeks ago! She is sooo great,
really quiet, but she has been coming to Church and has been responding really
well to the lessons! She has a date for the 16 of this month!
I have been getting to know allot of the members
better in the ward! Some of my favorites are the Zeniquel family! He is the
Bishop, and his wife Olga is absolutely hilarious! Since Virrey is PRETTY
DANGEROUS she always carries something heavy in her purse or bag, so if she
gets robbed and they want her bag, in her own words "Im gonna give em my
bag!" haha. I also have come to love the Vera family! He is Elders Quorum
President and his wife is the Relief Society President, they are make me laugh
alot and I mean alot! I also love the Lopez family. They have been members for
almost a year now, and they are just great! Hermana Lopez reminds me alot of my
mom!
"baile folklorico"
Last Friday the Ward had a "baile
folklorico" where they did some dances from the Bolivian culture and other
countries... I wanted to see a Tango but that was, I am sure considered to
"RISKY", however there is an Hermano in the Ward who sings Tango, and
he sang a couple of songs and it was absolutely fantastic!
Also this past week, we had lunch with a member
family from Paraguay, and I tried a bread called chipa, it has like cheese, and
some herbs and it is sooo good! She is going to give me the recipe. I have also
fallen in love with a desert here called flan! I dont know if we have it in the
states but I am hoping yes!
Well this morning we went to a gym down the
street from our Pens´ because a member owns it and said we could work out on
P-days for free, holler! Wonder Woman and I were so down for that!
Alina is cutting my hair today so keeping my
fingers crossed all goes well!
My how time flies, transfers are next week and I
am keepoing my fingers crossed I stay here. Not sweating it to much since I
reallyjust got here!
Hope yall have a good week, stay sweet kids!
LOVE LOVE LOVE YA'LL!
Hope
everyone has had a good week, mine has been pretty dang good!!!
It has been sooo hot here, like hell fire hot, but “I ain´t mad at it heyyyy “(a
quote from one of my favorite movies, guess, those of you who know me will recognize
it! The sun however just keeps working wonders
for the tan!
Well
last Tuesday I had the opportunity to go on an exchange with my “Grandpa” in
the mission, Elder Schmeil, unfortunately he goes back home to Brazil this Wednesday, wish we
could have hooked up sooner!! We had the funnest day ever since I have
been out on my Mission! I learned so much from him, he is like an amazing
missionary! Allot of missionaries here have there "Missionary Hero",
and I would have to say he is mine! He was in Virrey del Pino about a year and
a half ago, so he knows a ton of people here, so he was able to tell me allot
about the area, where there are good places to work and stuff like that!
Tuesday night we stayed up talking and he gave me the coolest insight about my mission, (ALL CREDITS GOT O ELDER RODRIGO SCHMEIL). The mission, he said, is like the POS:Plan of Slavation) in that we start out in our homes with our families and friends and refrred to it as the (PML:Pre Mortal Life). Then we are called to go away to serve a Mission (TC:The Creation. Now we are serving our Mission and we go through some hard, fun, happy and sad times etc(LOE/Life On Earth Now). We do this for 2 years and shortly thereafter it is time to go home, although it is difficult, as we have grown to love the people and service we give to them, but, at the same time we want to return home to our family and friends (D:Death). After we return home we go on with our lives continuing to learn and grow in the gospel, having our own families and live a happy life(TCK:The Celestial Kingdom). I don't think I have ever heard or understood things more clearly then his words and I think it's the best ananlogy ever. I absolutely loved it and will carry it in my heart for along time!
Other
than that the week was pretty normal, continuing to work hard and find new
people to teach. We had the opportunity
to do some service on Saturday!
We cut one of our investigator’s lawn and cleaned up her patio! It was allot of fun! If I may mention, it felt great to be in
normal clothes for a bit! We used a weed
wacker to cut the lawn, and let’s just say anything made here in Argentina are
not made very well.While I was cutting
a patch of grass the thing like loosened up and the slack of the weed wacker line
grew and I did not notice it so my leg got wacked like four times in a row
OUCH! I now have a nice scar, when it
heals, to bring home from Argentina, but what do ya do? HA It should make for some good stories down the
road right! Well
this is the 5th week of the transfers, one more week to go. They are to announce some changes. I am hoping that President splits this area,
because really, it is just so big for just the 2 of us, but we will see!
Well
it’s official now Brittney’s engaged and a May wedding is planned.Cabree, as well, is getting married in
May.I am happy for both of them and
wish them many years of happiness! They both have been such good friends to me!
Give Danielle a shout out for me Mom as well mom, her and Chrissy her sister, we had some great times in the day!
Sorry
the emails are being weird today mom, you know I love you dearly and you are so
special to me in all you do for me and keep me knowing that your there thinking
of me.The little emails you send in the
middle of the week letting me know that you are thinking of me right at that
moment, only a 1 liner, but it means a lot on Monday to see that you were
thinking of me as I was of you in the middle of the week on any given day!
Lyn's loved the "Come Thou Fount" video you are really killing it at the piano, keep up the good work. Oh by the way be sure to have some fun next year and take at least 1 fun class like yearbook. It's awesome that your goal is to graduate with your Associates and going for that Rengense Scholoarship, that'snot easy to obtain but you keep that 4.0 up as you always have and bo sweat!
Wyatt, thats cool you beat the #1 basketball team by 10 points. Sounds like summer will be super busy with traveling the country with the baseball team, way to go you made it to the AAA Tripple Crown team. I know you can rip the leather off that ball and your crazy arm, look out boys There's A New Sherrif In Town! GO GET 'EM "Y"
Well
kids, stay cool... not really because I here it is pretty cold there in Utah...
so stay hot, but not as hot as I am these days!Know that I love you all and miss you as much!
KICKING IT UP A NOTCH WITH ELDER WADE DRAPER FIRST EGG EVER FRIED (and EATEN)
Hey All, Well how is everyone doing…I hope
well!I am getting to know
parts of the area, the people are nice… I mean not much to say, ha, the people
are really the same in every area.There
are membersall over the area, not reallymany close to where we live though.We continue to get fed everyday by members,
we don’t really get invited on Sunday’s because it isn’t allowed as it’s another
work day for us. I haven’t got sick from the water and STOP fretting about the
weight loss, I mean look how great I look! HAHA
Because you asked,
Alina, has a boyfriend, who is the ward secretary. Bishop is really quiet and
hiswife is super nice.She shares alot of
“Happenings in the Ward” so I basically now about everything that is going on
which has been useful for the “GOOD”!
We are safe leaving the windows open upstairs,
downstairs windows has bars but the upstairs not.We live next to 2 other little apartment
houses like ours and one has to unlock a biggate first to go back to
our house so it’s pretty hard for people to get back to our house without a
key.We bought a TON of bug spray and
cleaned the place last night!
I don’t use mybackpack because it’s
a decently nice backpack and backpacks always get robbed here.A member in Altos made me a bag so I use that
to carry around my books, I really like it and it was so thoughtful of her!I don’t take allot of pics here as we wereadvised in this area not to use our cameras in public, they will get taken from
you. So I’m risking it today to show off my Emeril
Lagasse egg!! HA
So
is anything else new there? Lyn’s did
you like the hair pic I sent you, gonna try it? Les Mes, how was it, so jealous.I saw
a commercial for GLEE yesterday while eating lunch, gotta admit, I miss TV!I bet you watch and are recording it right? As usual the highlight of our day will be
eating lunch maybe a nap this afternoon, seriously a dream, it’s just too hot
to hang out in the apartment, but I do wear my short sleeve shirts all the time
Mom, but you know me, if I think there’s gonna’ be an opportunity for a photo
shot I’m gonna pull out the long sleeves and rolled 'em up, so QG! HAHA
Breylnn writes weekly so I don’t
think that Britt got engaged she would have mentioned it! She is working at
KNEADERS up there by Utah State University. It was way cool that her mom was on
MSNBC as the Alpine School District spokeswoman in regards to the policies
about weapons in the school system there.She is good at just stating the facts and not weighting in on either side
of issues, not always easy I am sure when faced with “Point Blank” questions. A
“SHOUT OUT” to Rhonda!
I have not gotten any packages yet
Mom, because I or the zone leaders have not been to the office, did you send
the calendar because I have not gotten it, it could be in the office or
something.
It is great to hear that Elder Boyer
is out on his Mission.Did I forget to
mention that Witherell got married December 28th, can’t remember
which temple, but his wife is the one who introduced him to the church, how
cool is that!
Dad that sucks about the furnace, wish I could send some of this heat your way
I’d trade any day!The snow is pretty there
though, those ice rods, too long to be icicles, are insane, the one has to be
like 41/2 ft hanging off the back porch roof!
We have about 10 mins. left here so here’s my news for
the week…
It has been super crazy like really
nuts! So last week after we got done writing our emails we were waiting for the
bus and Elder Bustamante told me that his girlfriend of 2 yearsbroke up with
him, and he like burst into tears, whatta say or do?? We got back home and he had a meltdown, bless
his heart!He ran and tore up every picture and letter
that he ever had from her! Super tragic!
With much prayer and a few jokes along
the walks he is doing alot better now! We
made a pack that we are not going to talk about her or the situation ever, what a
good companion I am, if we don’t mention her things keep moving on!
Bad luck turned worse this week, it
was a long week of appointments falling through, and people not coming to
Church, and things of that manner. Towards the end of the week we got things up
and going again with our teaching and finding new investigators!
The weather here this past week was
not very fun, I mean I love love love the rain, but while I’m a Missionary I
absolutely hate it! The weather here can
flip on a dime. On Wednesday, I think it was, it was beautiful outside so we
went about doing our daily routine.In
the afternoon it poured down rain, and we had no jackets, no umbrellas, not
even a roof to huddle under till it lightened up, so we went the rest of the
day soaking, like DRENCHING WET! Poor, poor, Missionaries!! HA HA
Also this week we had a training
meeting on how we can better our teachings. We did a little teaching practicum that
we were evaluated on. I was so pleased to
have Elder Young, one of my old Zone Leaders be the person overseeing our
practice. Also Hermana Carter sat in on our lesson and she had some wonderful
insights and I learned allot at this awesome meeting!
I also brought a huge laugh to the table when we were asked to take out our Book Of Mormon and this is what I pulled out first trying to get to my Book Of Mormon. It is some of my favorite pictures from the many you sent with me and I have put together a smaller photo album and put it in my bag to share with a young investigator in his teens. I wanted to show him how real the gospel is in the lives of kids his /our age and to my friends back home. It was quite commical and everyone laughed pretty hard including the leaders!
So now it is known in our Zone as Elder Draper's "Book of Mormons' " with a smile
The Ward this week had a dance and we had investigators coming so we went to the dance, but we didn´t dance obviously! The music was not like back home, they do not know how to party down here in the South, ha, so I told one of the young women after the mish I would come back and organize a dance for you them, she luaghed but liked the idea! HAHA All in all it was allot of fun, lots of good food and lots of fun talking with the members!
Well I am hoping for a good week, tomorrow is the 22nd no? 11 MONTHS, no wait, 13 MORE TO GO DARLINGS!I cannot wait to see the Anniversary video and who pops up on it, thanks to all who have been so very supportive of me while on my Mission and to Mom who just “Keeps It Real” with all the updates from back home like newspaper clippings on sports etc., wedding announcements, Missionary farewell’s etc etc., you’re the BESTEST EVER!
Time is up so just a quick testimony before I run, “The Church is TRUE, the BOOK is BLUE, and GOD and JESUS are always on our TEAM! LOVE IT!!!
(You may choose to MUTE the music after the bus scene)
Hello All,
First... the man sitting next to me
is going to blow my ear drums out with his coughing... hello this is what
cigarettes does to your lungs, put down the cigarette dude!
Elder B and I are doing great, he is
a kind Companion. His family are all members and they write and send things
often to him so we are good there Mom!He
has a girlfriend that he also writes to so on Pday we stand along time in line
to mail “The Letter” as the post office here is also like the welfare
distribution center so that is why I don’t write as many letters I guess.
Well what a week we had! Like it
started out supper crazy!We found out Tuesday
morning that one of our investigators tried killing himself by consuming rat
poison... HOW CRAZY IS THAT super sad and he has been on my mind ever since, but was
taken out of our area to hospital so we really can’t go see him.
We we did allot of walking this week,
ALLOT! I know that I mentioned that our
area is 10 miles long, but to save on funds we walked a tremendous amount this
week, I am tired of putting money on my bus card it gets expensive you know, I
am thankful to not have any episodes of when my knees do that dislocation thing
with the miles I have put on them this week, Heavenly Father is looking out for
me for sure! Thus we taught allot of lessons this week as well.
Shoes still good Mom one pair for walking
and the other for church so when these walking ones wear out ,and I am sure they
will see their days here in “Pino” ,I will finish out in the church pair and as
winter comes on I have my boots so I am confident I won’t need new ones, so don’t
dread sending the one at a time thing K!
I get pretty hot during the day but don’t
really get that hot at night because we leave the top floor windows open and
have a fan, but it is a little a lot warmer at night then back home in the basement!
Ourpich sets behind a carniceria and
kiosco and there is a gate we have to unlock to get back to our apartment.I have been told that this is a pretty dangerous
area but at night I feel pretty safe. Showers
are bit uncomfortable no cold water only scalding hot water so ya in and out!
Almost got robbed the other day, again,
and I was not going to have it, I was hot and not in a very good mood, the
mosquitos had just made me their main entrée for lunch so I was just a
little miserable at the time this wenr down.Low and
behold 2 pibes walked up to us and asked me what time it was, I looked at my
watch and told them the time, they then asked if they could use our phone to
send a text message, I thought to myself you gotta be kidding me, been there
did this but this time I understood what they were saying and where this was
heading,. I probably rolled my eyes before I told them with a somewhat stern
voice, I am not a fool and you are not
going to take our phone, so please kingly continue walking, and they did. haha
Also the other day I was yelled at
by a member from a different ward. We were at a baptism for a little girl in
our Ward and there was a lady visiting. I noticed that her dress was inside out.I thought if that I we’re in that position, I would
most definitely want someone to tell me, so I discreetly told her that her
dress was inside out.She looked at me
and just started yelling at me in Castillano! I didn’t know what to do! I mean
I was jaw dropping speechless and embarrassed, so I walked away.Ha Ha
Hey Dad glad to see you online.Yes I am trying not to drink the water and
just staying alive. HAHA You would be so proud of me, I not only fried an egg
for the first time but actually ate it, to my surprise it was DELICIOUS, maybe
because I was just that hungry! Still can’t bring myself to choke down the hard
boiled ones though! Here is the lesson we were taught by the Mission President
this week about success and never excepting less than 100%.He was speaking off Laman and Lemual this is
his remarks, Even when faced with a
visit from an angel they still continue to murmur and find reason to give
up and be content to say, ”It cannot be done”. They are content with 40% 0r 60% but Nephi
did not want to face his (Zone Leader) Lehi and his Heavenly Father with
anything less than 100% so he chose to show his faith by returning once again
to the house of Laban and his success was achieved”.Nothing feels better than 100% but sometimes
it is not always the case here, even when we try our hardest.That is when I turn to Heavenly Father in the
evenings in prayer and ask “Have I done any good in the world today, Have I
helped someone in need, Have I cheered up the sad and made someone glad, do you
think today I did succeed?I know he
knows when we give our 100% and I testify that he will strengthen us when we strive
to the fullest even, if the results fall short of 100%. He also reminds of the “Free
Agency” that he has gifted to all. Love you Dad!
That is so awesome that Wyatt had
his Deacon interview, I was thinking he was still 10, man time is really truly
flying huh!Pretty neat he wore the
jacket I did to my Deacon interview, only Mom, you get my drift?
We found a really good investigator
this week as we were walking to the church at the end of the day.There was this kind of sketchy looking guy
sitting at the gates of the church, and as we passed we said "Hi" to him.He asked us if we remembered him, I didn’t
and Elder Bustamante after about 3 minutes did! He is the boyfriend of a member
in a different Ward, and was a reference like a month ago before I arrived here!
We have been teaching him since that day and he is progressing really well! He
came to the Ward Baptism and came to church yesterday. We were so pleased to see him there, early, waiting
on us to arrive.It was a super good
feeling and surprise, highlight of my day!He is just a way good guy so it just goes to show “You can't judge a
book by its cover”!
My favorite thing in the Mission field
is helping and serving others.As you
know, meeting new people has always been a highlight for me since I was a
young.To meet and then help, well that’s
the greatest!
Well before I close kids I guess I
should share a little talent I have picked up along the way here in the mission.
I am pretty good now at doodling on Pdays when I don't have a service project
or am standing in the long lines here in “Pino”. I have a certain knack for
drawing Asian women, like the ones in Memoirs of a Geisha in the traditional kimona’s.
I am also getting pretty good at Tim Burton characters and Dr. Suess
extravaganza. I will send pictures next week Lyns and Wyatt.
Well I hope everyone is doing well
and that the New Year is treating everyone well, peace and happiness are my
wishes for you! I better close so same time next week all.
So "Peace Out" to Altos de Merlo and Ohla to Virrey del Pino!!!
I got the official news Tuesday that I was being transferred. I kind of knew that it was coming and with that hunch I went and said goodbye to my beloved Altos del Merlo converts families, and investigators; it was super sad at times but I knew it was for the good and the next plan Heavenly Father had for me while on this Mission.
We went to transfer meeting and out little transfer video came on and soon up popped none other then "Elder Draper" and there I was heading off to the zone of Gonzalez Catan, Virrey del Pino to join Elder Busttamante (this will be my third Latino companion).
I met up with Elder Neilson as well, and as always it was so good to see him and our matching ties were awesome!
Following the meeting I had a great suprise waiting for me outside, you see Romina and her family had come to see me off. It was good see them one last time and say goodbye in heart and tears. My little Mia just closed her eyes and told her Mom that she did not want to see me go. I will see them again someday!
I then returned home and packed like lightening and luckily all my stuff fit into the remis (taxi like car) the following morning. The rolling duffle bag you sent Mom for Christmas was a life saver but I did have to leave a few things behind like clothes that were just too big and yes my little Christmas tree stayed as well. I left it with a Christmas wish for whatever Elder's are there at Xmas next year. Elder Wilson say's it's staying up as long as he lives there! HAHA I wasn't really nervous about the transfer although it is my first here, I've kinda developed this whatever happens, HAPPENS! It's nopt my will but "Thine Will" and he will lead by his grace because I go in faith.
FAREWELL ALTOS del MERLO II 1/2/12
So Virrey del Pino means 2nd King of the Pine...Hello...am I really in "Lord of the Rings" or what? HAHA The area is feels enormous and measures 10 kilometers wide which is about 11 miles. I guess it feels large as we are the only 2 Missionaries here and we shall be footing it about, no bikes here! We will also be taking alot of Micors along the ruta (highway) but where the pavement stops so do the buses so it's a muddy or dry dirt distance to and from the bus! Our apartment is kind of like a tree house very small and it looks like soemthing that Harry, Ron and Hermione would hold up in while on the run from Voldemort! HAHA Just the two of us living here with the splendid company of mosquitos, cockroaches and spiders! YAAAA I don't mind the spiders because I have always felt they serve their purpose as they dispose of the other bugs I don't like but I did have to kill a rather large one. I have no idea about the water here but Elder B said we were going out to buy mineral water this afternooon and yep still washing laundry out by hand. We have one fan in the apartment which is very hot these days about 95 today with humidity of I don't know, sauna! SUPER HOT!! This area is also not organized at all and Elder B, bless his heart doesn't know it very well either, he has only been here for a month. He is a great Elder though and has been out for 5 months now. He came into the field the same day I arrived in Argentina. He is actually from Mendoza Argentina (Barnes shout out). He likes anime and rock music....wooo hooo party over here, serioulsy just kidding!!! The Ward is pretty awesome and as always the members feed us and are very nice! We have three hour very hot meetings, not many windows here and our church is at 9 as well. I think I found one of my favorite Ward members yesterday. Her name is Alina and she is the Bishop's daughter , very nice and welcoming to all, she is also the Stake Young Women's Preseident. She is super funny, kinda a dizzy diva, but is so good with the Hermanna's in the ward and she carries a very strong testimony in her heart and is not afraid to share it in Sacrament. Well Iam looking very forward to serving in my new area here in Virrey del Pino for the next 6 weeks and probably longer. I am going to go forth doing "His" work as I have been doing and serving all I can. Until next week, prayers from "Pino" are being sent your way! I love you all and miss you much! You know you love me!!!! Love, Elder Draper
I hope everyone had a wonderful
wonderful Christmas filled with lots of fun and family, and oh duhhh THE SPIRIT!!! Here are a few videos from the Christmas program enjoy!
Carold de las campanas (CAROL OF THE BELLS)
SILENT NIGHT
Christmas Eve morning was rough! I had
to get up at 3am so we could be at the offices by 6am! I was exhausted by evening! The
collectivo was packed full of people, and everyone knows that I am not a morning
person! There is about a ten minute walk from the bus station to the offices and
as we were walking, I noticed there were a ton of like teens just roaming the
streets, dressed really nice. I was like. wow it is super early for these
kids to be out and about, little did I realized there was a huge party in Ramos
the night before and for a breif moment I was super bummed it reminded me of the good ol days hanign out with friemds! We
made it on time to go to the Buenos Aires Temple, it was soo cool! I had a super
spiritual experience there, and it was just an amazing morning, thankful for the BAW Mission Temple President and his famliy for sharing that day with us and making it possible!
After the Temple we headed back to the
offices for a wonderful little Christmas party! Elder Gomez and I were the only
ones from our Zone there, so we were kind of solo, but hello, I'm Wade Draper I
am never solo! I got to catch up with my papi Elder Delgado! We talked for a
bit and also I sat with Elder Crowther while we ate, super fun! We had our
Christmas program which was amazing and President gave a really good
message!
Christmas Eve was great we ate dinner at Rominas and I cooked about 150 milanesas because there were 15 of us, so that was super fun!
Also that night we slept on the roof to watch the fireworks! At
midnight they all went off and it was a Kodak moment and of course the Altos
Elders got a little rendition sung by me of "Firework" by Katy Perry super funny!
Christmas day we awoke and I opened all
my goodies! Def my fav present was the Tony Bennett duets album! LOVE IT!
We
made a really yummy christmas breakfast thanks to my mother for the ham and
pancake mix and then a little budin!
We had a yummy lunch with Romina and the fam at 1pm, and then a little later got to spend the afternoon talking with my family! LOVE THEM SO MUCH!
Galatians 3:27
I had another baptism this past Saturday. Our investigator Fabiana got baptized and I did the baptism because she said I
look like Joseph Smith when he is old from The Restoration movie... and for that
reason wanted me to baptize her! HAHAHA
The baptism went really well! We had
kind of like a joined baptism with the Elders from Merlo and Altos 1 because
Merlo capilla had no water, and Altos 1 and 2, we share a chapel!
After the
baptism we had a Ward activity for the end of the year, we played a little bit
of futbol and volleyball and you know I destroyed them in volleyball, haha I
hit the gospel principles teacher in the face off of a serve... my bad.
I am hoping everyone had good Holidays! This week we have transfers! Have
no idea what is going to happen but I am pretty sure that I am out this transfer
but we will see! I will miss this place gotta admitt it!
Well kids, I hope ya´ll have a good
week and I will let ya know where I am next week!
