Andrew's Mission in Argentina
June 2016-June 2018 Email: jones.andrew@myldsmail.net
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Las Flores Argentina! March, 2018
WHATSUP FAM!! How is
everybody doing!! This week has been a good week. This email won’t be all that
long but there is definitely some stuff to talk about!!
Recently I had to
leave Villa Dolores and we left with a ton of work done. But I still didn’t
leave feeling all that great. I was sad we couldn’t baptize the people that I
left!! BUT oh my lanta! Elder Cota just sent me a bunch of pictures that
freaking this week THEY BAPTIZED BOTH! That’s freaking nuts! It’s just like UGH
why couldn’t I have been there!!
Oh well! This
week in Las Flores has been good so far. We’re finding a ton of people to teach
and hopefully were gonna baptize a young kid named juanchi who always comes to
church, but we have to talk to his parents so that he can get dunked haha!! We
also found a freaking like chosen guy. He’s way cool and has so many questions
for us. We’re hoping that he can get baptized!!
This area is so
amazing oh my goodness! I literally love this place. THERE are a ton of Peruvian people and all of
them are humble and it’s great because they all are open to listening to us!! We eat way too much here I need to start
working out because I WILL get fat my gosh! Anyways my family I love all of you
guys. This was a great week and I’m sure
that it was the same for you guys!! I love you all and I’ll see you all soon.
What's Up FAM! February 2018
February
13 , 2018
What’s
up fammm!! This week has been really good! We’ve been killing it and man its
tiring, but it’s a lot of fun!! This week I’ll just share a little bit of what
happened!! We found a girl named Belen who is an evangelist!! She’s 20 and she’s
really nice!! We started teaching her the restoration of the gospel and well
she really liked it and said, "well I believe that Joseph Smith saw God
and Jesus Christ". We were pretty happy about that! We had to explain what
that meant in the big picture, but she had a tough time believing that!!(:(: so
we’ll have to get with her and teach that a little bit better!!
THIS WEEK
we all had the chance to see one of the 12 apostles. I got to shake Elder Todd D
Christopherson's hand it was sooo cool!!! Haven’t washed it since so I’m pretty happy!!(:(:
but ya this week has been good. I’m winding down time here in villa dolores
which I am ok with.
February
20 , 2018
SUP FAM!!
This week has been quite the week!! I’ll
tell one story and that shall be it because more than one is way too much
time!! We have been looking for a lot of people, and really looking for people
so this week we were calling all of the less active people. We decided to call Emmanuel,
a guy who was going to church but he stopped going. We invited him on the phone
this week to church and as it turns out he told us he can’t read. He said that
he was scared to go to church because a lot of the time he didn’t understand
what was going on and that he wanted to get baptized, but just didn’t
understand all that great! We planned and got the restoration video ready and
he LOVED it! He asked what could we
learn from it how did it all happen and why! It was a great lesson and I loved
the experience to see someone have such a love for the gospel! ANYWAY, THERE'S
MY STORY FROM this week!!
Just out
here working having a good time!
Love all
of you,
Sunday, April 1, 2018
Thursday, March 29, 2018
FAT Goals in San Pedro! February 6, 2018
WHATSUP MY
FAMILY
This week has been so
amazing let me tell you guys to start!! Me and Elder Cota are going CRAZY and
been having so much fun!!
Let’s start with this
last Wednesday. We spent it on the farthest part of our area in San Pedro
(saint peter) which is about 20 minutes on a bike! We went there and decided
that we did not have a whole lot of people to teach so we put fat goals and
decided we weren’t going home until we got them! We reached our goals that
night at 10 ha ha holy crap! I have never been so tired in my life of clapping
at doors!! We found 10 people and taught 11 lessons that day it was nuts and
sooooo tiring!! That morning we looked at all the members less actives in San Pedro
to go and visit them and see if they needed help!! Turns out that literally no
one has been visited in like years because the elders just forgot about San Pedro!!
Everyone there looks at us so weird!! It’s
been a long time since the elders have been there so we’re excited to be the
first ones back in a while!!
Then came Thursday
which was supposed to be weekly planning, but we had things to do that day so
we saved weekly planning for the next day Friday and we just were outside all
day!! I’ll share a story about some people that we found!! Their names are Graciela and Jose and this
couple is married!! Here in Argentina, being married isn’t a normal thing
anymore!! So these two were actually neighbors to a less active we were looking
for and while clapping at the door of the less active they came out and were
like "hey do you guys teach of god!?"Obviously we both got super
pumped like mmmmm yes we do would you like to hear? She literally like ran into
the house and we just sat there for like 2 minutes, then she came back out
laughing and said "well are you guys gonna come in?" We laughed and
went in to the house and that house is one of the most humble houses I have
ever stepped foot in. They let us use their 2 chairs and they sat on an old bed
that her and her husband shared on the ground! They were very humble and receptive
to the message!! They are passing for a really hard time in their lives and say
that all they know is that all of it is happening for a reason, but they don’t
know the reason. They believe in God and wanted a lot of help!! We talked about
the plan of salvation and trials and their eyes were lit the whole lesson and
it was a spirit filled room! They want to come to church but don’t have money
to put gas in their moto!! This next week were gonna go and give them some
money to be able to come to church with us!!! If you’re ever looking for a
friend’s house and someone in a different house comes out go ahead and teach
them the gospel it worked well for us ha!!!
So now we’ll talk
about Friday!! MIRACLE FRIDAY We found a
family who is less active named the Britos family and in this family there are
6 and TWO of them aren’t members. The husband and the daughter!! So the
situation the daughter was being taught before to get baptized like 2 years ago
and the elders just stopped coming for some reason!! We showed up out of
nothing and this girls first words were "elders can you guys teach me the
lessons and baptize me It’s been a while since I’ve wanted to". For 2
weeks straight now that family has been coming to church again!! AND one of the
girls cousins is also gonna get baptized were teaching them together!! And the
dad also we gotta baptize him!! Thats gonna be a little bit harder but well get
him
Then on Saturday
we were in San Pedro again working hard and trying to find a lot of new people
and we found a few and taught some really good lessons out there!!
Sunday was good. We
ate good food we ate milanesas and had church and that night we went and taught
Alejandro and his son which was weird!! The son is a catholic priest so he took
out a pad of paper and took notes on what we said so that when we come back he
can explain us his doubts and question!!
Yesterday was a really
good day and I’m not gonna write about it because I’ve already written a ton
and now we’re here today!!
Alright family I love
you guy! I’m loving the time here and I’m happy you’re all doing great talk to
you all soon
Elder Jones
Pics!!
Here’s some shots of
asados we’ve eaten, a lifeguard hat in spanish that I’m wearing right now, a
cool sword and ya
12 NEW People to Teach! January 30, 2018
Hey Guys! This week
has been a really good week for me!! We had transfers this week and I’ll be
staying here for another transfer! That’s definitely a little bit frightening,
but also a time of excitement and lots and lots of plans!!
So this last
week we had Elder Cota in Cordoba again until Thursday which is always not fun
at all!! He got back Thursday evening with me! That day we decided to do a huge
planning session for basically the entire transfer that we would be spending
together!! We made goals for the entire transfer and broke it down to weekly
goals and daily goals, to see what we would need to get those goals!! Then made
plans to reach them!! We’re super pumped with all of the plans that we have to
be better missionaries and I’m excited to be with him for another transfer!! Then
we finished around 10:30 with all of the planning and goal setting and hit the
sack!! We woke up the next day and studied for a while then had a dopppee day!!
We went out and found people in the Cadelagos barrio, then had lunch with him
and stayed the ciesta in his house. At 4 o’clock when people get up, we went
out to Los Olivos to find some more people and visit people that we hadn’t
visited in a while!! That was really fun and I saw some people I hadn’t seen in
a while!! We ended in the pension at 10 and talked about the day, did abs,
showered and passed out sooo fast!!
Next day we
woke up and had lunch in a far-away little city. We found all of the less actives
in the ward list there and headed out at 10 after the usual studies!! We went
walking which SUCKED! We need to pump up our bikes gosh dang it haha. They get unpumped way too fast!! That morning
we found a really cool kid named Jonathan who is catholic and wanted to know
more about Jose Smith! Then we ended up looking for a part member family for
the next hour before lunch started which was definitely pretty annoying and we
never ended up finding them! Then we had lunch with the Cordero family which
was SOOOO good (see pictures below) and hung out with them and taught them
until the ciesta was over and then went out and went hard on the area!! We
ended up at the end of the day having found 12 new people to teach and having
taught 11 lessons!! And one of those is a little girl who is part of a family
that aren’t all members!! At the end of the lesson with them she said to us
"hey elders can you guys teach me so I can get baptized? I almost got
baptized a while ago but the elders left. YESSS haha! It was a hard- working day and
again at night we passed out REAL fast and got up for church the next day.
Church was good
as always and I did not have a talk ready, but yes I did have to give a talk! So
I gave the talk it was fine. I guess I don’t like being unprepared at all it
sucks! Then after church, our friend from the United States invited us over for
lunch in Merlo!! It was SOOOOO GOOOOD! We made a huge asado and oh man I loved
that food so much! It’s the best I’ve eaten in a long time!! This guy is
freaking rich so his house made me feel like really at home. With a nice table
using forks and spoons and talking about adulty things, I don’t know it was
different!
We stayed in Merlo so
that man wouldn’t be alone and we’re heading back today at 2 o’clock so it was a
good pday!! I love all you guys so much and hope your all having a great
week!!
Elder Jones
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