Maggots and My Birthday

haha i like the happy birthday wishes. Josh´s was especially funny. I really liked Brady´s too haha. Yeah it´s weird that i´m half way to being 40...that´s seems pretty long away but when i really think about it, it´s really not at all haha.

Things are good with my new companion, he´s a little frustrated at the moment with spanish because it´s just hard sometimes. The members aren´t exactly the ray of sunshine he needs either, they aren´t very encouraging but I defend him from their jokes so maybe eventually they´ll get the message. If not, i´ll have to drop the cane because elder oakeson just told me yesterday that he actually hates going to church. something has to be changed. My apartment though, is better in some ways, and worse in others than the one i had in alto 2. It´s a good deal bigger, more open and we have two fridges so we don´t have to just share one as a companionship which is pretty cool. The bathroom isn´t as good as the one i had before but it´s not too bad. Interesting story about the pension though that i´m sure you won´t like but i think it is funny. the other day, we were going out to work, and elder oakeson notices a bunch of big rice-looking things around the door that are moving. Yeah, they were maggots and they were everywhere so we do some investigating, and turns out we forgot to take out the chicken bones of a lunch from a couple weeks before and the flies had gotten in and laid their eggs everywhere. Don´t worry, we took tons of pictures haha. It´s under control now though, and we have pension inspections this week so we´ll have to super deep clean everything today...

I did buy a new camera. It´s working fine, i´ve had it for a good month or so so things are good.

About the brotherhood pictures, I need a couple different pictures of the four of us if you can find some, and they don´t necessarily have to be recent. Then I also need a couple pictures of each of them alone in the picture. Then whatever else you find that you think I´ll like haha. I´m making them all something they can use on the mission and i need to pictures for it.

I´ll send Adam the picture today haha. Also, let me know when you put the money in my account for extra fast offerings. The woman´s name is Yanina and the members have really rallied together and have given her a bunch of stuff. I just saw her son in centro about an hour ago and he said his sister is doing a lot better. The last thing I knew was that she was even sicker than before and she still doesn´t get into the doctor until the 22 because of the healthcare system here. He said they are doing better though but i´m not sure if he was just saying that.

About the work in my area, we don´t have as many investigators as I did in Alto 2 but we have found a couple families who are really excited. The two families happen to be really good friends too which we didn´t know until yesterday so they can help each other get to church and get baptized and everything. I´m getting really pumped about them. The dad of one of the families has his mom who is a member and apparently, a few weeks ago, she talked to him for a long time about finding the truth and trying to make contact with the missionaries. This took place up in Santa Fe about 3000 kilometers away (that´s what he says anyway, i´m not sure how accurate that is) and his mom also said a really strong prayer for him that he would be able to find the truth in his life with his family. The day he got back to Bariloche, he was over at his friend´s house, and we happened to pass by in the street. He saw us and remembered what his mom had told him and prayed to happen but he didn´t come out and stop us to talk to him. Then, one day, we were going to an appointment and we were a little late so we didn´t catch the bus we usually do. So we waited for the next one, and this bus happened to be the one he was on. Then, as he says, we happen to stand right next to where he is sitting on the bus. He says it was just too much to all be coincidence so he started to talk to us, asking where the church is and we set up the appointment to go by the week pasada. that´s when we heard all of that story and we were pretty blown away. what a miracle right? His name is Marcelo and his wife is Roxana and they have a son named Franco and I´m thinking all will get baptized. I´m so excited.

It´s no problem that the package will be late, i´m just excited to get the letters. also, will the allergy medicine be in there?

I think that´s it for the week though. I hope i answered all of your questions. Love you!

elder newey