Hey! Thanks for all the pics of Finn mom! He
is just so cute. Wish I could be there with you all. Well it`s been a good
week. We`ve had so many meetings. It`s been crazy. We had our training with
Pres Douglas on Thursday which was super good. I learned a lot. After we
finished, my comp needed to go to the doctor. So Pres and Hermana Douglas took
us in their car. They were asking me how much time I had and I told them I had
a year and they were shocked. Haha. Hermana Douglas thought I was still one of
her new ones still. Time flys. But we got to the doctor and they were super
difficult. The mission just got insurance cards for the missionaries, but they
wouldn`t accept it. They had already made a contract with us though. Anyways, Brother
and Sister Carroll had to come and pay it. But it was really late and they were
about to close. We told them they would arrive in 5 min to pay but the doctor
wouldn`t see my comp and left. So we had to go to another doctor. By the time
we finished, it was 7:30 at night and the last bus to Villa Gonzalez had
already left. Luckily there was another bus that passes close to Villa Gonzalez
though so we just walked the rest of the way. It was a long day. Then Friday we
had a sisters meeting and had training and played games. It was fun. We put a
baptismal date with Eva and her daughters on Saturday for October 18 and they
accepted. Hopefully it works out so my companion can have a few baptisms the
week before she finishes the mission. So there`s a family in the branch that
isn`t super strong that we visit every week. They come to church but almost
always arrive like an hour late. So this week I bought the 2 daughters (11 and
14) One Direction notebooks, which they LOVE. And i told them i had a gift for
them if they arrived at church before the sacrament was passed, but didn`t tell
them what it was. They were dying of curiosity but i wouldn`t tell them. We got
to church on Sunday and they were already there. They had gotten there before
everyone. Including the branch president who always gets there like 30 min
early. Hahahaha. It was awesome. I gave them their notebooks and they screamed
and hugged me and went and showed the whole world. Haha. It was cute. Mariano
came to church again this week. This time he brought the whole entire family
though! We`ve been working with his wife, who isn`t a member. She has a lot of
knowledge of the gospel already, but said she couldn`t go to church for some
reason. But she came and their 4 kids as well. It was so great. So last night
we had quite an interesting lession. We`ve been teaching a family for a long
time now, Nefeti and Jesus and their kids. Well Nefeti is very receptive and
her son too, but Jesus not so much. He wants answers to everything in the Bible
and sometimes there just isn`t a scripture to share. Yesterday Nefeti asked us
if they had to get married first to get baptized. We told them yes because of
the law of chastity, etc. Well Jesus was not happy. He said that it didn`t make
any sense because it would just be to please men and the law but they made
covenants with each other and are a true married couple. We tried to explain
that we believe in obeying the law of our countries, but he didn`t want to hear
it. It was a difficult situation. He doesn`t believe in modern revelation so we
couldn´t teach him about the temple sealing. I didn`t know what to say to help
him understand. It was hard. But I think he just wants to believe he doesn`t
need to be married by the law because he doesn`t have the money to divorce his
first wife and marry Nefeti. But hopefully we can explain it better next week.
Today we played baseball again. Well... the baseball players played. The
sisters sat and watched. Haha. It was fun though. Tonight we`re have a small
activity and watching a church movie and Nene is bringing empenadas. I`m
excited! So yeah I think I`ll be transfered next week. I`m never sure though.
This time I`m not telling anyone I`m leaving. Haha. But it makes sense for me
to leave. If not, I`ll be here for a lot longer. But we`ll see what happens. So
yeah I`m glad you guys wanna come at the end of my mission! It will be fun. It
would be good to stay a few days. I don`t want to stay super long cuz it will
be weird being a missionary still but not going to teach. Not many missionaries
have their parents come. I`ve only heard of 2 or 3 so far. But it will be fun.
Sounds like you`re all having a great time in Utah! So much family lives there.
It`s great to get together. Hope you`re all doing great. I love you all! Have a
great week!
Hermana Woolf
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