This week has been quite crazy, on Monday night we got the transfer calls. I am now in an area called "Caballitos 2" (Little Horse 2).
I am training a new missionary and we are opening up a new area. So there were already sisters in the ward, and now it will be us and them, so we showed up without knowing anything or anyone. My companion's name is Elder Santos and he is from Natal, Brazil. We get along super well and he's a really funny guy. His Spanish is very good, for being here for 3 weeks in the MTC. But, it's basically just a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese, and I can understand it. He's been teaching me a lot of phrases, but at the same time he has been messing up my Spanish with all the Portuguese words mixed in. He is really funny, he always asks me when we are going to do a "bible bash", with somebody, and I tell him that we don't really do that haha :)
Tuesday I spent the day in the Mission Home when we went to pick up our new companions. I got to see a bunch of Elders that I hadn't seen in a while. Tuesday night we showed up to the pension, and we are sharing it with the Elders from Juncal, in another area called Villa Crespo. It is very, very cramped, and we are very urgently looking for another pension in our area.
Wednesday and Thursday were kind of long because we didn't know anything, or have a map or a clue what was going on so we basically just contacted all day.
Friday, we finally sat down with the sisters and divided the area. We had a District Meeting too and my District Leader is my old Zone Leader from the other area, Elder Dominguez, and we get along really well.
Saturday we finally got some things done, had a couple lessons and found a couple possibilities for new apartments.
Sunday was pretty sweet. First of all, I realized everyone in the ward is rich, because our area is super rich. There are probably 25 returned missionaries in our ward, which is a stark contrast to the 4 that were in the last ward. It reminded me of church back home, a lot of very firm, mature members. There are not a ton of youth, which is different also. Sunday night we got invited to eat dinner with a family, where the Dad is in the Buenos Aires Temple Presidency and we had some really good tacos. Their son who was there, also served his mission in Spokane about 20 years ago, and speaks perfect English, so we got to talk a lot so that was cool.
I am super excited for the potential that this ward has, and I'm sure that many baptisms will be coming.
Elder Christensen
Elder Santos
Yes
Natal, Brazil
Older brother on a mission in Brazil, parents are converts for about 25 years
From birth
Martial arts
Luis Viale 183, temporarily we are going to move
i washed by hand today
yes
I am training a new missionary and we are opening up a new area. So there were already sisters in the ward, and now it will be us and them, so we showed up without knowing anything or anyone. My companion's name is Elder Santos and he is from Natal, Brazil. We get along super well and he's a really funny guy. His Spanish is very good, for being here for 3 weeks in the MTC. But, it's basically just a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese, and I can understand it. He's been teaching me a lot of phrases, but at the same time he has been messing up my Spanish with all the Portuguese words mixed in. He is really funny, he always asks me when we are going to do a "bible bash", with somebody, and I tell him that we don't really do that haha :)
Tuesday I spent the day in the Mission Home when we went to pick up our new companions. I got to see a bunch of Elders that I hadn't seen in a while. Tuesday night we showed up to the pension, and we are sharing it with the Elders from Juncal, in another area called Villa Crespo. It is very, very cramped, and we are very urgently looking for another pension in our area.
Wednesday and Thursday were kind of long because we didn't know anything, or have a map or a clue what was going on so we basically just contacted all day.
Friday, we finally sat down with the sisters and divided the area. We had a District Meeting too and my District Leader is my old Zone Leader from the other area, Elder Dominguez, and we get along really well.
Saturday we finally got some things done, had a couple lessons and found a couple possibilities for new apartments.
Sunday was pretty sweet. First of all, I realized everyone in the ward is rich, because our area is super rich. There are probably 25 returned missionaries in our ward, which is a stark contrast to the 4 that were in the last ward. It reminded me of church back home, a lot of very firm, mature members. There are not a ton of youth, which is different also. Sunday night we got invited to eat dinner with a family, where the Dad is in the Buenos Aires Temple Presidency and we had some really good tacos. Their son who was there, also served his mission in Spokane about 20 years ago, and speaks perfect English, so we got to talk a lot so that was cool.
I am super excited for the potential that this ward has, and I'm sure that many baptisms will be coming.
Elder Christensen
- What is your comps name? (send a pic of him)
Elder Santos
- Is he a greenie?
Yes
- Where is he from?
Natal, Brazil
- What is his family like? (Mom, dad, brothers, sisters)
Older brother on a mission in Brazil, parents are converts for about 25 years
- How long has he been a member of the church?
From birth
- What does he like to do?
Martial arts
- Do you know your new address? We like to look at the area on Google maps
Luis Viale 183, temporarily we are going to move
- Does you apartment have a washer?
i washed by hand today
- Have the members in the new area fed you lunch this week?
yes
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