Monday, May 29, 2017

Locro, rain...and an invitation

Hola!! 

I have officially arrive here in wonderful Argentina. When we got here, we took a bus to a different airport, and waited for our flight to Resistencia. I had to say goodbye to my mtc friends and MTC companion Sister Dixon.... and it was so hard. I miss them SO much 💔 

We had to wait in the airport all day, and our flight was delayed, so i didnt get to Resisitencia till late. It was like midnight when we got there, so we met our president, took our luggage to a chapel, and then they drove us to a hotel. I was dirty, could feel mosquitos eating me already, and they were giving instructions in Spanish that i didnt understand. But they had given us food in the church, so I just stared out the window and ate my empenadas. and in that moment everything was perfect. Seriously the food was so good! 
The next day we met our companions... mine is Hermana Allred, from Syracuse Utah. She{s super great. Her Spanish is way good... which is a blessing... because mine is not. I actually do understand a good amount for only being here for 5 days. I´ve had to have a lot of patience with myself. Apparently we´re the only gringa companionship... everyone else has at least one native speaker. I´m glad to have someone who speaks English, but at the same time, it makes it way easier to only speak English. 


So my first day we went to a lunch for the ward... it was the 25th of may, which is a holiday here. So they had a big lunch of this stuff called Locro.. its basically a soup with tons of meat (they just like throw a cow in haha) and mandioca.. and then the soup part is basically oil. Then they eat bread with it.. a ton of the members were eating lemon with it because they say it helps it go down easier.. haha yikes. I ate it though.

We have our studies from 1:30 to 4:30, because that's the siesta. I actually really like it. It splits our day in half, and you get to come home and rest before leaving for the day again. 

Everyday we have members bring us lunch... its super nice. Apparently it isn't like that in every area, but here the members have volunteered to feed us everyday.. so my comp said she´s gained weight here😖 . 

Then after studying, it was my first night in the field.  We clapped some doors (we clap instead of knock) and we visited a menos activo named Alfonzo. He had like 3 teeth, i kid you not. And so i understood NOTHING AT ALL. After we left, my comp told me that she can´t even understand him a lot of times, and that the members of the ward have a hard time. She said hes probably the hardest person i´ll ever have to understand.. so i guess that was good news haha. That night i got up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night, and i accidentally set off our alarm.. yikes  The next day we walked in the poorest barrio (neighborhood), and it was super muddy. 
It's been rainy and muddy ever since I got here. I already wore my boots!Black so lucky I brought them. Also my shoes are already getting trashed. Theres just soooo much mud here. We contacted some people... but when it rains here, the people think that it affects their bones and stuff.. its weird. So not many people wanted to talk. We read a scripture to a less active though. 

There´s this girl named Nadia... and she´s dating a guy from the ward. So she was at the ward activity and we asked if we could visit her and she said we could. So we went there on Friday, and taught the restoration.. Then my comp turned to me.. and i invited her to be baptized. AND SHE SAID YES!  Ah it was amazing. She said that she hasnt been feeling good about life in the past. And that she gets angry sometimes.. but that since shes talked with us and attended church, she feels good and wants to join the church. She came to church yesterday, and took notes the whole time. She is so prepared. We´re going to teach her lesson 2 tomorrow!

Hermana Allred says I'm doing good. When we taught the lesson to Nadia, we spoke basically an equal amount of time. I told her i want to participate a lot, and that i need to talk in every lesson. I also told her she can correct me whenever i say something wrong, and that i want to learn a lot. She said im going to learn fast, because she says i already know more than she did when she got to the mission. And when she arrived she hated being corrected, or even learning Spanish.. but i´ve been showing a desire to learn. 

it rains sooooooo much here. Its gonna be pretty chilly for the next couple of months. But everyone says that Resistencia is one of the hottest areas.. so we´re gonna die when summer comes so I"ll enjoy the winter while I can.  Anyway, i´m doing good! its a culture difference for sure.... but im going to be okay :) 

-hermana hall 

(i pracitce teaching the lessons to a pic of Jimmy Fallon everyday. He´ll be baptized by the time i leave this area)

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